The Left Lane
An angel to sit on your shoulder

A Windward Mall shop has enlisted little golden cherubs in the U.S. campaign against international terrorism. Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

Only the second day after they started making the pins, store owner Kristy Lind and her mother, Beverly, sold about 40. A portion of the proceeds from each $6.95 purchase go to the Red Cross's disaster relief fund.

Said Beverly Lind as she worked on the angels: "This is our way of trying to let everybody know that we're united and we stand together."

Security concerns may force the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to move the Oscars show from their new Hollywood home back to the Shrine Auditorium.

The academy has given the developer of the 3,600-seat Kodak Theatre an Oct. 15 deadline to resolve security issues, or it will move the March 24 show back to downtown Los Angeles.

"There are a number of problems, each coming with their own set of complications," said spokeswoman Leslie Unger.

"All these things need to be dealt with and dealt with soon. Otherwise, we have to give the Shrine enough time to deal with the enormous undertaking of putting on this awards show."

One major sticking point with developer TrizecHahn involves the Academy having security access to stores next to the entertainment complex so it can perform bomb sweeps on the day of the show.

"The Oscars have an enormous audience. Somebody who wants attention knows they could find it at the show," said Unger.

"We enjoy working with the Academy and we're confident that we'll be able to meet their needs," said Beth Harris, a marketing director for TrizecHahn.

Caz in the cab

Next time you hop into a Charley's Taxi cab, you're likely to hear Bruddah Iz, The Brothers Cazimero, Hapa, Na Leo Pilimehana, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, Willie K and more, thanks to a new arrangement between the cab company and the Mountain Apple Company.

Responding to a report from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts that Hawaiian music sales had gone south, Dale Evans, Charley's president, decided to do something about it: "While our drivers can always tune into Hawaiian music stations, we thought we should also be encouraging all our customers to buy the music they like so much."

The result is a partnership with Mountain Apple Company, which produced tapes tapping its stable of local stars, for playing aboard cabs shuttling visitors and residents around O'ahu.