Shootz! From Celebrations And Storms To New Designs And Dump Sites
This wide-ranging week in news focused on guns and housing, less than smooth sailing in the ocean and at the Legislature, as well as a pair of police chiefs and mayors.
This wide-ranging week in news focused on guns and housing, less than smooth sailing in the ocean and at the Legislature, as well as a pair of police chiefs and mayors.
HiClimb, an indoor rock climbing gym in Kakaako, lost power on Monday shortly before 9 p.m. as a result of Hawaiian Electric’s rolling blackouts that evening. Guests deployed their phone flashlights and continued to climb in the dark until the power returned about 45 minutes later. (Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2024)A Smith and Wesson 500 caliber revolver is part of an assortment of handguns and rifles that are available through gun shops like the one Kit Yiu operates. He trains individuals in both concealed carry and gun safety. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)County and state executives including Maui Mayor Richard Bissen and Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced the Maui Interim Housing Initiative at a press conference on a parcel of land owned by Maui County that will soon serve as the base for 68 small homes to house displaced Lahaina fire survivors. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)A Mililani High School teacher takes a photo of their school being awarded the inaugural Hawaii Schools of Democracy. Along with Mililani, Maui High School was also recognized. It honors schools that teach students to be informed on current events and history and to engage in the civic and democratic process. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)Puuloa Range Training Facility signs warn the public to keep out. The public beach park and civilian homes in Ewa Beach border the military鈥檚 firing range. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)A sailboat grounded at Wahikuli Wayside Park in Lahaina on Wednesday. Heavy rains battered the islands earlier this week. (Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2024)Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz chaired the Senate Ways and Means Committee budget hearing on the University of Hawaii’s budget requests for the coming year. He echoed several senators’ disgust that dormitory buildings had been allowed to fall into disrepair for years. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)A group of about 55 sign wavers stood at the intersection of South King and Piikoi streets to raise awareness of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Thursday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)Maui Police Chief John Pelletier sat down with the Civil Beat Editorial Board on Thursday at his office in Wailuku. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)Honolulu Police Chief Joe Logan appeared before Honolulu City Council members to voice his agency’s opinion on the disclosure of routine real-time communications traffic to media organizations via scanner and radio networks. There was a time when these communications were available but in the last 10 years the system in Honolulu has become encrypted and regular communications are no longer available in real time to media organizations. A resolution introduced by Chair Tommy Waters seeks to change that situation. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, right, greeted Incheon Metropolitan City Mayor Yoo Jeong-Bok after they unveiled the sculpture entitled “Face to Face” at Pawaa In-Ha Park in Honolulu, Friday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)Members of Hawaii Go Go Jang Gu, a Korean Dance group, prepared for their performance in celebration of the unveiling of the new sculpture to mark the 20th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Honolulu and Incheon. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)Construction crews are preparing the temporary dump site in Olowalu for the estimated 400,000 tons of debris and toxic ash from the Aug. 8 wildfire in Lahaina, Thursday. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)Maui Mayor Richard Bissen has promised the Olowalu site will only be a temporary solution while a permanent dump site for the wildfire waste is determined. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
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