Kelvin Taketa, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Community Foundation, is stepping down.

The foundation’s board of governors has established a search committee and hired Inkinen & Associates to begin the process to replace Taketa, whose resignation will become effective when the new CEO is in place.

Taketa, who joined the foundation as president and CEO in 1998, has accepted the board’s invitation to stay on in a part-time role as senior fellow under the new CEO.

The Hawaii Community Foundation, founded in 1916, provides grants, scholarships and social initiatives by working with donors and nonprofits. Under his leadership, the foundation more than tripled its annual distributions into the community on behalf of its clients and donors to more than $47 million in 2016 and increased its assets to $615 million from $230 million.

“It has been an incredible honor for me to lead HCF for nearly two decades,” Taketa said Wednesday in a statement. “I am deeply grateful for the confidence that the board has placed in me as well as for the amazing donors and colleagues I have had the privilege to work with over the years. I have loved every minute of it, but I believe that institutions like ours need fresh leadership from time to time and it’s a great time for this transition as we celebrate the centennial anniversary of our founding and begin our second century of work.”

HAWAII ISLAND

Assault and robbery of visitors lands male suspect in cellblock

Police on Wednesday found and arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a pair of California visitors Monday afternoon at Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area.

A man and woman, both 64 years old, from Sacramento, Calif., were bicycling out of the park when a truck drove into the park using the exit lane, causing the bicyclists to veer off the road.

The man shouted at the driver, police said.

While the pair were at Hapuna Beach Road and Old Puako Road, the driver of the truck stopped, assaulted the two bicyclists and took the man’s cellphone, police said.

When a good Samaritan intervened, the suspect fled, police said.

Police were called at 4:48 p.m., and fire department medics treated the victims.

An investigation led police to the suspect, whom they arrested Wednesday morning in Kona on suspicion of second-degree robbery.

MAUI

County no longer accepts used motor oil from public

Maui County’s Used Motor Oil Program for home mechanics has been suspended immediately due to increased costs and a lack of available funding. The program suspension is expected to be temporary. However, in the meantime, anyone doing mechanic work at home is asked to store their used motor oil.

“The UMO program had been managed using a state fund, but those funds are no longer available,” said Michael Miyamoto, deputy director of the Department of Environmental Management. “DEM has requested from the (Maui County) Council a supplemental budget increase to manage this very worthwhile program through the end of this fiscal year.”

Maui County estimates that residents changing their own motor oil turn in about 21,000 gallons of used motor oil annually to the UMO Program. The program is the county’s most environmentally important recycling initiative, as 1 gallon of used motor oil can contaminate millions of gallons of water.