Rain, winds weaken as storm passes through islands
After several days of strong winds and rain, the weather seems to be letting up today, Feb. 10, through the rest of the workweek.
Two sharks spotted near Leeward Coast; Nanakuli residents alerted
Honolulu Ocean Safety Lifeguards have posted warning signs after spotting two 12-foot sharks just 20 yards off the shore in Nanakuli.
See Honolulu Clean Up Quiet Streets In Storm Aftermath
It was an unusually quiet and blustery Monday in Honolulu, as residents surveyed the damage from the weekend storm and appeared to largely heed the governor’s request to stay home and off the roads when possible. Gov. Josh Green had ordered state offices and non-essential services to shutter on...
Waimanalo Midnight Highway Crash Claims Woman Days After Wreck
A 46-year-old woman from Waimanalo died after being seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on Kalanianaole Highway. The collision occurred around 12:20 a.m. on January 29 near Bell Street, when her vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree. She was hospitalized in serious condition and passed away last...
10 Hawaiʻi cities ranked on race, language diversity
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.
Daji Spicy Pavilion 黔香阁 Brings Guizhou-Style Spice to Honolulu
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...
West Oʻahu communities clean up after powerful winds and heavy rain
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,...
‘Unreal’: Storm gusts rip roofs off Oahu homes, 12 displaced
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...
Fugitive Nabbed After North Shore Manhunt, Gets 10 Years In Kahuku Shooting
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...
Saying goodbye to ‘Filipino gem’, Jesse’s Coffee Shop and Restaurant’s last day
It was a somber day for locals as an iconic food spot closed its doors on Monday, Feb. 9.
