Shootz! From The Marathon To A Signing Santa, A Colorful Pre-Holiday Week

Annual festivities light up the pre-dawn sky in Honolulu, and hearing-impaired kids get a treat.

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Annual festivities light up the pre-dawn sky in Honolulu, and hearing-impaired kids get a treat.

Christmas colors light the Hawaii State Capitol Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Christmas colors light illuminated the Hawaiʻi State Capitol on Sunday. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Rob and Johanna Rawson of Honolulu walk through the City and County of Honolulu and Friends of Honolulu City Lights tunnel early Sunday morning, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. The Rawsons came to cheer on a friend running in the Honolulu Marathon. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
This is the 40th anniversary of the Honolulu City Lights celebration, but the first year it has featured a lighted tunnel. Rob and Johanna Rawson of Honolulu walked through it early Sunday. They came to cheer on a friend running in the Honolulu Marathon. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Papakōlea Anakala Anakē (PAA) serenade Honolulu Marathon runners with Christmas carols across from Honolulu Hale Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. PAA sang traditional and local Christmas songs including the “12 Days of Christmas (Hawaiian style),” which uses, “One mynah bird in one papaya tree,” refrain instead of, “A partridge in a pear tree.” (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Members of Papakōlea Anakala Anakē serenaded Honolulu Marathon runners with Christmas carols across from Honolulu Hale on Sunday. Their Hawaiian-style version of the “12 Days of Christmas” replaced “a partridge in a pear tree” with “one mynah bird in one papaya tree.” (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Dawna Zane passes Iolani Palace during the 52nd Honolulu Marathon Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. More than 35,000 registered to run, walk, roll 26.2 miles, Start to Park 10K or the Kalakaua Merrie Mile. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Dawna Zane passed Iolani Palace during the 52nd Honolulu Marathon on Sunday. More than 35,000 people registered to run, walk and roll 26.2 miles or take part in the Start to Park 10K or Saturdayʻs Kalakaua Merrie Mile. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Runners pass Iolani Palace Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. This marks the 52nd Honolulu Marathon. More than 35,000 registered to run, walk, roll 26.2 miles, Start to Park 10K or the Kalakaua Merrie Mile. The shoes hit the pavement for a fraction of a second while the runners’ bodies are moving which causes the blur. Exposure for this photo is set at ISO 1600, aperture f4.5, shutter 1/8. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
As marathon runners passed ʻIolani Palace, their shoes hit the pavement for a fraction of a second while their bodies were moving, which causes the blur. Exposure for this photo is set at ISO 1600, aperture f4.5, shutter 1/8. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Hawaii Lacrosse Club’s Virginya Aronson fills cups for Honolulu Marathon runners in front of Iolani Palace Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. This is the 31st year the Hawaii Lacrosse Club has volunteered to hand out water during the 52nd Honolulu Marathon. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The Hawaiʻi Lacrosse Club’s Virginya Aronson filled cups for marathon runners in front of ʻIolani Palace. This was the 31st year club members have volunteered to hand out water. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Honolulu Hale has an annual Christmas tree decorating competition between all the departments in the city and county. The entrees are displayed in the main hall of Honolulu Hale now through the post Christmas season. The display shows off the creative works of those who work in local government. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Honolulu Hale held its annual Christmas tree decorating competition involving various departments within the city and county government. Entries are displayed in the main hall of Honolulu Hale through the post-Christmas season. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A woman walked past one of several small restaurants that dot Honoluluʻs Chinatown community Wednesday. The late afternoon sun shining on her face created a perfect reflection in the restaurant door window. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Hearing impaired children from around the state gathered on Thursday December 12th to be entertained and to meet up with a Santa Claus who could speak their language. Although some of the children were reluctant to practice their signing skills, most were able to communicate their Christmas gift Wishes to the man in the red suit. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Hearing-impaired children from around the state gathered Thursday at Pearlridge Center to be entertained and to meet up with a Santa Claus who could speak their language. Although some children were reluctant to practice their signing skills, most communicated their Christmas wishes to the man in the red suit. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Hearing impaired children from around the state gathered on Thursday December 12th to be entertained and to meet up with a Santa Claus who could speak their language. Although some of the children were reluctant to practice their signing skills, most were able to communicate their Christmas gift Wishes to the man in the red suit. 9 yr old Ezra Corniel who has ear implants and an aid, shares the ASL gesture for ÒI love youÓ with Santa and his audience bound family.(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Ezra Corniel, 9, lives in Kihei, Maui, and has ear implants and a hearing aid. Looking toward his family at the shopping center, he shared the American Sign Language gesture for “I love you” with Santa. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
A Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft was observed flying over the Pearl City area at 1100 hrs Thursday December 12th after an operational pause was put into effect on December 6th by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) following a an precautionary landing "likely due to material failure" as reported by airtime.areo. David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
An unmarked Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, which blends helicopter flight with the speed and range of altitude aircraft, flew over Pearl City on Thursday morning. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)

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