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Update: Honolulu firefighters battle blaze at Kapolei Island Recycling center

The Honolulu fire Department has ceased operations with monitoring the fire at the Kapolei Island Recycling center. At 9:24 p.m. Sunday night, HFD handed over monitoring operations to the recycling center. Several small portions are still smoldering ... >> view original

Why Honolulu's office real estate market has bounced back

Honolulu's real estate office market bounced back in the second quarter with more space leased than put back onto the market, according to a new report. The market saw 24,230-square-feet of space leased in the second quarter of 2015, putting this ... >> view original

Corpse plant blooms in Honolulu over holiday weekend

the smelliest plants in the world. The rare Corpse Plant bloomed this weekend at Foster Botanical Garden. KITV 4's Ashley Moser shows us why it's bringing in the business. Amanda 40:24 "ROTTEN GARBAGE OUT FOR LIKE ABOUT A WEEK... Stinky! >> view original

Soul de Cuba Cafe closes Downtown Honolulu location

Soul de Cuba Cafe has closed its Downtown Honolulu location after nearly nine years in business, the restaurant's owner told PBN in an e-mail shared with friends and family. An automated voicemail at the Cuban restaurant, located at 1121 Bethel St ... >> view original

​Ekahi Health System to open $2M center at Honolulu's Waterfront Plaza ...

Ekahi Health System will open a $2 million 10,000-square-foot “health incubator” center at Waterfront Plaza in Honolulu this fall, company executives confirmed Monday. The new Ekahi Healthcare Center will be a comprehensive health care and prevention ... >> view original

Quote Unquote: The Woman Behind HONOLULU Fashion Week

Internationally recognized fashion show and event producer Lynne Hanzawa O'Neill brought the knowledge and experience she gained at New York Fashion Week to Hawai'i when she coordinated and led production of the first HONOLULU Fashion Week ... >> view original

$1.3 million settlement in infant death at military hospital

The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in Honolulu, was scheduled to go to trial in October. Richard Fried, the Honolulu attorney representing the family, declined to comment until the settlement is approved and finalized. Medical malpractice ... >> view original

Bill set for veto despite advocacy - Honolulu Star

Kathryn Xian is determined to get a sex trafficking law in Hawaii, despite opposition from the governor and the Honolulu prosecutor. "We're not about to give up," said Xian, executive director of the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery, an anti-human ... >> view original

New Horizons Got Too Excited and Passed Out on July 4th

Though it's 2 billion miles away and on the wrong side of the sun, NASA's New Horizons probe cast quite a shadow on 4th of July festivities. Just days from its rendezvous with Pluto, the spacecraft shut down, went into sleep mode, and briefly lost ... >> view original

Self-driving cabs could slash emissions 90%

Autonomous taxis could have a huge impact on environmental emissions, with new research suggesting cuts of as much as 90-percent versus private ownership. Although self-driving projects have for the most part focused on the safety and convenience ... >> view original