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$From the hills, the harbor at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island spreads out below, with the Casino Ballroom in the distance at right. Come winter, when tourism plummets to a fraction of its fair-weather numbers, Catalina becomes something of a secret getaway.$

Santa Catalina Island

( Jane Engle / Los Angeles Times )

From the hills, the harbor at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island spreads out below, with the Casino Ballroom in the distance at right. Come winter, when tourism plummets to a fraction of its fair-weather numbers, Catalina becomes something of a secret getaway.

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