City and County of Honolulu

Kealoha Fox, the executive director of Honolulu's Resilience Office, talks about the Youth Climate Action Fund, a global effort support climate solutions spearheaded by young people.

In 2025, city agencies used about 30 million more kilowatt-hours of electricity — enough to power about 500 homes for an entire year. Agency water use was also up by about half a million gallons per day.

Honolulu has set aside $9 million to expand community gardening, convert cesspools, and complete other climate projects this fiscal year.

Honolulu’s Office of Economic Revitalization is ceasing operations — a decision made weeks after the City Council cut a majority of its funding and staff positions in early July.

Community members have wanted the so-called neighborhood eyesore to be returned to its former glory — when it used to show surf films and cartoons. Others want it to be taken over by another owner and have the venue transformed into a community hub for hālau to practice hula or artists to showcase their work.

Almost a year after a tsunami threat spurred a mass evacuation of downtown Honolulu, the city's Department of Emergency Management has evaluated its response in a new after action report.

Local residents remain divided about the best way to deal with Hawaiʻi's free-roaming cat population.

Oʻahu residents have a new online tool to help them prepare for disasters.

Honolulu’s Ocean Safety Department is moving to a fully digital reporting system, which will replace the previous manual system that required lifeguards to handwrite incidents on paper logs.

Pacific Gateway Farms Haleʻiwa on Oʻahu’s North Shore is working to employ refugees, immigrants and survivors of human trafficking while strengthening Hawaiʻi’s food resilience and security.