Your O‘ahu Neighborhood Guide: Monsarrat Avenue
Once a sleepy burger stop for surfers, Monsarrat Avenue has transformed over 19 years into a food and fashion scene noted for outdoorsy authenticity.
Don Wallace
The Shark Chronicles Part II: 5 Years After He Saved A Shark Attack Victim, A Filmmaker’s Journey
What makes one person paddle toward a violent shark attack while others flee? In the case of Keoni TeTawa Bowthorpe, the factors are many and complex, but begin with his culture and upbringing.
One Year Later: The Effects of Hawai‘i’s Illegal Short-Term Rental Ban
Illegal vacation rentals have worsened Hawai‘i’s affordable housing shortage while contributing to an overrun of visitors.
The Shark Chronicles, Part I: Catching Up with a Shark Attack Victim 5 Years Later
The shark swimmer, the shark attack victim and the filmmaker who saved him: Five years after a fateful day, they’ve reunited in Hawai‘i.
HONOLULU Magazine Wins 13 Awards This Year
The magazine earned kudos locally and nationally for our writing and design. So, if you’re looking for some great reads, we have a few suggestions.
Livestream Hawai‘i’s Carissa Moore, Seth Moniz and Coco Ho in “Rumble at the Ranch”—Surfing Kelly Slater’s Artificial Wave
The Aug. 9 mixed-doubles charity event should be a showcase for the powerful wave, especially as a platform for mind-boggling maneuvers.
How Hawaiian Shirts Fight Extremism
Recent sightings of aloha shirts on members of the race-war-promoting “boogaloo boys” run counter to our iconic garment’s history.
Shark Strong: Join Da Shop’s Virtual Q&A with 2020’s Breakout Novelist Kawai Strong Washburn
With raves from “The New York Times,” “Vanity Fair” and, ahem, HONOLULU, Washburn’s “Sharks in the Time of Saviors” has become an international publishing phenomenon.
3 New Books By Hawai‘i Writers That You Should Read Right Now
Bookmarks the spot.
O‘ahu in 1995: Nineties Spring Fashion in Hawai‘i
A cherry red convertible sets the tone for 1995’s “Spring Into Color” fashion section.
O‘ahu in 1950: Visitors Could Once Enjoy Staying in Hawai‘i for 10 Dollars a Day
Finding affordable accommodations in the Islands for teachers and out-of-state students isn’t a new problem, it seems.
Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival is Changing and Moving to UH Mānoa This Year
Don’t book the Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival just yet—it’s changing months, moving locations and shaking up its lineup.
Taste Test: We Tried Every Hot Dog at Hank’s Haute Dogs and Ranked Them
Two culture critics lay their hot dog cred on the line—and still find room for a “No” Dog and a hamburger for dessert. Welcome to the sausage party.
HONOLULU Staff Favorites: The 14 Best Breakfasts in Hawai‘i (and Where to Get Them)
Breakfasts of champions to fuel up for the day ahead.
2019 Hale ‘Aina Award Winners: The Best Breakfast Restaurants in Hawai‘i
At Café Kaila, Koko Head Café and Over Easy, success comes from memories of favorite family mornings, and some spectacular versions of home cooking.
Proposed 2021 Shutdown of the Blaisdell Center Delayed
Why the mayor says the big project to renovate the concert hall and arena have been put on hold.
Thrifty Rich Locals: 4 Money-Savvy Locals Give Finance Tips for Living in Hawai‘i
How they’ve made it, saved it and are passing it on.
Eyewitness Account of Deadly Chaos That Left Two Officers Dead in a Diamond Head Neighborhood
Senior editor Don Wallace’s first-person account about the morning on Hibiscus Drive when police officers were shot and fire spread from house to house.
HONOLULU Staff Favorites: The 11 Best Healthy-ish Vegetarian Dishes on O‘ahu
Whether you’re a vegan, a vegetarian or trying to lessen your meat consumption, your restaurant experience should not have to suffer.
The Doctor Will See You Now. Can Telemedicine Save the Medical Care Crisis in Hawai‘i?
All ideas are on the table, including shorter and less rigorous training for some doctors. But time and money are running out.
Thermal Stress, Skeeters and Salmonella: Hawai’i‘s 2020 Health Forecast
Health Department director Bruce Anderson on what climate change could have in store for us.
Ticket to Tokyo: John John Florence Is Going to the Olympics—Even After Gabriel Medina Ended His Comeback at the Billabong Pipe Masters
John John Florence edges rival Kelly Slater for the last U.S. Olympic berth. He joins fellow local Carissa Moore on the squad.
Happening Now: Follow John John Florence as He Battles for an Olympic Berth
The Billabong Pipe Masters is happening with Hawai‘i's Seth Moniz just eliminated by Kelly Slater. If Florence can advance, a tense semifinal awaits.
“Doing Nothing Wasn’t An Option”—A Conversation With The City’s Guy Kaulukukui
The three-year shutdown of the Blaisdell Center will give Honolulu a world-class campus of entertainment facilities.
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