B CITY EDITOR: David Butts / [email protected] / 529-4310 WEDNESDAY 10/7/20 VANDALS AT WORK A $20,000 digital sign is damaged at Makapu‘u Lighthouse Trail over the weekend >> B2 ——— BIG Q >> B2 COMICS & PUZZLES >> B7-9 KOKUA LINE CHRISTINE DONNELLY Must apply for extended jobless benefits uestion: Are the extended benefits Q automatic once I run out of unemploy- ment? It’s getting close. What do I do? Answer: No, Pan- demic Emergency Unem- ployment Compensation is not automatic. You have to apply for this pro- gram, which adds 13 weeks of benefits for eligi- UCLA VIA AP / 2015 ble claimants, and you must have a zero balance Andrea Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA, was one of three scientists who was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in in your Unemployment In- physics for advancing the understanding of black holes. Ghez was photographed on the university’s campus. surance account before you do so, according to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Rela- Nobel winner is Keck Observatory user tions. You would apply through your online UI ac- Astronomer Andrea Ghez has been studying the ry’s telescopes, Lewis said count and answer a series Ghez probably uses them of questions to determine Galactic Center from Hawaii island since 1995 more often than anyone whether you are eligible. else — about a dozen nights For instructions on how Star-Advertiser staff covering a supermassive per year. to apply, see labor.hawaii. and news services black hole at the center of The observatory’s twin gov/ui/. the Milky Way in the 1990s. telescopes, each with a The three winners of the Roger Penrose, of the Uni- 10-meter primary mirror, are Q: Regarding the new Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 versity of Oxford, received among the most powerful unemployment call cen- helped prove the existence the other half of the Nobel telescopes in the world, ter, is that really working of black holes, and one is a Prize for proving with mathe- Lewis said, which is “critical” as advertised? I have been longtime user of the W.M. matics in 1964 that the gen- for the work Ghez does. calling and calling and I Keck Observatory atop eral theory of relativity Black holes, which exist at never get through. Are Mauna Kea. predicted the formation of the center of every galaxy, others having the same U.S. astronomer Andrea black holes. fascinate people because trouble? Ghez, of the University of The Nobel Assembly an- INVISION / AP “the idea of some monster A: We got a lot of com- California, Los Angeles, has nounced the prize Saturday out there sucking everything plaints from people who been studying the Galactic at the Royal Swedish Acad- Host Janna Levin left, and Ghez participated on the up is a pretty weird thing,” were unable to get Center — the central region emy of Sciences in Stock- “Black Hole Apocalypse” panel during the PBS Tele- Penrose said in an interview through last week (the call of the Milky Way galaxy — holm. vision Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the with the Associated Press. center launched Sept. 30), at the Keck Observatory on Ghez is only the fourth Beverly Hilton in 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif. He said our galaxy and the but we’ve received fewer Hawaii island since 1995, ac- woman to win the Nobel in galaxies near us “will ulti- complaints this week. cording to the observatory’s physics, following Marie Cu- Ghez has been working that that black hole at the mately get swallowed by one Bill Kunstman, a website. rie in 1903, Maria Goeppert solely on the supermassive center of the Milky Way ex- utterly huge black hole. This spokesman for the De- Ghez shared half of the No- Mayer in 1963 and Donna black hole during her 20-plus ists,” Hilton Lewis, the obser- is the fate … but not for an partment of Labor and In- bel Prize with Reinhard Gen- Strickland in 2018, according years of doing research at vatory’s director, told the awful long time, so it’s not dustrial Relations, said zel, who represents both to The New York Times. the Keck Observatory. Honolulu Star-Advertiser. that 70 more call center UCLA and the Max Planck In- “I’m so thrilled,” she said “For 25 years she’s had Although scientists com- staffers were added on stitute in Germany, for dis- in an email to The Times. one research topic: proving pete to use the observato- Please see NOBEL, B5 Monday, which likely ex- plains the improvement. Calls are answered 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, except state U.S. Surgeon General holidays. The call center’s num- bers are 833-901-2272, cited for being inside 808-762-5751, 833-901-2275 and 808-762-5752. Call center agents can closed Oahu park handle a variety of ques- tions and tasks, but they Jennifer Sinco Kelleher picturesque view of Mokolii cannot perform adjudica- Associated Press island, known as Chinaman’s tions, Kunstman said. Hat for its cone shape. Those cases, which in- The U.S. surgeon general Adams told the officer he clude disputes over bene- was cited for being in a was visiting Hawaii to work fit denials related to job closed Oahu park in August with the governor for separation, must be han- while in Hawaii helping with COVID-19 and didn’t know dled by a claim examiner. surge testing amid a spike in parks were closed. JAMM AQUINO / [email protected] / AUG. 27 Examiners are calling coronavirus cases, according At the time, Oahu parks pending claimants di- to a criminal complaint filed were closed by Mayor Kirk The email to Adams con- Surgeon General said. U.S. Surgeon General Vice rectly, the DLIR says, and in court. Caldwell in an attempt to pre- firming his exemption in- Later Tuesday, Honolulu Adm. Jerome Adams was sometimes their calls go A Honolulu police officer vent crowds from gathering. cluded links to rules that attorney Lex Smith issued a cited for being in a closed unanswered because they cited Jerome Adams after A phone number Adams were in effect in each of Ha- statement: “During his visit Hawaii park in August, appear to be spam. seeing him with two men gave the officer is the same waii’s counties, including the to Oahu, the surgeon general according to a complaint “If you have a UI claim “looking at the view taking number Adams listed on order closing Oahu parks. was cited for accidentally vi- fi led in court. Mayor Kirk requiring adjudication pictures” at Kualoa Regional an email to state officials “We do not have a com- olating the mayor’s emer- Caldwell demonstrates a please answer 808 prefix Park on Oahu’s northeastern seeking an exemption for ment at this time,” said Kate gency order, due to his coronavirus swab test as phone calls from claims coast, the citation said. The Hawaii’s quarantine on arriv- Migliaccio-Grabill, a spokes- Adams, right, watches at park in a rural area offers a ing travelers. woman for the Office of the Please see SURGEON, B5 Kalakaua District Park. 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