Strong wind, high surf predicted for isles
Surf on the north shores of the Hawaiian Islands could reach 24 feet today, the National Weather Service warned.
The weather service on Saturday issued a high-surf advisory for the north and west shores of Oahu, Kauai, Niihau and Molokai, and the north shores of Maui and Hawaii island.
The advisory is in effect through 6 p.m. today.
Forecasters predicted that waves that were 15 to 20 feet on Saturday would reach 18 to 24 feet today.
The result will be moderate to strong breaking waves and strong longshore and rip currents that make swimming difficult and dangerous, the agency said.
A small-craft advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m. today for Hawaiian waters, with winds topping 30 mph.
Tradewinds with limited showers will prevail this week with breezy conditions continuing through today before dropping to moderate levels, forecasters said.
Lecture takes on racism, politics, Trump
A California law professor and author will give a lecture here, Wednesday, examining the role of racism in politics.
The lecture, “Trumpeting Racism: Race, Politics, and Economic Jeopardy for All,” by professor Ian Haney Lopez will be at 6 p.m. in the Architecture Auditorium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Lopez is the John H. Boalt Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is “Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class.”
He will discuss the rise of Donald Trump as a leading Republican presidential candidate, and Trump’s verbal attacks on Mexican immigrants, according to a UH press release. According to Lopez, Trump is following conservative scare tactics that have been used for the past 50 years to influence voters.
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