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Entries from August 14th, 2010

Behind the scenes at the Makaha International Surfing Championships in 1958

August 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · John Lind Collection

The temperature in Honolulu rose to 86 degrees on August 19, 1958, but it probably seemed hotter as members of the International Surfing Championship Committee began arriving at the old Pearl City police station for their first planning meeting looking ahead to the next annual event at Makaha, considered the premier and most prestigious surfing [...]

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Panos on property taxes and nuclear power

August 14th, 2010 · 26 Comments · Campaigns, Politics

Just a couple of things that struck me watching last night’s mayoral debate on KHON. First, it doesn’t appear to be available for online viewing this morning, a measure of the station’s lack of progress on the digital conversion scale. If it is being streamed somewhere by KHON, it’s not apparent. First, poor Kirk Caldwell. [...]

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