Bicycle-Sharing Program Hits The Streets Of Honolulu
Ten aquamarine bikes glinted under a maile lei draped from handlebar to handlebar on the Capitol lawn. Across the street in front of the Hawaii State Art Museum, curious people stopped to examine a new...
View ArticleEndangered Hawaiian Monk Seal Gives Birth On Waikiki Beach
(AP) — An endangered Hawaiian monk seal has given birth on a Waikiki beach — the first such birth there in at least several decades. The seal was born late Wednesday or early Thursday, said Angela...
View ArticleHonolulu May Allow Transportation Companies To Regulate Waikiki Streets
The Honolulu City Council’s Zoning and Housing Committee approved a bill Thursday that would create a privately run special improvement district to regulate traffic on Waikiki streets. There is a glut...
View ArticlePush To Save Paiko Ridge From Development Slowed By New City Policy
For more than a decade, Kuliouou Valley residents and local nonprofits have worked to preserve Paiko Ridge from development. Back in 2013, then Honolulu City Council member Stanley Chang first proposed...
View ArticleJudge Orders Release Of City Prosecutor’s Employment Records
A Hawaii Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that the city must turn over documents to Civil Beat related to embattled deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha’s employment with the Honolulu prosecuting...
View ArticleEmbattled City Prosecutor Kealoha Has Been On Unpaid Leave Since April
Katherine Kealoha, a Honolulu city prosecutor who’s under federal criminal investigation for alleged corruption and abuse of power, has been on unpaid leave since late April. Officials say she is...
View ArticleWoman In Critical Condition, Hundreds Rescued At ‘Floatilla’
(AP) — A 19-year-old is in critical condition after suffering alcohol-related injuries at the Fourth of July celebration called “floatilla,” while hundreds of other people had to be rescued during the...
View ArticleHonolulu Police Commission: Where’s Our Consultant?
Honolulu police commissioners appear to be losing patience in their search for a new police chief to replace Louis Kealoha, who retired in January amid corruption allegations. One of the biggest...
View ArticleWhy Taxpayers Might Have To Pay For Ex-Honolulu Police Chief’s Attorney
A law passed nearly two decades before Hawaii became a state is at the center of an increasingly bitter fight between the Honolulu Police Commission and former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha over...
View ArticleWaipahu Businesses Have Hopes For Rail — If They Can Survive Construction
Tucked in a small plaza just off Farrington Highway in Waipahu, Maria Nichols’ barbershop used to draw about 140 customers a day. Her hairdressers, working at her shop and others around the city, often...
View ArticleHere’s Who Might Get Stung Hardest By Any New Rail Taxes
At the Honolulu City Council’s June meeting there was an impromptu debate as notable for its acrimony as it was for the wonkish subject matter: the fairness of Hawaii’s tax structure, and how to pay...
View ArticleLegislature Schedules Special Session On Rail Funding In Late August
The Hawaii Legislature has scheduled a special session Aug. 28-Sept. 1 to try again to reach a deal on funding the remainder of Honolulu’s 20-mile rail project, now estimated to cost $10 billion....
View ArticleThe Cost Of Hilton’s Friday Fireworks Just Went Up
The Friday night fireworks show that the Hilton Hawaiian Village has been putting on for the public for more than two decades is now subject to rent closer to that imposed on all other fireworks shows...
View ArticleHonolulu City Council May Expand Its Plastic Bag Ban
The Honolulu City Council will consider a bill Wednesday to close a loophole in the plastic bag ban that currently allows the use of thicker plastic checkout bags. Under the amended Bill 59, all thin,...
View ArticleReclaiming History: Oahu’s Last Hawaiian Fishing Village
Isaiah Longboy lives in Mililani but spends his free time on Mokauea Island, a 13-acre island known as Oahu’s last Hawaiian fishing village. On a recent morning, Longboy helps Kehaulani Kupihea of the...
View ArticleOahu Valleys Are Prone To Landslides — And The Lawsuits That Follow
A broken city sewer line and a 2016 landslide have brought a maelstrom of litigation down on a Nuuanu Valley neighborhood, driving one resident away after a chunk of hillside crashed through a wall of...
View ArticleCity Council OKs Issuing $350 Million In Bonds For Rail Construction
After listening to more than an hour of testimony, the Honolulu City Council voted Wednesday to approve the issuing of $350 million in general obligation bonds to help pay for building the Honolulu...
View ArticleCouncil Considers Residential Parking Zones For Honolulu Neighborhoods
Residents who search daily for parking on congested streets in their neighborhoods may find relief with a measure being considered by the Honolulu City Council. Bill 51, which would allow the city to...
View ArticleHonolulu Weighs Property Tax Increase For Owners Of Historic Homes
Owners of historic homes on Oahu would see their property taxes increase to $1,000 under a measure that cleared another hurdle at the City Council Wednesday. Chair Ron Menor was absent for the vote and...
View ArticleCan Revamped Honolulu Ethics Commission Rebuild Its Credibility?
The Honolulu Ethics Commission, which is supposed to keep tabs on city employees and politicians, was in utter disarray last summer. The long-time executive director had quit over political meddling. A...
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