Shootz! Presidents’ Day Protests, Yoga, Runs And Toys

This week, Shootz! tags along with runners and mating butterflies, and catches the late-season swells on the North Shore.

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This week, Shootz! tags along with runners and mating butterflies, and catches the late-season swells on the North Shore.

The 41st Great Aloha Run took off with a loud starters gun at 7.00 a.m. on Monday morning. The PresidentÕs Day event fielded teams from the US Army and Marine Corps along with youth and adults from all walks of life. The 8.15 mile course was set out to accommodate walkers and runners with everyone finishing in Aloha Stadium(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
Runners in the 41st Great Aloha Run took off at 7 a.m. Monday. The President’s Day event fielded teams from the U.S. Army and Marine Corps along with youth and adults from all walks of life. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
The 41st Great Aloha Run took off with a loud starters gun at 7.00 a.m. on Monday morning. The President's Day event fielded teams from the US Army and Marine Corps along with youth and adults from all walks of life. The 8.15 mile course was set out to accommodate walkers and runners with everyone finishing in Aloha Stadium(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
The Great Aloha Run’s 8.15-mile course, which started at Aloha Tower and finished at Aloha Stadium, accommodated both walkers and runners. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
While most of Hawaii celebrated President’s Day 2025 spending time with their families, a vocally confrontational crowd crooned their opposition to President Trump’s attempts, with the help of Elon Musk, to follow through on President Obama’s Executive Order 13576 signed on June 13th 2011 whose thrust was to deliver an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
Protesters at a Presidents’ Day event voiced their opposition to President Trump’s attempts, with the help of Elon Musk, suddenly reform the federal government. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
While most of Hawaii celebrated President’s Day 2025 spending time with their families, a vocally confrontational crowd crooned their opposition to President Trump’s attempts, with the help of Elon Musk, to follow through on President Obama’s Executive Order 13576 signed on June 13th 2011 whose thrust was to deliver an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
The crowd, estimated to be more than 2,000 people, protested President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
Jet Skis sit at anchor on Maunalua Bay on Tuesday, ready for adventure. (David Croxford/CivilBeat/2025)
A group of ladies enjoys practice Yoga moves on Stand Up Paddle Boards in the shallow portions of the lagoon at Ala Moana Park (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
A group practices yoga on stand-up paddle boards in the shallow lagoon at Ala Moana Park on Wednesday. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
ThursdayÕs North Shore Surf was running in the 6-10ft Hawaiian range and many of the local surfers took advantage of the late season swell to practice their craft. Photographed Thursday February 20th, 2025 (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
Thursday’s North Shore surf was running in the 6- to 10-foot range at Sunset Beach. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
ThursdayÕs North Shore Surf was running in the 6-10ft Hawaiian range and many of the local surfers took advantage of the late season swell to practice their craft. Photographed Thursday February 20th, 2025 (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
Many local surfers took advantage of the late-season swell at Oʻahu’s Sunset Beach this week. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)
“Let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees,” song didn’t include monarch butterflies except for here Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in the backyard of a Māʻili home in Waiʻanae. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Here we see monarch butterflies mating in the backyard of a Māʻili home in Waiʻanae. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
An attendee wears a Reyn Spooner Bob Marley aloha shirt during the Civil Cafe: Cannabis Policy in Hawaiʻi Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Honolulu. Panelists include Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm, John A. Burns School of Medicine Medical Expert on Drugs and Addiction Dr. Gerald Busch, Founder of Malie Cannabis Clinic Nurse Practitioner Me Fuimaona-Poe, Hawaiʻi State Representative House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee Chair David Tarnas and Drug Policy Forum of Hawaiʻi’s Nikos Leverenz. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
An attendee at Civil Beat’s Civil Cafe on cannabis policy on Friday wore a Reyn Spooner Bob Marley aloha shirt as panelist Dr. Gerald Busch from the University of Hawaiʻi’s John A. Burns School of Medicine listened in the background. Other panelists included Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alms; Me Fuimaona-Poe, founder of Malie Cannabis Clinic and a nurse practitioner; state Rep. David Tarnas; and Nikos Leverenz from Drug Policy Forum of Hawaiʻi. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Masa Iwata helps set up his friend’s M1 Toy’s booth at the 34th annual Hawaiʻi Collectors Expo at the Neal Blaisdell Center Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Honolulu. Iwata is known in the Japanese Toy collector’s group for his former Waikīkī shop SPARK. This three-day event features vendors who collect everything from anime to vintage European decorations. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Masa Iwata helps set up his friend’s booth at the 34th annual Hawaiʻi Collectors Expo at the Neal Blaisdell Center Friday in Honolulu. Iwata is known in the Japanese toy collectors’ circle for his former Waikīkī shop SPARK. This three-day event features vendors who collect everything from anime to vintage European decorations. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Treasure Trove’s booth displays vintage glass soda bottles and crates at the 34th annual Hawaiʻi Collectors Expo at the Neal Blaisdell Center Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Honolulu. This three-day event features vendors who collect everything from anime to vintage European decorations. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Treasure Trove’s booth displays vintage glass soda bottles and crates at the 34th annual Hawaiʻi Collectors Expo. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Antiques for All by Ginny’s Ginny Wescott sets up her European antiques at the 34th annual Hawaiʻi Collectors Expo at the Neal Blaisdell Center Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Honolulu. This three-day event features vendors who collect everything from anime to vintage European decorations. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)
Ginny Wescott of Antiques for All by Ginny sets up her European antiques at the Hawaiʻi Collectors Expo. Wescott and her husband lived in various European cities, where she fell in love with and began collecting antiques. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)

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