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This past week ranged from the first round of fire survivors returning to their homes in Lahaina to the 10 millionth visitor at the USS Missouri Memorial.
This past week ranged from the first round of fire survivors returning to their homes in Lahaina to the 10 millionth visitor at the USS Missouri Memorial.
We spent time on Maui to photograph residents returning to their homes in Lahaina and while the governor didn’t need to jump in to help save a person’s life at an event this time, he tried to keep a speaker dry.
On Oahu, a museum’s name change controversy, catching a historic moment on a historic battleship, Wahiawa’s new civic center ground-breaking and your favorite Civil Beat journalist all wet.
Lahainaluna High School students have for years maintained an “L” outlined in white lime on the Pu鈥檜 Pa鈥檜 Pa鈥檜 hill, which overlooks Lahaina. This week, many volunteers including alumni helped re-outline the “L” since many students were unavailable while studying at their temporary school, Kulanihakoi High School in Kihei. The “L” dates back to 1929 when a group of students who lived on campus climbed the hill and carved the 鈥淟鈥. Lahainaluna High School is set to reopen Oct. 16. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023)Personnel from Mauna Medic were set up within the burn zone in Lahaina as families made their way back to examine fire damage to their homes. Maui County controls access by allowing residents on certain streets into the burn zone during their allotted time and date. These specific streets lie within one of 17 zones and multiple sub-zones. Groups were offered personal protective equipment like masks and coveralls. Officials warned ash and burned debris might contain toxic substances like arsenic, asbestos or lead. The first zone to open was 1C, on Kaniau Road. The next three zones open Monday and Tuesday, on Kuuipo, Aa and Lokia streets. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)The memorial for Lahaina fire victims has grown from a simple line of white crosses tied on to the fence to those same crosses now endowed with lei, photographs of loved ones and flags representing the victim’s country of origin. Currently, officials say there are 97 fatalities and 12 missing from the Aug. 8 fire which destroyed much of the historic town of Lahaina in West Maui. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Mike Cicchino, Eliana, 4, and his wife Andreza surveyed their fire-ravaged Lahaina neighborhood from Lahainaluna Road. Mike said the forced evacuation of Lahaina town is agonizing for displaced residents like himself who crave a measure of closure. 鈥淚 want to see it and know that it鈥檚 actually gone,鈥 Mike told Civil Beat reporter Brittany Lyte at the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, one of 29 Maui hotels housing Lahaina evacuees. 鈥淚n some of the nightmares I have, we鈥檙e going back to the house. It鈥檚 still there. And then I wake up in this hotel. So I have this weird feeling it could still be there. I really need to see it to have that closure.鈥 (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Karen Ewald, executive director of Capitol Modern, sits among some of the fine art displayed in the galleries. Capitol Modern rebranded itself from the Hawaii State Art Museum. Many find the new name unappealing, including former Hawaii Gov. Ben Cayetano. 鈥淚 prefer the old name. It informs, it has meaning. Capitol Modern sounds like the name of a hotel or a business plaza,鈥 he told columnist Denby Fawcett. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)People sought cover as rain dumped during the Wahiawa Civic Center鈥檚 ceremonial ground-breaking Tuesday. The towel-wearing man is none other than Civil Beat politics and opinion editor Chad Blair. The almost 3-acre site will include two buildings for a courthouse, state offices and a City and County of Honolulu satellite city hall 鈥 and maybe a dryer for Blair’s clothes. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa Kahu Peter Lonoae’a performed a ceremonial blessing with President Noelani DeVincent before breaking ground for the Wahiawa Civic Center Tuesday. The club celebrates its 63rd year maintaining the culture, tradition and practices of their Native Hawaiian kupuna and most importantly serves as stewards of the Kukaniloko, the sacred royal birthstones in central Oahu. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)William 鈥淏ill鈥 Wong, center, looked back to his attorney Bill Harrison, left, as he addressed the media at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building on Thursday in Honolulu. Civil Beat reporter Christina Jedra uncovered that Wong, 74, still has an active architecture license and continues to submit plans to the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting. Wong was convicted after admitting to bribing DPP permitting employees. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)The Honolulu Fire Department continues to ensure a fire is suppressed Monday at Dillingham Ranch in Mokuleia. HFD estimates the fire burned an area the size of approximately 1.5 football fields. Two HFD and one Army helicopter helped fight the fire. No injuries or damage to structures other than utility poles were reported. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)Hawaii does things a little differently. News conferences are more colorful with speakers wearing lei and aloha shirts. And when it rained, Gov. Josh Green protected Bob Fenton with an umbrella Tuesday at Kapalua Airport in West Maui. Fenton addressed the media about the Federal Emergency Management Agency鈥檚 participation to reopen schools in West Maui. He is FEMA’s chief federal response coordinator for the Maui wildfires disaster. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)USS Missouri Memorial Association President and CEO Mike Carr, left, and Vice President and COO Paul Dyson welcomed newlyweds Tristan and Aurora Brock, of the Netherlands, as the 10 millionth and 10,000,001 visitors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial since its inception on Jan. 29, 1999. On this historic battleship, World War II came to an end on Sept. 2, 1945, with Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Instrument of Surrender to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)
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