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Oahu Is Overhauling How It Counts The Homeless
Homeless service providers in Honolulu are making major technological and procedural changes to their annual count of the unsheltered population in an effort to get more accurate totals of the...
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Amemiya Reports Nearly $1M In Mayoral Campaign Contributions
Keith Amemiya has received just over $730,000 in contributions in his bid to be elected mayor of Honolulu this year. Add in the $200,000 he loaned to his own campaign and the figure grows to more than...
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Activist Choon James Running For Honolulu Mayor
Choon James, a Laie-based activist who is one of Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s most vocal critics, is running to replace him after his term expires this year. James announced her candidacy for mayor...
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Educator Mandado Announces Run For City Council
Kalihi resident and teacher Ryan Mandado is running for the Honolulu City Council seat currently held by Joey Manahan, who is term-limited. Ryan Mandado said he will work to ensure “equitable community...
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127 Homeless People Died On Oahu Last Year
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Masahiko Kobayashi reports that 127 people who were considered homeless at the time of their deaths died on Oahu in 2019. According to a press releases from the city...
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Honolulu Sues To Recoup Kealoha Retirement Money
Honolulu has filed a lawsuit to claw back a $250,000 retirement package awarded to former Police Chief Louis Kealoha, who is awaiting sentencing for felony crimes of conspiracy, obstruction and fraud....
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Man Facing Eviction Allegedly Killed 2 HPD Officers, Stabbed Landlord
Two Honolulu police officers were fatally shot on Sunday morning near Diamond Head and the suspect is believed to have caused fires that destroyed several houses in the neighborhood, police said. A man...
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Still More Questions Than Answers Surround Honolulu Police Officers’ Deaths
Police say the owner of the Hibiscus Drive home where two officers were gunned down Sunday remains missing. Widespread reports from the chaotic scene Sunday were that Lois Cain, the 77-year-old...
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Plenty Of Warning Signs But Few Treatment Options In Police Killer Case
Sunday’s Diamond Head neighborhood blaze, stabbing of a woman and killing of two Honolulu police officers possibly could have been avoided — if Hawaii had a more robust mental health system. But in...
View ArticleGuns Found At Home Where Two Cops Were Killed
Multiple guns were found at the Hibiscus Drive home where two Honolulu police officers were fatally gunned down Sunday, police say. However, there are no indications that any of those firearms were...
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Caldwell Talks Homelessness, HUD and Honolulu Rail In Washington DC
WASHINGTON — Forget rail. Forget Sherwoods. Forget the plastic bag ban. For Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, the stickiest problem that he says faces him as the leader of Hawaii’s capital city is...
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HART Struggles To Keep Critical Utility Work On Schedule
Rail’s remaining utility relocation work through Honolulu’s urban core is now seven months behind schedule, according to official estimates. If it doesn’t speed up, the lag could have a ripple effect...
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Hawaii Innocence Project To Host Prosecutor Candidate Debate
The Hawaii Innocence Project is hosting a debate for Honolulu prosecutor candidates on Tuesday at the University of Hawaii Manoa. Five attorneys vying for the prosecutor seat are expected to...
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Medical Examiner IDs Diamond Head Incident Victim
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday said it has positively identified the remains of Lois Ann Cain, 77, who was killed in Sunday’s shooting and fire incident in the Diamond Head area. The...
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The Honolulu Morgue Is Still A Mess
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office needs a lot of work. Refrigerators holding the corpses “frequently” warm up to levels that quicken decomposition, Acting Medical Examiner Masahiko Kobayashi...
View ArticleHomeless Man Forced To Lick Urinal By Police Files Civil Lawsuit
The homeless man who was forced to lick a urinal to avoid arrest by two Honolulu police officers in 2018 is suing those officers, the department and the city. In a civil lawsuit filed in 1st Circuit...
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Honolulu Voters Will Decide On Two-Term Limit For Prosecutor
Oahu residents voting in November’s election will be asked to decide whether the Honolulu prosecuting attorney should be limited to two consecutive four-year terms. Honolulu City Council members voted...
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There’s A Lot Of Parking In Ala Moana – If You Know Where To Look
The problem with parking in Ala Moana isn’t that Ala Moana lacks parking spaces — it’s that drivers often don’t know where to find them, according to a recent study of the dense urban neighborhood’s...
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Feds: HART Shouldn’t Promise To Have Rail Ready In October
Rail’s federal partners in Washington aren’t confident “at all” that the trains will be ready to run in October for interim service and they want local rail officials to “step back” from that promise,...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Emotions Run High At Memorial Service For Slain HPD Officer
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