Next time you take a trip to Catalina Island to immerse yourself in nature, you can avoid weather surprises with a new online map. The Catalina Island Conservancy has made public a map that reports ...

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Visitors to Catalina Island have 27 miles of new options to leave Avalon behind and trek into the isle’s back country, thanks to a newly opened series of trails. The trails were added as part of ...

AVALON, Calif. (KABC) -- Catalina Island is getting a new tool to help fight the drought, as officials unveiled a new desalination plant on Monday to bring additional freshwater to the island ...

Starting Saturday, outdoors fans of Catalina Island, just 22 miles off the coast of San Pedro and Long Beach, will have a new trail check out. "Native Americans, explorers, and trappers have all ...

Santa Catalina Island has a rich and interesting history. From ancient Native American communities to movie stars, this 76-square-mile landmass has seen an eclectic group of people grace its shores ...

Trudging up the steep, cactus-lined trail to Ballast Point on Catalina Island off Southern California, the views of the Pacific and a pair of scenic harbors below were becoming increasingly epic.

You’d think — having lived my whole life in Southern California — that I’d have spent significant time on Catalina, the island just roughly 22 miles offshore. But I haven’t. For most Californians, ...

KTLA — An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 struck in waters near Catalina Island Sunday after two previous and smaller quakes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the first quake, a M3.1, hit ...