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Long before Honolulu Harbor and Aloha Tower, the coastline and area were known as Kuloloia or Ke Awa O Kou, the area of Kou. It was a thriving community where many would come to fish, launch their canoes and conduct business. The Aloha Tower was built to serve as a way to welcome everyone arriving

I admire your ability to stay outside the conflict and offer detached, incisive commentary. I respect your preference for avoiding small-minded camps and partisan skirmishes. But in the coming days, I hope you’ll step directly into the muck and bring the passionate contributions of a devotee ...

Everything happens for a reason. Every small choice can create lasting change—and even save a life. That’s what David Couture was reminiscing about, recently, when he shared with GNN a miraculous story from more than a decade ago.

Homes at risk of flooding could be better protected in an emergency using widely available and affordable tape rather than traditional sandbags, shows new research from the UK’s University of Hull. Synthetic rubber tape, duct tape, aluminum tape, and yellow plastic tape all outperformed traditio...

At the heart of both plants sits aseptic technology, which lets Hetbahn keep for nine months at room temperature without preservatives. CJ imported its original aseptic line from Japan in 1996 and has kept improving it on its own.

Ebro Ahmed, an Eritrean-American, had stepped outside of Ya Bricks Snacks and Tobacco in St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood when a public schools bus from Battle Creek Middle School rolled past with its doors open. He saw the driver having what appeared to be a seizure while the bus was ...

I have now seen Ode to My Father a total of 63 times... but I also get to see it through new eyes every time. I get to witness the reactions of a whole new group of young people being subject, without warning, to the nation’s famed tearjerker. - By David A. Tizzard

I had been meaning to try the wagyu smash burgers at Buns Gone Wong for a while. The Instagram posts looked fantastic. But more than that, the price tugged at my Chinese heartstrings. A quarter-pound wagyu cheeseburger for $7? By comparison, a Quarter Pounder with cheese at the golden arches on ...

The owners of Peace Cafe in Moiliili say repeated damages from the stormy El Nino season have left them with $20,000 in repair costs.

Nu’utele Island is considered a Key Biodiversity Area for Samoa, and is home to one of the country’s most pristine native forests teeming (usually) with native species. Yet, like many islands across the Pacific, it has suffered from ecological degradation by invasive species—in Nu’utele’s case ...

The new PGA Tour Champions will be Jan. 11 to 16 next year at the Waiʻalae Country Club. The event will feature 78 golf professionals, competing for a $3 million dollar purse.

Most days, if you hit the timing right, aromas of fresh baking fill the parking lot at Hō‘ili‘ili Market. It might be Lā‘ie vanilla bean pound cake, or Maui strawberry shortcake or chocolate chai spice ginger cookies. Other days, there’s coconut cake with strawberry-papaya glaze, sour poi mochi ...

OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them misbehaving, with one later denying it had done so. The cases are the latest in a string of safety scares at the world's top AI developers involving agents, AI programs that carry ...

Five ʻalalā released into the forests of Haleakala nearly two years ago continue to show promising signs of adapting to life in the wild. The Hawaiian crows are regularly foraging for natural food, forming pair bonds, showing territorial behavior and building nests, according to the Maui Forest ...

New mother Vanessa Kawata said she’d like to see clean bathrooms and good access to water fountains. Caryn Tomita said she wishes there were more spaces geared toward toddlers. Crystal House, the mother of a 5-year-old daughter, said she’d like to see more swings.

“Many people may not realize that Hawaii has its own native bat species or how important these animals are to our environment,” said Linda Elliott, founder and CEO of the Hawai’i Wildlife Center.

Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her husband and ...

"Nunchi,” literally meaning “eye measure,” it is one’s ability to understand unspoken social dynamics. Nunchi offers a way of understanding something about contemporary Korean life. Not that Koreans have suddenly discovered how to read a room. Rather, the environments in which we're expected to ...

I've been eagerly awaiting the opening of this 7-Eleven because the location is so convenient for those of us who work in the Kuakini area. This is situated on the former Longs Drugs site at the corner of Liliha and Kuakini Streets (close to Liliha Bakery).

Last Saturday, Feast Mānoa’s last day, I get the last pickup order. It’s past closing, and a few regulars remain. Matsubara’s wife, J’mi, sits at a table eating salt beef watercress soup. “At last, I can give this to my son,” says his mother, Arlene, draping a ginger lei around his neck...

Video recorded on Sunday, 10/11/2026 in Kaimuki.

Why would one of Hawai‘i’s top craft chocolatiers branch into coffee? For Butterbaugh, it wasn’t a stretch. Chocolate drinks and coffee are both ancient. Flavor-wise, they go well together. And there are the trees. Mānoa Chocolate recently planted a couple of hundred coffee trees in Waialua...

Some older adults feel the increase is a drop in the bucket as inflation has eaten away at monthly savings. The government reported last month that inflation accelerated in August as gas prices spiked in the wake of renewed fighting between the United States and Iran.

A software engineer conducts a groundbreaking study on an unusual group of people; lean, fit, healthy individuals whose doctors are convinced they’ll die young.

KAIST President Bae Choong-sik demonstrated the approach by wearing an artificial intelligence-powered exoskeleton at the university’s Daejeon campus. Sensors tracked his leg strength, balance and gait, allowing AI to analyze his physical condition.

Anthropic said on Monday that small AI models could be months away from self-replicating across internet-connected devices, raising the possibility of AI botnets spreading quickly, fighting takedown attempts and even breaking into data centers to turbocharge their growth.

Samantha Rensvold was adopted as an infant. It’s something she’s long known of, and that she has a biological sister, somewhere in the US. These things were far in the back of her mind though, on August 1st, 2025, during a softball tournament in Montana. Rensvold had not seen the opposing player,

When a data-driven engineer reverses his pre-diabetes with a low-carb diet, he feels invincible-- until a routine blood test reveals sky-high cholesterol. Caught between feeling his best and a deep fear of heart disease, he refuses to accept easy answers, launching a powerful new study that chall...

This form of osteoarthritis is the most common, but the ideal foot angle for reducing load in the medial side of the knee differs from person to person, depending on their natural gait and how it changes when they adopt the new walking pattern.

"We should treasure each time we cross paths with someone because it might never happen again,” Matsuda said, translating. More simply, she said it reminds the reader to “cherish the moment.”

“If King Sejong is the founder, inventor and creator of Hangeul, Ju can be considered the restorer, or an intermediary founder, who revived the script,” Kim said. Ju is credited with giving Hangeul its current name, laying the foundations for modern Korean grammar and training disciples ...

Quote of the Day: “The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old. This is the way.” – The Mandalorian (film by Jon Favreau)

Lounging on the couch enjoying some TV time, children are excellent at completely zoning out of everything else around them. That’s why both the father’s older daughter and younger son did a double take as he ambled by across their view. "Daddy!” says the daughter, “you’re walking!”

Many molecules come in versions that look alike but are not exactly identical, like right and left hands. Kagan, who is from France, and Soai, from Japan, found ways to make chemistry pick a side, designing reactions to produce the desired mirror image. Soai was shopping when he heard he had won.

The researchers estimated that under conditions involving people actually sharing food, a single double dip could transfer roughly 50 to 100 bacteria between people. A separate study estimated that an intimate 10-second kiss can transfer an average of about 80 million bacteria between partners.

For some seniors, the cost of a new plan may be a major consideration. On Oahu, HMSA lists its 2027 Complete Plus plan at $240 per month, an increase of about $90 [sic] per month. Other HMSA options include Complete at $55 per month and Select Plus at $45 per month. * Note: from $160 to $240 = $80

During Hawaiʻi’s summer months, Japanese Buddhist temples across the state launch their annual bon dance festivals. These community wide events are well known for their dance, crafts and nostalgic food items.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. The Nobel Assembly lauded their work and said their tool is now being used in laboratories around the world to reveal the brain’s mysteries.

Scientists at King’s College London have discovered that urolithin A – a natural compound produced in the body after consuming foods such as pomegranates, walnuts and some berries – improves the heart’s ability to relax, reduces scarring, and prevents harmful enlargement.

When it comes to the world of aquatic life, Mozambique tilapia are remarkably tolerant to salt water. They survive in habitats ranging from fresh water to hypersaline ponds that are three times saltier than the ocean, and researchers at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agricu...

Despite not understanding what “trouble sleeping” means, hunter-gatherers do, in fact, sleep less and wake more than those in modern, technologized societies. The key is that for them, it’s normal and not stressful. For us, “good” sleep has become the quest for 8 uniform, uninterrupted hours, ...

This week, 16,000 kūpuna received a troubling letter from the state’s largest health insurance company. The letter, reviewed by Civil Beat, caused panic for some recipients amid a national wave of insurers dumping Medicare Advantage plans over ballooning costs.

Leeward Drive-Inn has been a staple for more than 60 years in Waipahu, but it's now boarded up after an early-morning fire. Firefighters arrived on Pupukahi Street around 4:30 a.m. Friday. That's before some of the more than 30 employees showed up to find their workplace ablaze.

CU Hawaii opened its fifth Oahu location Friday on the corner of University Avenue and Dole Street near UH Manoa. The popular Korean convenience store offers grab-and-go foods, popular Korean favorites and merchandise.

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In western Seoul’s vibrant Hongdae neighborhood, a celebration of Filipino music and culture transformed a live music venue into a space where the community felt closer to home. Filipinos across Seoul gathered at Rabbit Hall, the basement live music venue at White Rabbit bistro and wine bar in Mapo

And so Korea has done something really interesting. They have begun to export the opposite of what they have created. Rather than try to convince the world that their trains work, the bus stops have Wi-Fi and heated seats, the toilets squirt water up your bum, the teachers are respected, the play...

It is unclear if or when Happy Days will resume operations, as the property owner has not decided whether to repair or demolish the building. Cleanup is expected to continue through Friday.

“I need help. I am being followed,” Major said as she entered. Inside the Monona restaurant, an all-woman crew working that shift immediately jumped into action outside of any typical job description. Staff members immediately formed a protective barrier, blocking his view, directing him out of...

Huh Mimi, 21, was born in Tokyo to a Korean father and a Japanese mother. She competed for Japan earlier in her career but began representing South Korea in 2021 to honor a dying wish of her grandmother. Huh is also a descendant of a Korean independence fighter from the Japanese colonial period.