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‘Once in a lifetime experience’: Whale shark spotted in Waikiki
WAIKIKI (KHON2) — Several boat tour operators had the ultimate experience on Friday after seeing a juvenile whale shark off Waikiki. Kasia Gasior works on Living Ocean Tours and said one of her co-workers first spotted the huge fish. “I didn’t see a dorsal fin come up, so I was like okay is it a […]
Hawaii-based K-Pop group, Crossing Rain, announces a farewell performance
HONOLULU (Island News) - Crossing Rain, a Hawaii-based K-Pop (Korean pop) musical group, announced on Instagram Saturday, that they will disband. Citing issues with the group's former management team, they said in a video, they had no choice "but to resign our activities as Crossing Rain". The post further explained...
Stronger winds linger in the forecast
HONOLULU (KHON2) – High pressure system far north of the state will continue to drive trade winds to the region for much of the week. A trough south of the high has been hampering some of the stronger trades from reaching the islands, but that trough is expected to weaken and move to the west […]
Big Island police seek endangered missing 28-year-old man
Big Island police are asking the public if anyone has seen a missing man who is considered endangered. Anthony Moniz III was last contacted at 2:30 p.m. today. The 28-year-old is 5-foot-11, 160 lbs., with brown eyes and black hair. Anyone who has any information about Moniz’s whereabouts should call...
HFD responds to early morning house fire in Aiea
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a 911 call early Saturday morning reporting a house fire near 98-873 Hapuu Street. The call came in at 3:21 a.m., prompting nine HFD units staffed with approximately 34 personnel to rush to the scene. The first unit arrived at 3:28 a.m. and encountered a one-level […]
Pearl City’s Andie Shimizu chosen as 2023-2024 recipient of annual Rotary Club of Pearlridge Foundation $4000.00 Scholarship Award
Pearl City High School Rotary Interact Club 2023-2024 Vice President Andie Shimizu was chosen as the 2023-2024 recipient of the annual Rotary Club of Pearlridge Foundation $4000.00 Scholarship Award. Shimizu is a Pearl City High School 2024 graduate and will be attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Fall 2024. She was selected by the Rotary Club of Pearlridge Foundation Scholarship Award committee led by committee chair Andrew Muccio and committee members Dick Mosko and Eric Fujimoto.
Pearl City High School Rotary Interact Club returns to Puuloa Springs during summer clean-up/beautification project
Mahalo to the Pearl City High School Rotary Interact Club who once again volunteered their time with a group of community volunteers from the Rotary Club of Pearlridge (RCOP) on Saturday to help clean-up and beautify Puuloa Springs Garden in Pearl City. Puuloa Springs is located along the Pearl Harbor Bike Path and Pearl Harbor shoreline between Blaisdell Park and the Hawaiian Electric Waiau Power Plant in Pearl City.
‘Bows get out in the community with meet-and-greet at City Square
Fans got to meet some of their favorite University of Hawai’i players and coaches in a meet-and-greet event at the City Square Shopping Center in Kalihi Saturday morning. Members of the UH football, men’s volleyball and women’s and men’s basketball teams were featured. Hawai’i football coach...
Hawaii Island Farms Pursue Food Sustainability, Inspire Youth
MOUNTAIN VIEW (Island News)-- What would it take for the Hawaiian Islands to move closer towards food sustainability? Several farm collectives in the Mountain View area are mobilizing around this very idea. Gary Rosenberg walked onto a smaller gated pasture on his acreage, hosting hundreds of animals and proving natural...
Carrie Underwood Soaks Up the Sun in Hawaii [Photos]
Over the weekend, Carrie Underwood played her first-ever shows in Hawaii -- and she made sure to have some fun in the sun while she was in town. The singer shared several social media snaps featuring herself and her band frolicking by the water during their downtime. The crew rocked matching Hawaiian shirts and posed for beachside photos: They even made a human pyramid in one shot.
New movie 'At Her Feet,' shining spotlight on Hawaii set for release
'At Her Feet' will premiere theatrically on August 2 at the Hilo Palace Theater in Hilo, and head to many other locations throughout Hawaii including a Maui Premiere on Sunday, August 11. New movie 'At Her Feet', shining spotlight on Hawaii set for release. 'At Her Feet' will premiere theatrically...
Global tech outage shows need for contingency plans
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The world is still feeling the fallout of a massive technology outage that disrupted travel, banks, hospitals, 911 services, and private companies. It was not a cyberattack but a software update mistake made by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that one in four companies counts on to prevent cyberattacks. The CrowdStrike CEO apologized, saying the company issued an update that caused Windows to crash and become unusable, displaying the so-called “blue screen of death” for users.
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