Ala Moana beach cleanup set for Saturday
The local group For the Love is organizing a beach cleanup at Ala Moana Beach Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to clear litter left by Fourth of July celebrations.
Volunteers are welcome and should bring garbage bags and gloves. The litter and debris collected from the cleanup will be tallied for Love Your Coast’s international research and awareness efforts.
Check-in is at 10 a.m. near McCoy Pavilion, with lunch provided at 12:30 p.m. A mermaid performance and yoga cool-down will take place later in the afternoon. Prizes include T-shirts and restaurant gift certificates.
Visit www.loveyourcoast.org.
Cybercrime expert joins prosecutor’s crew
The former head of the Honolulu Police Department’s white-collar crime unit has joined the Honolulu prosecutor’s office.
Thanks to a federal grant, Chris Duque will serve as an investigator in the prosecuting attorney’s white-collar crime unit. The prosecutor’s office says Duque is one of Hawaii’s leading cybercrime investigators.
Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro said in a statement this week that cybercrimes are a major threat because they can involve anything from identity theft to financial fraud to child pornography.
Duque was also instrumental in forming the Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Since retiring from HPD, he’s been an educational speaker and consultant on cybercrime.
Expect moderate breezes over coming days
A stable, gentle-to-moderate tradewind flow will prevail through the weekend, the National Weather Service says. Most leeward areas will experience afternoon sea breezes and overnight land breezes.
Modest showers will be focused over windward slopes, though clouds and isolated showers will develop over leeward sections each afternoon, the weather service says.
The high temperature will be 87 today and Saturday, dipping to 85 through Thursday.
South Shore surf will be 2 to 4 feet today; North Shore surf will be 1 to 3 feet.
Easterly winds are 7 to 10 mph. Tradewinds will strengthen Monday through Wednesday.
Baldwin High marks 75 years
Baldwin High School on Maui is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
Organizers are inviting alumni, students, former and present faculty and the community at large to its activities scheduled for October.
The school will host a float in the Maui Fair Parade on Oct. 3 and a benefit golf tournament at Maui Lani Golf Course and a banquet at the King Kamehameha Golf Club on Oct. 19. A hoolaulea is planned on campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 26.
More information is at www.hpbaldwinmaui75th.com or by calling Lynn Araki-Regan at 280-1299.
