Missing Spearfisher Owner of Popular San Francisco Restaurant

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Damon

Paolo Dominici of San Francisco was reported missing on Saturday in the waters off a condominium cluster in Kailua-Kona, where he was vacationing with his wife and daughter… …The Sunset District resident is the owner of Bacco Ristorante on Diamond Street in Noe Valley, a neighborhood fixture since it opened in 1993. Bacco made the [...]

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I am a REAL Census Worker

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Damon

Great… Just what I need to make this job get a little tougher. From KGMB9 Honolulu News: Only a week into the work and already scammers are out impersonating US Census employees. They’re trying to collect your personal information. The real US Census workers are out updating maps and gathering address information in neighborhoods all [...]

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Merrie Monarch Videos

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Damon

Tyler over at Hilo Living Blog has been gracious enough to share his videos that he has been taking of the 2009 Merrie Monarch performances and practices that he has been attending. I’ll just post this one… but click the link above to see the others: Hula dancers from Johnny Lum Ho’s Haelau Ka Ua [...]

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Augie T in Hilo… The Video

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Damon

Just saw this youtube clip uploaded by Big Island resident “Shanonano” of comedian Augie T at the Crown Room this past weekend:

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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park… Climate Friendly Plan?

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Damon

I haven’t heard much about this plan that was created in 2007 to make Hawaii Volcanoes National Park a “Climate Friendly Park”. I mean for real… How do you create “Climate Friendly” out of a Natural Phenomenon? The only way I can say to  create a “Climate Friendly”  environment for tourists there, would be to [...]

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Honolulu Advertiser on Census Work

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Damon

…In Hawai’i, about 1,000 workers will be deployed statewide to verify every street, road building and address where people could be living. About half of them are already on the streets. You’ll recognize them by their ID badges, a canvas bag with a “U.S. Census” label, and a hand-held GPS-equipped computer. The computer, a new [...]

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