Honolulu County

... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....

... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....

... City suspends enforcement of a city ordinance that’s driving several restaurants in Waikiki out of business ....

... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....

... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....

 VIDEO: State of the City Address 

"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."

... Beginning Thursday, March 21 ....

... proposed $3.63 billion Operating and $919 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets for the 2025 fiscal year ....

... DPR planted a new Monkeypod tree ....

... Starting in 2023, buildings 100,000 square feet and larger were required to begin annually reporting their utility data to the City. By June 30, 2024, buildings 50,000 square feet and larger must report, followed by buildings 25,000 square feet and larger by June 30, 2025 ....

... The city’s Motor Vehicle Registration Branch will reject applications that violate the existing rules, including letter and number combinations that are profane, encourage violence, or make sexual references ....

... Of the 73 trucks that have been ordered over the past five fiscal years, ENV has only received 17 of them — and no new trucks have been delivered since November 2020 .... 

... Honolulu has $3.8 billion available to pay $6.6 billion worth of bills ....

... last activation in 2005 ....  

... Sugg previously served as a television executive in Hawai‘i and has years of experience in working alongside Mayor Blangiardi ....

... the Carbon Disclosure Project ....

... Are rolling blackouts going to be Hawaii’s “new normal”?  ....

... The government managed to dodge failure to warn claims thanks to the Federal Tort Claims Act ....

... In 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that banned coal powered energy production in the State by 2023 ....

"...due to heavy cloud cover and rainy conditions across the island, production from solar energy systems has been reduced and battery energy storage systems could not charge...."

... 43% profit for Black Sand / Kobayashi ....

... In previous decades, City streets were planned and designed primarily for vehicular capacity, not any longer! ....

... City and County of Honolulu had nearly a year to prepare for the July 1, 2022 handover, but somehow didn’t get the billing contract established ....

... Honolulu consumers will be subjected to a double whammy next year ....

... at HPD HQ Jan 9, 2024, 10am ....

... EMS neglected to bill patients for ambulance rides starting July 1, 2022 ....

... 2028?  How hard are you laughing? ....

..."The proposed repowering of the Waiau facility will be the largest generation project in Hawaiian Electric’s 132-year history."  It will run on oil, but read on to see how HECO conceals this fact....

... an approximate increase of 0.79 percent ....

... “The BWS’ decision to raise water rates by about 50% may create a hardship for many residents. It’s important for the BWS to take advantage of available federal funding to reduce the costs it passes on to O‘ahu residents,” said Governor Josh Green, M.D. ....

... Four of 21 groundwater monitoring wells showed exceedance of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a component of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ....

... Red Hill fuel-polluted soils could cost $750 million to clean up ....

... release of the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management draft General Reevaluation Report and Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for review and 45-day public comment period ....

... vacant judgeships on Oahu and Big island ....

... Honolulu's Board of Water Supply is seeking $1.2 billion from the U.S. Navy for costs associated with the fuel leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

... even the slimmed down plan is worrisome ....

...  Honolulu achieved additional points in this year’s rankings for having transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits ....

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill was in charge of defueling, while the Navy and the Department of Defense will take on the closure process ....

"We are disappointed that one of our colleagues has chosen to align themselves with a group of people promoting hate and bullying."

... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....

... Bill 6 (2023), CD1 would allow building applications to be reviewed by professionals qualified to self-certify that the plans and other data in the applications are in compliance ....

... The Actors Guild, a local acting group, produced a play based on their five-year ordeal of trying to get a permit to renovate their theater at Dole Cannery ....

... While flames are no longer visible, the landscape is a mosaic of blackened native trees interspersed with invasive ones, like Albizia ....

... Skeet Range opening Saturday, Nov. 11, Trap Range reopening Sunday, Nov. 12 ....

... Ed Underwood said, “The boating program is currently subsidizing free parking in the facility which is not fair to those who are paying the fees" ....

... tree lighting ceremony, Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade and City Lights block party ....

... Queen’s to formalize the purchase of WGH scheduled for March 31, 2024 ....

... The Resilience Office is engaging in fifteen islandwide programs in the first half of November ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....