Margarita Tabag, the guest of honor, was in high spirits. She thanked everyone for coming to her party, sang a song in Ilocano about it being a happy day indeed and asked for a glass of wine. Read more
A family with two kids, a boy and a girl, stood arguing — loudly — in the cereal aisle. The kids wanted Pop Tarts and couldn’t agree on a flavor. Read more
It’s getting hard to take Kirk Caldwell seriously. Read more
Kent Miyashiro and John Iyoki were called into their professor’s office one day in their last year at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and were told they should change majors because they would never make it as music teachers. Read more
Don’t schools make kids pull weeds anymore? Read more
‘It cannot wait for the actions of the Congress or the courts. We face a moment of moral and constitutional crisis, and men of generosity and vision must make themselves heard in every section of this country.” Read more
The fight to preserve Kauai’s Salt Pond is shaping up to be a defining moment for modern Hawaii. Read more
It’s easy to get sidetracked by the sideshow elements of the Kealoha trial. Read more
In July 1987 The Honolulu Advertiser confidently reported, “Stairway to Heaven hike becomes ancient history.” The headline on the Page 4 jump read, “Haiku Valley Stairs Off-Limits for Good” Read more
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The salt makers of Hanapepe, Kauai, are again having to defend their salt beds — the earthen pans where they continue the ancient Hawaiian method of making salt from the ocean in a precise, multi-step process that requires expert-level knowledge. Read more
It’s interesting to note the word choice of vacation rental owners who testified before the Honolulu City Council this week. Read more
People on Kauai are trying to get control of the numbers of tourists that crowd “lonely” roads, pack “undiscovered” trails and swarm “secluded” beaches. They’re also trying to manage the behavior of tourists, because as we all know, a smaller number of tourists can be as damaging as a massive crowd if they’re acting like idiots. Read more
Thomas McCue, 64, will spend Father’s Day with his six daughters, 14 grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. He will also try to find time to do homework. Read more
The influx of out-of-control vacation rentals is affecting neighborhoods all through Hawaii, but the situation may be most untenable in residential condo and apartment buildings. Read more
A summer Sunday morning is about as quiet as the UH-Manoa campus ever gets, but in a corner of an athletic field near the only javelin track in the state, a small group of senior athletes lets their primal screams roar out into the valley as they throw their spears into the air. Read more
Perhaps we should pause for a moment to appreciate the genius of Allison Lee Wong. Read more
A boy poses in his football uniform, his face the very image of high school glory. Read more
Summer used to be about pineapple harvests and fishing off the pier and sterilizing glass jars for making guava jelly. Lazy days, long hours, the luxury of excess. Now it’s rejoicing that it takes 20 minutes less on the H-1 to get to the office. Chee hoo. Read more
On the one hand, Hawaii residents generally enjoy their lifestyles and the neighborhoods where they rest their heads, open their mail and barbeque their hot dogs on game day. Read more
Oh those 400-plus sweaty people lined up outside the Blaisdell Center on Monday morning as though they were trying out for “American Idol” or being paid as some rich guy’s proxy to put in a bid for a new Kakaako Condo… Read more
As the crowd moved forward at the start of the race, Meira Va’a’s son Kanoa had his eyes on his sister. Meira was looking at the road ahead. Read more
