Cliff Hahn

Cliff Hahn is the former Audience Development Manager for Civil Beat.
Q&A: Medical Marijuana Advocate Talks About Hawaii’s New Dispensary Law Brian Shaughnessy

Q&A: Medical Marijuana Advocate Talks About Hawaii’s New Dispensary Law

Quadriplegic lawyer and author Brian Shaughnessy says the bill’s lack of language allowing for cannabis edibles limits patient’s healthy options.

TMT: Conflict in Context Cory Lum/Civil Beat

TMT: Conflict in Context

The resumption of construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea offers a chance to look at the history of astronomy and conflict on the Big Island. How did we get here?

Waikiki Natatorium: Not Gone, Yet Not Really Here Wikimedia Commons

Waikiki Natatorium: Not Gone, Yet Not Really Here

Getting all net-nostalgic while looking at images of the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial.

Hoary Bat: I Just Flew in From Cali, and Boy, Are My Wings Tired

Hoary Bat: I Just Flew in From Cali, and Boy, Are My Wings Tired

New DNA study reveals that Hawaii’s official state land mammal arrived from California in two waves starting over 10,000 years ago.

Cluster of False Killer Whales Tagged for First Time Off Kona Cascadia Research

Cluster of False Killer Whales Tagged for First Time Off Kona

Rare group was photographed and tagged last weekend — the first time they’d been seen in four years.

Googling ‘Kill Haole Day’ So You Don’t Have To

Googling ‘Kill Haole Day’ So You Don’t Have To

Real or fictional, the term is prevalent on the interwebs, and may say as much about bullying as racism.