Deaths on Catalina Island

Boats sit on the shore of Avalon Harbor after breaking loose during the recent powerful storm.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Tina Kennedy, right, co-owner of Catalina Scuba Luv in Avalon, where both Tim Mitchell and Bruce Ryder had worked, is consoled by Val Medina, who also works at the dive shop, after the two men’s deaths.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

A bulldozer removes dirt from the shoreline so the Last Call, left, can be towed back into the water after becoming beached in the Dec. 30 storm.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

People look on as the Last Call, left, a boat more than 38 feet long, is towed back into the water after coming loose from its mooring in the recent storm.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Jay Butki, left, and Bob Kennedy, who owns the dive shop where Tim Mitchell worked, look out toward Avalon Harbor behind a memorial for Mitchell, 39, and Bruce Ryder, 53.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Tony Underwood pets Pretty Boy, a yellow Labrador retriever, inside the Marlin Club, a bar he owns and operates in Avalon. The dog belonged to Bruce Ryder, a frequent patron of the bar whose body was found floating in the harbor the morning of Dec. 31. Underwood says he has adopted P.B.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)