Big City Diner closed its Windward Mall restaurant on Oct. 31 after 11 years; here's the 28-year story of the locally owned diner, where you can still eat, and how to bid on its booths, vintage photos and memorabilia through…
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Leeward Drive-Inn has been feeding Waipahu since 1964, from its Yamaki family beginnings to a Korean-food expansion and nine flavors of soft-serve. Here's how…
Winter contest season on the North Shore is underway. Here are the dates for the Haleʻiwa Pro (starting Thursday), the Pipe Masters world-title finale,…
You don't have to drive to town for a good week. Here are free and low-cost things to do Nov. 2 to 8 in…
The 20th annual Taste of Waipahu brings more than 30 food and craft vendors, student performers and a kendama tournament to Waipahu Depot and…
From film festival screenings in Kapolei and the start of the Haleʻiwa Pro to a holiday marketplace at the convention center, the Mākaha Sons'…
October brought a family-run gourmet hot dog shop to Kailua, a second location for an ʻEwa Beach Mexican spot, a public cafeteria inside a…
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and free trick-or-treat events are running from Mililani and Kapolei to Hawaiʻi Kai and the North Shore,…
Before it was Oʻahu's favorite fall pumpkin patch, Waimānalo Country Farms spent decades as a family truck farm, a melon farm and a corn…
Rainbow Drive-In turned 65 on Oct. 2. Founded by Seiju and Ayako Ifuku in 1961 and now led by their grandson Chris Iwamura, it…
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Your ballot has to reach elections officials by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here's where Oʻahu voters can drop it off, vote in…
