San Francisco Chronicle,  USA – Jul 1, 2006… The outrigger design is "tried and true,'' said Raymond Lui, a structural engineer with the San Francisco Building Inspection Department. … Continue…

TravelVideo.tv (press release) – 13 hours ago… Dan Hotels Israel received first place on customer satisfaction in a random sample of Israeli and foreign tourists—well above the hotel industry average that …

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Honolulu Advertiser, HI – 22 hours agoThe state plans to hold an exercise in mid-August simulating the explosion of a half-kiloton nuclear device at the entrance of Honolulu Harbor, a mock blast …

Perhaps the biggest name in Hawaiian music — and one shared by two brothers — is coming to town this month. The Brothers Cazimero play the Palace of Fine Arts on July 23 in a fundraiser for San Francisco’s Nihonmachi Street Fair. In their decades of… More…

Brian OLeary loves to compete, especially with himself. He also loves to train in order to keep himself in excellent physical condition. Those are the reasons he is a triathlete. More…

Herald-Star – The prince candidates are Matthew Dauch, Blue Ribbon General 4-H; or Westin Fogle, Royal Riders. Wayne Heavilin, Green Valley 4-H, will be the king of the junior fair. Candidates for queen are Nichole Yourko, Tri County Showstoppers; Aimee Knoop, New Continue

Altoona Mirror – That no-pain, no-gain thing, her occupational therapist Mary Beth Westin said. We didn t have to stand over her with any kind of big stick. A rehab center in West Virginia said she had reached her potential at age 10. But she Continue

KGMB9 – Two of the victims in Thursday night’s shooting were long-time husband and wife, Jason and Colleen Takamori. Neighbors we spoke with say the couple grew up here on Oahu. Friends tell us they leave a daughter behind, one who just graduated college

Hawaii Tongans mourn prince and princess, killed in California crash
Honolulu Star-Bulletin – He was scheduled to travel to Seattle after visiting the Bay area and then visit Oahu, Maui and the Big Island next week before heading home, said Tapu Kitea, Prince Tu’ipelehake’s daughter-in-law. Tongans in Hawaii described the couple as religious

Join us as we drive from Kapa`a on Kauai’s Coconut Coast to Ke’e Beach at the beginning of the Kalalau Trail along the Na Pali Coast. Along the way we…

A benefit for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, featuring the Beach Boys (above): Place: Waikiki Shell Time: 4 p.m. Saturday; concert at 6 p.m. Tickets: $25 in advance for lawn …

There has been a lively debate in “Letters” about the overthrow of the Hawaii monarchy and the subsequent annexation by the United States. Often the writers use the same facts to arrive at different conclusions.

Zenkoku Hosho in shady Hawaii deal 
Zenkoku Hosho Co., a major credit guarantee company, made a questionable 30 million dollars deposit in a Hawaii bank account in 2005 as security for bank loans extended to a firm that then Zenkoku Hosho Chairman Tadatoshi Asakawa had founded there in his individual capacity, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.