Santa Catalina Island

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Crime rate on Santa Catalina Island

The crime rate is very low on Santa Catalina Island. Every Friday, a judge comes to Santa Catalina Island to hear cases which are usually jay walking or other petty crime.

Grocery Stores on Santa Catalina Island

There are two main grocery stores in Avalon, and all of Santa Catalina Island. One is Vons and the other is Vons Express. They are both Vons offering the same kind of food in two different locations two small blocks away from each other. As the name implies, Vons express is the smaller of the two. The prices of grocery products are not noticeably different on Santa Catalina Island from anywhere else in the US. There are also other convenient stores and local grocery stores dotted around the two blocks of the main shopping strip of Santa Catalina Island.

Houses on Santa Catalina Island

Santa Catalina is small and all houses are about three inches apart, therefore everybody knows each other. Look at the photograph below of houses on Santa Catalina Island.

Real Estate is so expensive on Santa Catalina Island that a small dingy house is sold at $500,000 – $750,000.

Cars on Santa Catalina Island

If you want to own a car on Santa Catalina Island, you will have to put yourself on a waiting list. The waiting list for having a car on Santa Catalina Island is currently 20 years. One car must leave Santa Catalina Island before another car enters. There is a limit of 400 cars total allowed on the Santa Catalina Island. Only one car is allowed per address on Santa Catalina Island.

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Santa Catalina Island has two cities – Avalon and Two Harbors. Avalon was founded in 1913 and is only about one square mile. Santa Catalina Island is in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Country provides Santa Catalina Island with the sheriff, lifeguard paramedics and library services.

Library on Santa Catalina Island

Santa Catalina Island Hospital

Avalon has a hospital called the Avalon Municipal Hospital. It is operated by Avalon Medical Development Corporation. The hospital is not equipped to deliver babies. If any expected mothers are within 2 weeks of expected delivery date, they are highly encouraged to get off Santa Catalina Island to the mainland Southern California to await delivery. If they don’t, they will lifeflighted to a hospital in Long Beach to deliver during labor. That costs about $8,000. So, the residents of Santa Catalina Island try not to get too sick or too pregnant.

Schools on Santa Catalina Island

There are two schools on Santa Catalina Island. The main school on Santa Catalina Island is a K through 12 school located in Avalon opposite the Avalon stables adjacent to the Santa Catalina Island country club. The other school on Santa Catalina Island is in Two Harbors with only one room school house and one teacher for grades K through 5. Once the residents of Two Harbors graduate 5th grade, they must ride a bus an hour and a half through dirt ridden roads to attend the main school on Santa Catalina Island in Avalon.

• History of Santa Catalina Island
• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
• William Wrigley Jr.
• Santa Catalina Island Transportation
• Getting Around Santa Catalina Island
• What is Santa Catalina Island like?