by Alia Wong | Jan 14, 2018 | "living hawaii", hawaii, miscellaneous, oahu, politics
Why would my 22-year-old brother be calling so early on a Saturday morning? I’d ignored the first call. But the second time the phone rang, I picked it up. He was panicking, his voice trembling uncharacteristically: He’d just received the emergency alert warning of a...
by Alia Wong | Oct 15, 2012 | government, hawaii, lifestyle, miscellaneous, oahu, uncategorized
Creighton Mattoon remembers when Turtle Bay Resort was nothing but a blueprint. That was back in the 1970s, when the initial proposal to develop five hotels on the site prompted Mattoon and other North Shore residents to band together and stop the project. “This was a...
