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FEATURE


Cover Story
Maui in the Movies
One of my earliest memories of Oahu was driving with my family past Kahalu, and the cab driver announcing to us that, just over the hill, Columbia Pictures had built a faux Okinawa village for The Karate ...more»

NEWS


Coconut Wireless
Census Fears and Birther Demands
This week, a couple readers gave me a heads-up about “Hitler Reacts to the Hawaii Superferry,” which was posted in October 2009 by CaptainNemo999. Best line: “I waited and waited for
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Upfront News
Reexamining the Residency Districts
Less than two miles. That’s how close Gladys Baisa’s Makawao home was to the border of the Upcountry residency district when she decided to run for Charmaine Tavares’s vacated County Council seat in 2006. ...more»


News of the Weird
Blind Cab Drivers and Potty Peepers
HAWAII MAKES NEWS OF THE WEIRD!
Sabrina Medina filed a lawsuit against the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort on Oahu in January, claiming that an employee had caused her husband’s death. The late Humberto
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By the Numbers
Monk Seal Fines and Plastic Bag Bans
$50,000: Maximum penalty for “intentionally or knowingly [taking] a Hawaiian monk seal” under SB2441, a bill that would make killing the endangered animals a...more»

Spin Cycle
Shining a Light on the Proposed HECO Solar Freeze
Where the sun don’t shine…

“Our initial PUC filing discussed a pause in installations. We regret
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LC Watch
Dance Bill Stumbles
“Hundreds of bills are introduced each year, and most of them don’t make it,” attorney Lance Collins told me recently. He was responding to a question about HB2818, a bill spearheaded by Maui Rep. Joe ...more»

COLUMNS


Eh Brah
Over the Speed Limit
I know this ain’t the Mainland, but what’s up with all the new 30 mph speed limit signs on Piilani Highway? I’ve never heard of a highway with ...more»

FOOD



Food & Drink
Threes Bar and Grill
When Bada Bing closed down at the end of 2008 it was the end of a slow, expected death. Yet I always felt the location was promising. Tucked into the South end of Kihei Kalama Village, the building has...more»

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT




FILM


Film Critique
Alice in Wonderland
My dad took me to see Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure , my first Tim Burton film, when I was eight years old. It gave me the biggest scare I’ve ever had in a movie theater, when a character named Large Marge ...more»

CALENDAR


Picks of the Week
Women Helping Women 5K and 10K Fun Run
The intent is to ingrain the basics of what being in a respectful relationship means in the heads and hearts of both men and women, but the plain truth is that because domestic violence is such a personal ...more»

Lima Wela at the MACC
Lima Wela (or “Las Manos Calientes,” en Espanol, or for those who like to stick to good old English, “Hot Hands”) is the multi-cultural acoustic guitar trio composed of Hawaiian Willie K. , Spaniard
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