When Friends of the Natatorium pitched a fresh plan to restore the long-shuttered Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial saltwater pool area last fall, Mo Radke, the nonprofit’s president, said: “Give us two years, I could show you the money.” Now, with Bruno Mars backing the idea, some cash is sure to follow.

Mars has joined The Cities Project by Heineken and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in their campaign to save the World War I monument and its 100-meter saltwater pool, along with 11 other projects across the nation. Fans donating at least $150 this week, pick up a pair of tickets to Mars’ 24K Magic World Tour show.

Owned by the state and operated by the city, the neglected Natatorium was shuttered in 1979, six years before Mars was born.

Our weather doesn’t change, except when it does

Honolulu recently topped a list ranking U.S. cities by weather predictability — more predictable than even San Diego and a few other California cities where their meteorologist forecasts seem locked in place. This lucky-you-live-Hawaii reminder, which focused on temperature swings, found that the mercury here typically ranges from 68 degrees to 87 degrees and rarely dips below 63 degrees or rises above 89 degrees.

Had SaveOnEnergy.com, an energy-comparison website based in Texas, given more weight to instances of severe weather, our always uncertain hurricane season would have likely bumped our city from the No. 1 spot.