'The Other Side of Paradise' with Lynn Kawano
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<p>Crime, corruption, scandal. You won't find it in the travel brochures or on the postcards, but life in Hawaii isn't always paradise. In this podcast from Hawaii News Now chief investigative reporter Lynn Kawano, we take you behind the headlines that the visitor bureaus don't advertise and delve into the stories that keep us talking (and up at night).</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 6, 2026
Do you really have to pay a parking ticket in Hawaii?
<p>Hawaii is owed nearly $15.3 million from unpaid parking tickets since Act 59 passed in 2020. The law change gives the state only one option to punish those who don't pay, and even that has limitations.</p> <p>"I just throw it in a drawer or put it in my glove compartment and then forget about it," said a Honolulu woman with a handful of outstanding tickets.</p> <p>HNN Investigates discovered just how many ignore the citations: 215,208 tickets went unpaid between 2020 and 2025. The top five have hundreds on record.</p> <p>Learn more about the lost revenue from unpaid citations and a possible solution in this episode of "The Other Side of Paradise."</p> <h1>Related stories</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/03/26/hawaii-owed-15-million-unpaid-parking-tickets-state-has-few-options-collect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hawaii owed $15 million from unpaid parking tickets; state has few options to collect</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/04/14/lawmaker-targets-parking-ticket-loophole-after-hnn-investigates-found-millions-unpaid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lawmaker targets parking ticket loophole after HNN Investigates found millions unpaid</a></li> </ul>
January 26, 2026
A Maui man exonerated by DNA died before receiving state compensation
<p>In this episode of “The Other Side of Paradise,” Lynn Kawano details the difficulties Alvin Jardine III suffered after DNA cleared him of a home invasion rape, after he had already spent 20 years in prison.</p> <p>Jardine was homeless when he was found dead in the Haiku area of Maui in December, days after the Maui Police Department issued a missing person bulletin.</p> <p>He was the first person exonerated by the Hawaii Innocence Project in 2011.</p> <p><a href="https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/01/26/other-side-paradise-maui-man-exonerated-by-dna-died-before-receiving-state-compensation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more on HawaiiNewsNow.com.</a></p>
October 14, 2025
Hawaii military faces scrutiny after series of spousal murders
<p>A Marine was sentenced to 26 years for murdering his wife on base as the Army investigates another spouse found dead on Schofield Barracks weeks earlier.</p> <p>Wives are sounding the alarm about the violence and lack of information being provided to the community by military leadership.</p> <p>Staff Sgt. Alonzo Alcantara was sentenced on Sept. 30, 2025, for the murder of his wife, Ruby Tenorio Alcantara, who died just over a year prior, on Sept. 1, 2024.</p> <p>Alcantara admitted in court to using a rear-naked chokehold, a martial arts technique taught by the Marines, to kill his wife during an argument about finances and his legal troubles.</p> <p>But the autopsy report that HNN Investigates obtained shows she had a lot more injuries, indicating Alcantara did more that just a chokehold.</p> <p>The couple’s 8-year-old son witnessed the violence, it was revealed in court, and their younger child was also in the home at the time.</p> <p>The Alcantara children are now living with family members who are struggling to pay the bills. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rubys-family-with-funeral-and-future-needs-for-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">There is a GoFundMe set up to help.</a></p>
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<p>Crime, corruption, scandal. You won't find it in the travel brochures or on the postcards, but life in Hawaii isn't always paradise. In this podcast from Hawaii News Now chief investigative reporter Lynn Kawano, we take you behind the headlines that the visitor bureaus don't advertise and delve into the stories that keep us talking (and up at night).</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
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This podcast is available on 8 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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