Lee Cataluna: Honolulu country lights rival town’s glory
Waimanalo, a community that is always unapologetically itself, is lit up for the holidays as only Waimanalo can be, with pockets of emphatic lights piercing the silky dark night. Read more
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Lee Cataluna: A show of leadership that wasn’t just for show
When state Sen. Josh Green wanted to be lieutenant governor, campaigning not just for higher office, but to serve specifically as an unappreciated No. 2 under the cold, uncollaborative David Ige, it seemed such a waste of an experienced emergency room doctor in a state where we have a perpetual shortage of doctors and an overage of do-nothing politicians. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Change is gonna come (but not quite yet)
Ready for the new year? Not just the obligatory slab of overpriced sashimi, the obligatory lucky soup that auntie makes you eat, the obligatory stash of illegal fireworks that will enrage legions of law-abiding, dog-owning, clean-air- loving people, but really ready, like ready for all the huge changes the new decade will bring? Read more
Lee Cataluna: Kramer’s closure marks end of fashion era
Hawaii fashion in the 1980s was every bit as over-styled, big-shouldered and pastel-colored as the outfits worn by Crockett and Tubbs in “Miami Vice,” and much of that awesomeness was heavily concentrated in high school hallways and thumping discos. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Who is going to clean up criminal activity on Oahu?
One week ago, on a Friday afternoon, a grandmother in her 60s was watching her 2-year-old grandchild at home in Palolo. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Young music teacher uses old-school style
Twenty-three determined little faces looked up at their teacher, eyes wide, hands held ready. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Congressman Ed Case makes rare inquiry of his own
This week, when all people could talk about was the impeachment inquiry, Congressman Ed Case turned to talk to the folks at home. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Everybody loves this lunch lady
Imagine putting together a lunch for friends from high school. You invite the funny boy, that smart girl, maybe members of whatever team you played on. Would you invite the lunch lady? Read more
Lee Cataluna: The holidays can come with a lot of baggage
This is the time of year for a lot of bracing: bracing for the Black Friday insanity, bracing for the mountain of deadline-driven work that will take up the weeks between Thanksgiving and the end of the year, bracing for potentially fraught family dinners and bracing for the ordeal that is holiday air travel. Read more
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Lee Cataluna: Former Kaimuki Intermediate students reunite with inspirational teacher
In 1968, Betsy Tamanaha was 24 years old, a recent University of Hawaii graduate in her second year of teaching, staring down a class of smart, potentially restless seventh graders. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Rash of brazen crimes a foundational problem
In the last several months, there has been all sorts of criminal mayhem on this island. Not just run-of-the- mill crimes, but brazen crimes— things that require skill, effort and malevolent creativity. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Bracing for traffic when there is none
Two Saturdays ago, when the University of Hawaii football team was playing Fresno State at Aloha Stadium, I set out extra early to get to a 5 p.m. meeting in Mililani. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Federal funds for Ala Moana project not bridging the gap
This federal grant wasn’t about safety; it’s about economic development, and the economy in that area is already pretty darn developed. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Spending to keep the peace where it’s not needed
Every week now, more or less, there is an update on the amount of money being spent to keep law enforcement at the base of Mauna Kea, where a standoff centered around plans to build the huge Thirty Meter Telescope has stretched on since this summer. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Dishing out some political action with your Zip Pac
Zippy’s is one of the most apolitical, noncontroversial, everyone-has-a-place-at-the-table businesses in Hawaii. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Movement to preserve heiau marks 10 years
This week will mark 10 years since a community movement successfully saved a sacred Hawaii site. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Hopefully a new start for Kakaako
Imagine getting ownership of 41 acres of prime Honolulu shoreline property for free, plus a check for $2.25 million to spend on repairs and improvements. Read more
Lee Cataluna: The gutless game of only playing if you can win
Everything Tulsi Gabbard does benefits Tulsi Gabbard, and if it doesn’t directly, she spins the story so that it ultimately does. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Calmer voices seek middle ground on North Shore
Will this increasingly rare talk of compromise amount to a happy solution for the North Shore? Read more
Lee Cataluna: In the end, Police Commission got what it paid for
As the saying goes, hindsight has 20-20 vision, and things that might seem obvious now may not have been known or even imagined at the time the decision was made. Read more
Lee Cataluna: Strong year for protesting ‘opposites of preservation’
This has been a year of strong citizen pushback and organized opposition to government- backed building projects around the state. Read more
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