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Article: Points West: mapping Santa Catalina Island.
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- Sunset
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- September 1, 1997
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Sitting on the same latitude as Casablanca, and just 2 [degrees] south of Crete, Santa Catalina Island seems equally exotic,. a shimmering mirage just 20 miles (not 26 as the Four Preps sang in the '50s) across the sea. There are no stoplights, no billboards - and the sheriff runs around in a souped-up golf cart. Cars are limited, and everything but the residents' sunny dispositions has to be barged over. Caught in a time warp, Catalina is Southern California's most stunning testimony to the way we were - and here, still are.
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