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Sony Open rebrands as PGA Tour Champions event

The PGA Tour Champions is reserved for professional men’s golfers 50 and over. The Sony Open previously served as a PGA Tour event from 1965 to 2026. READ MORE

Food and fireworks: Your guide to the weekend on Oʻahu

From a patriotic sing-along to a new happy hour, there are lots of events happening on Oʻahu this weekend. Get your calendar ready to make plans for this weekend! READ MORE

Supreme Court: ‘I’m sorry’ doesn’t mean you’re guilty

Honolulu man’s reflexive apology to a police officer in 2019 shouldn’t have been admissible in court, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court ruled. READ MORE

Local high school students learn to cook under Chef Thomas Wong

As part of a scholarship-supported summer culinary cohort at Kapi‘olani Community College’s Culinary Institute of the Pacific, Wong — who is from Oʻahu and is now based in California as a professor at Culinary Institute of America at Greystone — created this custom curriculum to challenge teens in an intensive five days of training. Teamwork, timeliness, organization and having a good attitude were among the lessons learned by students. READ MORE

Zippy’s Kāhala location to reopen

Zippy’s Kāhala location is set to reopen at 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, after nearly four months of renovations. READ MORE

On the Fourth, read the Declaration

If you really want to understand why we’re celebrating Independence Day, go back to the source and read the Declaration of Independence, says ASD political historian Perry Arrasmith. It’s only one of the most important documents in history! READ MORE

Community Voices: Commercial fishing is not a cultural practice

Rather than framing ocean protection as a burden, we should instead ask why Pacific Island peoples, and our protected and sacred oceans, are forced to bear the unfair burden of industrial fishing, write two members of the Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group. READ MORE

Masala Māya is a new concept featuring Indian dishes to-go

Chef Vikram Garg’s new to-go concept features authentic Indian flavors, including dishes like chicken curry, pork vindaloo, Goan shrimp curry and lamb rogan josh. Masala Māya is open for online ordering from Wednesdays to Sundays; customers can pick up their orders at Umi by Vikram Garg in Waikīkī or opt for delivery. READ MORE

The Pig & The Lady launches its summer menu

Customers can enjoy dishes featuring a variety of seasonal ingredients. Highlights include Kona kanpachi crudo, local Oʻahu farm vegetables with hummus, swordfish filet with curried corn rice, squid ink linguine and the return of the eatery’s popular mango sorbet. READ MORE

Reader Submissions: Send us your sky photos

Kindly submit your high-resolution, horizontal Hawaiʻi Skies photo that you own and/or have the rights to general@alohastatedaily.com. Additional details here: READ MORE

Pilot program aims to support North Shore businesses affected by Kona Low storms

Hawaiian Council, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Visitors & Convention Bureau, E Noa Tours and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, this week launched North Shore Huaka‘i, connecting visitors and kama‘āina to businesses in Hale‘iwa and Waialua. READ MORE

25 things to do on Oʻahu to celebrate the semiquincentennial

Looking for ways to celebrate 250 years of the United States being a nation? Aloha State Daily has compiled a list of events happening for the semiquincentennial. From ʻEwa Beach to Waimānalo, here are some of the events happening across the Island this weekend. READ MORE

How to celebrate July 4 on Kauaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island

From poolside barbecues to a chili cook-off, which will be judged by Lahaina firefighters, to a helicopter flower drop at the Flowerworks Festival, there are lots of events happening this weekend across the Neighbor Islands. READ MORE

Daily Smile: Thursday, July 2, 2026

Probably the worst game of tag ever… READ MORE

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