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Conserving Energy With HECO

Kelli Meskin — 2008-05-14T10:00:00-10:00

With graduation time coming up, HECO spokesman Darren Pai warns about letting those Mylar balloons fly away It was in March of last year that Darren Pai left his 14-year career as a reporter to work for Hawaiian Electric Company as its senior communications consultant.

Hawaii’s Mothers Of The Year

Alana Folen — 2008-05-07T10:00:01-10:00

Born and raised seemingly two worlds apart, Jeanine Wong and Margaret Ho have at least one thing in common - both are mothers at the top of their game who take their role as a mother seriously. And with Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s quite fitting to honor these women

Pushing To Find A Cure

Alice Keesing — 2008-05-06T10:00:00-10:00

It was the book Jurassic Park that did it. Justin Ichida was a teen growing up in Hawaii Kai when he read Michael Crichton’s book, and his imagination was captured by the idea of regrowing dinosaurs from old bits of DNA.

Queen For A (May) Day

Melissa Moniz — 2008-04-30T10:00:00-10:00

Paulette Kahalepuna, a keeper of the Hawaiian tradition of making feather lei, is crowned queen of May/Lei Day. Bishop Museum has the largest display of Hawaiian featherwork in the world. No. 2 is probably feather lei artisan

A Most Unusual Protagonist

Sarah Pacheco — 2008-04-09T10:00:01-10:00

In her 50s, Patricia Wood has written a best seller in 17 countries that is about to be made into a film. Just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, neither can you about a person. “We waste too much time labeling people,” says Patricia Wood. “You judge a book after you’ve read it. And it’s not so much of a judgement, it’s a subjective evaluation.”

How To Fix Global Warming

Alice Keesing — 2008-03-26T10:00:00-10:00

A Stanford scientist who shared the Nobel Prize with Al Gore presents a series of talks sponsored by HPU. World-renowned climatologist Stephen Schneider is doing his part to save the world by reducing carbon emissions and riding his bicycle to work. “I’m on my cell phone riding my bicycle,” says Schneider, puffing ever so slightly. “Can I call you back?”

Why Gas Prices Won’t Fall

Brandon Bosworth — 2008-03-25T10:00:01-10:00

Fereidun Fesharaki, an energy expert at the East-West Center, says paying $6 for a gallon of gas is inevitable, and is coming sooner than you think. With the cost of a gallon of gas nearing (and on Maui, reaching) the $4 mark throughout the state, filling up your car’s tank has become a particularly expensive endeavor.

Bringing The NFL To Nanakuli

Sarah Pacheco — 2008-03-19T10:00:00-10:00

The former principal of Nanaikapono Elementary brings Hawaii’s first NFL Youth Education Town to his old stomping grounds. An excited swarm huddled under tents just outside of Nanaikapono Elementary School Feb. 7. But these sports players, fans and dignitaries weren’t on hand for a Pro Bowl-week celebration

Driven To Prevent Trouble

Chad Pata — 2008-02-20T10:00:01-10:00

A former UH basketball player turned cop opens a new business to get folks home safely after a night out. Having worked in Waikiki in the nightclubs and later as a plainclothes officer, Kawika Hallums has become the nightlife version of the friend with a truck: Everyone is calling for a favor. “People are always calling me up, ‘Hey Kawika,

An Idea Born In 1941 Hawaii

Alice Keesing — 2008-02-06T10:00:00-10:00

A scientist with Hawaii ties develops a cyanide antidote that could save soldiers and firefighters. Honolulu, 1941. The sirens screech over Honolulu, sending 14-year-old Herbert Nagasawa and his Washington Intermediate classmates scrambling for the bomb shelters, donning their gas masks.