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Also: U.S., South Korea engage in a "show of force" to gain North Korea's attention; a wildfire destroys 10 California homes; and France's new president moves to change French labor laws.

Six new buses will be joining the Central Maui fleet — and they’re all hybrid electric. The buses are powered by diesel fuel and a rooftop battery system that charges from the energy produced when braking and coasting.

The demand for public transportation has dropped dramatically since the pandemic began. But many essential workers in Los Angeles never stopped taking the bus to and from work every day.

The deep-rooted history and current disrepair of the aging Alabama bus fleet continue to affect its predominantly black riders.

Hawaiʻi mayors express their thoughts on the state collecting hotel room tax for their counties; Civil Beat Reality Check discusses another side effect of the pandemic impacting students - a school bus driver shortage; Hawaiʻi County's health district officer talks potential additional restrictions and the approval of the Pfizer vaccine; HPR reporter Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi gives a debrief on increasing COVID cases on Hawaiʻi Island; Maui County health district head Dr. Lorrin Pang discusses the Delta variant and his participation in the Pono Coalition for Informed Consent; and the songs of two different Hawaiʻi cardinals is the subject of our Manu Minute.

The historic significance of the Law of the Splintered Paddle and cultural procedures for war top the list of topics our cohosts delve deeper into in this episode. Plus, the furry, four-legged companion Hawaiians preferred to eat over pork, and actress Te Ao O Hinepehinga shares why she initially struggled with being cast as Kupuohi.

Six days a week, Beth Simon rides the city buses in her Pennsylvania city. If they ran on Sundays, she would ride them then, too. Beth Simon is 42 and has mental retardation. She's not trying to get anywhere on the buses; she's turned them into a community. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

A new study says sixth-graders do better when they attend K-8 schools, so they're not the youngest.

NPR's Scott Simon recounts the heroic actions of a Chicago bus driver and his passengers, who saw buildings on fire at 2 a.m. and raced to warn residents.

California's gas prices, well above the national average, have gone into overdrive, topping $6 a gallon in October. Why is gas so expensive in a state that's synonymous with the automobile?