Kailua News

I thought no sand was allowed to be removed and sold from the beach. Are individuals allowed to sell public beach sand? Answer: State law allows someone to take a maximum of one gallon of sand per person per day for reasonable, personal, noncommercial use, so no, the sand is not allowed to be sold.

David Ahnin Akiona May 31, 2013 David Ahnin Akiona, 90, of Honolulu, vice president of Moses Akiona Ltd., general contactor and an Army veteran, died in Kailua.

Kailua and Kaneohe residents may notice increased aircraft and watercraft activity from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday about a mile northeast of Pyramid Rock Beach while the Marines conduct an aircraft mishap drill.

A man is dead and a woman injured after a sedan collided with a utility truck performing maintenance work Wednesday evening on Queen Kaahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona.

A squeal of brakes. A thump. A white face behind a Plexiglass visor appears in the darkness.

Waiting for hours at the DMV may soon be over. At least that's a goal of Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.

Oh, and a Windward tip: The traffic cameras are the easiest way to get an instant spot-check on the weather over there in Honolulu.

Among the volunteers was state Sen. Jill Tokuda , chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee, in yellow at left.

Ava Mariah Austria-Degala was born Jan. 15 at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women &a SChildren to Vaneza Austria of Kailua and Fredderick Degala of Aiea.