The video that went viral over the weekend for Hawaii wasn’t beaches and palm trees, it was a swimmer’s greatest fear—a huge great white shark. And beside it, close enough to touch, a slim woman clad in a full-body wetsuit who’s dwarfed by the bulk of the shark, which is also clearly pregnant. This particular […]
Duane “Dog” Chapman, known for his hit TV show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, which ran for eight seasons on A&E, is making his return to reality television. Dog’s Most Wanted, which will run on national television station WGN America, will have Duane, wife Beth and their team, called the Dirty Dozen, hunting fugitives on the
As is always the case in conservation, there’s good news—and there’s bad news. Let’s start with the bad. A Hawaiian tree snail named George, the last known member of the species Achatinella apexfulva, died on New Year’s Day. He was 14 and likely the last of his kind in the world. Researchers could never find
As the travel industry has grown, we’ve seen more and more “budget” airlines offering cheap flights to and from Honolulu. The newest to throw its hat in the ring is Sun Country Airlines, a Minnesota-based carrier that has announced plans for flights between Daniel K. Inouye Airport and San Francisco. How budget are we talking?
You don’t have to fly to Tokyo to sample fresh, gooey mochi or receive a New Year’s blessing from a Shinto priest. You can experience all of that and more at the New Year’s Ohana Festival on Oahu this weekend. Workers frying andagi, or Okinawan-style doughnuts.Photo: Courtesy of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii With
Laie, situated neatly on Oahu’s northeast coastline, has everything that makes a small town in Hawaii so great: small hole-in-the wall restaurants, family-owned businesses and world-class beaches just steps away from the main thoroughfare. Just don’t expect much open on Sundays, as the town has a large Mormon community. So if you’ve already checked out
Every January, the world’s greatest golf professionals come to the Waialae Country Club on Oahu to play in the Sony Open in Hawaii, the state’s largest charity golf event. Since 1999, the tournament has raised over $18 million for more than 350 local nonprofits. Through tournament host Friends of Hawaii Charities and the longtime support
Food blogger Melissa Chang gives us the rundown on Hawaiian shave ice, its origins and two of the best places to get it: Shimazu Store in Honolulu and Baldwin’s Sweet Shop in Aiea, both on the island of Oahu. She’s also got some valuable tips on how to eat the fast-melting treat. Have Aloha
Good news for visitors wanting to experience the memorials at Pearl Harbor’s World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Oahu during the current government shutdown that started on Dec. 22: It’s received funding to stay open—at least until Sunday, Jan. 6. Thanks to four nonprofit organizations that originally stepped up to keep the
Journey along with three born-and-raised local surfer boys, Koa, Alex and Travis Smith, as they show us their favorite places on Oahu, Hawaii’s North Shore, including a quick pillbox hike, lunch at Pupukea Grill, the famous Pipeline surfing beach, the colorful little Sunrise Shack, and Lei Lei’s Bar & Grill, famous for its mai tais
These flowers don’t bend and sway with the breeze, and they don’t add any fragrance to the tropical night air, but they’re no less mesmerizing as they pulse, fade and change colors in time with the music being played. The “Light Garden, a 1,000-Year Bloom” installation by Symmetry Labs opens to the public on Friday,
There’s a new addition to the Honolulu Zoo. Harriet, a Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, gave birth Dec. 18 at the zoo in Waikiki. Both mom and baby are currently on display. This is the fourth baby sloth born at the Honolulu Zoo to Harriet and her mate, Quandro. It’s too early to determine whether the latest
