Hauula News

Hauula resident Shon Kaanaana still locks the door to his house, which is now just a kitchen hanging over the rushing Kaipapau Stream.

Heavy rains brought serious property damage to Oahu this weekend. The foundation under one Hauula home gave way and half the structure fell into the stream.

A Hauula man died late Saturday night after a car crash near the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Naniloa Loop.

Police arrested a 51-year-old man who tried to assault a Japanese visitor at a Waikiki hotel.

Police have opened a negligent homicide investigation into a one-vehicle crash that killed a 23-year-old Hauula man last night in Laie.

Shon Kaanaana yesterday predicted his Hauula home would go into the river today if it kept raining-- and it did at 3 a.m.. The house, at 54-260 Kamehameha Highway, was hanging over the edge of the property last night.

Shon Kacanacana knew it was going to happen; it was just a matter of when. In Haucula, a 400-square-foot section of the home in which Kacanacana had been living hung precariously in mid-air on Friday, after the embankment beneath it was cut away by the rain-swollen waters of Kaipapacu Stream.

The impact that heavy rains have had on bridges clogged with stream debris is taking its toll on Windward Oahu residents who said they are tired of getting the run-around from the state and city.

The National Weather Service has extended a flash flood warning for Oahu and Kauai this morning.

A weather system approaching the Hawaiian Islands spurred a host of advisories from the National Weather Service yesterday.

Reynolds Recycling is opening two new HI-5 redemption centers on Oahu this week.

Hawaii-born Chennel Melendez lived for 10 years in Las Vegas with an abusive and controlling husband who threatened to take their son if she ever left him, her family members say.

When Jo-Ann Nitta Bristow was just out of graduate school, she taught third grade at an elementary school at a housing project in Flushing, N.Y. When she'd come back to her class after trips home to Hawaii, she'd bring frozen laulau and Portuguese sausage.

Although the drive to this trail from Honolulu is long, I think it's well worth the trip.

Update: Hawaiian Electric says all about 130 customers have had their power restored in the Punaluu area.

There's a lot going on at Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas this September. Chef Hiroshi Fukui has a new "locally grown" menu for the month, that is now available on Saturdays in addition to it's normal Sunday and Monday availability.

The Statehood Day weekend has become a dangerous time to be on the road. Four serious accidents since Friday morning on Oahu have left two people dead and three drivers in serious or critical condition.

In commemoration of 50 years of statehood, and to celebrate Ala Moana Center's 50th birthday, Mariposa restaurant has launched a special prix fixe menu.

Authorities have charged a 24-year-old Hawaii Kai man who allegedly served alcohol to underage females, including a 15-year-old Papakolea girl who died of alcohol poisoning.

People often ask whether I ever return for follow-up reviews of restaurants. I do when there's news, like a radical menu change or the arrival of a new chef.