By Joan Conrow, Honolulu Weekly When the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled three years ago that the public shoreline extends to the seasonally highest wash of the waves, many saw it as a sign that wealthy coastal landowners would no longer be allowed to extend their yards onto the beach. They were wrong. Despite the ruling, [...]
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Shrinking beaches
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Beaches · Community · Crime · Politics · Real Estate
Settlement finalized in Ka Loko lawsuits
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
From the Garden Island Good-faith settlements have been reached and approved in state court in various wrongful-death and property-damage cases regarding the March 2006 breach of Ka Loko Reservoir Dam near Kilauea. Eight people died, including an unborn baby, known in court documents as Baby Doe McNees, and several of the bodies were never found [...]
Tags: Community · Crime · Environment · Flood 2006
Two arrested following Ha‘ena shooting
July 7th, 2009 · No Comments
Two people were arrested last night following a disturbance in the parking lot across from the Waikanaloa Wet Cave in Ha‘ena, a county news release says. A 39-year-old Kapa‘a man was arrested for reckless endangerment and place to keep firearms, and a 35-year-old Kapa‘a man was arrested for drunk driving. Both men were released on [...]
