The 5 p.m. KITV newscast did not air Friday due to technical problems in the master control room, said Andrew Jackson, station president and general manager.
Instead, the ABC-affiliate station picked up a live feed of the San Francisco Giants-Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game, which showed an NBC peacock logo. The station has the rights to air Giants baseball games, Jackson said.
Technicians fixed the problem in time to air the 6 p.m. newscast, and baseball fans were directed to KITV’s digital channel 126 to watch the end of the Giants game.
Firefighters find man and 2 sons on trail in Kula
A Maui father and his two sons were rescued Thursday from a hiking trail at Polipoli Spring in Kula.
Maui officials said firefighters from Kula were contacted at 6:05 p.m. by the man’s wife, who had been trying unsuccessfully to reach her family by telephone after they were overdue. Firefighters were in the Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area on another call for lost hikers, who had been found.
The Fire Department sent out a helicopter with a rescue crew, which located the man, 44, his 6- and 8-year-old sons, and their dog on a boundary trail. They met up with the party and walked them out to the road just before dark, Maui officials said in a news release. No one was injured.
Maui officer on leave after DUI charge
A three-year veteran of the Maui Police Department has been placed on leave after he was charged with driving under the influence Thursday afternoon.
John Salomon, 39, of Pukulani was arrested and charged at 3:10 p.m. with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and refusing to submit to a breath, blood or urine test.
He was released after posting bail of $1,350.
Salomon was forced to surrender his badge and firearms and was placed on personal leave.
