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		<title>Half Marathon, 10K honors Memorial with 2025 Medal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2025 Catalina Island Half Marathon and 10K finisher medal has been unveiled, featuring one of the island’s historic landmarks, Wrigley Memorial. Created by local Catalina Island artist Robin Cassidy of Silver Canyon Pottery, the design honors the island’s rich history while serving as a memorable keepsake for participants. Each year, the medal is designed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cabrillo mole update</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cabrillo mole project is in phase zero. City Engineer Bob Greenlaw gave the City Council an update project last week. Greenlaw anticipated tenants in the mole in 2028. He began his presentation to the Sept. 16 council meeting with an overview of the project. The following are highlights from the presentation. “So where we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Island Health promotes breast cancer awareness with mobile mammography</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina is More Than Pink Walk &#38; Paddle event is Sept. 28 Courtesy of Catalina Island Health Catalina Island Health has partnered with Alinea Medical Imaging to bring mobile mammogram screenings to the island. The mobile screening unit will be parked on Crescent Avenue near the Bluewater Grill on Saturday, Sept. 27 and Sunday, Sept. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon council introduces update housing rules</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council introduced an ordinance updating the Municipal code for low and moderate housing and accessory dwelling units. The vote was unanimous. The resolution adopting the ordinance will return to the council at a future meeting for adoption. Discussion Contract Planner Kelly Ribuffo presented the staff report. (Due to space limits, the following [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pharmacy to be closed Saturdays beginning Oct. 4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leo’s Catalina Drugstore has announced an adjustment to the operating hours of its pharmacy. Beginning Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, the pharmacy will be open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. It will no longer offer pharmacy hours on Saturdays. The retail hours will remain unchanged. Pharmacies across the country—large and small—are facing shrinking reimbursement rates [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New rules for short term rentals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council recently adopted new rules for short term rentals. The vote was unanimous. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are voted on collectively, without discussion, unless a council member pulls one or more items for further discussion. This item was not pulled. Mayor Anni Marshall asked the city manager to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Personal experiences led filmmaker to Film Festival project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Among the films coming to the Catalina Film Festival in late September, award-winning filmmaker, writer, and actor Landon Ashworth is bringing his most personal and affecting work yet with his directorial debut with the feature film “Go On.” Landon, a 2e gifted autistic storyteller and former test pilot, wrote “Go On” while processing the loss [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Island Health chief operating officer updates council on hospital</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health’s chief operating officer had good news for the Avalon City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Tim Kielpinski said CIH had received its first Measure B payment in April and will receive another installment in January 2026. He said in July the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved two more $3-million awards [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chimes Tower to celebrate centennial</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation recently announced the centennial celebration of Avalon’s beloved Chimes Tower in 2025. The centennial will be commemorated with ongoing restoration efforts honoring a century of chimes ringing across Avalon. “The Chimes Tower is an enduring symbol of Avalon’s cultural heritage,” said Alison Wrigley Rusack, Co-Founder and Board Chair of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Museum extends From Los Angeles to Catalina: The Art of Sonia Romero through March 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Museum for Art &#38; History has extended the exhibition From Los Angeles to Catalina: The Art of Sonia Romero through March 15, 2026, giving visitors additional time to experience Romero’s captivating collection of silkscreen prints, paintings and a site-specific work inspired by Avalon’s cultural history. In addition to the extension, the museum will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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