June 1 – The owner of a gate blocking access to a lane that leads to a popular Portlock beach known as “Seconds” estimates the city would need to pay more than $2 million to condemn the lane to keep it open. If the city condemns the private lane, Bert Dohmen-Ramirez […]
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May 4 – Portlock gate re-ignites debate over beach access: A locked gate has been erected along the path leading to the Portlock surf spot known as “Seconds.” The property owner had no comment. This is the second time a gate has gone up on the site. The earlier one […]
January 6, 2017 – State Representative Gene Ward’s decision to publish a map of homeless in Hawaii Kai has unleashed a storm of commentary and prompted him to seek guidance from the State Attorney General. [Star-Advertiser] On January 4, Civil Beat published an op-ed article entitled “Publicizing Locations, Traits Of […]
July 21, 2016 – Fire department rescue personnel came to the aid of a 10-year old boy whom fell about 10 feet just short of the Koko Crater summit. No major injuries were reported. [Star Advertiser] July 20, 2016 – Former City Councilman Stanley Chang and two first-time candidates — […]
June 29, 2016 Body Found in Hawaii Kai Identified as Missing Man After two months, the body found in the Hawaii Kai Marina several days after John Cousino was reported missing has been identitied as his. [KHON] June 27, 2016 Thielen Candidacy Challenge Tossed A 1st Circuit Court of Hawaii […]
May 29, 2015 Friday news update for East Oahu and Hawaii Kai. Full text of these excerpts is available through the web. Where access is granted to the public, there is a link. For full text of Star-Advertiser articles, access the database at the Hawaii State Library site and enter […]
A Friday news recap is now a regular feature of this site. This inaugural issue contains two weeks worth, to catch us up to date. Full text of these excerpts is available through the web. Where access is granted to the public, there is a link. For full text of […]
Hawaii Kai single family home prices remained nearly the same as the previous year, increasing to an even $1,000,000 from $999,999. The ratio of sales price to asking rose to 95.3 percent, although days on market rose to 35 days from 19 days a year ago. Still, the time on […]
