Aug. 23, 2024 Public horseback rides were a feature of island tourism for about 60 years until 2008, when the Catalina Island Co. (which owns most of the island’s developable land) shut down the ...

At about 9:15 each weeknight, the “Islander” barge rumbles toward the rocky shoreline of eastern Catalina Island ... a vital public utility. Though the dock sits on private land, it ...

After years of not being able to saddle up and steer a horse through Catalina Island’s many scenic trails, the island tradition that dates back to the 1930s is now back as members of the public ...

Santa Catalina, the island of romance ... The club, open to the public, is the preferred place to spend the day relaxing by the water. We bypassed the restaurant, bar, kayak rental area, cabanas ...

But the trail offers a special chance to get to know a place that’s home to species found nowhere else in the world, from the Catalina Island fox ... part of a Mexican land grant, but by the ...