tourists Step on a beach in Waikiki after midnight and you'll receive a criminal citation Carla Sinclair

adventure travel 50-year-old man paddles his way from San Francisco to Honolulu Carla Sinclair

finance The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow

law Man who yelled "guilty!" to get out of jury duty was promptly arrested David Pescovitz

News #HurricaneLane bears down on Hawaii Xeni Jardin

cartography Find the other side of the world from anywhere in the world Andrea James

Copyfight Chicago's 'Aloha Poke Co' wants Hawaiians to stop using the words 'aloha' and 'poke' Cory Doctorow

bye bye coppertone Hawaii just passed a bill banning over 3,500 sunscreen products, which kill coral reefs Carla Sinclair

design Bad design: This is the menu where a wrong click triggered the Hawaii missile alert Saturday David Pescovitz

video Two sailors and two dogs rescued at sea, months after distress call Andrea James

spam Organized Hawaiian SPAM thievery Jason Weisberger

picks University of Hawaii's creepy email subject line to students: "In the event of a nuclear attack" Carla Sinclair

books All about the Black Death flea that killed 100 million people Amy Stewart

distracted walking Don't text and walk while crossing a street in Honolulu or you could get a ticket Mark Frauenfelder

News U.S. to end restriction against grandmas & grandpas from nations in Trump's dumb Muslim ban Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Why The NYT buying The Wirecutter is such a big deal Rob Beschizza

race Obama was "raised white", says Ben Carson Rob Beschizza

police brutality Lawsuit: homophobic Hawaii cop arrested women for kissing in public Rob Beschizza

music Margaret Cho and Bob Mould in email conversation David Pescovitz

prostitution Hawaii cops fake being groped to accuse massage parlor workers of sexual assault Mark Frauenfelder