Young Entrepreneurs Make A Stand In Honolulu’s Chinatown
Jason Cutinella started Nella Media Group in 2009, operating out of a dingy 200-square-foot office in Honolulu’s Chinatown. He rented the space for $800 a month and threw parties at the neighborhood’s...
View ArticleHawaii No. 8 For Electoral Integrity
Donald Trump’s election as president — despite having lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton and all sorts of concerns about hacking and lying — has got many folks wondering how good America’s...
View ArticleGoogle Queries From Hawaii
The real estate website Estately has a new study of what each state in the nation Googled most frequently this past year. “We used Google Trends to measure the frequency that people in each state...
View ArticleDavid Ige, Man Of Peace
Our state’s top leader gave his support Thursday to two young men who want to make the world a better place. Andrew Tisba and Manuel Frederick of Let’s All Connect say they are on a journey to visit...
View ArticleChloe Fox: How 2016 Shook The Pedestal Of Old White Men
In case you haven’t heard, this past year was one of the worst ever, according to the internet. But while it took a toll on so many of us for a variety of reasons (bitter politics, awful Harambe memes,...
View ArticleHanabusa Makes Her Escape From The Federal Building
Newly elected U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has decided to get closer to her constituents by moving out of the federal building complex across from Honolulu Harbor. She has gotten permission from the...
View ArticleSenators Question Whether PUC Member Had Conflicts Of Interest
Two state lawmakers are raising red flags over the legal work Tom Gorak was doing on the side while serving full-time as general counsel of the state Public Utilities Commission. Gorak is no longer...
View ArticleThe Projector: Images Of 2016
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View ArticleFifth Whale Carcass Washes Ashore
Government officers have closed shoreline access at Ahihi Kinau Natural Area Reserve on Maui due to a whale carcass that washed ashore overnight. Maui County lifeguards and state Department of Land and...
View ArticleFunny How A Dark Year Sheds Light On What’s Really Going On
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View ArticlePod Squad: Nine Years of Staking Out Obama
For nine years, Ann Wright was among a small group of protesters greeting the vacationing Barack Obama as his motorcade passed to and from his Kailua rental home. “To my knowledge, we’ve never even...
View ArticleReader Rep: Exploring The Media — Where Do We Go From Here?
Unlikely presidential candidate Donald Trump was still defensively describing the size of his body parts last year when I wrote the first Reader Rep column. While some American media organizations in...
View ArticleBringing Fresh Local Food And City Dwellers Together in Honolulu
Near the center of Kamehameha Schools’ nine-block section of Kakaako where people can live, work, eat and shop in the same neighborhood is an urban farm that may be unique in the islands. Kerry Kakazu...
View ArticleDenby Fawcett: Hawaii’s Filthy Airport Bathrooms Are Embarrassing
On my way home from Maui, I came across one of the filthiest airport bathrooms I have seen in a long time. This was at the interisland section of the Kahului Airport: No toilet paper in dispensers....
View ArticleThe Plot Thickens In The Honolulu Police Chief Conspiracy Case
In June 2013, two homicide detectives from the Honolulu Police Department were assigned to investigate a busted taillight at the Kahala home of their boss. The car belonged to Police Chief Louis...
View ArticleOur Christian US Congress
Christianity is on the decline nationally, but not so in the halls of Congress. A new study from the Pew Research Center reports that in 115th Congress 91 percent describe themselves as Christians....
View ArticleTeachers Cleared To Travel For Free On Educational Trips
Under an agreement between the state teachers union and the state Ethics Commission, teachers serving as chaperones on school-related trips can continue to have their travel costs paid for by private...
View ArticleDoes Council’s New Leadership Mean A Smoother Ride For Rail?
Although they spoke two hours apart and in separate locations, the mayor of Honolulu and the new chairman of the City Council seemed at times to be reading from similar scripts. Kirk Caldwell, freshly...
View ArticleCity Prosecutor Under Corruption Probe Will Run Criminal Intel Unit
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro announced this week that Katherine Kealoha, who is the subject of an ongoing public corruption investigation, will be part of a new initiative that aims to...
View ArticleVIDEO: HPD On Fireworks
The Honolulu Police Department on Tuesday released statistics on fireworks-related calls received over the New Year’s holiday. The department said 92 citations were issued for various fireworks...
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