This is the fourth blog in a series about how Hawai‘i neighborhoods have changed since the spread of COVID-19. Read what O‘ahu’s Waikīkī, Kailua and Hale‘iwa look like now. Popular Scandinavian Shave Ice is still open—but workers now use face shields when preparing and serving its shave ice. Photo: Laura Dornbush With a mandatory 14-day […]
This story originally appeared on the website of our sister publication, HONOLULU Magazine. If you’ve always wanted to see a volcano from above …Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park The National Parks Service teamed up with Google Arts & Culture to create multimedia tours of five of America’s difficult-to-get-to (even without stay-at-home orders) parks. And of course Hawai‘i Volcanoes
Starting at 12:01 a.m. Thursday for two weeks, Oʻahu will be under another stay-at-home, work-at-home order to slow the surge in COVID-19 cases. There were 215 new coronavirus cases today, 201 of which were on Oʻahu. The new order is similar to the statewide shutdown back in March. Only essential workers and businesses—grocery stores, banks,
Earlier this month, Neighbor Island counties were considering the idea of “resort bubbles,” where out-of-state visitors to Hawaiʻi could stay in self-contained, full-service resorts during their mandatory 14-day quarantine. That means they could leave their hotel rooms and enjoy the resorts’ spas, golf courses, restaurants and shops—but that’s it. Today, at a press conference, Hawaiʻi Gov. David
I was hiking along Kuliʻouʻou Ridge Trail in East Honolulu when I got the text. “Aaand they just closed Nā Ala Hele trails.” Last week Hawaiʻi officials launched restrictions to travel and outdoor activity as a way to combat the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, primarily on Oʻahu. Beaches, parks, playgrounds, campgrounds, skateparks and other outdoor
A series of satellite images taken from 11 a.m. Thursday through 12:50 a.m. Friday shows the progress of Hurricane Douglas as it heads toward the Hawaiian Islands. Credit: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration If it’s not a pandemic, it’s a hurricane. Hawaiʻi is bracing its for the first big
This is the second of three blogs about how O‘ahu neighborhoods have changed since the spread of COVID-19. Read what Waikīkī looks like here and Haleʻiwa here. Just after I graduated last December I met up with friends, and we took a day trip to Kailua. We drove from town through the Ko’olau Mountains, stopped for food at
Visitors to Hawaiʻi will continue to have to self-quarantine for a mandatory 14 days through the end of August, period. Last month, Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige announced plans to end the quarantine on Aug. 1 for trans-Pacific passengers who test negative for COVID-19 before arriving in the state. But with a recent uptick in coraonvirus
Starting today, guests will be allowed to tour the USS Arizona Memorial again. Access will be limited to a maximum of 50 people on each 45-minute tour, which includes a boat ride to the memorial. You must book your reservation online and face masks are required. The national memorial, operated by the National Park Service, had been
The lure of travel is real. We know many of you have postponed—or straight-up canceled—trips to Hawaiʻi due to the spread of COVID-19. But we also know you’ll be planning those return (or first-time!) trips soon. And when you do, we’re here for you. The team at HAWAIʻI Magazine created a digital-exclusive, first-ever Editor’s Guide
Hawaiʻi and summer: The two are practically inseparable. This is the land of perpetual sunshine, with sun-kissed beaches, warm waters and palm trees swaying in the trade winds. It’s almost cliché—except that it’s real. We asked a few Hawaiʻi social media influencers with mad photo skills to show us what summer in Hawaiʻi looks like to
Hawaiʻi is one of the best places in the world to view the night sky—and you don’t have to be on the top of Mauna Kea or Haleakalā, either. Thanks to the relatively low light pollution and the islands’ isolated location in the Pacific Ocean, stars are never more than a glance away. You don’t
