(CBS SACRAMENTO) MODESTO, Calif. - Thieves stole thousands of dollars' worth of unique, hand-carved tiki statues from a popular Northern California restaurant, and their value could lead to ...

Hand-carved Tiki god statues that stand 8 feet tall and 900 color televisions and commercial dishwashers capable of scrubbing up to 1,000 plates per hour will go on sale Wednesday as the former ...

Eventually, Tauheluhelu hopes, they will get work carving custom sculptures or marketing their products through galleries, stores or at festivals. The market for Tiki sculpture is thriving these ...

grass skirts and carved wooden signs announcing “Aloha!” and “Welcome to the Luau!” Leis spew from barrels everywhere. He gestures toward hundreds of palm and redwood tiki statues and ...

Located in downtown Santa Cruz, this restaurant is alive with the aloha spirit with Hawaiian music, carved Tiki statues, surfboards, island-style seating, colorful lamps and faux palm trees.

Hand-carved tiki statues, roughly 200 in all, line the walls. Tropical fish swim in a 500-gallon saltwater aquarium. And palm thatching rests atop custom made tiki lamps that bathe the space in ...

Before becoming a sculptor, he worked as an illustrator in the Navy then studied sculpture at the Claremont Graduate School. He briefly carved Tiki statues with a chain saw and has been a teacher.

The term "tiki" itself refers to both carved statues and the first man in M ?ori creation stories. Many indigenous peoples would like to reclaim the sacred term, pivoting to "tropical" instead.