In the course of a more than hourlong interview, Hanabusa often referred to growing up in Waianae, on the east coast of Oahu, where her parents, Isao and June, ran a gas station. Growing up in ...

The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo WAILUKU — U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa’s roots go back to the sugar cane fields of Waianae. Before her grandparents got married, they worked on the Waianae ...