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City Council Approves Dave Matlin To Honolulu Fire Commission Screenshot

City Council Approves Dave Matlin To Honolulu Fire Commission

But the new commissioner says he will abstain from the current deadlock over hiring a new fire chief.

HART Effort To Hire Welders To Fix Rail Tracks Falls Flat Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

HART Effort To Hire Welders To Fix Rail Tracks Falls Flat

How big of an impact that will have remains unclear. HART won’t discuss the situation.

Honolulu To Pay $10 Million To Family Of Man Killed By Driver Fleeing Police Hawaii News Now

Honolulu To Pay $10 Million To Family Of Man Killed By Driver Fleeing Police

Three people died, and four others were injured, in the 2019 crash. The driver is now in prison.

Lee Cataluna: Honolulu May Not Lose Its Chance To Control Tourism After All Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Lee Cataluna: Honolulu May Not Lose Its Chance To Control Tourism After All

Restrictions on short-term rentals advance to the City Council amid growing efforts to build back the economy on tourism’s shaky ground.

Can This Venerable Makiki Heights Home Be Transformed Into A Filmmaking Hub? NMG Network

Can This Venerable Makiki Heights Home Be Transformed Into A Filmmaking Hub?

A new and networked nonprofit seeks to raise $15 million to buy Spalding House from the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Passenger Says Honolulu Police Caused Makaha Crash That Injured 5 Courtesy: Michael Stern/2021

Passenger Says Honolulu Police Caused Makaha Crash That Injured 5

One of the passengers in the car allegedly chased by police after a beach party in Makaha is speaking out about what happened that night.

Honolulu Man Mistakenly Locked Up In State Mental Hospital Had Been Correctly ID’d By Police Before Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Honolulu Man Mistakenly Locked Up In State Mental Hospital Had Been Correctly ID’d By Police Before

Newly obtained police reports reveal new details about the institutional failures that landed Joshua Spriestersbach in the Hawaii State Hospital for more than two years.

Judge Orders Release Of All Body Camera Footage In Sykap Shooting Case Pool photo: Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser 2021

Judge Orders Release Of All Body Camera Footage In Sykap Shooting Case

The ruling covers over 16 hours of footage taken from the cameras of 70 officers.

New Restrictions For Oahu Short-Term Rentals Advance To City Council Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

New Restrictions For Oahu Short-Term Rentals Advance To City Council

Two years after the passage of a short-term rental crackdown, the City Council will consider even tougher restrictions.