* Avalon Theater ( Catalina ) or the Casino, Santa Catalina Island, California

" Dile a Catalina ," sometimes called " Traigo la yuca ," may be Arsenio ’ s most famous composition.

He became reclusive after one of his sons died in a private plane crash on Santa Catalina Island, California in 1972, In 1988, however, he joined in the golden anniversary celebration of his famous " wrong way " flight, allowing enthusiasts to retrieve the Robin from its hangar.

Equally famous is the B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber which, like the Catalina, saw action in both the Pacific and European theaters.

Fleet's San Diego-based company, Consolidated Aircraft, built several of the famous aircraft of World War II, including the B-24 Liberator and PBY Catalina.

Saint Catherine's Castle ( Castillo de Santa Catalina ) sits on the top of a hill overlooking the city.

* Mario Danelo, record-setting ex-placekicker for the 2006 NCAA national champion USC Trojans fell to his death in the cliffs overlooking Santa Catalina Island in San Pedro in 2007.

He bought the mansion from the widow of a retired dentist, which offered stunning views of Santa Monica Canyon, overlooking the Riviera Country Club and Catalina Island on a clear day.

Avalon, California | Avalon, a town on Santa Catalina Island, California | Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, California | Channel Islands.

There are two preschools within the City of Avalon, Catalina Kid Ventures and Pre-School Learning for Avalon Youth ( P. L. A. Y .).

Children may also study at the private Avalon Christian School, located on 346 Catalina Avenue.

Catalina Express leaving Long Beach for Avalon, 2008The city is served by several high-speed passenger boats with daily services such as the Catalina Express to the Los Angeles district of San Pedro, and to Long Beach, and Dana Point.

Catalina Airport ( FAA Identifier: AVX ), also known as Airport-in-the-Sky, was built in 1946 and is located at ( NAD83 rounded from FAA-provided coordinates ):, northwest of Avalon.

For purposes of vehicle registration, Catalina Island is divided into two classifications: within Avalon and " Interior " ( areas outside the city limits ).

Because of these restrictions, there is no regular vehicle ferry service for visitors to take their car to Avalon and the rest of Catalina Island.

Santa Catalina Island is the only one of the eight islands with a significant permanent civilian settlement — the resort city of Avalon, California, and the unincorporated town of Two Harbors.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ( LASD ) operates the Avalon Station in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, serving San Clemente Island.

* Avalon, California, the only city on Santa Catalina Island

* Avalon Theater ( Catalina ), Los Angeles, California

At the time, he owned Santa Catalina Island, and the Cubs were holding their spring training in that island's city of Avalon ( whose ballfield was located on Avalon Canyon Road and also informally known as " Wrigley Field ").

Rushmore in South Dakota ; Niagara Falls ; Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee ; Atlantic City, New Jersey ; Big Bear and Avalon ( Catalina Island ), California ; and San Antonio, Texas are just some that propelled the story.

* Avalon ( on Catalina Island )

It also took over Catalina Airlines ( which had been founded in 1953 as Avalon Air Transport ).

* 1928 – Wolfe House, Avalon, Catalina Island, California ( demolished in 2002 )

Father Pedro Estévan Tápis proposed the establishment of a mission on one of the Channel Islands in the Pacific Ocean off San Pedro Harbor in 1784, with either Santa Catalina or Santa Cruz ( known as Limú to the Tongva residents ) being the most likely locations, the reasoning being that an offshore mission might have attracted potential people to convert who were not living on the mainland, and could have been an effective measure to restrict smuggling operations.

Two Harbors ; Isthmus Cove on the left of frame, Catalina Harbor on the right.

Two Harbors is a small island village located approximately from San Pedro Harbor on Santa Catalina Island.

It is named for the two harbors separated by the 770 m section of land separating the leeward ( northern ) Isthmus Cove ( aka Banning Harbor ) and Catalina ( or Cat ) Harbor on the windward ( southern ) side, which together almost cut off the northwestern sixth ( 31. 7 km² ) from the main part of the island.

In 1864, during the Civil War, the Union Army sent 83 soldiers to the island to establish Camp Santa Catalina Island, both to protect the area from Confederate privateers and survey the isthmus and adjacent Catalina Harbor for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a location for a future Indian reservation for " militant " tribes captured in the Bald Hills War.

" The waters in which the ship was found were less than ten feet deep and were only off of Catalina Island, just to the south of La Romana on the Dominican coast.

Catalina wreck on the beach

Low-intensity storms have hit the island, including in 1901, which blew over 1, 500 coconut trees, on September 16, 1944 which caused the wreck of a Royal Air Force PBY Catalina, September 1990 which demolished the tent city then being constructed for USAF bomber crews during Operation Desert Storm, and on July 22, 2007 when winds exceeded and over of rain fell in 24 hours.

On 28 June 1979, while the Calypso was on an expedition to Portugal, his second son, Philippe, his preferred and designated successor and with whom he had co-produced all his films since 1969, died in a PBY Catalina flying boat crash in the Tagus river near Lisbon.

The Facilities of the Catalina Island Marine Institute at Toyon Bay on Santa Catalina Island, Calif., are composed ( in part ) of a former OSS survival training camp.

For its science students, USC operates the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island just off the coast of Los Angeles and home to the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center.

The aerodrome now hosts a bi-annual charity airshow put on in aid of the local Air Ambulance where there are many classic aircraft flying and on display such as the Catalina, Mustang, North American Harvards and the British classic, the Lancaster bomber.

A similar study on Santa Catalina Island, California reported a mean litter size of 5.

Ventura was introduced, a more luxurious hardtop coupe and the Vista 4-door hardtop now being built on the shorter wheelbase platform, with it falling between the Catalina and Star Chief models.

Murphey ’ s vision for the Catalina Foothills community was low-density residential development, on lots designed for maximum privacy, preserving existing desert vegetation, the natural terrain, and mountain views.

The Catalina Foothills ’ population continued to expand, as development continued northward on the Oracle Road corridor, and eastward along the Ina Road / Skyline Drive corridor.

* Catalina Foothills School District serves the upper Catalina Foothills, with schools that score among the highest in the state on standardized tests, including Catalina Foothills High School.

In 2006, Catalina Foothills had Arizona's second highest percentage of students exceeding math, the third highest percentage of students exceeding reading standards, and the ninth highest percentage of student exceeding writing standards on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Success ( AIMS ) mandatory exam.