Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
The Sunshine Interview: Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm
The wide-ranging discussion addressed sports betting, fireworks, relations with HPD, staffing challenges and priority legislation.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Honolulu’s Outdoor Dining Pilot Program Made Permanent
This comes five years after the Covid-19 pandemic invigorated outdoor dining programs around the country.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
New Veterans Home In Kapolei Offers Rest And Remembrance
The 120-bed home run by the Department of Veterans Affairs is named for former U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022
Honolulu EMS Director On Track To Keep Job Despite Complaints About Management
An army of supporters, including the governor, rallied to help Jim Ireland advance after opponents blamed him for a toxic workplace and slow response times.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Honolulu Mayor Signs Bill To Limit Waikīkī Street Festivals
Frequent festivals had caused all-day road closures, irking many residents for years.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
The Civil Beat Interview: Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi
The city and county’s chief executive talks about the landfill, homelessness, the police commission and more.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Shootz! Photo Essay: Mixing Ponytails And Pigskin With Aloha
Hawai’i becomes the 14th state to officially sanction girls high school flag football as a varsity sport.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
It Took 8 Pedestrians Struck At This Intersection For The City To Act
Residents asked the city to make the intersection safer after a woman was killed there in 2019, but the city said no changes were needed. Since then, more people have been hit.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! Temporary Road Plates Are Still Rattling Drivers Six Years Later
Installed after a 2019 gas leak, steel plates on Kalākaua Avenue are to be removed soon — after yet another delay.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
To Sell More Housing in West Oʻahu, This Developer Is Raising Prices
In Kalaeloa, affordable housing units aren’t a lot cheaper than market-rate units. So the developer plans to raise the price of market-rate units.