Big Island police are investigating two series of post office box break-ins at the Pahoa Post Office.

Police said sometime Tuesday to Wednesday, the locks were pried open on three post office boxes.

Two post office boxes were also pried open sometime Wednesday to Thursday.

Police said the break-ins Wednesday to Thursday caused $100 in damage, and those Tuesday to Wednesday were still being investigated.

Police ask anyone with any information about these incidents to call officer Roberto Segobia at 965-2716 or the Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311.

Octopus farm hails first batch

KEAHOLE, Hawaii >> A researcher looking to successfully rear octopus on land along the Kona Coast has welcomed his first batch of octopus larvae.

West Hawaii Today reported April 22 that Jake Conroy, who started the Kanaloa Octopus Farm last summer, announced that an octopus at the facility had given birth to 10,000 to 20,000 larvae. He says four other female octopuses are likely pregnant and could gave birth in coming months.

With the larval period expected to last about 30 days, Conroy says his main goal right now is to find sustenance for the youngsters.

Octopuses take less than a year to reach maturity.

Conroy says he hopes to eventually be able to provide octopuses to aquariums and for eating.