An islandwide brown water advisory for Oahu was issued by the state Department of Health Dec. 6 as a kona storm dumped a record 7.92 inches of rain on Honolulu, triggering nine sewage spills. Read more
Local books that are purchased from, and hence support, local bookstores top this list of gifts that give back to our community — because what’s a community without a bookstore? Read more
The 5-acre center will take up nearly the entire city block where the current center sits between South King Street, Ward Avenue, South Hotel Street and Kealamakai Street. Read more
Michael Laughlin, a writer and filmmaker who produced the cult 1970s road movie “Two-Lane Blacktop,” died Oct. 20 in his Kailua home. Read more
In 1944, when Army Pfc. Anthony F. Mendonca’s family learned the 28-year-old Waipahu resident had been killed in the battle for Saipan but his remains were not recovered, his older sister, Violet Souza, could not believe he was dead, said her daughter, Henrietta Lee. Read more
Alex Michel, a pastor at Encounter Church in Honolulu, died Sunday morning of injuries sustained when he was struck by an electric motorcycle in the Ewa Beach area Friday morning. Read more
Stay in touch with top news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It's FREE!
Four Hawaii ocean sports stars — surfers Carissa Moore and Shane Dorian, paddler Kelly Fey and distance swimmer Mike Spalding — were inducted Thursday night into the Hawai‘i Waterman Hall of Fame in an awards ceremony at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Read more
The 2021-2022 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay will go on — that is, if waves and conditions meet the criteria during the holding period, which opens today and runs through Feb. 28, event organizer the Eddie Aikau Foundation announced on social media. In 2020 the holding period was canceled due to the coronavirus. Read more
Until recently Matt Tabag- Kalua lived in a tent on state land at Waianae Small Boat Harbor, alongside 200 other residents of Puuhonua o Waianae Houseless Makai Village. Read more
It was a clear, breezy Thanksgiving afternoon in upper Palolo Valley, and seated in his wheelchair on the leaf-shaded terrace of his nursing home, Thomas Takeuchi, 93, was singing in a strong, melodic baritone as his family cheered him on with laughter and praise. Read more
It was a typical lackluster November morning on the South Shore, where ’tis not the season for surf. Read more
Reno Abellira, 71, was admitted to Queens Medical Center Nov. 17 to undergo emergency brain surgery, his nephew wrote in an email. Read more
Brown water advisories against entering the ocean have been issued for the beachwaters at Laniakea and Chun’s Reef on Oahu’s North Shore. Read more
Abellira was hospitalized last week after being assaulted at Ala Moana Beach Park, friends say. Read more
Bob Liljestrand, a documentary filmmaker, photographer and architectural historian, died last month at the Liljestrand House — his historic family home on Tantalus Drive. Read more
A parking area at popular Laniakea Beach on Oahu’s North Shore reopened today after crosswalks, signs and crowd-control barriers were added to Kamehameha Highway. Read more
Hawaii was among 11 states that earned an “A” or “B,” while the remaining 67% of states received “C,” “D” or “F” grades. Read more
Closure is scheduled to begin today and run through Nov. 20 on the Shark’s Cove side of Pupukea Beach Park. Read more
The parking area on the mauka side of the highway is now closed pending completion of safety measures designed to deal with the constant influx of cars carrying sightseers who dart across the roadway. Read more
The most common illness associated with swimming in water polluted by fecal pathogens is gastroenteritis, symptoms of which can include nausea, vomiting, stomachache, diarrhea, headache or fever. Read more
