Whatever their condition, disposition or reason for coming, visitors to Kaiser Permanente’s Honolulu Clinic are assured of at least two things as they leave: a genuine smile and a warm wish goodbye. Read more
Rochelle Brace has a good grasp on what makes her unique. Read more
Avis Kaona and her husband, LeRoy, could easily have balked that day the worker from Child Welfare Services called to ask whether they were willing to take formal custody of two adolescents they had been looking after on a purely aloha basis. Read more
Sree Kutty’s ascent to the cosmos began with a childhood spent toggling the parallel channels of fine arts and hard science. Read more
For the last 40 years or so, Ken Harmeyer’s brain has been abuzz with thoughts of one of nature’s most remarkable creations. Read more
When David Diebold learned his mother was being deployed to Afghanistan and would not be back until after his high school graduation, he did what any mature child of military parents does. He swallowed hard and accepted it. Read more
Jasmine Choy’s philosophy for life — it would be good to take notes here — is fairly straightforward. Read more
If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life, right? Read more
In an industry where seniority is everything, Suzanne Chong Kee reached a most meaningful milestone last month when she celebrated 50 years of service. Read more
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As a child, Richard Gima took special pleasure in family vacations to the mainland and neighbor islands, trips that seemed a special luxury to many of Gima’s friends on Lanai. Read more
Every once in a while, some kindhearted passer-by — who doesn’t regularly pass through Kaneohe in the morning — will catch a glimpse of Herman Perreira walking along Kahekili Highway in his well-worn tank top and shorts and assume that he’s homeless. Read more
For more than 50 years, the nonprofit Pacific and Asian Affairs Council has provided international, global affairs instruction to public high school students. This month we share the stories of students whose lives were meaningfully touched by their participation in PAAC. Read more
Long before she dived into the deep waters of international relations and foreign policy, Kelly Park learned cross-cultural understanding and diplomacy to navigate the treacherous halls of Kaiser High School. Read more
When Lisa Kam was in the sixth grade, she and her older cousins Mark Flores and Xavier Imperial decided they needed to do something to save the environment. Read more
Take the photo accompanying this column as proof that Melissa Gozun and George Nemeth have indeed been seen in the same place at the same time. Read more
For as long as she can remember, food has meant so much more than just sustenance to Annie Oh. Read more
As a rule, Auntie Lana Keamo doesn’t put her young charges in situations they can’t handle. Read more
Each year, the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii celebrates members who inspire others through their leadership, resilience and service to others with its Youth of the Year speech competition. In this second of three installments, we share the story of one of the top three finishers. Read more
The child was sitting there with that very certain type of reserve, that most tell-tale kind of quiet. Read more
It’s a ghost-pepper hot afternoon and the line at Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha is tacking out the door and down the exposed walkway outside. Read more
Coming of age in the Great Depression, Joseph Lee took whatever work he could find for whatever compensation he could wrangle. Read more
