Honolulu News

The Council Budget Committee on Wednesday deferred two measures that would have allowed owners of the roughly 7,400 properties in the newly created Residential A tax class a one-time break to pay at last year's rate if they receive a homeowner's exemption this year.

This time, it's a fast food stickup that left employees and their neighbors deeply afraid! 19 45 118 125 133 141 149 155 Another crime scene in Waipahu... Another business hit.

A former Honolulu Police Department officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to extort the owners of a Honolulu hostess bar.

Public service areas of Honolulu Hale closed Tuesday afternoon after water was shut off in the building due to a broken water line outside.

Direct from Las Vegas, Comedy Hypnotist Don Barnhart returns to Honolulu with his outrageously funny comedy hypnosis show turning the audience into the stars of the show at Anna O'Briens on Dec 6th, 2014.

The victim of an fatal attack in downtown Honolulu Monday has been identified as 46-year-old Sandra Wollaston.

Showers and thunderstorms have increased Wednesday near a surface trough located about 1,400 miles east-southeast of the Big Island.

Lt. Matt Suyderhoud, left, and flight officer Lt. Matt McKonough are seen in the pilot ready room of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in this 2010 photo.

Team Uniting Nations featuring a crew from New Zealand, the Netherlands, South Korea and Great Britain won the inaugural Great Pacific Race, the first of 13 teams rowing 2,400 miles from Monterey, Calif., to Honolulu and setting a record time for a four-man crew.

The YCWA of Oahu's courtyard at its Downtown Honolulu facility is seen in this file photo.

Wadeson: Father John Wadeson, second from right, stands next to Archbishop Anthony Apuron, center, in this 2013 photo posted on umatuna.org, the website of Umatuna Si Yu'os, the Archdiocese of Agana newspaper.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission says 73 out of 203 candidates for state elective office failed to file the required financial disclosure statement by the July 18 deadline.

An adoption advocate has been jailed at Oahu Community Correctional Center on child sex-assault charges, including allegedly giving a 16-year-old girl hard liquor and then assaulting her after she fell asleep.

The new Morning Glass Coffee + Pastry Bar will open inside the shared space between The Box Jelly and Fishcake in Honolulu's Kakaako neighborhood on Aug. 4. Morning Glass Coffee, a popular coffee shop and cafe in Manoa, is returning to Honolulu's Kakaako neighborhood next month with a coffee bar inside the shared space of Fishcake and BoxJelly.

Capt. Charles Moore a yachtsman in the 1997 Transpacific Yacht Race, which annually sails from Los Angeles to Honolulu, found an interesting site.

Wine-makers from around the world -- UNITE -- to help art education. It's time for Art Ala Carte and another Art after Dark! Joining us this morning is: Chef George Mavro-thala- ssitis -- of Chef Mavro; Andrew Fried-lander -- of Andis Wines in California; And Ken Kawa-uchi, chair of "August Moon."

The Honolulu Police Department's two helicopters remain grounded Tuesday, but Fire Department helicopters are back in service, while city officials search for a new private maintenance contractor.

No tsunami was generated by a magnitude 6.8-earthquake that struck Monday morning in Fiji, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu.

NEIL ABERCROMBIE: "MAYOR... IT'S ON ME " In commitment 2014 news... Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is riding shotgun in Governor Neil Abercrombie's yellow cab.

Larry Abihai June 21, 2014 Larry Abihai, 57, of Waipahu, a Unicold Corp. forklift operator, died.