Honolulu County

...12 of the people named have addresses on the Big Island — four in Hilo, two in Pahoa, two in Waimea, one in Keaau, one in Kealakekua, one in Mountain View and one in Hawi. The remaining 10 addresses are on Oahu....

...taxpayers of the City and County of Honolulu deserve to know the details of this proposed contract prior to any decision being made on it....

...Since the March 18 closure in response to the pandemic, only researchers and staff have left foot prints on the shoreline of the nature preserve....

...in an effort to eliminate crowds to support minimizing coronavirus outbreaks.... 

...Protest Against Hawaii's Illegal Lockdown by David Ige and Kirk Caldwell....

...Ige has approved Honolulu’s Emergency Order No. 2020-25, reinstating a “Stay at Home/Work from Home” Order for the island of O‘ahu, effective at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, through September 9....

...Hawaii’s local businesses have taken the economic brunt of stopping the spread of COVID-19....

...Megan Kau hired by Miske....

...No symptoms necessary...Surge test participants will not be subject to the fourteen-day quarantine that other test programs require. ...

...Discussion with OCCC Sgt. Lana Hughes about pandemic conditions at the facility - August 23, 2020....

...including a strip club, bars, Honolulu Hale, homeless shelter, and jail.... 

...Caldwell said at the news briefing that county and state leaders discussed the modified restrictions for O‘ahu over the past five days, trying to decide whether to use a scalpel or a hammer. “We’ve chosen a scalpel,” Caldwell said....

...“While the mayor has ordered these gardens closed for nearly a month, we need to make sure that when they reopen, more people can have access to garden plots, with increased awareness, easier access and clearer guidelines that minimize red tape. The program needs to be expanded,” Pine said....

...all city workers are instructed to work from home through September 6, if possible....

...two OHA operatives are in the Council runoff elections this November with one goal in mind--help OHA upzone Kakaako Makai so it can build hotels and condos up to the sky....

...The “Act With Care – Do Not Gather” Order is effective Saturday, August 8, 2020, at 12 a.m., and will continue through 11:59 p.m. on September 4....

...Project preps traffic for self-driving cars, more....

...Order 2020-22 does not allow for indoor or outdoor social gatherings to exceed 10 people....

...Honolulu Council District III candidate Alan Texeira was convicted of DUI March 10, 2020....

...These were affordable as private-sector units.  The city has added exactly ZERO affordable units to the available supply in Honolulu.  This is a waste of $4M that could have gone to build new units....

...3 foot storm surge at center of hurricane....

...Mayoral candidate forum with former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, former Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Councilmember Kym Pine, and former State Rep. Bud Stonebraker....

• For Honolulu Mayor, Bud Stonebraker.   
• For Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, RJ Brown  

...In 2010, the city estimated that it would spend $3.4 billion in capital costs through fiscal year 2020....  

...Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses....

...on January 28, 2018, while working as on-duty officers, Rabago and Reginald Ramones conspired to force an individual to lick a urinal in a public bathroom...in a separate and unrelated incident prior to January, 2018, Rabago made another individual place his head in a public bathroom toilet in order to avoid arrest....

...sources say this is the result of a grand jury indictment....

...sponsored by Hawaii Women Lawyers....

...a resolution that would have authorized up to $26 million in borrowing to help fund its over-budget and behind-schedule rail project....

... The number of appointments available to the public is completely full. Every morning, hundreds of people try to access the website to get an appointment. This causes the system to freeze and crash, something reminiscent of the state's unemployment website in the early days of the pandemic ....

...Rick Hamada Hosts 12 Honolulu Mayoral Candidates July 7, 2020, in the 2020 Mayoral Candidate Forum sponsored by the Sales and Marketing Executives of Honolulu, KHVH 830AM Radio, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and KHON....

...Honolulu county can't afford to borrow more for rail, Grassroot Institute says....

...Order 5: Non-Medical Grade Face Coverings now requires everyone on O‘ahu to wear non-medical grade face coverings over their noses and mouths.... 

...route 9 (Pearl Harbor-Kaimuki); 40 (Makaha-Honolulu); 42 (Ewa Beach-Waikiki); 88A (North Shore Express); and 501 (Mililani Mauka)....

...Online registration pilot project complete. Walk-in range usage beginning Wednesday, July 1....

...Caldwell expressed worries about the uncertainty of revenue collections that are supposed to pay for the city’s $9.2 billion rail project....

...This tax credit will be applied to next year’s taxes. Annual filing is required for this credit....

... Of the three candidates, two have family members that are already sitting in the Honolulu City Council ....

"...From now on everyone who is in line at HPD's firearms registration department by 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays will be served...."

...Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Keith Amemiya knows a lot about the ‘affordable’ housing system and how to ‘work’ it....

"...Current operational practices are reactive and appear to wait for park conditions to deteriorate before action is taken, rather than maintaining quality conditions...."

...use of CWAs, also known as project labor agreements, would drastically limit the use of nonunion employees on public projects, thereby reducing competition among bidding contractors and increasing costs for Honolulu taxpayers....

...The O‘ahu Pedestrian Plan’s draft pedestrian priority network open for public comment....

...to provide food assistance to recently unemployed individuals is set to conclude with two remaining food distribution events at Aloha Stadium....

...Parks and Recreation Online System, PROS, available to public beginning Wednesday, June 3 at 12 noon....

...Their legislation follows their recent initiative to create Hawaii’s first National Heritage Area at Ka’ena Point....

... a surprise on today's candidate printout ....

...City Council to hear union preference 'fixer bill' next Wednesday, June 3....

... They need better protections such as higher wages and safer working conditions....  Keith understands this deeply ....

...“Personal Service Providers” would be allowed to resume operations with modifications on Friday, May 29....