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Hawaii this week — in 18 pictures

A collection of photos shot by Honolulu Star-Advertiser staff from June 5 - June 10, 2022.

By Jamm Aquino, Craig T. Kojima, George F. Lee and Cindy Ellen Russell

June 10, 2022

Hawaii Photos

1/18
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

The Biden administration is lifting the requirement for international travelers to get a negative COVID test before arriving in the U.S. at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Pictured is Akemi Yoshikawa holding the hand of her 11-year-old granddaughter, Jasmine Evans, at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Friday. Yoshikawa, along with her daughter, Chizuru Hatafuji, both arrived from Tokyo for a vacation in Hawaii. It was the first time the family had seen their U.S. relatives in years due to the COVID-19 restrictions.See related coverage
2/18
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha I at Aliiolani Hale on Friday. The annual tradition precedes the festivities celebrating Hawaii’s monarch.
3/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Kamaluululani Wong is held by her uncle Kurt Wong as they stand next to Wahiawa’s Engine 16 Keolaonalani. The Honolulu Fire Department conducted a ceremony Monday in front of ‘Iolani Palace to officially bless nine new vehicles. Each fire apparatus will be given a Hawaiian name.
4/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

In keeping with water conservation, the fountain at City Hall was dry on Tuesday.
5/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Hawaiian Electric crews fix a power pole on Waialae and 2nd Avenue in Kaimuki.
6/18
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GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino, left, Hawaii Island Mayor Mitch Roth, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Honolulu City Prosector Steve Alm were speakers at a news conference Wednesday at the Mission Memorial Auditorium urging Gov. David Ige to veto HB 1567, which eliminates the use of cash bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for certain nonviolent offenses. See related coverage
7/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Volunteer Hee Joong Chun organizes bakery products at a food distribution at Central Union Church on Wednesday. According to organizer Fanny Yeung, participation has grown to over 600 receiving food weekly.
8/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

The Sierra Club and the Hawaii Solar Energy Association rallied on Wednesday to oppose a bill passed by lawmakers that would cap amounts of solar, wind and other renewable energy power production.See related coverage
9/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Karen Dumayag, Bryce Sumida, Leah Remigio and Christine Lin of Hale Ho Aloha, a nursing home, were ready to meet job seekers at the Hawaii Career Expo on Wednesday.
10/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

A water fountain at the Blaisdell Center's fishpond is seen on Wednesday.
11/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Two people died and a third was seriously injured Monday in an early morning residential fire in Pauoa. More than 40 firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire on Booth Road.See related coverage
12/18
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

The vessel “II Shea,” which is still formally known on harbor documents as the “Sun II,” front, is seen moored at slip 812 at Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor on Monday. The state has fined the owner of a boat moored at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor $30,000 for allowing a family to live aboard the boat without the required permitting. See related coverage
13/18
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Oahu’s frenetic real estate cycle that saw the median single-family home price soar above $1 million is cooling. The rush was still on in May to buy and sell homes on Oahu ahead of rising interest rates and inflation, which can price buyers out of the market, creating a drop in demand that causes values to soften.See related coverage
14/18
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

A bouquet of flowers adorns a shopping cart left along Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki on Sunday. East Honolulu, which includes Waikiki, is experiencing the highest percentage increase of unsheltered homeless of any district on Oahu — hastening efforts by state and county officials to bring the region more homeless services and affordable housing even if they have to condemn properties to do it.See related coverage
15/18
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Drummer Oksoon Kim, right, joins about 15 other fellow Korean drummers led by Ki Un Lee of the Hawaii Korean Farmers Music Association at Ala Moana Regional Park on Thursday.
16/18
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Korean drummers, led by Ki Un Lee of the Hawaii Korean Farmers Music Association, practice at Ala Moana Regional Park on Thursday. The group has been meeting twice a week for nearly 26 years, according to Lee, and used to meet inside McCoy Pavilion until renovations forced them to meet in the park’s other areas.
17/18
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Parasailers pass each other off Kewalo Basin on Thursday.
18/18
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

University of Hawaii students, under the instruction of assistant professor Bundit Kanisthakhon, along with support from community professionals and volunteers, partnered with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to create an affordable temporary housing unit for tropical post disaster scenarios. The unit, called “Wiki Housing,” was built for $2,500 using unistruts, basic lumber, plastic panels, a corrugated roof and bolts and can be constructed with just a wrench. The elevated unit features a sleeping area for one or two people, a small kitchen, bath area, work station, storage, and can be reconfigured for bigger families. Pictured in the bathing area of the unit is Kanisthakhon and architecture student Karolyn Jones, left.
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