Like Honolulu, San Francisco has struggled to provide public toilets, showers and hygiene centers. A public-private partnership there made the problem worse.

A federal youth homelessness project in Honolulu is being guided by nine young people who know the issue first-hand.

Surfers have joined with a City Council member, the Surfrider Foundation and the local neighborhood board to help clean and patrol the popular surfing area.

Homelessness needs to be a top priority of candidates in Honolulu's mayoral race in the coming year.

Some 30% of Hawaii's homeless suffer from a serious mental illness.

The mayor is hoping state and federal agencies will help fund the effort to help homeless people, whether they want it or not.

It's not humane to make the mentally ill and drug addicts suffer on the streets, and it's not fair to allow their presence to endanger the rest of us.

Oneula Beach Park in Ewa Beach, a popular spot for local fishermen, is the last park on the island that is still open all night.

Each of the nine council districts will receive an equal share of the money to fund projects in their own communities.

Blake Tek Yoon, whose criminal past stirred skepticism about his plans, had announced he would sell his Kahala home and donate the proceeds. Now the money seems to be going to creditors.