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Updated: Monday, March 1, 2010 (6:00 AM HST)

Editor's Bench
Commentary and news

By Danny Sachs
Honolulu Streets Magazine.

Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 (3:45 AM HST)
• A bunch of cruise nights around Oahu

Turns out there are a whole bunch of cruise nights taking place around Oahu that are being hosted by lotsa' folks. If you watch Honolulu Streets you already know that the next HICN cruise night show will be Saturday, February 20th... [More]

Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009 (4:56 PM HST)
• Mele Kalikimaka from Honolulu Streets

Other than several Christmas parades that have already passed, there isn't much going on in the way of hot rod events until next year. But speaking of next year, there's plenty in store for you to see and read in the coming months... [More]

Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (6:30 AM HST)
• Google hit's Honolulu Streets with Street View

If you haven't already heard, Google announced yesterday that they have added imagery of Hawaii, (Oahu and Maui) to their popular Street View feature on Google Maps... [More]

Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 (1:30 AM HST)
• 13 gone, 9 on

It’s been a disturbing 13 years since I moved away from Hawaii, but I’ll admit nine of them have been soothing. Why? Because it didn’t occur to me until after I read last months Hawaii Motorbeat anniversary issue that this coming November will make nine years Honolulu Streets magazine has been on the internet. [More]

Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009 (5:30 PM HST)
• Hilo Hot Rod Legends Follow up

While I was compiling the story, I spoke to some of the greatest guys I have ever met from Hawaii over the phone and want to thank everyone for their time, patients, and remarkable kindness they showed towards me... [More]

Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 (9:31 AM HST)
• Big Story from the Big Island

I’ve got a special story in the works for you but I don’t want to let the cat out-of-the bag just yet.  All I can say is that its core subject connects Hawaii to deep roots that reach way back to hot rodding’s humble beginnings... [More]

Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2009 (12:01 AM HST)
• Kahiko Kula' (Old School) VW Club

The other day I noticed a very interesting website linking to Honolulu Streets Magazine. Turns out, there's a group of guys from Hawaii who live in the Washington State area that formed a Volkswagen club called Kahiko Kula - translated it means Old School in Hawaiian... [More]

Posted: Sunday, March 1, 2009 (12:09 AM HST)
• HSM Joins web-forces with Hawaii Independent Cruise Nights

It took awhile but I managed to convince Arnold Dowling, head of Hawaii Independent Cruise Nights, that he needed someone on the inside. Well in this case, someone on the web who could keep his site up-to-date and running smoothly. [More]

Posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 (5:00 AM HST)
• What Makes Hawaii Special - To Me

Several years ago I wrote an article about what made Hawaii special to me. It was the first thing that I ever wrote that actually got published. While my dad was reading the article in the newspaper, it was also the first time I ever saw his eyes well up. In these rough economic times of doom and gloom, I thought it would be appropriate to remember what still makes Hawaii so very special. [More]