Local

» A city committee recommended Friday that Oahu’s next landfill be situated in the Kapaa quarry area near Kailua. Sites in Nanakuli and Kahuku were ranked second and third, respectively, on the 11-site list.

» The Dalai Lama concluded his four-day visit to Hawaii on Monday by visiting students at Kailua High School and blessing the voyaging canoe Hokule‘a, which is being prepared for a round-the-world sail.

» A state judge on Maui ordered the state Thursday to pay a total of $3.28 million to the families of two people who were killed when their car plunged 150 feet from a hazardous lookout along Honoapiilani Highway.

» Hawaiian Airlines made its inaugural flight to Fukuoka, Japan, on Monday, becoming the only carrier to offer year-round daily service between Honolulu and Fukuoka.

» The city said it will begin construction of the first segment of the rail transit guideway Monday, after getting the go-ahead from the Federal Transit Administration Friday.

» The city will spend nearly $1 million to renovate nine dilapidated public restrooms in Waikiki, officials said Wednesday.

» The state announced Friday it will begin emergency boulder removal on the hillside above Kula Kolea Place in Kalihi Valley after two boulders rumbled down and damaged homes April 12.

» The city cleared an estimated 200 homeless campers from Keaau Beach Park north of Makaha on Monday and Tuesday.

» Hawaii Pacific University said Wednesday that budget constraints means it will no longer send its cheerleading teams to national competitions, even though the Sea Warriors have won 10 Division II championships.

Mainland

» A Florida judge set bail Friday for George Zimmerman, accused of murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, at $150,000, with the requirement that he submit to electronic monitoring. Zimmerman, 28, fatally shot Martin Feb. 26 in Sanford, and has been charged with second-degree murder.

» Dick Clark, an entertainment giant known for hosting "American Bandstand" and his New Year’s Eve special, died Wednesday at age 82, cementing his legacy for baby boomers and their grandkids alike.

» NASA turned over space shuttle Discovery on Thursday to the Smithsonian Institution near Washington Dulles International Airport, the first in its orbiter fleet to be transferred to an American museum.

World

» Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned newly revealed photographs that show U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of three suicide bombers, calling the pictures "disgusting." The photos were published in Wednesday’s .

» Norwegians were forced to relive the horror of a bombing-and-shooting rampage that killed 77 people last summer as the confessed killer, Anders Behring Breivik, went on trial Monday.

» India’s successful test Thursday of a powerful new missile that can carry nuclear weapons to Beijing was the latest escalation of an arms race in Asia, where the growing assertiveness of China has rattled the region and brought an array of responses from both its neighbors and the United States.

THIS WEEK

Local

>> Tuesday: The state Board of Agriculture will discuss implications of citrus greening disease for Hawaii, and other items, 9 a.m., 1849 Auiki St.

>> Wednesday: The City Council will vote on regulating plastic checkout bags, charging fees for recreational activities, and other items, 10 a.m., Kapolei Hale, 1000 Uluohia St.

>> Thursday: The Hawaii Tourism Authority will discuss implementation of strategic plan inititatives, and other items, 9:30 a.m., Hawai‘i Convention Center, boardroom A.

>> Thursday: The Stadium Authority will discuss its deed restriction (in executive session), 10 a.m., Aloha Stadium conference room.

>> Thursday: The Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission will discuss the status of restoration and ocean-related projects, and other items, 9 a.m.. 1151 Punchbowl St., room 130.

Mainland

>> Monday: President Barack Obama speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

>> Tuesday: A billionaire investors group will hold a news conference in Seattle to unveil a new space venture with a mission of helping ensure humanity’s prosperity.