Hawai‘i Has Its Highest Single-Day Case Increase and President Trump Approves a Major Disaster Declaration for the Islands
Your daily update of everything you need to know related to COVID-19 on April 1.
News & City Life
Coronavirus in Hawai‘i: The State Reports its First COVID-19 Death, Interisland Travel Quarantine and Honolulu Police Chief Asks Drivers to Slow Down
Your daily update of everything you need to know related to COVID-19 on March 31.
Afterthoughts: What Happened to Chinatown’s Arts District in Honolulu?
There goes the neighborhood.
Foodland Announces Senior Shopping Hours Because of Coronavirus Concerns
All stores across the state will have a senior-only hour three days a week. Tamura's Market Wahiawā, Target and Whole Foods Market also add special shopping times.
Coronavirus Concerns: Events Canceled in Hawai‘i
Events at city parks, shows at the Blaisdell Center and a movie theater chain join our running list of places closed and events canceled in Honolulu as a precaution because of the COVID-19 situation across the world.
How to Support Hawai‘i Restaurants During the Coronavirus Slowdown
Local restaurateurs and food purveyors are on edge as precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus begin to take effect. What can you do to help?
I’m Finally Stocking Up Because of COVID-19. Here’s What’s In My Pantry.
Food that brings comfort, joy and local produce to my door.
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.
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus and Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i is testing people for COVID-19 with two confirmed travel-related coronavirus cases in the islands. This new respiratory virus, first identified in China has killed more than 4,300 and sickened more than 121,000 as it spread into a worldwide pandemic.
Sour Poi Awards: Looking Back on the Best of the Worst News in Hawai‘i from 2019
The offbeat, obscure and outrageous.
To Mask or Not to Mask? We Ask the Experts About the Coronavirus
Hawai‘i residents and travelers are looking for protection. Here’s what you should know before you buy masks.
Afterthoughts: Google Maps Can’t Keep Up with the Rapidly Changing Face of Honolulu
Takin’ it to the streets.
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.
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.
Three Lunar Eclipses Will Occur in 2020; Hawai‘i Will See Two of Them
Don’t bother setting your alarm for Jan. 10’s eclipse. Here is when you should be looking at the moon.
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.
John John Florence and Kelly Slater are Ripping Pipeline Right Now–But Only One Will Go to the Olympics
Day 2 of the Billabong Pipe Masters turned into a John John and Kelly show. Thursday promises to be a showdown.
Hawai‘i’s John John Florence Joins Surfer Lineup at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters
In his first contest since blowing out his knee in June, John John surfs his way into Pipeline contention—and closes in on an Olympic slot.
Meet the Guardians of the Nēnē Who Are Helping to Save Hawai‘i’s Endangered Bird
On private lands across Hawai‘i, generations of families and ranchers have hosted and cared for the endangered bird.
Hawai‘i-Based Artist Makes It on NBC’s Reality Competition Show “Making It”
Matt Ortiz, half of Wooden Wave’s husband-and-wife art team, talks about his craft-fren-ships, life on the funny farm and the most valuable thing he walked away with when his run on the show ended.
While You Were Shopping: Carissa Moore Won the Surf World Title and Nabbed an Olympic Games Slot at the Lululemon Maui Pro
As if we don’t feel the Black Friday-through-Cyber Monday hangover enough, the Native Hawaiian from O‘ahu dominated in a shortened format in heavy storm surf while her top two rivals lost heartbreaker heats. It’s Moore’s fourth world title.
Consolidated Kāhala Theatres Will Close Dec. 2 through Spring 2020
Catch one last movie this holiday weekend at Kāhala Mall before the renovations.
