Water main ruptures, flooding busy intersection
Police closed parts of Kapiolani Boulevard and McCully Street on Thursday after a water main break flooded the intersection during rush hour.
The Ewa-bound lanes of Kapiolani Boulevard and all lanes of McCully Street between Lime Street and Kapiolani were closed shortly after the break at about 5:15 p.m.
Motorists were advised to avoid the area and find alternate routes.
Board of Water Supply crews responded to the water main break and shut down the water to begin repairs to the main.
Captain will be promoted, admiral due in San Diego
Two senior leadership changes at Pearl Harbor were announced Thursday by the Navy.
Capt. Bret J. Muilenburg will be promoted to rear admiral and become the new commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. Muilenburg is now serving as senior engineer assistant to the commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Engineer, Pearl Harbor.
Rear Adm. Fernandez L. Ponds will be assigned as commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3 in San Diego.Ponds is now commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific.
Ponds, a native of Alabama, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alabama in 1982.
Ponds commanded Amphibious Squadron 8 from November 2007 to May 2009, supporting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. He also commanded the destroyer USS Fife from October 2001 to February 2003.
Muilenburg, a native of Titusville, Fla., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1984 and was commissioned into the Civil Engineer Corps.
Murder suspect must undergo mental exam
A Kauai man accused of throwing a Japanese visitor off a cliff in Kalalau Valley has been ordered to undergo a mental examination to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
Circuit Judge Kathleen Watanabe granted a motion Wednesday for the exam for Justin Wynn Klein, 37, of Kilauea.
A hearing on the results is scheduled for June 19.
Police arrested Klein in April after a four-month manhunt. In December, visitor Azusa Ino was thrown from a 15-foot cliff. She suffered significant head injuries and was hospitalized for more than a week before she returned to Japan.
Klein’s sister had said Klein and Ino, 31, of Fukuoka prefecture, had a romantic relationship.
A grand jury indicted him on a charge of second-degree attempted murder. His trial is set to begin Aug. 5.
