Honolulu news

• Opposition to wind farm is nothing new

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  If you think the opposition to the Kahuku wind farm started last week when scores of protesters were arrested for trying to block construction of the planned project, think again.
  
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• Kokua Line: Agency checks death index to deter misuse of disability parking passes

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Question: Do they ever try to find out when someone dies and cancel their handicap parking pass? I know adult “children” who keep using their parent’s placard after they died. It’s not right.
  
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• Kealohas are expected to plead guilty as part of plea deals

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Louis and Katherine Kealoha are scheduled to appear in court today to plead guilty to federal felony charges as part of separate plea agreements, ending a years-long prosecution that toppled one of Oahu’s most prominent power couples.
  
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• Kahuku wind farm protests continue

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Police asked for the public’s help Monday in finding people responsible for two vandalism cases related to a controversial Kahuku wind farm.
  
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• Hotel performance tops nation but occupancy remains flat

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Healthy September hotel performance helped push Hawaii’s hotel industry to the top of the nation for the first nine months of the year.
  
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• Honolulu deputy prosecutor taken off opposing counsel’s case

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The deputy prosecutor who admitted shoving his opposing counsel in a state courthouse hallway is no longer assigned to the case.
  
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• Hackathon taps local talent to boost state services

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Hackathons are fun. A mix of participants — inclusive of everyone from software developers to designers to business people and entrepreneurs — comes together to solve a problem, building diverse solutions and pitching them. Often there’s a tight deadline, like a weekend, and prizes can range from cash to bragging rights.
  
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• Deputy prosecutor taken off opposing counsel’s case

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The deputy prosecutor who admitted shoving his opposing counsel in a state courthouse hallway is no longer assigned to the case.
  
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• Councilwoman wants more transparency in 2 Honolulu rail programs

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi on Monday linked concerns over the city’s rail project to frustrations that have led to mass arrests at Mauna Kea, Waimanalo’s SherwoodForest and the Kahuku wind farm.
  
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• Captain of grounded vessel off Waikiki left bridge unattended, lawsuit says

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The federal government says the captain of the Pacific Paradise had the engine turned off, then went below deck, leaving the bridge unattended, several hours before the 79-foot commercial fishing vessel ran aground in shallow waters off Kaimana Beach.
  
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• Bankoh opens first branch kiosk at Kahala Mall

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Bank of Hawaii celebrated the opening of its first branch kiosk in Kahala Mall with a traditional blessing Monday. The four-teller branch, the first of its kind for the bank, is between Longs Drugs and Macy’s.
  
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• Arguments continue in Ala Wai project lawsuit

  22-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The nonprofit Protect Our Ala Wai Watersheds went to court Monday to stop the city and and state from “prematurely obligating public funds” for a controversial flood control project that would build walls and berms around the Ala Wai Canal and put huge flood-control structures in the upper reaches of the watershed.
  
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• Mililani High School’s Fred Murphy honored as Principal of the Year

  22-10-2019 04:40 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Principal Fred Murphy of Mililani High School and Vice Principal Meryl Matsumura of Waipahu High were honored as top school leaders at a luncheon Sunday marking National Principals Month.
  
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• UH-Manoa parking structure’s solar canopy generates 1 megawatt of electricity

  22-10-2019 00:30 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The University of Hawaii at Manoa has completed the installation of 1 megawatt of solar photovoltaic panels — the first phase of its PV canopy project — on the rooftop of the campus’s main parking structure.
  
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• ‘Midway’ thrills with first-person perspectives

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  In the new movie “Midway,” director Roland Emmerich thrills not with the fabled World War II underdog story of U.S. code breaking, strategy and luck, already well known in history, but with his detailed and rich visual-effects immersion into three seminal events: Pearl Harbor, the Doolittle Raid and, finally, victory at Midway.
  
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• Kokua Line: Schools’ anti-smoking rules apply to e-cigarettes as well

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Question: With so many kids vaping, are there any consequences if they are caught doing it at school?
  
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• Key ICBM shoot-down test in limbo

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A missile defense battle of wills is being waged in Congress over testing of a newinterceptor missile that is to be deployed on Navy destroyers and could provide improved defense of Hawaii and the West Coast from North Korean threats.
  
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• Hanapepe Massacre grave site possibly located

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A research team looking for a mass grave of 16 Filipino strikers killed in what has become known as the 1924 Hanapepe Massacre on Kauai believe they located the grave site Sunday.
  
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• Decoding DNA in the classrooms: ‘Iolani helps other schools get a grip on the fast-moving field

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Students in private and public schools are getting a rare chance to analyze the DNA of local plants, from backyard papayas to indigenous bacteria that thrive in lava caves.
  
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• Decoding DNA in the classrooms: ‘Iolani helps other schools get a grip on fast-moving field

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Students in private and public schools are getting a rare chance to analyze the DNA of local plants, from backyard papayas to indigenous bacteria that thrive in lava caves.
  
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• City to consider limits for South Shore surfing contests

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The city is considering setting limits for surfing contests at Oahu’s South Shore, where Olympian Duke Kahanamoku and his fellow Waikiki beachboys put the sport on the map.
  
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• Cash for college goes unclaimed without FAFSA

  21-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Educators are urging members of the class of 2020 and their parents to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for college even if they think their families might not qualify.
  
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• Coast Guard responding to injured person near Midway Atoll

  21-10-2019 04:34 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The Coast Guard is working today on a medical evacuation of a foreign national off a commercial boat several hundred miles from the Midway Islands, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
  
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• High-speed crash ends with 1 dead, 1 arrested on Maui

  21-10-2019 03:00 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 38-year-old Wailuku man was arrested Sunday after leaving the scene of a high-speed crash that sent a sports car careening through a construction site and killed the driver’s passenger in South Kihei, Maui police said.
  
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• Man, 21, arrested after Maili stabbing

  21-10-2019 00:29 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday after he stabbed another man in the back in Maili, police said.
  
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• 29-year-old charged after using knife during shoplifting attempt, police say

  21-10-2019 00:28 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 29-year-old man has been charged with robbery after police said he pulled a knife on store employees during a shoplifting attempt in Kapolei.
  
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• Man critically injured in stabbing near Kapahulu library

  21-10-2019 00:26 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 45-year-old man was in critical condition Saturday after he was stabbed near the Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said.
  
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• Star-Advertiser keepsake book on historic Kilauea eruption now available

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  It was a little more than a year ago when the devastating Leilani Estates eruption in Lower Puna finally fizzled out after claiming at least 716 structures and displacing 1,500 residents. The last orange-red glow was observed at Fissure 8, the dominant vent of the 24 that opened during the eruption, in early September 2018, bringing to an end 35 years of near-continuous activity at Kilauea Volcano.
  
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• Ritz-Carlton Kapalua hosts annual fashion show

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Fashion is about theater and attention to details, so when Shelley Cramer went casting about for a venue for Saks Fifth Avenue’s annual fashion show, she found it on Maui, at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua.
  
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• Pilot project aimed at reducing Oahu’s homeless will start in Waipahu

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A hub for homeless services will go up in the middle of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park — home to Hawaii’s Plantation Village.
  
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• Pastor makes a full-time commitment to Maui youth

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A full-time youth minister is rare in most churches. Word around island is there’s one in particular making a difference: Kaipo Thomas, 40, pastor of student ministry at Waipuna Chapel in Kula since 2011.
  
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• Maui Comic Con attracts top industry artists and costumed fans

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Maui Comic Con is a chance for fans to dress up as their favorite superheroes and cartoon characters, but organizers of the budding event are hoping it will also serve as a launchpad for local artists.
  
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• Maui attorney Lance Collins is fighting for the underdogs

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Maui has a long tradition of maverick lawyers, but the underdog has seldom had a better friend than attorney Lance D. Collins.
  
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• Maui attorney Lance Collins fights for underdogs

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Maui has a long tradition of maverick lawyers, but the underdog has seldom had a better friend than attorney Lance D. Collins.
  
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• Lee Cataluna: Protests rise up when voices go unheard

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  For the third timethis year, there were mass arrests of peaceful protesters inHawaii, and some are wondering what is happening to our often complacent, go-along-to-get-along,anything-goes state.
  
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• Keepsake book by Star-Advertiser staff on historic Kilauea eruption goes on sale

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  It was a little more than a year ago when the devastating Leilani Estates eruption in Lower Puna finally fizzled out after claiming at least 716 structures and displacing 1,500 residents. The last orange-red glow was observed at Fissure 8, the dominant vent of the 24 that opened during the eruption, in early September 2018, bringing to an end 35 years of near-continuous activity at Kilauea Volcano.
  
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• Kahuku wind farm protesters prepare for long fight

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Kahuku resident Kananiloaanuenue Ponciano settled in for a 12-hour shift yesterday at the Ku Kia‘i Kahuku campsite along Kamehameha Highway on the North Shore, the hub for protesters of a planned wind farm.
  
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• Jaunts near and far offer world of tasty flavors

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Every now and then you’ve got to get off the old rock. Mark and July Ellman, owners of two popular Lahaina restaurants, Honu Seafood & Pizza and Frida’s Beach House, avoided island fever when they traveled to Greece a while back for an epic yoga sojourn.
  
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• HART takes gamble on public-private partnership plan for rail

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The decision to use a public-private partnership to complete the Honolulu rail project has always been a bit of a gamble, but now the stakes are getting higher, and the city is all in.
  
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• HART takes gamble on partnership plan for rail

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The decision to use a public-private partnership to complete the Honolulu rail project has always been a bit of a gamble, but now the stakes are getting higher, and the city is all in.
  
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• David Shapiro: Tulsi Gabbard wasn’t ready for prime time in Democratic debate

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  If the latest Democratic presidential debate was Tulsi Gabbard’s last chance to show she belongs in the race for the White House, it only proved the opposite.
  
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• Column: Liquid crystals make up the millions of pixels to create images on computers, TV screens

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  ‘Liquid crystal” ought to be an oxymoron, but technology has rendered it sensible instead. A crystal is by definition a solid with a repeating, orderly, three-dimensional l
  attice.
  
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• ‘Cat Lady’ helps condo dwellers coexist with feral felines

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Situated on seven lush, landscaped acres overlooking a golf course, the luxury 105-unit Kaanapali Royal condominium offers a peaceful sanctuary to its residents, guests and a feral cat colony.
  
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• Bees establish colony at Koko Crater stairs

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Honeybees have established homes in the crossties at Koko Crater stairs.
  
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• 3 CIA Air America crew identified among former war missing

  20-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Three civilians flying for the CIA’s Air America in 1971 during the “secret war” in Laos were among a record 218 identifications made by the Defense Department in fiscal year 2019 of Americans formerly missing from past wars.
  
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• 2 sought after illegal game room robbery in Kakaako

  19-10-2019 23:33 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Police were looking for two unknown males today after a robbery at an illegal game room in Kakaako.
  
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• Woman injured in Kalihi shooting

  19-10-2019 23:22 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was injured this morning by a gunshot in Kalihi.
  
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• No foul play after 2 found dead in Punchbowl apartment, police say

  19-10-2019 23:03 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Police are investigating after two people were found dead inside a Punchbowl apartment.
  
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• Diamond Head State Monument reopens following water main break

  19-10-2019 22:43 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Diamond Head State Monument has been reopened today following a temporary closure due to a water main break, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said.
  
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• Wind turbine threats to rare bats are debated

  19-10-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Little is known about native Hawaiian hoary bats, or opeapea, including how many of them exist — because the tiny, nocturnal, solitary tree-nesters are difficult to see, much less count.
  
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