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Today’s Horoscope

In Chichen Itza in Mexico, a shadow creates the appearance of a serpent slithering down the pyramid steps. In Japan, many visit ancestral graves in remembrance. Symbolically, the equinox is never just “yay, spring.” It’s symmetry. After weeks of review...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘Maui Wa‘a’ by Sandy Dale • Saturday: ‘Olowalu Sugar Mill’ by Shannon Mccaffrey • Sunday: ‘Paragliding Ho‘okipa’ by Kenneth Wilson • Monday: ‘Anotha Mama’ by Kurt Thompson • Tuesday: ‘Pulehunui Sunset’ by Don Booth • Wednesday: ‘Working...

JANRIC CLASSIC SUDOKU

L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Aldirico “Rico” F. Carba, 85

Aldirico “Rico” F. Carba, 85 of Wailuku, Maui passed away on January 21, 2026 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born on February 12, 1940 to Pablo and Escolastica Carba. A memorial service will take place on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Ballard...

FDA finds little evidence new drug can help with autism

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back statements by President Donald Trump and other administration officials that the drug showed...

Hints from Heloise

DEAR HELOISE: I have two hints. The first is that I’ve had rotator-cuff issues and find it easier to use a hand mixer or stir thick foods if the bowl is in the sink. The lower angle puts less stress on my shoulders. It also keeps the countertop...

L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

The Islands

City Aiea Ewa Beach Hanalei Hilo Honolulu Kailua Kalaoa Kalaupapa Kaneohe Kapaa Kihei Lihue Mililani Town Mokapu Nanakuli Pearl City Wahiawa Waimea Waipio HI/LO/W 82/68/sh 82/70/sh 80/70/sh 79/67/sh 82/71/sh 84/71/s 81/71/s 80/68/pc 80/70/sh...

Hints from Heloise

DEAR HELOISE: Regarding the widower who doesn’t like walking around the bed to center the top sheet, here’s a simple solution that saves time and steps: Get a permanent marker in a color that is similar to your bedding. Make two small guide marks —...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘Thompson Road’ by Tim Orden • Saturday: ‘Kipahulu full moon’ by Scott Metcalfe • Sunday: ‘Keawakapu sunset’ by Lana Oura • Monday: ‘‘Ahinahina Maui’ by Tom Cannon • Tuesday: ‘Pincushion Protea’ by Dion Hamman • Wednesday: ‘MFD training...

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Today’s Horoscope

Don’t be so quick to think you need to change. In your sprint to improve, you may be leaving behind your most attractive quality: your vulnerability. You’re aware that you, like all humans, are imperfect, and that’s what makes you awesome....

SPORTS TV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Feb. 20 NBA BASKETBALL 2:40 p.m. ESPN — Dallas at Minnesota 5:05 p.m. ESPN — L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers GOLF 12 a.m. GOLF — DP World Tour: Magical Kenya Open presented by...

Kula looms large in Chinese history as Maui celebrates Year of the Horse

A few trees and a dry rock reservoir are all that remains of Chinese immigrant Sun Mei’s mountainside ranch and farm in Kula. However, as festivities celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Kwock Hing Society in Kula will be keeping alive the memory of...

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Feb. 17 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1 p.m. ACCN — Boston 1:30 p.m. FS1 — Villanova at Xavier NBCSN — Michigan at Purdue 2 p.m. ESPN — TBA ESPN2 — TBA SECN — South 3...

Robert Mccleary, 81

Robert Franklin McCleary passed away on January 5, 2026 in Kahului, Maui after an extended battle with Cronic Lung Disease. He is survived by his beloved wife of over 55 years, Donna L Mccleary, MD. Robert ( Bob) was born in York, PA, on March 28,1944...

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Hints from Heloise

DEAR HELOISE: Maybe you can help me. I infer from reading your column in the Omaha World-herald that you have an affinity for pets. This leads me to ask you what may be an unanswerable question. I’m a widowed nonagenarian who yearns for a cuddly...

Opinion/columns

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Feb. 6 NBA BASKETBALL 2:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — New York at Detroit 5 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — L.A. Clippers at Sacramento SOCCER (MEN’S) 10 a.m. USA — English Premier League: Crystal...

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SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Feb. 4 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1:30 p.m. PEACOCK — Seton Hall at Villanova 2 p.m. BTN — Michigan St. at Minnesota CBSSN — St. Thomas (Minn.) at S. Dakota St. ESPN2 —...

Karl H. Ogata

Karl H. Ogata passed away at home on November 7, 2025. He was born on March 2, 1957. He was predeceased by his parents, Helen Hanako and Sueto Ogata; his sister, Colleen Williams (Eugene, deceased); and his brother, Craig Ogata. He is survived by his...

SPORTS TV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Jan. 27 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 11 a.m. CBSSN — Northwestern St. at Stephen F. Austin 1 p.m. ACCN — Wake Forest at Pittsburgh 1:30 p.m. FS1 — Michigan St. at Rutgers 2...

Today’s Horoscope

In some ways we are always in a state of flux, though you feel it more acutely as Mars bursts into the Aquarius realm. Transitions can feel so challenging because it takes energy to change, to adjust and to take on the unknown. But transitions also...

Today’s Horoscope

believed the cosmos is ordered by mathematical harmony, the heavens echoing in a perfect ratio that a human might tune into, to ascend toward clarity of soul. He also believed that beans house souls linked with hollow stems to the underworld. The...

SPORTS TV

Tuesday, Jan. 20 CHAMPIONS HOCKEY LEAGUE 8 a.m. NHLN — CHL Playoffs: Brynäs IF at Frölunda Gothenburg, Semifinal - Leg 2 10:30 a.m. NHLN — CHL Playoffs: EV Zug at Luleå Hockey, Semifinal - Leg 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1:30 p.m. BTN —...

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE

Venus and Jupiter pull across the sky from one another, a tension reminiscent of the tango, the South American dance of longing, bravado and heat. Is it a fight or an embrace? Anger or simply a heart on fire? The dips look perilous, the lean impossible...

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE

Today is a constellation of small bites, one of everything we’ve seen this week: trine, conjunction, opposition and square. We’re only at the beginning of the year, and already it’s time to pause and reflect on the tensions resolved, the turns of luck,...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘Maui Kalikimaka’ by Mark Castrodale • Saturday: ‘Screaming sky at dusk’ by Sylvia Cabral • Sunday: ‘Lunch at Keawakapu’ by Celeste Sweezey • Monday: ‘Strong and Tall’ by Sandy Hew • Tuesday: ‘Before Sunrise’ by BIM Pinot • Wednesday:...

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Dec. 30 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 11 a.m. BTN — Howard at Northwestern 1 p.m. SECN — Albany at South Carolina 2 p.m. ACCN — Pittsburgh at Miami BTN — Milwaukee at...

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Dec. 26 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 a.m. ESPN — GameAbove Sports Bowl: Cent. Michigan vs. Northwestern, Detroit 11:30 a.m. ESPN — Rate Bowl: New Mexico vs. Minnesota, Phoenix 3...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: Õ$ 3DFLåF *ROGHQ 3ORver’ by Deborah Morley • Saturday: ‘Ooh, a sand crab’ by Paul Janes-Brown. • Sunday: ‘Cemetery in Kihei’ by Daniel Baralt • Monday: ‘Lookin’ for Santa’ by Colleen Wozniak • Tuesday: ‘Tiptoe Through the Tidepools’ by...

Forecast for Central Maui

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Dec. 19 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 12 p.m. ESPNU — Grambling St. vs. Hampton, College Park, Ga. 1:30 p.m. FS1 — Seton Hall at Providence 2:30 p.m. ESPNU — Norfolk St. vs....

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘Swangin’’ by Deborah Morley • Saturday: ‘A Caress’ by Ron Kwon • Sunday: ‘Before Sunrise’ by BIM Pinot • Monday: ‘A Room with a View’ by Colin Reimer • Tuesday: ‘‘Iao Valley Resident’ by Tu Nguyen • Wednesday: ‘Auku‘u at Waikapu’ by Don...

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Dec. 17 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1:30 p.m. SECN — Saint Francis (Pa.) at Florida 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Memphis 4 p.m. BTN — UTSA at Southern Cal 5 p.m. CBSSN — Air...

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Dec. 16 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1 p.m. ACCN — Lipscomb at Duke 1:30 p.m. PEACOCK — Toledo at Michigan St. 2 p.m. CBSSN — Florida St. at Dayton ESPN — Louisville at...

L.A TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Drug made from scientists’ blood saves babies from botulism

When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of the disease, never mind the rare and costly treatment that likely saved the newborn’s life. Now, however, Tony Barbera is...

SPORTSTV

(All times HST) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Dec. 10 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 11:30 a.m. ESPNU — Albany at Yale 2 p.m. ACCN — Liberty at NC State BTN — Minnesota at Purdue ESPNU — UMass at Boston College 4 p.m. BTN...

Forecast for Central Maui

Forecast for Central Maui

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Maui County has marked the com- The county- contracted firm 4Leaf - - ture is more than a statistic — it rep of our survivors and the tireless work of our county teams and partners who have

Forecast for Central Maui

Forecast for Central Maui

OCEAN SAFETY IN FOCUS

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Thanksgiving to bring busy week of travel

AP Airlines and Travel Writer The turbulence caused by the longest U.S. government shutdown may still be fresh on the minds of travelers this Thanksgiving, but experts say preparing for the usual holiday crush of ZLQWHU ZHDWKHU KHDY\ WUDI¿F...

Do vaccines cause autism?

NEW YORK — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public health and autism experts. The CDC “vaccine...

NFL grows audience

MADRID — The initial batch of tickets for the first regular-season NFL game in Madrid were gone in a matter of hours, with nearly 700,000 people trying to get a seat to watch the Miami Dolphins play the Washington Commanders on Sunday at Real Madrid’s...

Calisthenics come back

You won’t find dumbbells or weight machines in the gym Sean Keogh runs. At Calisthenics Club Houston, it’s all about training with body weight. “That’s all we do,” Keogh said — but that’s enough to keep new members coming through the doors, excited to...

Binhi at Ani food distribution set for Nov. 15 in Lahaina

First established by Binhi at Ani during the pandemic, the Bayanihan Food Distribution program will return to Lahaina on Nov. 15. “Last year, we brought the Bayanihan Food Distribution program to the west side,” said Arnel Alvarez, president of Binhi...

Gov. Green details efforts to relieve federal food cuts

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced last week a relief plan to help people affected by cuts in food assistance due to the federal government shutdown. “No one should go hungry or lose stability because of gridlock in Washington,” Green said. “When...

SNAP cut off at shutdown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways Saturday, after monthly benefits through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, were...

Titles stripped from prince

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles LONDON — Buckingham Palace says that King Charles III is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence. In a statement, the palace says Andrew...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘I got my eye on you’ by Colleen Wozniak • Saturday: ‘Out of the rain’ by Joy Webster • Sunday: ‘Service for Miao please’ by Cindy Kay • Monday: ‘Lighted Pathway’ by Elizabeth Frayde • Tuesday: ‘Peek-a-Boo Gecko’ by Cinzia Coglianese •...

Kapalua Plantation Course to reopen Nov. 10

Seeing improved conditions after the Plantation Course turned brown without water over the summer, Kapalua is preparing to reopen the course Nov. 10. The closure began Sept. 2 as the Plantation Course struggled to continue operation without...

When clocks fall back

Plan on a glorious extra hour of sleep as most of America “falls back” into standard time. But make sure to get outside for some morning sun, too — it’ll help your body clock reset faster. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which...

Health care outlook

WASHINGTON — The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Tax credits for people who get health...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘Hide and Seek’ by Krista Cheshire • Saturday: ‘Paddle Boarder with a Partner’ by Scott Sprickler • Sunday: ‘Whales in Kihei Waters’ by Jakeb Redins • Monday: ‘Wind at Waipu‘ilani Park’ by Marideth Joy Sandler • Tuesday: ‘From the...

GOP hosted at White House

WASHINGTON — Head Start programs for preschoolers are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without...

Shutdown and the CDC

ATLANTA — CDC researchers are being forced to skip a pivotal conference on infectious disease this week due to the government shutdown, missing out on high-level discussions not long after surges in measles and whooping cough hit the U.S. IDWeek, the...

NBA Western Conference

LAS VEGAS — The Western Conference is so loaded that its championship might be the real NBA Finals, at least if all the betting money pouring in on those teams is any indication. Of the top seven potential NBA champions that would be bad financial...

League champions

Finding his passion at just 6 years old, Judah Du Bois has been chasing it with set goals, determination and heart. With two years of competitive karting experience across Hawaii and the U.S. mainland, Du Bois feels most alive when he’s at the track...

Direct2UH grants high school grads easy, direct admission

Students with a high enough grade-point average will now automatically qualify for admission at the University of Hawaii’s campuses in Hilo and West Oahu and all seven UH community colleges. A new initiative meant to simplify the college admissions...

Displaced young doubled

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hait — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000, according to a new UNICEF report released Wednesday that warns minors are increasingly facing hunger, violence and recruitment by armed groups...

The Week in Photos

• Friday: ‘Beauty in Paradise’ by Deborah Morley • Saturday: ‘Koki Beach Park’ by Dianne Troup • Sunday: ‘Rainbows from Honokowai’ by Joe Wilson • Monday: ‘Little But Loud’ by Lisa Oyama • Tuesday: ‘Colorful Kalo’ by Gerry Ross • Wednesday: ‘On...

State bans on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids queried

WASHINGTON — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights. Kaley Chiles, with support from...

Government shutdown

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Democrats are trying to extend tax credits that make health...