Volcano Watch: An important point — Measuring the volcano’s shape with high precision GNSS
When you think of GPS, what typically comes to mind? Your phone, the navigation in your car or maybe your watch?
California’s Paso Robles area offers wine-tasters variety
PASO ROBLES, California — Winemakers around this central California city can grow a mind-boggling variety of grapes thanks to a wide diversity of microclimates.
Visitors can take a tasting tour of European varietals — from Italy and Spain as well as France’s Rhone and Bordeaux regions.
Calendar for December 21
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How long is the sermon? Study ranks Christian churches
NEW YORK — How long should a sermon be?
Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count stronger than ever
Ít’s been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what was a longtime Christmas tradition of hunting birds. Today, the annual count continues, stronger and more important than ever.
Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — For decades, the people of Bethlehem have watched tour buses drive up to the Church of the Nativity, disgorge their passengers for a few hours at the traditional birthplace of Jesus and then return to Israel.
Volcano Watch: HVO announces Volcano Awareness Month programs for January 2020
Neither Kilauea nor Mauna Loa erupted in 2019, but this period of relative quiet must not lead to complacency about Hawaii’s two most active volcanoes. Both will eventually erupt again.
Tropical Gardening: An amazing trip to Vietnam and Myanmar
Since there is almost no access to a computer this week, these photos will help share our experiences in Vietnam and some of Myanmar with you.
Calendar for December 14
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Haili Church presents annual Christmas Cantata
The community is invited to attend the annual Haili Church Cantata.
‘100 nativitiy scenes’
Pope Francis, flanked by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, visits the exhibition 100 Nativity scenes at The Vatican on Monday in Rome. The exhibition, containing more than 130 nativity scenes from some 30 countries, opened Dec. 8 and will be on display until Jan.12, 2020.
Berean Bible Church annual Christmas concert is today
The Berean Bible Church adult and childrens choirs will present the churchs annual Christmas concert at 6 p.m. today in the church sanctuary.
UH-Hilo holiday concert aims to ‘bring light to dark’
“Holiday Card to Hilo,” the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s annual holiday concert and one of Hilo’s most beloved holiday events, is slated for 2 p.m. Sunday at the UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center.
Through the Roots to headline Hilo’s Willie K. Crown Room
Through the Roots, an international touring reggae/rock band from San Diego, will headline a show Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo.
Let’s Talk Food: Holidays are for giving
You know you raised your children correctly when, as adults, they give back to their community and the world.
Volcano Watch: Honoring the career and contributions of an HVO shining star
On March 30, 2018, a change occurred within the ranks of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s staff when geophysicist Asta Miklius retired. One month later, a collapse at Pu‘u ‘O‘o heralded the start of Kilauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapses.
Tropical Gardening: Myanmar forests have staghorn ferns, too
Myanmar forests are rich in ferns, but we were surprised to see staghorn ferns as well.
Living it up at L.A. Live
L.A. Live replaced Hollywood Boulevard as the bejeweled bellybutton of Los Angeles.
Calendar for December 7
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Shinto festival carries on centuries-old tradition in Japan
CHICHIBU, Japan — As fireworks light up the winter night, scores of men, women and teenagers crying “washoi, washoi” haul the last of six towering, lantern-covered floats up a small hill and into the town center, the culminating moment of a Shinto festival that evolved from a harvest thanksgiving into a once-a-year meeting between two local gods.