Afterthoughts: Chinatown Lockdown
Businesses are locking their doors in broad daylight. How did it come to this?
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Unsolicited Advice for HPD
Unsolicited Advice: Do You Know Why We're Writing This, Officer?: It happened on King Street, downtown, during one of the Honolulu Police Department’s antijaywalking campaigns.
Inspirational Quotes from the Dalai Lama’s Talks in Honolulu
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama returned to Hawaii for two talks at the UH Stan Sheriff Center.
Is Hawaii Worth It?
Four local families talk about the price of paradise—and whether they’re willing to pay it any longer. Also, check out some eye-opening stats on the cost of living in the Islands.
Afterthoughts: Fence Hopping
The Haiku Stairs might be Hawaii’s busiest off-limits hike.
Egg Donations: A Honolulu Woman’s Story
A Good Egg: Why one Honolulu woman has donated her eggs, six times.
Endangered Kahuli Snails on Oahu
Hail Snails!: Sometimes, you build a jail to keep bad guys out.
iPhone Apps for a Better Honolulu
Coding for a Fix: Better government through… iPhones?
The Bird Scarers of Honolulu International Airport
How a handful of Wildlife Services officers with a mixed bag of tricks safeguards aviation at Honolulu International Airport.
Editor's Page: Paying the Paradise Tax
The downside to life in Hawaii is mainly economic. How much are we willing to pay?
"Think About It" segment
Please do check this out and think about it! To John Fink and the crew at KFVE, thank you.
Governor Fasttrack?
I'm reading over at Civil Beat about how Gov. Neil Abercrombie supports Senate Bill 755 in Hawaii.
Honolulu Rail: "Lousy Practices of Public Manipulation"
Former Gov. Ben Cayetano and his fellow plaintiffs have released emails from the Federal Transit Authority about the Honolulu rail project.
Afterthoughts: Quonset Cool
Curved, corrugated, casual—Hawaii’s kamaboko houses are prefab-ulous.
Not So Hard in Honolulu for a Pimp
"In one year, Honolulu police made more than 200 prostitution arrests. But only one of those arrests involved a pimp — and he was never charged."–via Civil Beat
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Long Reads
Meet the noodle makers rolling out the Island’s nicest noodles by hand ... and foot!
Disappearing Diamond Head, a historic fire in Chinatown and mule-drawn trolleys. We look back ... and forward at Honolulu.