Entries from August 24th, 2010
We just missed getting down to Swanzy Beach Park before the sun came up this morning. Almost got there, but not quite. But the sun appears a little later every day, and it won’t be long before we’re back in that part of the year when we get the brilliant colors of dawn to accompany [...]
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Newspaper Guild members at the Hawaii Tribune-Herald finally have a new contract. It’s only for two years, and includes a meager 1% pay raise in the second year. Not much, but its the first increase since 2002, according to Baron Sekiya, Hawaii 24/7. Employees had been working without a contract since late last year. With [...]
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I’ve commented here several times over the past several years about the underreporting of street fights and brawls around the island. This week, a sharp-eyed Waikiki resident forwarded the link to this YouTube video showing a street fight in the heart of Waikiki that took place a couple of months ago. We’re talking the center [...]
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Tags: Crime·Public brawl·street fight·Waikiki