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Kahuna Airlines
74; 336; Coy and family flying to Hawaii on, 363

Kamukea
105; Vehi's "spirit guide" - "a Lemuro-Hawaiian demigod from the dawn of Pacific history, who centuries ago had been a sacred functionary of the lost continent now lying beneath the Pacific Ocean"

Karenga, Ron (b. 1941)
An African American author, political activist, and college professor best known for inventing Kwanzaa, a week-long Pan-African celebration observed almost exclusively in the United States each year from December 26 to January 1; 75; 292

Kasem, Casey (b. 1932)
244; "Saturday-morning Shaggy voice; Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor. He did the voice of Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo cartoons.

Keeley, Mrs.
277; an elementary school teacher of Doc's

Kenichiro
212; counterman at Japanese greasy spoon patronized by Bigfoot

Kent, Clark
202; aka Superman

Kevin
140; owner of Kozmik Banana, selling Yellow Haze (banana peels for smoking)

Khalil, Tariq
14; black former convict; screwing Clancy Charlock in Doc's office, 288

KHJ
In the 1960s and 1970s, KHJ was a popular top-40 radio station in Los Angeles, aka "Boss Radio." It became a country station in 1980 and is now an oldies station; "at top volume" on DOJ vessel, 356

Kiley, Dr. Steve
97, in Dr. Marcus Welby

Kimball, Deputy DA Penny
4; "nice flatland chick" and "junior DA in Evelle Younger's shop" Doc is seeing; 68; shopped him to los federales, 274

Kimberly
187; waitress at Administrative Lounge at Chryskylodon

King of Siam
248; In the 1956 film The King and I, Yul Brynner, who played King Mongkut of Siam, repeatedly used the phrase "et cetera, et cetera, et cetera" to characterize the King as wanting to impress with his great knowledge of many things and his importance in not having to detail them. This was based upon the usage in the book Anna and the King of Siam which related the real king's playful interest in numerous things, with the phrase, "&c, &c".

Kismet Lounge, The
233; a casino in North Las Vegas where Puck and Einar go; Doc goes, 235; package from, 361

Kiss Me, Kate
A musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, which won a Tony Award in 1949 for Best Musical. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. "Wunderbar" (a song from the musical), 233

Kissinger, Henry (b. 1923)
A German-born American political scientist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the Nixon Administration. He played a key role in a secret bombing campaign in Cambodia to disrupt PAVN and Viet Cong units launching raids into South Vietnam from within Cambodia's borders and resupplying their forces by using the Ho Chi Minh trail and other routes, as well as the 1970 Cambodian Incursion and subsequent widespread bombing of Cambodia; 246

Klein-Rogge
115; German actor in Metropolis

Knucklehead Jack's
148; biker's roadhouse somewhere off the Harbor Freeway; 214; 225

Kozmik Banana
140; "frozen-banana shop near the Gordita Beach pier" frequented by Bigfoot

Krazy Kat
97

Krishna
73; fry cook at Tommy's burgers

Krishnamurti, Mr. J.
188; Krishnamurti used the Krotona Institute as a meeting place.

Krotona Institute of Theosophy
186; located at 46 Krotona Hill, Ojai, CA 93023-3901. This Center is dedicated to the study of modern Theosophy, and specially to the theosophical teachings published by Mrs Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in the "Secret Doctrine". From the Theosophical Society website:

Since its founding in 1967, the Krotona School of Theosophy has been helping students deepen their understanding of theosophy, the ancient wisdom, in its many forms, and has encouraged them to live a spiritually oriented life. The school emphasizes "transformative education" which focuses on spiritual renewal. Such studies lead students to orient themselves to eternal truths in a changing world.
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