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The Summer Fun program is the largest of its kind in the state with 60 locations on Oʻahu. The program began in 1944 to provide positive engagement of children during World War II.
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The exhibit has two kai-centered banners and sculptures of sea animals made from recycled clothes from artist Jane Chang Mi and her son. It is on display at Honolulu Hale until May 17.
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Changes to the Honolulu Salary Commission could be coming to reduce the chances of conflict. A handful of Honolulu City Councilmembers have introduced resolutions to let voters decide how the commission operates.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is formally asking to create a standalone Department of Ocean Safety on Oʻahu. The council has been moving along its own measure that would ask voters this year if they wanted an ocean safety department with its own oversight commission.
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Herbal cigarettes don’t contain tobacco or nicotine but can still be harmful to users, so the Honolulu City Council wanted to limit their accessibility to Oʻahu’s youth via Bill 1.
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Honolulu city officials have removed a Waikīkī lifeguard tower that was damaged by large swells in August 2020. The city is taking the opportunity to reevaluate its coastline infrastructure as sea levels rise. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports that one approach is mobile towers on sleds or skids that can be moved back as the sand erodes.
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Honolulu officials have started the process of removing the Haʻikū Stairs from the Koʻolau Mountains. The popular illegal hike, also known as the "Stairway to Heaven," has about 4,000 stairs. Debate has surrounded the removal for decades, heightened by neighborhood complaints of trespassing and noise. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports.
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Two measures at the Honolulu City Council aim to help police take down illegal game rooms. HPD Maj. Mike Lambert has said that about 100 illegal game rooms are operating on Oʻahu at any given moment. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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A controversial state bill to add to Hawaiʻi’s affordable housing supply just got its major provisions removed. Homeowners with larger properties would have been able to subdivide their properties into smaller properties, each with three separate housing units.
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New technology at the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting could make the building permit process much shorter. The department said, with the changes, the process for residential projects could take as little as two weeks. Commercial projects are estimated to take no longer than six months. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.