March 10, 2025
More than a year after the Honolulu City Council created a program to reduce the city’s backlog of building permit applications, the city’s permitting department director said she’s close to starting the program. The delay, said Department of Planning and …
March 30, 2022
Honolulu officials are looking at new ways to regulate short-term vacation rentals in residential areas to address not only parking concerns but the need to create affordable, longer-term rentals. A bill approved by the Honolulu City Council’s zoning and planning …
August 28, 2020
The Army Corps of Engineers released a revised flood protection plan for Honolulu neighborhoods that includes fewer impacts on natural streams and residential properties within the watershed. The updated Ala Wai Flood Control Pro¡ject remains contentious because of a canal …
June 25, 2018
Officials in Honolulu, Hawaii are introducing two bills that would make regulations on traditional taxicab companies more in line with regulations on ridesharing companies. Taxi companies such as Charley’s, The Cab and EcoCab have voiced disappointment over upstart transportation companies …
October 31, 2017
Of all the beautiful scenery to see in Honolulu, officials want to make sure residents and tourists get a good look at the street. Honolulu became the largest city in the U.S. to make it illegal for people to look …
July 19, 2013
A $10 million settlement has been filed in federal court in Honolulu over valuable artwork that disappeared from Imelda Marcos’ Manhattan townhome during the collapse of her husband’s regime in the Philippines. A foreign art collector who purchased the piece …
January 27, 2012
Legal bills for Honolulu’s rail project have totaled more than $1.87 million with seven law firms hired. The $5.27 billion, 20-mile rail project is facing a federal lawsuit by opponents including former Gov. Ben Cayetano, who recently announced he’ll run …
January 23, 2012
Police say a Honolulu, Hawaii officer died following a three-vehicle crash on the H-1 freeway in Aiea. The crash occurred Saturday night as the officer’s car was on the side of the freeway behind another pickup truck, the Star-Advertiser reported …