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		<title>Supervisor Hahn Secures funding for Catalina’s only hospital</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On April 8, a motion to approve the funding was brought forth by LA County Board of Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents Catalina Island as part of the Fourth District. The funds will help to stave off the closure of CIH while it works with the county and other government agencies on a long-term and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Commuter program changes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commuter books to be sold only to individuals starting Jan. 6 By Charles M. Kelly Catalina Express is changing its commuter program starting on Jan. 6, 2025. “Commuter books will be sold on an individual basis only and will no longer allow multiple people to use a commuter book,” wrote Amanda Bombard of Catalina Express [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon discusses street vendors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Charles M. Kelly The council spent about two hours discussing whether to change Avalon’s sidewalk vendor ordinance. The council took no action. The issue will come back at a future date for further discussion. First, the background, then the discussion. Background “In 2019, over a series of 7 regular meetings of the City Council, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Supervisors oppose deer plan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Supervisor Janice Hahn’s Office The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 23, unanimously approved a motion to express its opposition to a plan by the Catalina Island Conservancy to eradicate the entire mule deer population on Catalina Island by shooting the deer from helicopters. The motion, made Supervisor Janice Hahn, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs 2023-24 contract with LASD</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Costs and timing of contract are discussed The City Council this week unanimously established the annual fee for Los Angeles County law enforcement services to Avalon. The contract was for more than $1.8 million. This was originally a Consent Calendar item but was pulled at the request of Councilmember Yesenia De La Rosa. Resident Carl [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>County updates mask rules</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Businesses may offer options for wearing masks to vaccinated individuals The county Health Officer Order now says businesses may offer optional masking for those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, as of 12:01 a.m., today, Friday, Feb. 25. (Some details about the new rules are below.) Supervisor Janice Hahn welcomed the news, but also said there [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City of Avalon supporting DDT cleanup resolution</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 17:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon Assistant City Manager Michael Parmer reported at last week’s city council meeting that the city had participated in an April 21 Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee meeting regarding the rediscovered and mapped DDT waste site. Avalon representatives participated by phone and provided a two-minute testimony in support of the Assembly Joint Resolution [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>County Safer at Home Order is Mandatory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we approach Passover and Easter, Los Angeles County continues to remind all residents that the Health Officer’s Safer at Home order remains in full effect.  This week is Holy Week, and with Passover beginning tonight, it is a time when many want to be with their family and faith communities. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, PhD, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mayor Marshall and Councilman Sampson will run as write-in candidates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Fraser]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Mayor Ann Marshall and councilmember Joe Sampson failed to submit the required number of voter signatures to the Los Angeles County Registrar and will run as write-in candidates in the April election. In Los Angeles County, a candidate must collect a minimum of 20 registered voter signatures to qualify for a municipal election. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy celebrates the completion of Trekking Catalina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Conservancy is celebrating the recent completion of Trekking Catalina, a new master trails system that includes 27 miles of new and enhanced hiking trails and is the biggest addition to the Catalina trails system since the completion of the Trans-Catalina Trail in 2009. With the completion of Trekking Catalina, the Conservancy now offers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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