Off My Desk - March 2010

Among the many provision of the new health care reform law—more IRS agents!

The Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division is in danger of losing its federal funding. Sounds like not much improved in that division since we chronicled its troubles in depth, in Nov. 2007's "Bones of Contention."

"Lost" has been the hottest show on TV and the biggest thing to hit our local film industry. I was beginning to think I was the last person who had yet to see a single episode, until now.

If you remember the 1980s in Honolulu, you'll love the archive of Spin magazine, just released by Google Books.

An alert reader asks why the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center seems to be in a Tsunami inundation zone. We found out.

A memorial for the former mayor will be held today at Honolulu Hale.