Honolulu HI

Ramon Brockington, 42, the founder and longtime videographer behind Oahu Surf Films and a driving force in Hawaii’s surf-film scene, has died. The family has not yet revealed the cause of death. He was a beloved presence on Oʻahu’s beaches for more than two decades, known for filming everyone...

When it gets big on the North Shore of Oahu, you can feel it in the air. The breeze feels electric. A low hum of excitement vibrates from the water and past the bike path, crossing the Kam Highway before bouncing off the mountains and back towards the beach. And in recent days, that low hum of excitement has felt...

It’s not unusual for residents in Nānākuli’s Princess Kahanu Estates to smell something funky in the air. Their community, just off Farrington Highway on Oʻahu’s West Side, is virtually surrounded by potential sources of bad smells. Farms proliferate farther mauka into the valley; a stream that sometimes needs...

Last week, nurses like myself were alarmed to learn that the federal Department of Education’s plans to redefine the “professional” category which may restrict advanced nursing students from accessing higher amounts of student loans. I happen to be a nurse today because I was able to access...

Residential Youth & Empowerment Services (RYSE), a nonprofit organization that works to equip families and communities to end the cycle of homelessness, today announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos through the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. This is the...

“We didn’t get to see her. We didn’t get to tell her goodbye or anything. And that’s what’s really hurting us."

In a paradise where a single meal can cost as much as a mainland mortgage payment, there exists a magical kingdom where your dollars stretch like saltwater taffy in the hot Hawaiian sun. Savers in Honolulu isn’t just a thrift store – it’s an economic oasis where $45 can transform...

Members of the Puʻuhonua O Waiʻanae (POW) village are moving into new, permanent homes. POW, located near the Waiʻanae Small Boat Harbor, was built on a 19.5-acre parcel and served as a self-governing refuge of around 200 residents. The late Twinkle Borge was the matriarch and steward...

Sunday's Aloha Stadium Swap Meet took a sudden and unwelcome turn when a strong gust of wind ripped through a section of the market, sending at least one vendor canopy into the air and leaving a 28-year-old woman in serious condition. Video from the scene shows metal frames lifting, canopies flipping, shoppers...

Two women were rushed to the hospital in serious condition yesterday after the canoe they were paddling flipped at Pokai Bay in Waianae, turning a morning on the water into an emergency response scene. Emergency crews treated three people onshore, and one person declined to be transported by paramedics. First...