Rick Hamada and Chad Blair from Honolulu Civil Beat get together for a few moments to talk about the hot stories and features that you'll see and enjoy at civilbeat.org. A big focus is the upcoming primary election, with plenty of candidate Q&As in the pages of Civil Beat. Plus, affordable housing across the state and other big reader favorites are discussed.

It's your time each week with Honolulu Police Chief David Lazar and Rick Hamada on Ask The Chief. Continue getting to know our new Honolulu Police Chief, his philosophy on policing, and more...with your call-in questions answered too! Plus, the chief talks about one of his outstanding officers, Roxanne Montalbo, who was awarded recently the *first ever* U.S. Department of Justice Hometown Hero Award.

Rick Hamada reacts to a Hawaii News Now story on election integrity in the state -- with dead people *still* receiving ballots and other problems being utterly dismissed and not addressed in any substantive way by Scott Nago or the Hawaii Office Of Elections.

Rick Hamada & Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Hawaii are together again this morning, breaking down Oahu's (and Hawaii's) still-hot housing market. With a median home sale price of $1.2 million and condo sale price nearly $600,000...is there any hope of price breaks in the future?

Rick Hamada reconnects with Linda Dela Cruz, former KHVH producer and news anchor, who joins us this morning to talk about the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii--an organization that supports Hawaii's Filipino community in various business and community endeavors.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is in studio this morning for the latest edition of Ask The Mayor. Of all the issues facing Honolulu and the state itself, one has leapt to the top of the list: what's up with the new driver's license design??? After giving a very animated response to this issue at a press conference earlier in the week, Mayor Blangiardi gives a more in-depth analysis of the decisions that were involved with the new license and Hawaii state ID....AND tackles other, more pressing issues too!

Rick Hamada continues his thoughts and observations about Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election primary on the Democrat side, with incumbent Congressman Ed Case facing down a challenge from Jarrett Keohokalole

Rick Hamada starts Wednesday morning with observations about the Democrat primary between incumbent Congressman Ed Case and upstart challenger Jarrett Keohokalole.

On this episode of Sustaining Hawaii, brought to you by Bayer, we sit down with Taylor Kellerman to explore the hidden agricultural powerhouse behind Kualoa Ranch’s famous movie sets. Producing nearly 200,000 pounds of food last year, Kualoa is emerging as a leader in local food security in the agritourism space. We dive into their modernized ahupuaʻa system, the realities of farming in Hawaii, and their mission to reduce the island’s reliance on imported food.