Natanya Friedheim

The city is seeking a court order to clean up a house where decades of piled trash have provided a haven for rats and feral cats.

A working group created by legislators takes testimony and presents three possible sites on Oahu for safe zones.

Three Honolulu City Council bills would further restrict where homeless people can be. Critics say that would worsen the problem.

Councilwoman Kymberly Pine is also still pushing a measure to ban plastic foam takeout containers.

Honolulu should stop prohibiting so many left turns during the afternoon rush hour, says Trevor Ozawa.

An islandwide ban on sitting or lying on public sidewalks is among a slew of new bills aimed at moving homeless people out of public places.

The expense of paying workers time and a half increased 30 percent in the last five years, reaching $67 million in fiscal year 2017.

Those costs had been covered by general excise tax revenue, but the legislative bailout requires that money to be used only for construction.

Residential buildings could each be evaluated to determine if a sprinkler retrofitting is necessary, a City Council committee is told.

Mayor Harry Kim wants several encampments around the island, but critics say the focus should be on finding permanent housing.

City Councilman Joey Manahan urges state to change how it sets retirement payouts to prevent overtime abuse.

Devastating storms on the mainland are prompting a renewed effort to finally fix the Ala Wai’s potential for flooding that could wipe out Waikiki.