Apr 21 – Star of the Sea will be hosting its 12th annual East Oahu Food Festival on April 29. Sixteen local restaurants will be featured at the event. [KHON] Apr 20 – An unusually large amount of box jellyfish washed ashore in Kailua this month. The influx is expected […]
Year: 2017
April 14 – The Hawaii Kai and Waialae-Kahala post offices are among the 27 Hawaii locations offering extended service on April 18 for tax returns. Items dropped off before midnight will receive an April 18 postmark. Post office hours, however, remain the same. [KITV] April 14 – Hawaii Public Radio […]
March 31 – McDonalds at Kahala Mall closed today in anticipation of demolition of the building and subsequent reconstruction of a larger multi-store complex. [KHON] March 30 – Big wave surfer Kai Lenny is on a mission to promote marine environment awareness in Hawaii. He raced to across the Kaiwi Channel […]
March 23 – State sweeps homeless camps on Diamond Head. [HNN Video] March 20 – Hele gas has opened at the former Aloha Petroleum Hawaii Kai site in front of the 7-11 at Hahaione Valley’s entrance. Aloha Petroleum will soon begin construction on an Aloha Island Mart at the former Tesoro […]
The Hawaii Kai Carnival returns for this weekend and next along Kalanianaole Highway.The carnival, located across from the Maunalua Bay parking lot, will run for two consecutive Friday-Sunday weekends, March 17-19 and 24-26. Carnival hours will be 6 p.m.-11 p.m. Fridays, noon-11 p.m. Saturdays and noon-9 p.m. Sundays. [KHON] March […]
March 9 – Well-loved Ethel’s Grill in Kalihi has opened up a new location at the Oahu Club in Hawaii Kai. You don’t have to be an Oahu Club member to eat there, just sign in and let the front desk know you’ll be dining. [Frolic Hawaii] March 8 – […]
March 2 – A visitor from South Carolina was rescued from high surf at China Walls in the Portlock area. After receiving medical attention, he was transported to a local hospital. [Star-Advertiser] March 1 – Heavy rains and strong winds forced closures throughout Oahu, including at Hawaii Kai Satellite City […]
Senate bill 1313 seeks to require an additional 10 percent of our food be locally sourced. It’s the brainchild of Senator Brickwood Galuteria, whom argues that our state’s reliance on food imports imperils residents’ safety in times of need. Granted, with more than 50 percent of our produce and 90 percent […]
February 24 – Nine units with 35 firefighters responded to the blaze at a two-story Kaimuki home on 4050 Iwalani Place at approximately 11:06 p.m. February 23. When firefighters arrived, they observed smoke and flames emerging from the front of the home. The home was unoccupied and under construction at the […]
February 14 – Randall Roth at Hawaii Free Press weighs in on the Department of Education (DOE) treatment of former award-winning Kaiser Principal John Sosa. [Hawaii Free Press] February 13 – A drainpipe located at the corner of 18th Avenue and Maunaloa Avenue has become a source of frustration for […]
