Catherine Cruz
Host, The ConversationCatherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation and a member of HPR’s news team. She has been a television reporter in Hawaiʻi since 1983 and has won a number of awards and respect from a statewide audience. She spent more than 30 years at KITV, covering beats from government to education and health. Originally from Guam, Cruz is also a co-founder and former board member and programming chair of Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC). Catherine is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Avalon Group CEO Christine Camp is a driving force behind a proposed downtown business improvement district. She spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about making the area more enticing. -
Honolulu Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, who represents the area, stopped by The Conversation to discuss a proposal making its way through the City Council to create a downtown business improvement district, similar to the one in place in Waikīkī. -
Chris Fong is a senior investment associate for Tradewind Capital, a Hawaiʻi-based investment firm. He spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about becoming part of a proposed downtown Honolulu business improvement district. -
Victor Lim, chair of the Fort Street Mall Business Improvement District, is solidly behind a plan to expand the boundaries from Nuʻuanu Avenue to Richards Street. -
Today on The Conversation, we broadcast live from Fort Street Mall and explore plans to revitalize downtown Honolulu through the creation of a business improvement district. -
Friday marked two years since the Maui wildfires. HPRʻs Maui Nui reporter Catherine Cluett Pactol was at Hanakaʻōʻō Beach Park on Maui to report as residents honored the 102 lives lost in the wildfires. -
Gerry Ross, a small coffee farmer and the past president of the Maui Coffee Association, prepares for the upcoming Seed to Cup Coffee Festival on Sunday. -
HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol speaks with Maui residents as they commemorate two years since the Maui fires; Dr. Alika Maunakea shares insights on the mental and physical health of people exposed to the Maui fires -
Maya Hara, executive director of the Lahaina Jodo Mission, spoke to The Conversationʻs Catherine Cruz about honoring those who lost their lives in the fires. She also shared the latest on plans to rebuild Lahaina Jodo Mission. -
David Hochschild, the chair of the California Energy Commission, will be giving a talk in Honolulu at 6 p.m. about how Hawaiʻi and California could lead the clean energy revolution.
