Mark Ladao
News ProducerMark Ladao moved to Hawaiʻi as a teenager and graduated from Moanalua High School. He graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a bachelor's in biology and, later, in journalism. He was a general assignment reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for four years before coming to Hawaiʻi Public Radio as a news producer in 2023. He usually spends his free time rewatching Amélie.
Contact him at mladao@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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The state Advisory Committee on Plants and Animals, under the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, agreed Wednesday that the rules protecting the island from CRB are insufficient, and that the need to do so constitutes an emergency. -
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council wants to undo fishing protections in the Pacific Ocean, which opponents say will hurt ocean ecosystems. HPR's Mark Ladao has more. -
The 65-foot “Hula Girl,” owned by Kapalua Kai Sailing, ran aground at the bay in January as it was sheltering during windy conditions and rough seas. The boat’s crew anticipated a storm, but it was reportedly stronger than expected. -
The map was made as part of a collaboration between the University of Hawaiʻi and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provided $270,000 for the project. Researchers used Google Earth Engine and Google’s DeepMind, an artificial intelligence system, to do the work. -
The estimated cost of the damages is about $3.3 million, according to the Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation, which oversees about 800 acres of farm land in the Kunia area of Oʻahu. Most of that comes from the value of destroyed specialty crops like breadfruit, mango and banana. -
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck yesterday at Utah Valley University during a speaking event. The Hawaii Republican Party said it's “devastated” about Kirk’s death and spoke against political violence. -
The order from Friday stems from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources renewing four revocable permits in 2020 that allowed developer Alexander & Baldwin and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation, to divert the water for a year. -
Two fatal violent crimes on Oʻahu last week — one in Nānākuli and another in Hālawa — have led to arrests and charges for attempted murder and murder. -
Maui community members are calling for changes to homeless encampment sweeps. Maui County lawmakers this week shelved Bill 111, which proposed a more "empathetic" approach to relocating homeless individuals in encampments on county land. -
The Hawaiʻi County Council has passed a resolution signaling that it wants to end the military’s presence at the Pōhakuloa Training Area — or at least task the military with taking better care of the land.
