Mahalo to HAWAII Today reader Joel Muraoka of Tokyo for his diligence.Muraoka dropped us a thank you e-mail for posting a truncated YouTube clip of Israel Kamakawiwoole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” playing over Times Square just after 2008 began. Better yet, he found us a full version of the clip.Sadly, someone (Dick Clark Productions?) had already […]
Honolulu wasn’t the only city feeling the effects when head football coach June Jones departed for Southern Methodist University.In Honolulu, the dailies speculated when University of Hawaii athletic director Herman Frazier would get the boot for letting Jones get away. The Honolulu Advertiser even provided regular updateson Frazier’s job status throughout the day. Meanwhile, a couple of other
Hawaii is known for having a seemingly endless supply of cool surf spots. But still, it can get seriously gnarly finding a perfect spot. Too many bodies competing for the same wave. Lack of parking. No places to paddle safely into the surf. No showers to rinse off afterwards. Now imagine what it feels
University of Hawaii football coach June Jones is now a Mustang.The Warrior coach resurrected the UH football program from an 0-12 cellar-dwelling season in 1998 to an undefeated 12-0 current season. Today he formally accepted an offer from Southern Methodist University to lead its own long-suffering football team.Jones’s hire was officially announced by SMU brass today.We
Will the troubles facing television’s Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman ever end?In November, the A&E television network put his Hawaii-filmed television series “Dog the Bounty Hunter” on hiatus after his son leaked a private phone conversation in which Chapman used a racial slur.Now comes this bit of weirdness out of Honolulu involving Dog’s partner in bounty
Safe travels to University of Hawaii football coach June Jones, who’s apparently leaving on a jet plane to Dallas tomorrow (01/05/08) morning. The reason? An interview with Southern Methodist University brass, which are hunting for a new head football coach.With SMU reportedly hanging a that-ain’t-kukui-nuts annual salary of between $1.7 million and $2 million in front of Jones, UH-Warrior
It’s the 25th anniversary of the Kilauea volcano eruption on the Big Island.Just after midnight on Jan. 3, 1983, molten lava began pouring from a freshly-opened crack in a thick ohia forest a few miles east of Kilauea’s summit. It hasn’t stopped since. Then just kids from nearby Hilo, a bunch of us packed into a
Yes, that was Hawaii’s own Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwoole’s singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” as the ball dropped in New York City’s Times Square for the 100th year in a row.The million-plus revelers in midtown Manhattan and millions more watching on TV around the world got to hear the late great vocalist about 8 minutes after
When will the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel open again? Not soon.The Mauna Kea shut down after the October 2006 Big Island earthquake caused serious structural damage and safety concerns. According to itsWeb site, the 43-year-old resort is promising a December 2008 re-opening, after $150 million worth of work.Why a two-year delay?According to a Honolulu Star-Bulletin story, the
New York City drops a glowing ball down a flagpole above Time Square. London launches fireworks over the Thames. Here in Hawaii — local permits and ordinances be damned — most residents follow the longtime New Year’s Eve tradition: Turning their streets into mini versions of the Do Long bridge scene in “Apocalypse Now” with fireworks. Here’s how one
It’s the second day of the new year. The most adventurous thing I’ve done all morning is order a venti rather than a grande Americano at Starbucks. I’d much rather be flying above the West Maui forest canopy.On Jan. 21, Kapalua Resort opens what it swears is one of the longest zipline courses in North America,
Brian Tate of London, Ontario, Canada, wrote us with a question about our HAWAII Magazine Facebook ohana’s favorite Hawaii snack: I’m planning my second trip to Hawaii, for this coming summer. It’s freezing where I am right now, but I can’t get my mind off the wonderful shave ice treats I inhaled almost every day
