I wrote an article for The Catalina Islander about the fire. What I submitted is below. I've inserted some of my pictures in the text -- some of these ran in the paper as well.
Fire Pushed Back from Banning House Lodge
6 May 2011
by Lori Nelson
A fire broke out on the hillside below the Banning House Lodge near Catalina Harbor in the afternoon on May 2. By the next morning, the fire had scorched 117 acres, narrowly missing the 101-year-old Banning House Lodge.
