In a growing trend, more and more expert surfers are wearing helmets in big waves, as well as in the sort of dangerous, shallow conditions that define the Banzai Pipeline on Oahu’s North Shore with its fast, hollow waves that have broken many a head, sometimes fatally, on the coral reef below. Read more
In response to his arrest, Max Sword’s attorney stated that the former Honolulu Police Commission chairman was “shocked and disappointed” by the indictment, claiming that Sword was only following the recommendations of the Caldwell administration and the advice of Corporation Counsel, specifically Donna Leong. Read more
Question: Will AARP run Tax-Aide this year? I struggled through on my own last year, but I really didn’t feel comfortable doing my own tax return. Read more
Now that he’s officially in the running, June Jones should be hired as the next University of Hawaii head football coach, ASAP. Read more
The campfire game goes like this: Somebody starts a ghost story, then the next person adds to it, then the next, and the next and eventually … it ends, without fulfillment, like the final episode of “Lost.” Read more
Question: Regarding the free COVID- 19 tests, do we order from the same place as last time they mailed out free tests? Read more
Every day, we hear how important cybersecurity is or how important it is to “increase your security posture.” But as technology changes and encompasses more of our lives and businesses, the scope of what cybersecurity is grows, and the actual meaning starts to become ambiguous. Read more
If Isao Aoki were around, he’d have the right to smile and ask, “Is that all you got?” Read more
Video of former city Corporation Counsel Donna Leong being handcuffed and perp-walked into FBI offices to be served a federal conspiracy indictment epitomized a sorry period of city governance. Read more
Two of former Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s closest cabinet members — former managing director Roy Amemiya and former Corporation Counsel Donna Leong — and well-known lobbyist Max Sword, the former Honolulu Police Commission chairman, all had 6:30 a.m. meetings with the FBI last week to be arrested. Read more
Question: Has COVID-19 been rising again in Hawaii nursing homes? I can’t find current information on the health department website. Read more
If you’re a University of Hawaii football fan it sure didn’t take long for that buzz to wear off and reality to sink in again. Read more
One of the first responses I got Friday evening after relaying the news of Todd Graham’s resignation on social media was these seven words. Read more
Recently, I asked readers whether they had crossed paths with any celebrities in Hawaii. Here are three famous entertainers and stories about the islanders who met them. Read more
Question: I have to move before my bulky pickup appointment. My bad; I procrastinated getting the date. Can I leave the junk out a few days early? Read more
The wind is such a huge factor at Waialae Country Club it’s even a major consideration when it’s close to a dead calm, like it was for much of Thursday’s first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. Read more
Question: Why can the state of Hawaii require trans-Pacific cruise ship passengers to be vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19 to disembark in Hawaii, but can’t apply the same requirement to trans-Pacific domestic air passengers? Domestic air passengers have the option to quarantine for five days upon arrival (arriving unvaccinated and untested). Cruise passengers don’t have that option (they must be vaccinated or test negative). Why are the rules different? Read more
Hawaii golf in 2021 was a blur, like pretty much everything else in our lives. This blur appeared to have a silver lining. The game grew, in part because of the pandemic. Read more
Question: In his recent “Spotlight Hawaii” interview with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Board of Water Supply Manager Ernest Lau noted that residents may be asked to implement water conservation measures this summer. Read more
While watching Georgia beat Alabama for the College Football Playoff championship I went into a portal of my own Monday, one that transferred me to the ’00s and better times for University of Hawaii football. Read more
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, Arthur C. Clark famously wrote, and to someone only a decade ago, today’s world would appear to be a magical one. Read more
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