Category Archives: Catalina / Channel Islands

California biomedical research facility harnesses power of ocean creature

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PRI.org Think medical breakthrough, and you're apt to picture a high-tech lab with gleaming steel equipment. But medical advances can also come from nature, such as the seaside. On a rocky strip of land in Port Hueneme in Southern California is a unique medical facility. Researchers have found a way to grow an unusual marine mollusk that may play a major role in future vaccines. Continue Reading... ...
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High cost of fighting urban runoff examined in report

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Los Angeles Times: By Louis Sahagun California communities spend close to half a billion dollars each year trying to prevent litter from mucking up the sensitive ecosystems of rivers, lakes and coastal waters, according to a report released recently by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Yet urban runoff remains a serious problem for fish, birds, turtles and marine mammals that ingest it: clogged intestines, restricted movement, suffocation, loss of vital nutrients and starvation. Continue Reading...
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Long Beach, Los Angeles beaches are cleaner than ever according to Heal the Bay report

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By: Greg Yee - Press Telegram Southland beaches are clean in time for Labor Day, according to a report released by Heal The Bay on Thursday. The nonprofit organization releases two annual reports, including the so-called End of Summer Beach Report Card, which gave 96 percent of California’s beaches an “A” or a “B.” The report marks the seventh consecutive summer that California beaches received high water-quality scores overall. Continue Reading... ...
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California Coastal Commission: Give it teeth

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The Los Angeles Times - Editorial The California Coastal Commission is charged with implementing the statutes of the Coastal Act, the law that was passed in 1976 to protect the state's 1,100-mile coast, regulate development along it and ensure public access to it. But unlike many other state regulatory agencies, the commission does not have the power to impose fines on violators of the act. Continue Reading... ...
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West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation

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Radiation Levels Will Concentrate in Pockets In Baja California and Other West Coast Locations

An ocean current called the North Pacific Gyre is bringing Japanese radiation to the West Coast of North America: Continue Reading... ...
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CityDig: Catalina Island’s Lost Landmark, Sugar Loaf Rock

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LAmag.com In 1929, dynamite forever changed the look of Catalina’s Avalon Bay. Long one of Catalina’s most prominent landmarks, Sugar Loaf Rock was a volcanic monolithrising some 50 feet above the harbor where Avalon’s iconic Casino building stands today. Early 20th-century guidebooks described the Sugar Loaf as Avalon’s “sentinel rock,” and picture postcards—like the one above from the Catalina Island Museum’s collections Continue Reading... ...
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Landing a Giant

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eCatalina.com AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - Bob Auerbach is in interesting guy.  He has chartered Afishinados to fish Catalina Island during family vacations here for a number of years.  He has a couple of sons and they often have a friend or two along for the ride.  Bob is a fisherman.  He knows how to fish and has caught his share of trophies.  He is an unselfish guy and so when he charters us he is always trying to put his sons on the fish.  Trouble is, fishing isn’t what it used to be, so for a number of years now we have not scored well on the glory fish. Continue Reading......
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What’s New on Catalina Island?

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The Log By: Ambrosia Brody CATALINA ISLAND -- While summer temperatures will hit triple digits at inland communities this season, boaters can find respite from the heat on Catalina Island. Along with those cool island breezes, boating visitors will find a wide array of outdoor concerts, special events, festivals, attractions, hikes and island tours to enjoy here. If you are looking for more than a day getaway, the Santa Catalina Island Co. (SCICo) is offering a new two-night Discover Catalina Package for extended stays. The Discover Catalina Package starts at $410 per person (double occupancy) and includes transportation between Avalon and Two Harbors and two nights’ accommodation at either Avalon’s Pavilion Hotel or a recently renovated vacation casa in Two Harbors -- the three-bedroom Casa Santa Cruz and four-bedroom Casa Santa Rosa on the isthmus. Or, visitors can pair a night at the Hotel Atwater in Avalon with a night at Two Harbors’ Banning House Lodge, a bed and breakfast inn...
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When It Comes to Beachwater Quality, CA Ranks in the Bottom Third

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KCET Out of the 30 U.S. states with ocean or lakefront beaches, California ranks 20th when it comes to water quality, found a study released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. A five percent decrease from the previous year, there were 5,515 instances of beaches closing or experiencing advisories in California due to polluted waters, which represents a quarter of closures and advisory notices nationwide in 2012. Continue Reading......
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Kiddie Corner: Catalina Island

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Downtown L.A. Examiner The best beach – summer spot in LA County is Catalina Island.  Contrary to popular belief, I was not named after the funnest beach city in the LA, Avalon in Catalina Island.  Having said that, Avalon in Catalina Island is my favorite place to visit in the summer for so many reasons . . . Continue Reading......
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