Island Packers increases number of people it can take to Channel Islands National Park Tracy Lehr VENTURA, Calif. - Island Packers is known for taking day trip visitors and campers to the Channel Islands National Park. During the worst of the pandemic, the cruises had to operate at reduced capacity. Island Packers Cruises out of the Ventura and Channel Islands Harbors are now at 75 percent capacity with masks required inside the cabin areas. On a recent trip from Ventura to Santa Cruz Island, passengers saw pods of common dolphins. Island Packers office manager Cherryl Connally said, "It's be...