Afterthoughts: Neighbors and Strangers
You don’t get to choose them, but you have to live with them.
News Archive
Fashion designer needed to help a little girl
One of the Make-A-Wish Foundation's local recipients is 11-year-old Skylar Soares, and her wish is to create a line of sun-safe hats.
Hear the sounds of Hawaii's animals
Here's a monk seal, sounding somewhat like a heavy beer drinker with indigestion, to get you started.
Whale entanglement season is upon us
It's whale watching season in Hawaii, which, unfortunately, also means it's whale stranding and entanglement season, too.
Unsolicited Advice: Local Food Mashup
All the restaurant coverage in this issue got us thinking about our favorite local foods.
The Sour Poi Awards 2012
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2012—the dumb, the deranged and the indefensible.
Meet Paulette Kaleikini: The woman who stopped the rail
To most, they’re just old bones in the ground. To Paulette Kaanohiokalani Kaleikini, the iwi kupuna are her ancestors, her history, her culture.
Editor's Page: Our 125th Anniversary
After 1,500 issues, we're still going strong.
Bad Company: The final days of Baron Dorcy, Maui Millionaire
The bizarre story behind the death of Maui's ultimate trustafarian.
How Long Does it Take to Become Local in Hawai‘i?
Mahalo Rewards: South Park’s episode entitled “Going Native” gets Hawai‘i residents asking this question.
Up and Coming Architecture Firm: Collaborative Studio
A young Honolulu architecture firm is winning awards and solving problems.
Aloha, Dan Inouye
U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye has passed away, at age 88. We’re speechless. Also, learn what happens next.
Best Lawyers in Hawaii 2012
As the number of legal specialties here—76!—attests, life is complicated. But there’s no need to face those complications without an advocate.
Unsolicited Advice: Gov. Abercrombie, tear down this fence!
From Salt Lake Boulevard by the stadium to Acacia Road in Pearl City: how about a nice hedge instead?
The Warning Shot
Eight years before the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese-language publication hit Honolulu like a bombshell, predicting war with the United States and an inevitable Japanese victory.
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Long Reads
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2007—from the strange to the stupid to the scandalous.
With the recent unprecedented volcanic emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency has stepped in on the Big Island with measures appropriate for a major toxic event. If it’s that serious there, what’s in store for O‘ahu? We take a deep breath and examine the new reality of vog—and what we can do about it.