Community & Economy

Markets to Suit Every Taste

Hawaii’s known for a unique blend of cultures and tastes, and that is evident in the wide variety of foods and products available in the Islands’ many ethnic markets. These markets go far beyond the typical Japanese, Chinese and Korean…

LocalKineBiz: Primo Gelato

Once you’ve had gelato, you may never go back to plain ol’ ice cream. Gelato is Italian-style ice cream, made with less butterfat and less air, which make it denser and more flavorful, usually with less fat and fewer calories…

The Growing Crisis of Student Debt

Ryan Delaney had been teaching at Waianae High School for two years when he received an offer he couldn’t refuse: Return to UH-Manoa’s Speech Department to get his M.A. at a discounted price. While earning that degree, he served as…

5 Steps to a Fitter You

If 2015 is like most years, fitness goals are at the top of most people’s resolutions list. Fitness instructor and author Tony Rodriguez Larkin offers this guide for you to succeed: 1. Take measurements Keep data on everything you want…

Wall Art for the Urban Village

A walk around Honolulu nowadays can seem like a visit to an open-air art gallery.  Murals are reinvigorating communities with vibrant colors while celebrating Hawaii’s natural beauty, culture and people. Mark Brown, an artist and art teacher at the UH,…

Chocoholic’s Paradise

Ricard Muszynski loves to create chocolate treats by hand and wants to show you how to do it, too. At his Waikiki shop, Kokoa Bar by Ricard Chocolat, you have many choices: You can ogle and taste artisanal confections such…

Brazil in the Aina

Name: Sandy Tsukiyama Job: Radio show host Experience: Six years Profile:     Tsukiyama has lived an interesting life: She trained on the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument; worked as a tour guide for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking visitors to Oahu;…

Which NextEra Will Hawaii Get?

Soon after NextEra Energy stirred up debate in the local energy community by announcing plans for a $4.3 billion takeover of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Ted Peck called us to put in his two bits. Like other media outlets in town,…

Tech Scores Big Win Over Car Thieves

If you are keeping score on whether technology makes our lives better or worse, put this in the plus column: Technology has dramatically cut the number of stolen cars in Hawaii over the past decade. In 2003, 9,651 motor vehicles…

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