Derelict Mōʻiliʻili Property, Home To Squatters, Plagues Neighborhood
A proposed condominium building called Ohana Hale was supposed to bring 180 units of housing – more than half of them affordable – to Mōʻiliʻili. The project received exemptions from permit fees and zoning standards in 2015 and intended to start construction in 2017 before getting pushed to 2019, and then 2020, and then 2024.
‘Not one bottle of water’: Hawaii residents left to fend for themselves by California...
For more than two months, Kevin Reiss and his wife have been bathing with water hauled in buckets, pouring it over their heads with a Tupperware cup. They can't flush their toilets, and pay $200 a month to use a portable toilet outside their home. It's how they've been living...
Potential heavy rain, flash flooding may hit Kaua‘i Monday night
Potential heavy rain, flash flooding and thunderstorms that may affect Kaua‘i as early as Monday night, Oct. 26. According to the National Weather Service, deep tropical moisture is expected to move over the state starting Monday night, bringing the potential for heavy rain and thunderstorms through at least Thursday.
Ayame Curry & Ramen House Re-Opens!
After being closed for some time for renovations, Ayame & Curry & Ramen House in Kaneohe is finally back! Today was their grand reopening, so we decided to stop by and check out the refreshed spot. We arrived around 7 PM, and wow, it was BUSY! Thankfully, the wait for...
Four halau Honor Hawaii royalty in Honolulu hula concert
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Four hālau are coming together to honor Hawaiian royalty whose music remains part of Hawai’i’s cultural legacy. Kumu hula Niuli’i Heine of Na Pualei O Likolehua previewed Nā Lani ʻEhā Hawaiian music concert and hula performance on Hawaii News Now Sunrise.
Hawaii Foodbank distributing free emergency meals Sunday in Honolulu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiʻi Foodbank will distribute free shelf-stable disaster response meal packs, known as survivor daily rations. Distribution takes place from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Hawaiʻi Foodbank’s warehouse located at 2611 Kilihau Street, Māpunapuna. The distribution is intended to help households strengthen...
First Alert Weather Days declared for flood threat Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii News Now First Alert Weather Team has declared Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as First Alert Weather Days due to the potential for heavy rain and flooding. The National Weather Service in Honolulu says a combination of several disturbances will bring what it calls “exceptionally moist...
Hawaiian Home Lands awards leases to 24 families in West Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands awarded leases for 24 families in West Oahu Saturday. A total of 16 were awarded throughout Kapolei and eight in Waianae. The department said the houses on the new lots will be the first factory-built single-family modular homes from DHHL. “I...
Three people hospitalized after school bus crash on H-1 Freeway
Three men were hospitalized and a woman was treated at the scene after a school bus crashed on the H-1 freeway in Honolulu on October 24.
Honolulu residents push for safer crossing on King Street near new Straub parking garage
HONOLULU (Island News) -- Getting across this busy Honolulu street can be a daily risk for you. “I walk my dog daily, and I do see people jaywalking quite a bit. You know, half the people park on the right side of the street to get to the left side,” said Remy Friday, a South King Street resident.
