Hard times in Kihei and Wailea, Maui

Roy’s restaurant in Kihei papered over its windows, removed the marquee and closed its doors for good last month. Roy’s was located in the Pi’ikea Shopping Center, not far from the resort zone that includes the Grand Wailea Resort, the Four Seasons, Wailea beach villas and Kihei condos. For those in the area who are going to miss his daily changing menu, my palette goes out to you. The upside is that bargains can be found for vacationers in South Maui, where room rates have dropped over 20% in the last two years and just about everything, from tours to food, is on sale.

Fake journals and copyright takeover: Why the public should care about open access to published scientific results

Open access week” sounds suspiciously like a boondoggle, not unlike “dairy week” or “safety week”. Is this just another excuse for meetings, punch and cookies, or is there something more to the issue?

Women in Honolulu line up for sexy underwear

Women in Honolulu go crazy for new Victoria’s Secret store that opened in Ala Moana Shopping Center yesterday at 6 am. Since doors opened, women have lined up outside, backed up to Sears, for over an hour to get inside. Security gaurds surround the scene to keep it orderly…and prevent crazed women from charging for [...]

Man crashes truck into bank in Pukalani, Maui, by stepping on gas instead of brake

After doing his errands, the man hopped into his full-size black Dodge Ram pickup and started the engine. But instead of pressing the brake, he pressed the gas. The Ram rammed into the front of the strip mall bank, knocking out the entire front right wall of the bank. American Savings Bank is next to Subway, which was not impacted by the crash.

Nixon spied on Ted Kennedy during Hawaii vacation in 1971

The Nixon tapes (available at www.nixontapes.org) reveal that the former president wanted to put pressure on Ted Kennedy by looking for dirt. During the fall of 1971, Nixon worried that Ted Kennedy would become the leading Democratic candidate for the presidential election in 1972, for which he was seeking re-election. So Nixon monitored Kennedy while [...]