AVALON — I searched for the perfect, family-friendly rental house on Santa Catalina Island, scrutinizing one grainy Internet photo after another. I clicked past homes with high balconies and railings.

Looking for a vacation rental in the desert? Oranj Palm offers everything from cozy retreats to large group-friendly stays.

CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- Catalina Island will reopen just in time for Valentine's Day weekend for passengers leaving from San Pedro and Dana Point. The Catalina Express ferry is expected to ...

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 ...

Play on a warm beach. Dive into the Pacific without a wetsuit. Explore an exotic and mostly uninhabited island without flying to Hawaii. My husband and I did all that and more on a Southern California ...

For fans of dance music Catalina Island could pretty much become fantasy island thanks to an ambitious new concert that’s taking over much of the area for an all-encompassing weekend dance party.