11:25 A.M., Friday, Highway Inn, Waipahu
>> Highway Inn owner Bobby Toguchi, son of founder Seiichi Toguchi, still hand-wraps the lau lau at his Waipahu eatery. About 150 to 190 lau lau are prepared each day. The family-owned business opened in 1947 off Farrington Highway, moved to Depot Road and settled into its current location on Leoku Street in 1984.
This senior VP of planning and development is helping to transform 60 acres of prime real estate in Kaka‘ako, including 1,200 below-market condos.
The National Kidney Foundation says about 90,000 people in the U.S. need a kidney, and 12 people die every day while waiting for one.
