Ka 'Ohana

Editorial, Featured
Styrofoam: What Does It Really Cost?

2 years ago

by Rachel Taga, Special to Ka ‘Ohana A year ago, when you ordered takeout, you may have received a clam-shell Styrofoam container. However, on Dec. 9, 2020, the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 40, which phased out the use of plastic bags, polystyrene foodware and single-use plastics. First, an important question must be posed: Why was Bill 40 necessary? Polystyrene […]
Arts & Entertainment, Campus News, Featured
Exhibit celebrates student art

2 years ago

by Anthony Davis, Special to Ka ‘Ohana “Confluence 6” is now open at WCC’s Gallery ‘Iolani. The biannual exhibit showcases more than 130 works by WCC art students from the disciplines of drawing, painting, Gallery Design and Management, Hawaiian carving, photography, color theory, ceramics and sculpture. With the COVID-19 pandemic, art students and instructors adapted to lessons via Zoom. The […]
Community News, Featured
Aloha Harvest feeds Hawaiʻi’s hungry and reduces food waste

2 years ago

by Ashley Molina, Special to Ka ‘Ohana Aloha Harvest is an O‘ahu-based non-profit organization that rescues food from donors and redistributes it to food pantries in need on the same day. Its mission is to fight hunger by saving food that would otherwise be thrown away. According to the organization’s website, 26 percent of the available food supply in Hawai‘i […]
Community News, News Of The Day
Local startup feeds people in need on O‘ahu

2 years ago

by Jake Evan Glasser, Special to Ka ‘Ohana Help Is On The Way is a non-profit organization that delivers food, drink and even medicine to those in needon O‘ahu. Created in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers can now join the organization at its food bank or as drivers for its delivery service. The non-profit was started by Gregory […]
Community News, News Of The Day
Vegan bakery celebrates first anniversary

2 years ago

by Ariana Seltmann, Special to Ka ‘Ohana Kristina Swenson-Stewart and her husband Josh opened Mother Bake Shop in Kailua last February, right before the pandemic hit. One year later, it’s a popular destination for bread, pastries and coffee whether you’re vegan or not. Kristina is originally from Kailua, and after she met her husband on the East Coast, they decided […]

Campus News

Exhibit celebrates student art
April 14, 2021
by Anthony Davis, Special to Ka ‘Ohana “Confluence 6” is now open at WCC’s Gallery ‘Iolani. The biannual exhibit [...]
Students give online learning mixed grades
March 7, 2021
by Shalon Pires, Special to Ka ‘Ohana In March 2020, students in the UH System and all over the state were forced to take their [...]
Mental health is paramount during the pandemic
October 16, 2020
by Blanca Munoz Special to Ka ‘Ohana Since Hawai‘i’s stay-at-home order to stop the spread of COVID, residents have been [...]

Arts & Entertainment

Exhibit celebrates student art
April 14, 2021
by Anthony Davis, Special to Ka ‘Ohana “Confluence 6” is now open at WCC’s Gallery ‘Iolani. The biannual exhibit [...]
Film gives voice to the mauna
April 29, 2020
by Haley Roback, Special to Ka ‘Ohana In celebration of Women’s History Month, the short documentary Standing Above the [...]
Gallery exhibit showcases local contemporary artists
March 2, 2020
“Where Are We?,” the title of the current show at Gallery ‘Iolani, called forth a variety of surprisingly upbeat answers [...]

Community News

Aloha Harvest feeds Hawaiʻi’s hungry and reduces food waste
April 11, 2021
by Ashley Molina, Special to Ka ‘Ohana Aloha Harvest is an O‘ahu-based non-profit organization that rescues food from donors [...]
Lāna‘i farm combines agriculture and technology
April 11, 2021
by Kristi Marie Caberto, Special to Ka ‘Ohana Sensei Farm on the island of Lāna‘i grows produce in hydroponic greenhouses, [...]
Local startup feeds people in need on O‘ahu
March 8, 2021
by Jake Evan Glasser, Special to Ka ‘Ohana Help Is On The Way is a non-profit organization that delivers food, drink and even [...]