This couldn’t be Catalina. I had two visions of Santa Catalina ... place — like Angel Island in San Francisco Bay — with a couple hotels and restaurants to signify civilization.

Dec. 2, 2023 Santa Catalina Island is the crown jewel of the Channel ... There was plenty of skepticism in the old mining town when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows.

By Soumya Karlamangla Santa Catalina Island is one of the most remote pieces of Los Angeles County, part of a 20-million-year-old archipelago in the Pacific Ocean known as the Channel Islands.

But public horseback riding was part of the island tourism draw for decades until 2008 when it was shut down by the Santa Catalina Island Co. over concerns that wildfires had transformed the area ...