Happy Camper for Sunday, December 18, 2022
Congratulations, and mahalo, Chip Bahouth and the Sheraton Kaua‘i Resort, on all the holiday benevolence and aloha — more than 1,100 pounds of food for the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank, and about 200 toys for the Toys For Tots program that was picked up by The Salvation Army Hanapepe Corps’ Lt. Jose Gonzalez and Lauren Starner!
Aloha United Way study shows more Kaua‘i residents living in poverty
LIHU‘E — As the cost of living continues to rise and wages stagnate, more Kaua‘i residents have slipped into poverty.
Strong winds, thunderstorms in forecast
LIHU‘E — A powerful cold front is forecast to sweep across the Hawaiian Islands bringing with it heavy rain and wind that could lead to roof damage, fallen trees and power outages.
ISLAND HISTORY: A history of the famous Hamura Saimin restaurant
Kaua‘i’s Hamura Saimin restaurant was opened for business by Mr. & Mrs. Charles Susumu Hamura (1906-1980) and Aiko Hamura (1910-2002) in a converted Army barracks on Kress Street, Lihu‘e in 1952.
Kaua‘i road closures for the week of Dec. 18 – Dec. 24
KALIHIWAI — The county Department of Public Works and its contractor Maui Kupono Builders announced that portions of Halaulani Road and Kahiliholo Road in Kalihiwai will be closed from Monday, Dec. 19 to Friday, Jan. 13, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for road resurfacing work.
CRITTER: Meet ulua kihikihi, the threadfin jack
Many of our Hawaiian salt water fish look very different when they are babies vs when they are adults. The threadfin jack is so unusual looking as a baby that when divers see one they usually have no idea what they are looking at!
K-DRAMA: Poong-do visits the care home
Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
BBB: Providing outstanding service during the holidays
Whether you are a brick-and-mortar retailer or an online business, the holiday season is sure to bring a flurry of activity to your doorstep. This may be especially true this year, as experts like the National Retail Federation forecast a healthy growth in retail sales during the holidays, even with shoppers concerned about inflation and economic uncertainty.
TAX MAN: What it takes to spend $600M on housing in three years
As we have written about before, last year’s Legislature approved $600 million to our Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to reduce the monstrous waiting list of Hawaiians waiting for homestead lands. The catch, however, is that DHHL needs to spend the money, or enter into a contract to spend it, by June 30, 2025. Otherwise, the money goes back to the general fund.
Obituaries for Sunday, December 18, 2022
• Joan Beverly Hudson • Jennie Pang Ching • Charles ‘Charlie’ Takeo Moriguchi • Stanley ‘Sugi’ Mitsuyoshi Suenaga • Leslie Ann Agno Macadamia
McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on Day One
WASHINGTON — In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history — potentially becoming the first nominee in 100 years unable to win the job on a first-round floor vote.
Oppenheimer wrongly stripped of security clearance, US says
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist called the father of the atomic bomb for his leading role in World War II’s Manhattan Project.
Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
In the days after a gunman killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month, much of social media lit up with the now familiar expressions of grief, mourning and disbelief.
Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media
Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organizations that have used the platform to build their audiences.
Garland moves to end disparities in crack cocaine sentencing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and worsened racial inequity in the U.S. justice system.
Dead boy pulled from rubble of latest Russian hit on Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Emergency crews pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search Saturday for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.
COVID-linked deaths seen in Beijing after virus rules eased
BEIJING — Outside a funeral home in eastern Beijing, dozens of people were bundled up in parkas and hats against the freezing temperatures Friday evening as workers in full protective suits wheeled out coffins one by one.
Biodiversity talks in final days with many issues unresolved
Negotiators at a United Nations biodiversity conference Saturday have still not resolved most of the key issues around protecting the world’s nature by 2030 and providing tens of billions of dollars to developing countries to fund those efforts.
2022 is deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists
MEXICO CITY — The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing a close, with 15 slayings — a perilous situation underlined by a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of the country’s most prominent journalists.
Libya militia held Lockerbie suspect before handover to US
CAIRO — Around midnight in mid-November, Libyan militiamen in two Toyota pickup trucks arrived at a residential building in a neighborhood of the capital of Tripoli. They stormed the house, bringing out a blindfolded man in his 70s.
N. Korea fires ballistic missile into waters off east coast
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday into waters off its east coast, South Korean and Japanese officials said.
Sheraton Kaua‘i Resort delivers food, toys, and more
PO‘IPU — Food, toys, and more food mark the holiday season for employees of the Sheraton Kaua‘i Resort in Po‘ipu.
Kaua‘i crashed plane pending registration to Koloa owner
LIHU‘E — The plane that crashed shortly after takeoff at Lihu‘e Airport on Thursday is tied to an owner in Koloa and pending registration with the Federal Aviation Agency.
Jan. 6 committee eyes referring criminal charges for Trump
WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue an unprecedented criminal charge of insurrection and two other counts against former President Donald Trump.
Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and media
Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organizations that have used the platform to build their audiences.