Humans ‘Making Oceans Sick’
Just how bad is mankind’s impact on the oceans and people of the Earth? Very bad. A new report released Monday in Honolulu makes clear that ocean warming “is affecting humans in direct ways and the...
View ArticleDjou Rakes In Campaign Cash, Caldwell Spends Heavily
Charles Djou raised three times more money than Kirk Caldwell in the last two weeks leading up to the Aug. 13 primary. That’s according to state Campaign Spending Commission reports filed Sept. 2. But...
View ArticleHawaii 3rd Least Obese State
Some welcome news for the Aloha State when it comes to health: Hawaii is the third-least obese state in the nation. That comes from a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for...
View ArticleTom Yamachika: Busting The Myths Of Honolulu Rail
With all of the recent discussion about HART and the Honolulu rail project, there have been quite a few assertions that people have been playing fast and loose with facts. Some of the statements made...
View ArticleIUCN: We Need Public Service Announcements About Climate Change
As the IUCN World Conservation Congress continues it’s meeting in Honolulu, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on one of its major themes: climate change. The year 2014 was a record-setting warm...
View ArticleTodd Simmons: Trump’s Racist Bet On Immigration Fears
One of the more sadly comical moments in a campaign that has provided plenty has been Donald Trump’s brief pivot on immigration, his erratic search for positions that don’t undercut the racist talking...
View ArticleReader Rep: Do Honolulu Police Have Something To Hide?
Honolulu police leaders – in cop parlance – just need to come clean. Like with other secretive bureaucracies in Hawaii, the more administrators try to hide information from their constituents, the more...
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: New Int’l Market Place Is Good, Bad And Ugly
Normally, I am not inclined to write reviews about shopping center openings. That’s the purview of advertising copywriters. But the unveiling of the new International Market Place in Waikiki got me...
View ArticleHawaii Prison Contractor Was Convicted Of Fraud And Bribery
Three weeks ago, Carrie Ann Shirota, a prison-reform advocate on Maui, found a strange email sitting in her inbox. Labeled as “introduction,” the message was from a man named Bob Nardi, whose email...
View ArticleHPD Chief Kealoha Lawsuit Could Cost City $300K
A lawsuit filed by Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha, his prosecutor wife, Katherine, and their daughter could cost the city a bundle in legal fees. On Wednesday, the Honolulu City Council is set to...
View ArticleHere Are The Actions The IUCN Is Considering Taking
Tuesday is the first day of the Members’ Assembly at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’ World Conservation Congress at the Hawaii Convention Center. But what exactly does that mean?...
View ArticleEducation Listening Tours Prove The Value Of Being Heard
My first year of teaching was especially tough. Like many new teachers, I felt helpless and frustrated. One afternoon, my mentor came to observe my work. I met up with her after, expecting her to ask...
View ArticleWhen Sex Offenders Fly Below The Radar
Nothing’s more likely to get the juices of some communities’ residents-with-kids flowing red-hot than learning of a child sex offender living in the neighborhood. If you know him or her you can warn...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Insurance Coverage For Infertility Treatment Falls Short
Michelle Harris spends her days taking care of sick people as a registered nurse in a Honolulu hospital. She sees the amazing improvements in her patients who receive the latest treatments to help...
View ArticleBig Role For The New East-West Center President: Enticing Obama
It happened relatively quietly. It was announced on a Friday and followed quickly by two hurricanes, news that President Obama would be visiting and the start of the International Union for...
View ArticleCan Spending Six Figures On PR Solve OHA’s Image Problem?
A quasi-governmental agency that has sometimes received negative press has hired a major public relations firm to improve how people think of it. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has retained the...
View ArticleHonolulu High-Rise: 36 Stories And No Affordable Housing
A plan to build a 36-story luxury condo and hotel across the street from the Hawaii Convention Center is facing resistance from affordable housing advocates on the eve of its final vote before the...
View ArticleCup Of Joe At IUCN: $3.50
Organizers of the IUCN World Conservation Congress meeting in Honolulu this week urged participants to “go green” by not using paper, to bring one’s own water bottle and coffee mug and to use...
View ArticleNew Chief For Paroling Authority
Gov. David Ige has appointed Edmund Hyun as the interim chair of the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Hyun, whose appointment is still subject to Senate confirmation, began his four-year tenure Aug. 1, after...
View ArticleHonolulu City Council Delays Decision on Luxury High-Rise
The Honolulu City Council voted Wednesday to push back decision-making on a luxury hotel and condominium project that’s planned for the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard and Atkinson Street in Ala Moana....
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