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 | Aug 10, 2014 | government, hawaii, miscellaneous, uncategorized
Earlier this week, Tropical Storm Iselle threatened to deter Hawaii voters from going to the polls Saturday and potentially disrupt the state’s primary election. The storm hardly hit the islands as intensely as some feared. But the better weather didn’t come with...
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...
by Alia Wong | Jul 20, 2011 | government, hawaii, language & culture, lifestyle, miscellaneous, neighbor islands, uncategorized
As she sits in her kitchen, Lindamae Maldonado flips through a photo album. The snapshots show an elderly woman with short, silver hair and round glasses, usually wearing a muumuu and always with a wide grin on her face. She has Maldonado’s swarthy skin, her dark...
