Honolulu HI

Perhaps it is an unobtainable nostalgia we are after, us Californians. We search and search for things that bring us close to home. But Hawai‘i is not California. So, why do we lament the lack of good taquerias here?. First, “good” is completely subjective. Upbringing, culture and experience determine...

MAILI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A crash in Maili left a 37-year old man in serious condition. EMS said that one vehicle was T-boned by another near the intersection of Farrington Highway and Kaukama Road around 6 a.m. on Monday. Officials said one person suffered serious injuries and was transported to an...

Two state boards have acknowledged that they violated Hawaiʻi’s Sunshine Law when they hired top-level state employees in a series of closed-door meetings and interviews. The admission comes more than a year after the Public First Law Center filed a suit against the state-owned Agribusiness Development Corp. and...

Under pressure from attorneys representing Civil Beat and Hawaiʻi News Now, the City and County of Honolulu on Tuesday released a letter sent by former police chief Joe Logan in June demanding more than $780,000 in payment for what he says was a wrongful termination. Logan announced his retirement...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A fire believed to be set on purpose at a Waipahu homeless encampment is stoking fears of safety for homeowners who live nearby. The blaze, which ignited last Wednesday, burned two abandoned homes on Kaniau Place. The structures are a part of a cluster of plantation-style houses that have...

The petroglyphs were exposed over the weekend and cultural experts believe they are more than 1,000 years old. The biggest one is more than 3 feet tall. Renderings of Muse Honolulu, a 39-story condominium tower located at 1538 Kapiolani Boulevard, across from Ala Moana Center. Crews battle brush fire in...

A federal program providing funeral assistance to those who lost loved ones — excluding citizens of Micronesian nations — to COVID-19 is set to end in late September. But the City and County of Honolulu has funded a $2 million program to assist Pacific Islander migrants on Oʻahu.

The City and County of Honolulu have updated their Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for 2025, which was recently approved by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).

KALIHI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu EMS responded to a traffic accident in the Kalihi area around 3 p.m., Monday. Paramedics arrived to Kokea Street and North King Street to treat a 20-year-old man motorcyclist. It was reported to the Honolulu Police Department that the motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on North...

RED HILL (HawaiiNewsNow) - Community members gathered at Moanalua High School on Saturday for the University of Hawaii’s public debut of the Red Hill Registry. The registry aims to build a picture of the long-term impacts of the 2021 Red Hill fuel release into the Navy’s drinking water system.