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Kealohas, Accused Cops Plead Not Guilty To Newest Charges
Retired Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, deputy city prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, were back in federal court Thursday, where they pleaded not guilty to the latest slew of charges...
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City Has No Aloha For A Waianae School Crosswalk
Worried about the safety of their kids, in 2016 Waianae parents and community members created eye-catching crosswalks near Leihoku Elementary School, where nearly 1,000 students cross the road every...
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How ‘Blind Faith’ Led To Hawaii’s Biggest Police Corruption Scandal
When federal public defender Alexander Silvert first met his new client, Gerard Puana, he only knew three things about the case. He knew Puana had been arrested for allegedly stealing a mailbox. He...
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Caldwell Wants A Sidewalk Sit-Lie Ban Everywhere On Oahu
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell plans to introduce what he calls a “somewhat revolutionary” bill to remove homeless people camping on public sidewalks. “We want to take back our sidewalks that are...
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Filthy Bathrooms At This Popular Beach Park Are Creating A Stir
Pokai Bay Beach Park is a popular spot for beachgoers in Waianae, but some residents are upset about the state of its restrooms and water quality. During a recent visit, broken toilets were covered...
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Council Considers Big Cuts In Honolulu’s Climate Change Office
Honolulu’s fledgling Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency may have to address sea level rise and other effects of global warming with fewer resources if the City Council approves...
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Council Leaders, Mayor Caldwell Will Talk With Feds In DC About Rail Funding
Before next year’s city budget can gain approval, Honolulu’s mayor and his ascendant political rivals on the City Council will take the unusual step of flying to Washington, D.C., where they expect...
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New City Council Leadership Challenges Caldwell’s Proposed Budget
City Councilman Trevor Ozawa took a scalpel Thursday to Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s proposed $2.61 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2019, which starts July 1. The new Budget Committee chair...
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Honolulu Police Target Bicyclists With No Registration Tags
In March, Honolulu police officers conducted at least two days of enforcement along King Street’s protected bike lane, issuing citations to cyclists who passed by. That may sound encouraging to anyone...
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Taro Patches Are Classrooms For These Nanakuli Students
Every Tuesday and Thursday, you can find a group of teenagers up to their knees in muddy taro patches in the back of the Waianae Valley. They are recording data about how much water is needed to grow...
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Honolulu Officials Promise Feds They’re On Board With Rail Money
WASHINGTON — Top city officials, including Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, visited the nation’s capital Monday to reassure the Federal Transit Administration they’re committed to completing the 20-mile...
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Denby Fawcett: Bowling Alley Supporters Fight For ‘Soul Of Kailua’
It could only happen in the era of social media. A group of five millennials, all childhood friends from Kailua, all 2009 Punahou graduates, texted back and forth on their cellphones a few nights...
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Nanakuli Village Center: Big Plans But Few Results So Far
Nanakuli’s mountains and homes are the first things you see driving up Oahu’s leeward coast, ending abruptly at an empty, overgrown field. There are big plans for the field — plans that have been...
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How Will Honolulu Pay To Run Rail Once It’s Built? The City Still Doesn’t Know
Honolulu’s City Council leaders are struggling with how to cover millions of dollars in new rail construction costs so they can appease the Federal Transit Administration. They’ve proposed squeezing...
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Feds: Honolulu Needs $250 Million More To Complete Rail
Federal contractors overseeing Honolulu rail believe the transit project’s latest multi-billion-dollar construction budget is short by approximately $250 million, according to City Council leaders....
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$93K Is Now Considered Low-Income For Honolulu Family Of 4
Earning $93,000 per year sounds like a hefty salary, but not in Honolulu. New federal guidelines now consider an income of up to $93,300 to be low-income in Honolulu for a family of four. The city of...
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Honolulu’s Morgue Is So Run Down Even The Autopsy Room Leaks
The odor of formaldehyde stings the air in the second floor laboratory of Honolulu’s Department of the Medical Examiner Iwilei facility. The scent clings to the throats of all who enter the room where...
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Kauai Flooding Heightens Worries About West Oahu Isolation
With parts of Kauai’s North Shore cut off by severe flooding, residents of Oahu’s Leeward Coast are increasingly concerned about their lack of options should a natural disaster close the Farrington...
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Will The Kealoha Case Be One Big Show Or Separate Trials?
When the federal government charged Louis and Katherine Kealoha in October 2017, the 42-page indictment included accusations of stunning malfeasance by two high-ranking officials in the criminal...
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Ballard Promises Aggressive Recruitment To Fix Cop Shortage
Five months into her job as Honolulu Police Chief, Susan Ballard is making one thing clear: the department wants more officers and is going to recruit them — on neighbor islands, on the mainland and at...
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