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CALENDAR TODAY BASKETBALL PacWest: Westmont vs. Hawaii Hilo, women at 5 p.m.; men at 7 p.m. Games at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. PacWest: Biola vs. Hawaii Pacific, women at 4:30 p.m.; men at 6:30 p.m. Games...

Lee A. Tonouchi doesn’t look for jobs that involve doing adaptations of other writers’ work.

Three Honolulu City Council members who rejected a contentious 64% pay increase for the nine-
member panel nearly three years ago now annually draw six-figure, city-funded salaries, city pay documents state.

Question: Regarding the Trump accounts, will babies born last year get the $1,000 each, or is it only for babies born this year, to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

Paul Honda’s coverage of the Kamehameha vs. ‘Iolani girls’ basketball game was excellent, allowing discerning readers to understand the reason for the lopsided outcome: “Kamehameha finished 15-for-21 at the foul line. ‘Iolani was 4-for-7” (“Dunn’s 23 points, 13 rebounds lift No. 1 Kamehameha over No. 3 ‘Iolani,” Star-Advertiser, Jan. 14). Kamehameha was awarded three times as many free throws, and the 11-point discrepancy accounted for almost all of its 12-point victory margin.