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Honolulu Police Tell Medical Marijuana Patients To Give Up Their Guns
The Honolulu Police Department is sending letters to medical marijuana patients asking them to surrender their guns. “If you currently own or have firearms, you have 30 days upon receipt of this letter...
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Temple of Boom: Mormon Church North Shore Housing Plans Hit Roadblock
At Oahu’s Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, tourists can learn how to throw a Tahitian spear, paddle an outrigger canoe, and tour an ersatz collection of South Pacific islands. It’s one of the...
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Did Honolulu Police Go Too Far In The Case Of This Man’s Death?
In the simplest sense, Sheldon Haleck died at the hands of Honolulu police because he wouldn’t get on the sidewalk. But the police see it much differently. They say officer and public safety was at...
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Could Self-Driving Cars And Buses Replace The Last Leg Of Rail?
It’s been nearly three months since state leaders approved their latest, $2.4 billion funding package to bail out the largest public works project in Hawaii’s history. But don’t tell Randall Roth,...
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‘Poor Door’: Separate Tower Entrance Planned For Lower-Income Residents
A proposed high-rise condominium tower could bring a lot of firsts to the Ala Moana neighborhood. ProsPac Tower would be the first 400-foot building along Keeaumoku Street. It’d be the first project...
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Uber, Lyft Cleared For Airport Pickups Under Pilot Program
Starting Friday, ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft will be able to pick up passengers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Drivers with those companies have been allowed to drop off travelers...
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Councilman Wants A Piece Of The Action In Picking Police Commissioners
When Honolulu Police Commission Chairman Max Sword met several times behind closed doors with a city attorney to craft a $250,000 payout for then-Police Chief Louis Kealoha, City Council members wanted...
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HPD Won’t Force Marijuana Patients To Give Up Their Guns Right Away
The Honolulu Police Department won’t take away your gun if you’re a medical marijuana patient. At least, not yet. The department issued a press release late Tuesday afternoon saying that its reviewing...
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Honolulu Police Officer’s Road Rage Results In Lawsuit Against City
A truck driver who was dragged from his vehicle and pummeled by an off-duty Honolulu police officer on the shoulder of Farrington Highway in December 2015 has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court...
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Why Are Fewer People Riding TheBus?
Eighteen-year-old Kalle Sonsona relies on TheBus to get from school to his restaurant job in Waikiki, but he wishes the service was more reliable. “It really does take forever,” Sonsona, a Palolo...
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Hawaii AG Won’t File Charges In Toddler Abuse Case
Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin announced Wednesday morning that he will not file charges in the case of Peyton Valiente, a toddler who almost died from injuries he suffered at an Ewa Beach day care...
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Proposed High Rise With ‘Poor Door’ Stalls At City Council
Honolulu City Councilwoman Kymberly Pine, chair of the council zoning committee, removed consideration of a proposed high rise near Ala Moana from a committee meeting agenda Tuesday because of concerns...
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Crews Are Close to Finally Ridding Waikiki Of The Pacific Paradise
The good news is that salvage crews have finally freed the wrecked longline vessel Pacific Paradise from a reef about 400 yards off Kaimana Beach in Waikiki, ending its 55-day stay there. But the...
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Council Gives Preliminary OK To Changing How Police Panel Selected
The Honolulu City Council gave preliminary approval to a resolution Wednesday that would change the way police commissioners are selected. The action was unanimous. The mayor currently appoints all...
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One Ala Moana Condo Development Approved And Another In The Pipeline
The Honolulu City Council approved a special transit oriented development permit Wednesday, clearing the way for Hawaii City Plaza, a proposed 26-story condominium tower along Sheridan Street near the...
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Salvage Team Tows Wrecked Fishing Boat Off Waikiki Reef
(AP) — A commercial fishing vessel carrying foreign workers that ran aground and later burned and leaked fuel just off the beaches of Waikiki was towed out to sea Thursday and will be sunk by a team...
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Reader Rep: When Should You Credit Your Media Competitors?
After I finished a recent column on journalistic competitors crediting each other (or not) for scoops, Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Andrew Gomes and I exchanged a few more emails on this topic,...
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Caldwell Offers A New Multimillion-Dollar Option For Natatorium
For several years now, there have been two basic options for what to do with the Waikiki Natatorium: “pool” or “beach.” Either restore the dilapidated World War I memorial and its saltwater pool, which...
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Christopher Deedy Can Go On Trial For A Third Time
Christopher Deedy, a U.S. State Department special agent who shot and killed Kollin Elderts on Nov. 5, 2011, can be put on trial for a third time, according to a decision issued Thursday by the Hawaii...
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These Hawaii Seniors Hang Out In A Warehouse To Spice Up Their Lives
Loneliness is a silent killer that affects one in three seniors over the age of 65 — a number that jumps to half for those older than 85, according to a 2015 study on the effects of social isolation....
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