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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - First responders initiated CPR on a 22-year-old who was rescued from Makapuu Beach in Hawaii Kai on Friday. The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 6:36 a.m. and responded to two swimmers in distress. Honolulu Police Department, along with Emergency Medical Services, also re

An 83-year-old Oʻahu woman is fighting $600,000 in fines from the City and County of Honolulu for an online advertisement of an illegal short-term rental. Sandra May has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Thursday for “mistakenly” posting her one-bedroom rental unit in Wilhelmina Rise as a short-term rental, which

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Just before five o’clock this morning, surveillance video shows a white flatbed truck backing straight into the showroom windows at Cycle City Hawaii on Nimitz Highway. Not once, not twice but three times. After the glass shatters, two suspects rush inside while another vehicle, a white van, waits ne

As Amazon plans to build a massive storage facility in Kapolei – taller than the zoning of their property’s parcel currently allows – it will have to overcome several bureaucratic hurdles. Its first public test was facing a skeptical Kapolei neighborhood board, where Amazon representatives made their...

Shakas and shoutouts to Cole Weaver who captured this moment. In the aftermath of the kona low storms which devastated much of their town, Waialua graduates of the class of 2026 were blessed with a hōʻailona (sign) in the heavens. Plus, shakas and shoutouts to the Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawai'i and BRAVE Hawa

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu firefighters knocked down a fire Thursday night in Waipahu after flames broke out in a detached structure behind a home, officials said. On Thursday, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 8:53 p.m. and responded to a building fire on Awanei Street in Waipahu with

Japanese energy company JERA has taken the first steps in the regulatory process for its proposed natural gas project. But some are questioning whether natural gas could deliver meaningful savings. The company wants to build a floating gas terminal off the coast of Barber's Point and a new gas-fired power...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After years of reaching out to the Taiwanese government, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said Taiwan officials have agreed to tear down the dilapidated Chinatown Cultural Plaza. The plaza was built in 1974 as a centerpiece of the historic district. Taiwan owns the nearly $52 million, 4-acre la

A San Diego man is on a journey to rediscover his late father’s lost artwork and, in the process, uncover a glimpse of Hawaiʻi’s military history during the 1940s and '50s. Nestor Vallar is the son of Vitaliano Vallar, a U.S. Navy cook who was handpicked by...

Honolulu police and CrimeStoppers are putting two-wheeled thieves on blast, releasing fresh surveillance footage this week and asking for the public’s help to ID suspects in two recent cases involving a motorcycle and a moped. The images show riders taking off from the scenes, and investigators say getting those machin