Honolulu HI

Walk through Honolulu and nearby communities and you hear many languages, see many faces and trace many family stories. These cities sit at the center of a national conversation about who lives where in the United States.

On my first visit to Daji Spicy Pavilion 黔香阁, a girl at the next table is introducing her friends to “food from my hometown.” That would be Guizhou, a mountainous province in southwestern China whose sour-spicy food is distinct from Sichuanese mala spice. Daji opened in the Chinatown Cultural Plaza last year, but I...

WAIANAE, Hawaii (Island News) -- The west side of Oahu is continuing cleanup efforts after a powerful storm brought heavy rain and wind gusts reaching up to 55 miles per hour over the weekend. Down-sloping winds from the Wai'anae Mountains caused damage across several leeward coast beach parks, including Kahe,...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Sunday’s whipping winds ripped roofs off 22 structures, the Honolulu Fire Department reported. One of the buildings with a blown roof was an apartment complex in Nanakuli along Helelua Street, leaving 12 people without a home. “It was scary, it was insane, I didn’t think it...

A 45-year-old Honolulu man, Ikaika Reed, was sentenced last Thursday to 10 years in prison after pleading no contest to a firearms charge connected to a May 21, 2025 late-night shooting in Kahuku that critically injured a 30-year-old woman; Reed had evaded police for two months after the shooting, prompting a...

It was a somber day for locals as an iconic food spot closed its doors on Monday, Feb. 9.

Hundreds of high schoolers across Oʻahu gathered after school Friday to protest recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violence. The student-led gathering gained popularity through social media and resulted in individual protests at Leilehua, Mililani, Castle, Waipahu, Campbell and Kapolei high schools....

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Residents said the storms knocked down trees and debris across the community, creating unsafe conditions.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii State Department of Education announced that all public schools and offices are expected to reopen on Tuesday, Feb. 10, following the improvement of weather conditions statewide. The Hawaii News Now First Alert Weather Team has declared Monday a First Alert Weather Day as strong...