Gordon Y. K. Pang
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Reluctant to go; just a few regrets, Mayor Kirk Caldwell says
Kirk Caldwell handed the keys to the third-floor corner office at Honolulu Hale to incoming Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Jan. 2 — with only a few regrets but not just a little reluctance. → Read More
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and five newly elected City Council members are sworn in
The page was turned to a new chapter at Honolulu Hale on Saturday when veteran businessman Rick Blangiardi was sworn in as mayor and five Honolulu City Council members took their seats for the first time. → Read More
Former radio, TV reporter Garett H. Kamemoto was a leader in the community
Garett H. Kamemoto’s reporting career placed him smack where news happened, from the bowels of the state Capitol to the Kauai neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Iniki. → Read More
5 new Honolulu Council members take office; Tommy Waters elected chairman
Five new members of the Honolulu City Council took their oaths of office today, signaling a new era at Honolulu Hale where new Mayor Rick Blangiardi was also scheduled to take his office a short time later. → Read More
Honolulu City Card usage is extended through Jan. 31
Those several thousand people receiving or scheduled to receive $500 debit cards from the city now have until Jan. 31 to spend the money to pay for food and other necessities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, city officials said Tuesday. → Read More
Mayor-elect Rick Blangiardi’s transition team announces cabinet selections
The longtime leader of the company that runs TheBus, a former state senator and the one-time head of the pro-development think-tank Land Use Research Foundation are among a slate of nominees to Mayor-elect Rick Blangiardi’s cabinet that a transition team announced today. → Read More
Rail line on verge of opening
The first segment of the city’s over budget and long-delayed rail line will begin carrying passengers between East Kapolei and Aloha Stadium sometime in the second half of 2021, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Andrew Robbins told reporters Wednesday in what likely was his last public availability while on the job. → Read More
Vendor trying to rectify City Card activation issues
City officials, for a second day, apologized to the public for a delay in the distribution and activation of thousands of debit cards that are supposed to help needy families hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic purchase food items during the final weeks of the year. → Read More
Deadline extended to keep $250M Honolulu rail project grant
Language put into one of the bills that make up the gargantuan congressional pandemic relief package approved late Monday would keep alive the city’s hopes of receiving $250 million in federal grant money for its financially strapped rail project, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Tuesday. → Read More
Honolulu judge rules city must pay for Louis Kealoha’s legal defense
A ruling by a state judge earlier this month leaves Honolulu taxpayers on the hook for paying former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha’s legal fees — and possibly millions more. → Read More
Oahu property values come in flat for 2021
The overall assessed value of Oahu’s taxable properties failed to go up and has gone flat for the first time in more than a decade, according to numbers released by the city’s Real Property Assessment Division. → Read More
Oahu restaurants get 90-day delay of ban on plastic utensils
Restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and other businesses that serve prepared food on Oahu are getting an extra three months to use up their plastic or other fossil fuel-based forks, spoons, knives and other utensils. → Read More
Tommy Waters likely to become chairman of Honolulu City Council
Veteran lawmaker Tommy Waters will lead the Honolulu City Council as its chairman when a new lineup meets for the first time Jan. 2, under a resolution made public Thursday. → Read More
90-day extension OK’d for education of plastic utensils ban for Oahu restaurants
Mayor Kirk Caldwell has agreed to a request to extend by 90 days the “education period” for Oahu restaurants and other food vendors that by law are supposed to stop using plastic or other fossil-fuel-based forks, spoons, knives or other utensils on Jan. 1. → Read More
Tommy Waters expected to become chairman of Honolulu City Council
Tommy Waters will lead the Honolulu City Council as its chairman when a new lineup meets for the first time on Jan. 2, under a resolution made public today. → Read More
Affordable rental projects get Honolulu City Council approval
Two city-backed projects that would add about 260 rentals to Oahu’s badly needed affordable housing stock won final approval from the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday at its last meeting of the year. → Read More
Honolulu City Council OKs parking requirements overhaul
A bill that would reduce, and in some instances eliminate, parking requirements for future development won a 9-0 approval from the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday, the last full Council meeting to be held before a major change in the nine-member lineup of the panel happens on Jan. 2. → Read More
Honolulu Zoo’s old front entrance in Waikiki to undergo $2M in renovations
A $2 million restoration of the former entrance to the Honolulu Zoo will get underway in the coming weeks, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said today. → Read More
Haiku Stairs access plan advances but is still being debated
Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s plan to have a private vendor provide a “managed access” hiking tour operation at Kaneohe’s iconic Haiku Stairs won tentative approval Monday from the City Council Economic Assistance and Revitalization Committee. → Read More
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Haiku Stairs management plan goes before the City Council
A private vendor would be allowed to shuttle up to about 150 people daily to the Haiku Stairs for guided hiking tours under a plan proposed by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. → Read More