If you could pick up Catalina Island and turn it toward the California mainland, its tip would just about touch San Clemente. That’s one of the morsels you can pick up at Casa Romantica Cultural ...

There’s always something new to do in Catalina. “Catalina reminds me of a Greek island with its golf carts, clear blue ocean water and laid-back European atmosphere,” a Norwegian visitor told me while ...

AVALON, Calif.AVALON, Calif. — The nonprofit organization that owns a majority of California’s Santa Catalina Island plans to boost eco-tourism by adding more bison to existing herds, recharging a ...

The Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour is operated by the Catalina Island Company and is an exhilarating adventure that lets you soar through natural beauty while learning about the island's ecosystem. It's a ...

As I hiked up a steep pitch on the west end of Santa Catalina Island, the straps of my 30-pound pack dug into my shoulders, no matter how many times I cinched the waist belt to balance the load. There ...

One is a desert oasis. The other is an "island of romance." Both Palm Springs and Avalon, Catalina, are Southern California hideaways distinguished by their distinctiveness. But they also share so ...

Thousands of people signed a petition opposing a plan to use helicopter-mounted sharpshooters to curb the mule deer population that's wreaking havoc on a California island's ecosystem. "Catalina’s ...

Reporting from Santa Catalina Island — The sky was a gloomy gunmetal gray Monday as dozens of U.S. Marines swarmed the notoriously tricky airstrip high atop Santa Catalina Island. By days end, the ...