Kailua News

Two new boutiques selling new and gently used clothing have opened on each side of the Pali.

President Obama is expected to vacation on Oahui from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2, continuing a holiday tradition for the president and his family.

KAILUA-KONA - Hawaii County firefighters have joined with Coast Guard crews in the search for a missing boater in ocean waters off Kailua-Kona on the Big Island.

Whether ita s an elegant maxi dress or precocious baby doll, Roberta Oaks, Hawaii has a dress for every girl on your gift list.

Dear Mom, I am sorry that I will not be home for Thanksgiving this year. I will miss our Kailua-style meal of grilled fish, sushi, Nonna's famous soup, and chocolate-haupia pie.

The Hawaii All-Breed Rabbit Club will hold a rabbit show Dec. 6 at Wahiawa Botanical Garden.

Hawai'i Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Lieutenant Darren Horio Phone: 326-4646, Ext.

Don't expect a glut of Christmas trees this year. Suppliers say they are bringing in fewer or about the same number of trees into the state as last year.

Local shoppers have a new location to buy and resell gently used clothes in Kailua.

"Entertain Me," a new production reminiscent of "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "The Gong Show," is looking for local talent.

QUESTION: Any chance of bringing back the two Hawaii Superferries now sitting at the dock in Norfolk, Va.? Think of all the loss of income, lure for tourists and interstate produce, goods and services that are now not producing potential income.

Trade Winds Family Medicine LLC, a family medicine clinic dedicated to bringing an on-time, personalized 'no wait, no rush' model of patient care to Hawaii's residents, today announced the successful opening of its first clinic at the Pali Palms Plaza located in Kailua overlooking Kailua Bay and serving Windward Oahu and surrounding communities.

Zumba, a dance-driven, high-energy, fun exercise class, is gaining an enthusiastic following all over O'ahu. Performed to pulsating Latin beats, Zumba engages and energizes participants, from tutu to keiki, dancers to dorks, avid everyday exercisers to those who have tried everything and found nothing 'took.' Zumba's motto is 'Ditch the workout.

F ear and foreboding hung over beaches and harbors and coastal communities last week as a certain place digested the inevitability of rising sea levels.

AUDREY McAVOY Hawaii's beaches are shrinking; scientists say the trend will accelerate with global warming KAILUA, Hawaii - KAILUA, Hawaii a ' Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.

Learn all about the hottest holiday trends in makeup and skin care from industry experts from 8 to 10 a.m. tomorrow at Nordstrom in Ala Moana Center.

The state Board of Education last night approved 95 schools' requests to convert teacher training days into instructional days, an action that restores as many as six classroom days that would have been lost because of staff furloughs.

Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure.

Hawaii News Now has learned that President Barack Obama is planning to spend the Christmas holidays in Hawaii.

The Schools of the Future initiative seeks to transform Island education. Tiffany Hill Adrian Allan, headmaster of Le Jardin Academy stands in one of his students' high-tech classrooms.