8O
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
808 Ohana Shack
Fresno Hawaiian restaurant from owner Cijay Phakeovilay cooking food he misses from home in Hawaiʻi.
Fresno, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
Directory
Kamaʻāina and Pacific businesses in California
80 public listings in the Hawaiian Yellow Pages for California — kitchens, hālau, trades, and rooms that still know the way home.
AT
Tattoo & visual arts
A-Town Tattoo & Piercing
Garden Grove tattoo shop founded 2008 by afakasi Samoan Suluʻape Siʻi Liufau.
Garden Grove, CAPacific Islander(714) 534-8784Website
AB
Fashion & Wear
AVVA Brand
Santa Ana clothing from Kekoa Cazimero — Native Hawaiian, born and raised in Honolulu. Mainland ops at Harbor Blvd.
Santa Ana, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
AO
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Academy of Hawaiian Arts
Oakland hālau under Kumu Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu, a regular Merrie Monarch presence from the East Bay.
Oakland, CAIsland RootsWebsite
AG
Carpentry & remodeling · Electrical · Plumbing
Adelanto Group
NHO-owned general contractor and facilities firm with a San Juan Capistrano office and a South Ogden shop.
San Juan Capistrano, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(949) 940-6553Website
AA
Plumbing
All Aloha Plumbing
Plumbing company in San Diego and Tempe / Phoenix from Deven Tells, born and raised in Hawaiʻi.
San Diego, CAKamaʻāina(619) 841-1680Website
AC
Carpentry & remodeling · Roofing · Electrical
Aloha Construction Services
Temecula general contractor — remodeling, roofing, and electrical — three generations of Hawaiian construction.
Temecula, CAKamaʻāina(760) 402-0710Website
AH
Hula schools · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Aloha Hula Studio
Rancho Cucamonga hula studio under Kumu Toni Temehana Pasion.
Rancho Cucamonga, CAIsland RootsWebsite
AN
Clinics & doctors
Aloha Naturopathic Healthcare
Licensed California ND practice in Tarzana — complex cases, hormones, GI, autoimmune, and integrative care.
Tarzana, CAKamaʻāina(818) 654-6365Website
AA
Shave ice
Always Aloha Shave Ice Co.
Oakland / East Bay shave ice from Stephanie Iwasaki — Oʻahu native, independent of Ululani’s.
Oakland, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
AM
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Aunty Maile’s
Torrance/Gardena Hawaiian restaurants (Aunty Maile’s, Island Rootz Cafe, Aloha Platez) under current owners Kai & Junko Tsukiyama with Oʻahu / Hawaiʻi Island / Kauaʻi family ties.
Torrance, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
BM
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Broken Mouth
Downtown LA restaurant from chef-owner Tim Lee, local Hawaiʻi boy born/raised Kaimukī, Oʻahu.
Downtown LA, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
DA
Real estate
Desiree Atuatasi Realty
Huntington Beach realty with Realty ONE Group West — Desiree Atuatasi, DRE 01803249.
Huntington Beach, CAPacific Islander(949) 677-7106
ET
Tattoo & visual arts
Earthbound Tattoo Studio
Sand City tattoo studio co-owned by Marlo Kaleoʻokalani Lualemana — Native Hawaiian, born and raised on Oʻahu.
Sand City, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(831) 920-2786Website
FI
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Faka's Island Grill
A Santa Ana island / Hawaiian BBQ kitchen founded by David Pese, grown from a taco cart into 4th Street Market, with later rooms in Torrance and Long Beach.
Santa Ana, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
FS
Churches & faith
First Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Sacramento
Sacramento Samoan Congregational church at 251 South Ave — Disciples / NAPAD directory.
Sacramento, CAPacific Islander(916) 922-2220Website
FS
Churches & faith
First Samoan Congregational Christian Church – San Diego
San Diego Samoan Congregational church at 1345 S 45th St — site: first Samoan church in the U.S. outside Samoa, established 1955.
San Diego, CAPacific Islander(619) 262-5068Website
FO
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Fresh Off Da Boat
A Sacramento Polynesian kitchen by Chef T (Muagututia Tuala-Tamaalelagi) and Jacinta Seiuli of American Samoa — fusion plates that reclaim “fresh off the boat.”
Sacramento, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
GI
Carpentry & remodeling
Group IQ
El Segundo shop for asphalt and concrete repair tech, including DoD work under AHT Resins.
El Segundo, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(213) 255-5349Website
HF
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty · Lei & florals
Hiʻiaka Florist
Bay Area lei shop Novelty Lei / Hiʻiaka Florist — originally from Hawaiʻi, now San Francisco.
San Francisco, CAPacific Islander(415) 672-4579Website
HH
Traditional healing · Lomi lomi & massage · Cultural nonprofits
Holistic Honu Wellness Center
501(c)(3) in Berkeley offering lomilomi, laʻau lapaʻau, hoʻoponopono, and cultural health education.
Berkeley, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(916) 416-0491Website
H
HC
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hula Connection
San Clemente hālau founded 2003 by Kumu Lianne Nahina Pfister, born in Honolulu and raised on Oʻahu.
San Clemente, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
HH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hula Hālau ʻO Piʻilani
Kumu Kanani Densing's hālau in the Linda Piʻilani Danek lineage — in-person and Zoom from Sunnyvale and Gilroy.
Sunnyvale, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HM
HO
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hula ʻO Hoaloha
Los Angeles hālau in Eagle Rock and Silver Lake under Kumu Maile Frauchiger, in the Noelani McIntosh lineage.
Los Angeles, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hālau Hula I Ka Lā
Central Valley hālau in Clovis with active 2026 registration, tied to the Hula I Ka Lā Hawaiian Cultural Foundation.
Clovis, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hālau Hula Lani Ola
Laguna Hills hālau under Kumu Puanani Jung, prior Merrie Monarch, with the Alama Heritage Foundation.
Laguna Hills, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hālau Hula Nā Meakanu O Laka O Hawaiʻi
Los Alamitos hālau under Kumu Rolanda Mohala Reese, a Heleloa OC school.
Los Alamitos, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hālau Hula O Makalani Nā Pilialoha
North County and South Bay San Diego hālau under Kumu Makalani Kulihaʻapai, with studios in Vista and Chula Vista.
Vista, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HN
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Hālau Nā Wai Ola
Hālau established in 1997 in Sunnyvale, serving San Jose and Silicon Valley under Kumu Kauʻi Isa-Kahaku.
San Jose, CAIsland RootsWebsite
HM
Music shops & lessons · Music stores · Classes & workshops
Hāmākua Musical Instruments
Vista shop from Ross Yamamoto — Hawaiian parents, custom ʻukulele, and private-build workshops.
Vista, CAIsland Roots(310) 702-9352Website
IA
Fashion & Wear
Island Avenue
Carson / LA metro apparel from Faʻavae Faʻavae — first-generation Samoan, island prints for the mainland.
Carson, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
IS
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Island Style Cafe
Santee (San Diego area) Hawaiian cafe from a Big Island family (Mom Terri born & raised Hawaiian; Dad Juan from Kona / Four Seasons Hualālai).
Santee, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
IL
Hula & Polynesian dance
Islanders Luau
Riverside Polynesian dance and lūʻau shows — founded in 1970 by Susiana, a young Samoan mom, still family-run.
Riverside, CAPacific Islander(888) 907-3854Website
IR
Plate lunch & poke · Restaurants
It's Raw Poke Shop
A San Diego Ocean Beach poke shop connected to the Laroza cousins and Chase Andrew Kalani Cruz, with island roots cited in public materials.
San Diego, CAKamaʻāina(619) 564-8421Website
KT
Clinics & doctors
Kalani Total Health Center
Founder/CEO chiropractic and multi-modality wellness in Oxnard — massage and acupuncture partners. Licensed in California and Hawaiʻi.
Oxnard, CAKamaʻāina(805) 604-0881Website
KK
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Kalei's Kitchenette
A San Diego kitchen tied to Andy Mangiduyos of Lahaina — island cooking on the mainland.
San Diego, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
KK
Hula schools · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Kamakani Komohana
Huntington Beach nonprofit under Jeneʻa de Castro, training hula and Polynesian dance.
Huntington Beach, CAIsland RootsWebsite
KK
Hula schools · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Kaulana Ka Hale Kula ʻO Nā Pua ʻO Ka ʻĀina
Torrance Hawaiian cultural school tied to Kaulana programs, Merrie Monarch and E Hula Mau.
Torrance, CAIsland RootsWebsite
KC
Makers & gifts · Skin & esthetics
Kekoa Creative
Richmond / East Bay brand from Kekoa Hager — Native Hawaiian–owned clothing, gifts, and skin care.
Richmond, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
KH
Plate lunch & poke · Restaurants
Keoki’s Hawaiian BBQ
Marina plate-lunch kitchen from George S. Manabe Jr. — born Honolulu, 38 years in Hawaiʻi, 20 years in plate-lunch kitchens.
Marina, CAKamaʻāina(831) 809-8644Website
KA
Tattoo & visual arts
King ʻAfa Cultural Tattoos
West Hollywood / LA cultural tattoo from ʻAfa Cocker — grew up in Tonga, moved to LA in 2003. Lakimii Tattoo Studio.
West Hollywood, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
KB
Lomi lomi & massage
Kua Body Studios
Massage studio and incubator in Los Altos and Pleasanton — Thai, deep work, craniosacral, and mentoring for LMTs.
Los Altos, CAPacific Islander(650) 383-5209Website
KH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Kūhai Hālau O Kanoheaokalikolauaʻe Pā ʻŌlapa Kahiko
Sacramento-area hālau on Elk Grove Blvd teaching kahiko and ʻauana from keiki to adult.
Elk Grove, CAIsland RootsWebsite
KH
Hālau
Kūhai Hālau O Moana Pā ʻŌlapa Kahiko
Rocklin / Applegate hālau under Kumu Tamara Moana Silva — born and raised in Kāneʻohe, hālau established in Rocklin.
Rocklin, CAKamaʻāina(530) 320-8952Website
KH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Kūhai Hālau O ʻIlima Pā ʻŌlapa Kahiko
Oceanside hālau under Kumu Ilima Kam Martinez at 3809 Plaza Dr.
Oceanside, CAIsland RootsWebsite
LL
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty · Lei & florals
Leilani’s Leis
Fresh lei arm of the Camarao ʻohana / Motu Hawaiʻi — pickup in Clairemont Mesa and on Maryland Parkway.
San Diego, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(775) 238-9232Website
LB
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty · Arts & crafts
Leis by Leilani
Los Angeles lei artist Leilani Kanaʻauao Huggins — family lei lineage, workshops, and special-event lei.
Los Angeles, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
LP
Solo artists
Leokāne Pryor
Santa Barbara solo artist — born and raised in Mānoa, returned to Santa Barbara in 2020.
Santa Barbara, CAKamaʻāinaWebsite
LY
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Liholiho Yacht Club
San Francisco restaurant from chef-owner Ravi Kapur, born in Hawaiʻi with Native Hawaiian–Chinese mother; heritage-driven menu.
San Francisco, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
MD
Hula & Polynesian dance
Mahana Dance Company
Long Beach entertainment company from Sunny Purcell — of Samoan descent. Multi-city teams. Not a hālau.
Long Beach, CAPacific Islander(562) 270-0246Website
MK
Catering · Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Mila's Kitchen Hawaiʻi
A Hawaiian-owned culinary shop in Brea led by Chef Charles Akau IV of Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi — catering, island plates, and community tables.
Brea, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
NH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Noelani’s Hālau O Hula Moʻolelo
Norco hālau under Kumu Bobbi Kellett, teaching hula moʻolelo in the Inland Empire.
Norco, CAIsland RootsWebsite
OD
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Ohana Dance Group
Sacramento 501(c)(3) hālau under Kumu Bernadette Kaponookalani Nakamura, with donation-based hula and ʻukulele.
Sacramento, CAIsland RootsWebsite
OT
Accounting & tax
Ohana Tax & Financial Services
Napa accounting and tax from Jessica Luthi — Native Hawaiian–owned firm at 135 Camino Dorado Ste 8.
Napa, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(707) 690-1120Website
PD
Arts & crafts · Makers & gifts · Music shops & lessons
Pasifika Drums
San Diego drums and workshops from Christiaan Verbeek — Hawaiian-born, Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. Kamaʻāina, not Pacific Islander.
San Diego, CAKamaʻāina(619) 867-2320Website
PF
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
Pasifika Foods
A Northgate Sacramento kitchen for Fijian, Tongan, and Samoan food rarely found elsewhere in the city — curries, coconut, and Pacific comfort.
Sacramento, CAPacific Islander(916) 246-9244Website
PR
Mental health & counseling
Pasifika Rooted Therapy
Founder-owned practice in Lakewood for individual, couples, and family therapy serving Pasifika and BIPOC clients — California telehealth for individual work.
Lakewood, CAPacific Islander(562) 354-0582Website
PL
Bands · Classes & workshops
Patrick Landeza
Berkeley-area slack key guitarist, concert producer, and teacher — House of Hawaiian Music.
Berkeley, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
PI
Markets
Poasa Imports Samoan Market
Carson market for Samoan groceries and goods — family-owned, 23744 Main St.
Carson, CAPacific Islander(310) 952-0297
SL
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty · Lei & florals · Arts & crafts
Shore Lei
SoCal lei shop from Maile — born and raised in Southern California, Native Hawaiian, mother born Honolulu.
Huntington Beach, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(562) 413-6490Website
ST
Nails
Studio Twenty4
Licensed nail technician, Pacific Islander–owned home-based studio in Long Beach, established 2020.
Long Beach, CAPacific Islander(803) 201-6838
TT
Fashion & Wear
TAPA The Line
Northern California streetwear from a Samoan upbringing — HELLA POLY prints.
Bay Area, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
T/
Fitness & martial arts
TRAIN4LIFE / Wahiawa Kajukenbo
Kajukenbo, boxing, kickboxing, BJJ, and MMA in Suisun City and Fairfield — family extension of the original Wahiawa school.
Suisun City, CAKamaʻāina(707) 439-8897Website
TB
Fashion & Wear
Tatau Brand
San Diego / Chula Vista clothing house founded in 2003 by Toloai Letuli — Pasifika goods, brick shop.
Chula Vista, CAPacific Islander(619) 266-0644Website
TH
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Te Hau Nui School of Hula and Tahitian Dance
Santa Cruz school of hula and Tahitian dance in the Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett line, fiscally sponsored by the 418 Project.
Santa Cruz, CAIsland RootsWebsite
TB
Real estate
The Bonal Team
Castro Valley realty team led by Tracy Bonal — born in Hawaiʻi, CA DRE 01395933.
Castro Valley, CAKamaʻāina(510) 303-6656Website
TG
Skin & esthetics
The Gardens Bath
East Palo Alto bath and body shop from Marina Latu — South Pacific–inspired soaps, Tonga No Plastic Campaign support.
East Palo Alto, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
TL
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty · Lei & florals · Arts & crafts
The Lei Company Cooperative
Oakland worker-owned lei cooperative founded by Tiffany Naputi Lacsado — Chamorro-American from Guåhan.
Oakland, CAPacific Islander(510) 967-7342Website
TL
Design & media
The Local Brand Co
Los Angeles design and media studio from Greg Chinn — Kamehameha Schools, Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Los Angeles, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiWebsite
TP
Fitness & martial arts
The Pit Martial Arts & Fitness
Family martial arts and fitness gym teaching Hawaiian Kempo, CrossPit, Pit Jitsu, and MMA.
Arroyo Grande, CAKamaʻāina(805) 473-2500Website
U&
Fashion & Wear
UCE & Co. Apparel
Southern California apparel from a Samoan ʻohana — born on the mainland, grandpa Filo Masunu in the story.
Carson, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
VB
Skin & esthetics
Vua Beauty
Los Angeles skincare line from Tongovua “Marie/Vua” Tangitau — Enga, the Tongan word for turmeric, and a great-grandmother tonic.
Los Angeles, CAPacific IslanderWebsite
WK
Lei & florals · Markets · Lei, makeup & special-event beauty
West Kauai Sun
Native Hawaiian boutique in Fallbrook — lei, island clothing, and goods from Aunty Pinky Maynard, born and raised in Kekaha, Kauaʻi.
Fallbrook, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(808) 937-7909Website
B
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty
beautybyjordann
Los Angeles makeup artist Jordann Aguon — from Hawaiʻi, TV and film MUA.
Los Angeles, CAKamaʻāina(808) 782-2578Website
AK
Civic clubs · Cultural nonprofits
ʻAhahui Kiwila Hawaiʻi O San Diego
San Diego / El Cajon Hawaiian Civic Club — AOHCC-chartered 1993.
El Cajon, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(619) 250-6868Website
AO
Civic clubs · Cultural nonprofits
ʻAhahui ʻO Liliʻuokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of SoCal
Cerritos Hawaiian Civic Club — AOHCC Mainland Council. Club materials call it the oldest SoCal HCC.
Cerritos, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(562) 987-0506
AP
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
ʻAi Pono Cafe
A Costa Mesa cafe of Hawaiʻi street food run by Gene and Dana, born and raised in the islands — plates that refuse mainland shortcuts.
Costa Mesa, CAKamaʻāina(949) 402-6877Website
ĀO
Civic clubs · Cultural nonprofits
ʻĀinahau O Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club
Garden Grove / Orange County Hawaiian Civic Club — AOHCC-chartered, holding SoCal Hawaiian community work.
Garden Grove, CAKānaka ʻŌiwi(714) 615-8729Website