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City Council Approves $550,000 Payment To Cop Who Claimed HPD Doctored Test...
The Honolulu City Council on Friday unanimously approved a $550,000 settlement in a decade-old lawsuit that alleges Police Chief Susan Ballard played a role in altering test scores of some police...
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The Kealohas Could Lose Their Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers
When Louis and Katherine Kealoha were assigned publicly funded defense lawyers in November 2017 it was because a federal judge found they were too broke to afford their own attorneys. At the time, U.S....
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City Council Decides To Pay Keith Kaneshiro’s Legal Fees
(AP) — The Honolulu City Council has approved hiring a law firm to represent the city’s prosecutor against an impeachment effort launched when he became a target in a federal corruption investigation....
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Yet Another Audit Planned For Honolulu Rail Project
Honolulu rail, already ensnared in a federal grand jury probe and the subject of a series of state audits, will soon face more scrutiny, this time from city leaders anxious to find out if any crimes...
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Lawsuit Claims HPD Officer Sexually Assaulted Woman
By her own admission, Sarah Vargas was behaving badly when the police came to her home in March 2017. But Vargas alleges in a lawsuit filed in federal District Court that a Honolulu police officer...
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How An Accused Drug Dealer Became Key To The Biggest Corruption Case In...
Tiffany Masunaga was more than eight months pregnant on Aug. 13, 2015, when Honolulu police officers armed with assault rifles burst through her front door as part of a 6 a.m. drug raid. They moved...
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Shining Sunlight On The Honolulu Police Chief’s Performance
When Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard receives her inaugural job evaluation next week, the Honolulu Police Commission will for the first time in memory make public the details of a chief’s annual...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Battling High Winds, Falling Rocks To Fix Pali Highway
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As Deadline Looms, HART May Not Fully Comply With Federal Subpoena
A month has passed since the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation received its first grand jury subpoena, but the board overseeing the rail project has yet to discuss the criminal probe with its...
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Judge Approves $1.3 Million Sale of Kealohas’ Hawaii Kai Home
HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge on Wednesday approved the sale of a home belonging to a retired Honolulu police chief and his former prosecutor wife mired in a corruption investigation. A buyer is...
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Names, Ranks And Salaries Of Honolulu Cops Are Still Secret
When it comes to timely release of public records in Hawaii, sometimes even winning is losing. Last October, District Court Judge Virginia Crandall ruled in favor of Civil Beat and the city, and...
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Judge Orders Release Of More Records In Case Of HPD Officer Who Beat Girlfriend
A 143-page disciplinary report that summarizes the Honolulu Police Department’s investigation of an officer who was caught on video repeatedly punching his girlfriend in a Waipahu restaurant must be...
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This Longtime Acupuncturist Who Pushed For Oversight Is Now Under Investigation
Forty-five years ago, Mike Hashimoto was the driving force behind an effort to regulate Hawaii acupuncturists, pushing for a bill that would require state oversight for the first time. He went on to...
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HPD Chief Ballard Says Allegations Of Doctored Test Scores Are Unfounded
Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard and a pair of police commissioners who voted to hire her defended her conduct as a former police academy commander 10 years ago in response to allegations that she...
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Honolulu Police Chief Gets High Marks From Commission And Community
The Honolulu Police Commission on Thursday unveiled its largely favorable evaluation of Chief Susan Ballard and for the first time publicized data and summaries of interviews with dozens of government...
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After City Offered Help, Kealoha Says He Wants To Stick With His Federal Lawyer
(AP) — Retired Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha says he wants to stick with the federal taxpayer-funded lawyer who’s been representing him on corruption-related charges. Kealoha said in court Friday...
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Local Artisans Are Thriving Amid Kakaako’s Condo Boom
Located on a narrow side street in Kalihi, Dae Son’s Wood Hi, is a world away from the gleaming high rises and hip eateries of nearby Kakaako, but the woodshop has strong ties to the fast-growing...
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The Twisted History Of Honolulu Traffic Engineering
Recently, my Civil Beat colleagues and I decided that the world needs to know just how nerve-wracking it can be merging east onto the H-1 Freeway at University Avenue, so we shot a minute-long video...
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These 10 Oahu Intersections Drive Our Readers Crazy
Recently, we asked readers to share what they’ve found to be the worst intersections or stretches of roads on Oahu — the spots that cause the most headaches. “This is like picking my favorite ice...
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Feds Want Testimony From Katherine Kealoha’s Aging Grandmother Before It’s...
Florence Puana, an alleged victim and key witness in the U.S. Justice Department’s corruption case against former Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and his prosecutor wife, Katherine, has fallen ill...
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