Four former employees of Ka Loko Reservoir dam owner James Pflueger were subpoenaed by a special grand jury this week, according to their attorney, which could be the first step toward a criminal investigation of the deadly 2006 breach.
Mark Zenger said yesterday that four of his clients, Gordon Rosa, Pflueger’s property manager, along with fellow [...]

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Following 15 months since it last inspected the Ka Loko Reservoir Dam, the state is waiting until next Friday to decide whether its engineers will conduct a second structural assessment.
The last time the Department of Land and Natural Resources inspected the dam was Oct. 10, 2006, when state engineers conducted phase I of its post-breach [...]

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Last year’s rain and subsequent dam burst led to the devastation
Three streams damaged by last year’s heavy rain and the private land surrounding them will get a cleanup and restoration work, thanks to a $6.7 million joint federal-state project, officials said yesterday.
Private and public lands along Makaua Stream in Kaaawa as well as Wailapa and [...]

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THE ISSUE: The owner of a Hawaii news Web site has been subpoenaed to name her confidential sources for recent articles.
A lawyer is challenging the right of Internet journalist Malia Zimmerman to protect the identities of her confidential sources, mistakenly calling her a blogger. Zimmerman clearly derives her livelihood from gathering the news and disseminating [...]

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Hawaii’s Circuit Court Judge Gary Chang decided Monday, April 30, that Malia Zimmerman, editor and reporter for Hawaii Reporter, should be deposed as part of a civil lawsuit by retired auto mogul Jimmy Pflueger. Mr. Pflueger, who was convicted in 2005 on 10 felony counts for illegal grubbing and grading of Kauai’s Pilaa Bay, also [...]

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“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it”
By Jane Dahm, Sonia Thosar, Keenan Herman and Maddie Stevens, 5th Grade Students, Daniel Wright Junior School in Lincolnshire, IL
Editor’s note: Litigation to determine who is at fault for the March 14, 2006, Ka Loko Dam breach and the deaths of 8 people is still [...]

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