Shootz! A Waikiki-Style Fourth During A Week Of Upper Mobility

Our photographers document the rise of promoted police department employees, a fledgling zebra dove and a colorful flight out of Honolulu.

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Our photographers document the rise of promoted police department employees, a fledgling zebra dove and a colorful flight out of Honolulu.

A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 port wing points to their hanger as the sun sets Friday, June 28, 2024, at Daniel K. Inoyue International Airport in Honolulu. Reflections from inside the airplane appear to hover in the clouds. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717’s port wing points to its hanger as the sun sets June 28 at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Reflections from inside the airplane appear to hover in the clouds. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A zebra dove fledgling blends in perfectly with its surroundings Monday, July 1, 2024, in Ewa Beach. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A fledgling zebra dove blends with its surroundings Monday in Ewa Beach. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A zebra dove fledgling blends in perfectly with its surroundings Monday, July 1, 2024, in Ewa Beach. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Zebra doves mostly eat seeds, but occasionally supplement their diets with small insects. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The thin Blue line that runs through the Honolulu Police Department got a little thicker on Monday July 2nd as the department promoted 32 of its own to new ranks including 4 Sergeants, 11 Detectives, 10 Corporals and 3 Civilians. Photographed July 2nd, 2024(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Kaimanu Pine, a 14-year Honolulu Police Department veteran, shows off a chained ornamental shield signifying his promotion to detective. The department promoted 32 of its own to new ranks Tuesday, including four sergeants, 11 detectives, 10 corporals and three civilians. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
The thin Blue line that runs through the Honolulu Police Department got a little thicker on Monday July 2nd as the department promoted 32 of its own to new ranks including 4 Sergeants, 11 Detectives, 10 Corporals and 3 Civilians. Photographed July 2nd, 2024(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Off-duty officers gather at the Mission Auditorium in Honolulu on Tuesday to celebrate the promotions of some of their colleagues. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Every 4th of July canoe paddlers from around Oahu join thousands of tourists at Waikiki Beach for the Outrigger Canoe Club鈥檚 annual Walter J. Macfarlane Memorial Canoe Regatta. The Macfarlane Regatta is the only wave race on the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association schedule and is the oldest annual outrigger canoe race in the world, getting its start in 1943.(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Every Fourth of July, canoe paddlers from around Oahu join thousands of tourists at Waikiki Beach for the Outrigger Canoe Club鈥檚 annual Walter J. Macfarlane Memorial Canoe Regatta. The regatta is the only wave race on the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association schedule and is the oldest annual outrigger canoe race in the world, getting its start in 1943. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Every 4th of July canoe paddlers from around Oahu join thousands of tourists at Waikiki Beach for the Outrigger Canoe Club鈥檚 annual Walter J. Macfarlane Memorial Canoe Regatta. The Macfarlane Regatta is the only wave race on the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association schedule and is the oldest annual outrigger canoe race in the world, getting its start in 1943.(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Fourth of July canoe paddlers from around Oahu ply the waves at Waikiki Beach on Thursday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 aircraft climbs out and passes in front of a rainbow
A Hawaiian Airlines flight departs from Daniel K. Inouye International airport Thursday afternoon en route to Kahului and passes in front of an intense rainbow that formed over the Koolau range. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)

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