Join Civil Beat photojournalists for a look back at the short holiday week.
The Honolulu Police Department gets a few local journalists drunk. Lights illuminate Oahu from sea to sky. Airplanes encounter tough times on opposite sides of the island.
May your holidays be filled with love, light, family and friends.
KHON photographer Bryce Moore tries to stay upright during a Honolulu Police Department media workshop on drunken driving on Nov. 18 at the HPD’s training academy in Waipahu. Here, Moore wears 鈥淒runk Goggles,鈥 which make balance and focus challenging. In this 鈥淲alk and Turn鈥 test, acting Lt. Tom Billins tasks Moore to walk a certain number of steps, heel to toe, count each step and keep his arms by his side while staying on the blue line. HPD鈥檚 message comes as the winter holidays approach. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)A Honolulu police officer mixes a drink for local journalists at a training session on drunken driving. As the winter holidays approach, HPD’s traffic division urges everyone to plan ahead. Acting Lt. Tom Billins says with the number of ride-share programs available, driving while impaired is easily avoidable. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)A Honolulu police officer instructs KHON volunteer Cheyenne Sibley to track the pen with her eyes only. Sibley, who had the highest blood-alcohol level of the three journalists, laughed uncontrollably when she caught sight of KHON photographer Bryce Moore, at left. Sibley later said she would not drive in her current condition. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)With the North Shore for a background, a Skydive Hawaii plane takes off from Dillingham Air Field Friday in Waialua. The Hawaii Department of Transportation needs to renew its 50-year lease with the Army to keep the airfield operating next summer. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)A Boeing P-8 Poseidon, a Navy patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, sits on the coral reef beyond runway 4 at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe after overshooting the runway Monday afternoon. Nine people on board were uninjured, 1st Lt. Hailey Harms of MCBH said. The incident happened just before 2 p.m. as the plane was landing after a routine training exercise for maritime patrol and reconnaissance, Harms said. (David Croxford/Civil Beat /2023)Jade Caya, who works with Sky Elements Hawaii, sets one of 300 drones in place readying the aircraft for a drone show that began from one of the parking lots just off Keahole Street in Hawaii Kai Nov. 18. The show featured 300 drones activated to create graphics of everything from flags to honu in the sky. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Watch 60 seconds from a 15-minute drone show created and launched by Sky Elements Hawaii as an alternative, non-polluting form of aerial display. Photographed in Hawaii Kai Nov. 18. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023The Hawaiian flag, part of the drone show, entertains viewers and likely keeps dogs, wildlife and those scared by loud, traditional fireworks happy. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023)Onlookers and guests watch Sky Elements Hawaii’s drone show without the pollution and loud noises. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023Sky Elements Hawaii creates a rainbow, sun and cloud as one of the graphics displayed for viewers. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023Honeymooners Prashina Siva, from left, her husband Kumar Facey, both from Toronto, Teondra Mills of Honolulu and Yoga Floats instructor Julie Garvilla practices a Fireworks Glow and Flow yoga session Friday at Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu. Lights under the SUPs create a glow under their boards. After their practice, they watched the Friday night fireworks over Waikiki. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)
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