Man Institutionalized Due To Mistaken Identity Will Get $975K Settlement
In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaiʻi state psychiatric hospital for two years is set to receive a $975,000 payout from the City and County of Honolulu. Joshua Spriestersbach had been living on the street in 2017 when police...
Honolulu’s Tamashiro Market to close after nearly 80 years
HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s the end of an era as another longtime local business plans to close its doors. For nearly eight decades, the most famous pink building in Kalihi-Palama was the regular stop for purveyors and consumers of seafood. Three generations of Tamashiros provided the community with ready-made and...
The Conversation: Oʻahu storm damage reports; OHA emergency funds
Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on how storm recovery efforts might affect the state's budget. Randal Collins with Honolulu's Department of Emergency Management asks Oʻahu residents to complete storm damage reports by today...
City collects about 5K tons of storm debris
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city is continuing to collect tons of storm debris from Waialua. Drone video shows the massive collection of flood debris at the Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park. Crews in Waialua on Thursday operated 20 dump trucks, two vacuum trucks, three loaders, and two backhoes,...
🚨 Hiker Airlifted After Medical Emergency on Diamond Head Trail
On March 26, 2026, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) responded to a 911 call about a hiker in distress on the Lēʻahi (Diamond Head Crater) Trail in Kahala. Six HFD units with 18 personnel were dispatched. Firefighters reached the woman, who was in her 50s and had suffered a medical emergency, provided basic life...
Hawaiʻi’s Corals Were Struggling To Survive. Then Came The Mud Floods
Last week’s powerful Kona low storms, which caused catastrophic flooding on land, might also have devastated much of Hawaiʻi’s nearshore corals and reef fish, smothering them in tons of mud laced with pesticides and other toxic runoff, marine experts and conservation groups say. Divers have barely started...
The Disappearance of Jonathan Frase in Honolulu Hawaii
The disappearance of Jonathan Fraser remains one of the most haunting missing person cases connected to Honolulu in recent memory. What began as a report of a young man who had suddenly stopped answering calls and texts grew into a much larger story that drew public attention, media coverage, and years of questions...
Man found murdered in Makiki, HPD opens investigation
The Honolulu Police Department opened a murder investigation after a man was found dead on Makiki Street on March 27.
East Molokaʻi farm owners still isolated due to storm damages
The highway to Molokaʻi's east end remains hazardous after back-to-back Kona low storms delivered a powerful hit to many residents, including a remote farm. Robin and Dano Gorsich are stuck at their Waialua Valley farm right now. The rain washed out several bridges on their road. “An incredible amount...
Kauai mayor provides update on helicopter crash
Mayor Derek Kawakami said crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, fire, police, and the Kauai Emergency Management Agency are at the scene.
