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21 hours ago
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Hundreds of native plants restored to Kailua Beach Park
HONOLULU (KHON2) — More than 300 native plants were added to a restored section of Kailua Beach Park on Friday as dozens of volunteers and community members came together for the latest phase of a long-term dune restoration effort. See your furry friends in Hawaiian Humane Society's calendar The planting took place along the shoreline between the canoe hale parking lot and Lifeguard Tower 8B. Volunteers, along with city and state staff, placed 344 native plants to help stabilize the sand and reduce erosion. Friday's event capped a multi-month effort that began in November 2024 with the removal of invasive Ironwood trees. From January to February 2025. The dune restoration is part of a broader initiative to protect and revitalize Kailua Beach and is designed to balance conservation with community said the project reflects input from local residents, nonprofits, and environmental organizations who participated in several public meetings over the past year. It also supports action item 5.4 of Climate Ready Oʻahu, the city's climate adaptation strategy, which emphasizes collaboration with communities to restore beaches and dune systems in city parks. 'This kind of partnership — between agencies, scientists, and residents — is exactly what makes projects like this possible,' DPR officials said in a statement thanking the volunteers. More work is planned in the months ahead, including additional plantings, further Ironwood removal, and ongoing sand management. Organizers say future volunteer opportunities will be announced as the next phases get underway. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news For accessibility accommodations related to this project, residents can contact the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at (808) 768-3003 on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or email parks@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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Honolulu Ocean Safety, EMS respond to multiple North Shore calls
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu Ocean Safety and Emergency Medical Services responded to multiple calls across Oʻahu's North Shore on May 31. Around 8 a.m., first responders attended to a 29-year-old Waialua woman, who injured her shoulder while surfing. The woman was brought to shore and provided with treatment, declining transportation to the hospital. Motorcyclist critically injured in Kamehameha Highway accident Before 9:30 a.m., lifeguards rescued two swimmers who were struggling to stay afloat at Three Tables. Both swimmers were brought to safety and did not require medical attention. Shortly after the Three Tables rescue, a 38-year-old man suffered a head injury and multiple lacerations after being swept off his feet by a wave at Sharks Cove. The man was able to bring himself to shore and sustained additional cuts from the were able to aid the man with initial treatment before handing over treatment to Honolulu EMS, who eventually took him to the hospital in serious condition. None of the rescues that occurred took place at guarded beaches. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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2 days ago
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Man indicted on attempted murder charge after woman refused sex
An Oahu grand jury indicted a 54-year-old man Wednesday for attempted murder in the shooting of a woman May 21 in the Tantalus area for her refusal to have sex. John Harold Garside was indicted with second-degree attempted murder, place to keep a pistol or revolver, carrying a firearm in commission of separate felony and felon in possession of a firearm. The convicted felon, who has nine prior felony convictions and was on probation at the time of his May 24 arrest, is being held without bail. The grand jury bench warrant set no bail for Garside and ordered him to remain 500 feet from the woman's home. Garside is scheduled for arraignment Thursday before Judge Ronald Johnson. A court document to determine probable cause for Garside's arrest says the woman, identified only as K.H., told police in two interviews while hospitalized May 21 that she was at 7-Eleven at Piikoi and Young streets earlier that morning when Garside, an acquaintance, picked her up in his silver Civic. She said they went to an unknown cemetery, where they smoked methamphetamine. She said he drove to the Pali Safeway, where he withdrew cash from an ATM at about 5 a.m., before driving up Tantalus Drive. K.H. told police Garside gave her money, but she gave it back to him. She drove his car up Tantalus Drive and stopped at some point. K.H. said Garside wanted to have sex with her at a different place, she said. When she refused, he shot her at close range with a revolver-type firearm, causing her to lose her hearing momentarily, she said. She got out of the car, ran and hid in some bushes. She waited until Garside left the area, then emerged from the bushes and walked down Tantalus Drive. A passerby spotted her bleeding and brought her to The Queen's Medical Center. The passerby, identified in the court document as T.B., said he was driving up Tantalus Drive when he saw a woman walking down the road with blood on her right side. She told him a man hit her, and he drove her to the Queen's emergency room. T.B. showed police the area in the 2900 block of Tantalus Drive, where he spotted K.H. and picked her up. Police located a parked car, equipped with cameras, in the area. They obtained video footage showing a silver sedan driving up Tantalus Drive at 6 :12 a.m., driving down 6 :22 a.m. The silver sedan then made a U-turn a minute later and drove down the hill in another minute. It then showed a bloodied K.H. walking down the hill, at 6 :30 a.m. K.H. was able to provide a partial license plate number. The detective received a physician's report from Queen's on May 24, showing K.H. received gunshot wounds to her shoulder, neck and head. 'The injuries did not end up being life-threatening, but potentially would have been with even a (n ) inch shift in position, ' the report said. On Saturday the detective instructed officers to find and arrest Garside on the attempted murder and firearm offenses. He was arrested at 5 :24 p.m. May 24 at 369 N. Vineyard Blvd.
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3 days ago
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Report: Two Hawaii beaches among most polluted in the country
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Two Hawaii beaches are among the most polluted in the country, and 13 more have unsafe bacteria levels more often than not, according to an annual report by the Surfrider Foundation, who wants beachgoers to be aware of what they're getting into. Kyla Genenbacher came to the beach to enjoy the weather and have a phone date with her boyfriend back home. But she wasn't expecting this. Kaiser purchases Maui News building, newspaper to move out 'This was my first time to this park and I was not prepared for… I walked up and I was like 'oh is it like a black sand beach you know, but I was like I don't think we have those here,' Genenbacher said. The water at Waiahole Beach looks dirty, and testing shows it is. It's one of the beaches highlighted in the Surfrider Foundation's annual water quality report. The group's Blue Water Task Force tests 600 sites across the country, 83 sites on Oahu, Maui and Kauai every other week for enterococcus tested unsafe more than 68 percent of the time. Nearby Kahaluu Beach was unsafe in 92 precent of tests. 'When it rains, it gets washed into the streams, the streams bring it to the oceans,' said Dr. Dan Amato, Surfrider Foundation Blue Water Task Force coordinator. 'So we generally recommend not swimming or playing or letting your family recreate in stream mouths in particular, cause they tend to be high in fecal indicator bacteria.' Enterococcus is a fecal bacteria that indicates the presence of human or animal waste in the water coming from upstream. Amato says fecal matter could come from wild pigs, dogs, cats, birds and humans via cesspools. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news 'I think it's disgusting,' Genenbacher said. 'I mean there's not much you can do about it but I definitely wouldn't swim here, I definitely think people need to know about it.' Kahaluu Beach is among the worst in the country. But the Surfrider Foundation says they found more beaches on the that are cause for concern. They say during their testing, 7 beaches on Oahu tested with higher than safe bacteria levels more than 50 percent of the time. In a statement the state Department of Health, who oversees water testing in the state, said people can subscribe to get water quality advisories and get updates on their social media pages. UFC fighter B.J. Penn asks court to recall arrest warrants 'In the grand scheme of things, it's not enough,' Amato said. 'I think the public really needs a little more awareness. We'd love to see more signage at these beaches that people are using that we know are chronically impacted by fecal indicator bacteria.' DOH says it is working with county officials on doing just that. So everyone going into the water can make their own decisions. 'If you were to go swimming, the plan? The plan if I was going swimming is to keep driving, find a different beach, not this one,' Genenbacher said. For a link to the full report, visit Surfrider's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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3 days ago
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Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Narrow Openings
There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today's puzzle before reading further! Narrow Openings Constructor: Marshal Herrmann Editor: Anna Gundlach Marshal: I'm happy to have another puzzle published at USA Today! It's a pleasure to construct themed puzzles for the USA Today because they allow a lot of freedom in the grid pattern, so I have more flexibility to create what I think is the most fun puzzle. I hope you enjoyed it! Crosswords are subjective, so what constructors find "fun" will vary based on their personal experiences and taste. Here are some entries that I particularly enjoyed because they had some personal connection: SEQUOIAS (I recently road-tripped from Chicago to Yosemite with my girlfriend, and we were in awe of those giants), LATTE ART (one of my best friends recently purchased an espresso machine, and I've been the happy beneficiary of many increasingly-artsy lattes), TRICK DECK (I took magic lessons as an adult and still own a trick deck, although I've since switched hobbies), BOSTON (I lived there for four years), and KENJI (my favorite food writer; his recipes and content are top-notch). ANTI (5A: "___-Hero" (Taylor Swift hit) "ANTI-Hero" is the lead single from Taylor Swift's 2022 album, Midnights. I quite enjoy this song with its lyrics that include, "I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser," and "It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me." OAHU (14A: Waikiki's island) Waikiki is a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is known for Waikiki Beach, located on the south shore of the island of OAHU. KENJI (19A: Food writer J. ___ Lopez-Alt) J. KENJI López-Alt is the Chief Culinary Consultant at the food blog Serious Eats, where he wrote a column called "The Food Lab." He adapted the column into his first book, "The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, which became a New York Times bestseller and won a James Beard Foundation award. BEALE (34A: ___ Street (home to the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum)) BEALE Street is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and is the street that the song "BEALE Street Blues" took its name from. As the clue informs us, the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum is located on BEALE Street. This museum, which opened in 2000, began as a Smithsonian Institution research project, and is the Smithsonian's first permanent exhibit outside Washington D.C. and New York. PAI (53A: ___ gow poker) At first I thought that PAI gow poker was new to me, but then I realized I wrote about it when we saw PAI GOW POKER as a theme answer a couple of years ago. PAI gow poker, also called double-hand poker, is a card game version of the Chinese gambling game, PAI gow, which is played with dominoes. JOUST (55A: Compete in a Renaissance Faire sport) A Renaissance Faire (or Ren Faire, for short) is a medieval-themed festival. If you go to a Renaissance Faire, you might be addressed as "Lord" or "Lady," watch a JOUSTing event, or purchase Renaissance-themed handcrafts at the shoppes. You might even compete in a JOUSTing event. THIN MINTS (60A: Top-selling Girl Scout cookie variety) Honestly, I will eat almost any variety of Girl Scout cookies. But I can understand why THIN MINTS are the top-seller; they are delicious. (The second-best selling Girl Scout cookie variety is Samoas.) MARTY (62A: "Back to the Future" hero McFly) Back to the Future is, of course, the classic 1985 movie that starred Christopher Lloyd as eccentric scientist Doc Brown, who sends his friend MARTY McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) on a time travel journey. EDNA (67A: "Country Girl" author O'Brien) Country Girl is the 2012 memoir of Irish writer EDNA O'Brien (1930-2024). EDNA O'Brien's debut book, The Country Girls – the first book in a trilogy – tells the story of two Irish country girls that move to the city in search of love and adventure. The book was published in 1960, a time when women in Ireland did not have many rights. EDNA O'Brien wrote about sexual matters and social issues facing women. All three books in The Country Girls trilogy were banned by the Irish censorship board when they were published. BOSTON (1D: City home to Bunker Hill and Beacon Hill) Bunker Hill is a hill in the BOSTON, Massachusetts neighborhood of Charlestown. The Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War was fought near there. Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood in BOSTON. The Massachusetts State House is located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. TRICK DECK (7D: Magician's prop that might have blank cards) This entry reminds me of the TV Magic Cards that were popular when I was a kid. Those TRICK DECKs didn't have blank cards, however. Instead, every other card in the DECK was identical. HIJINKS (12D: Rambunctious antics) HIJINKS is a fun word. It's also spelled "high jinks." DES (22D: Marathon runner Linden) I just learned about DES Linden – who won the Boston marathon in 2018 – when she appeared in the puzzle a week ago. MARGOT (28D: "Barbie" star Robbie) MARGOT Robbie portrays the title character in the 2023 movie Barbie. Although to be fair, there are quite a few characters in the movie named Barbie. One of my favorite scenes from the movie is when all the Barbies are greeting each other. "Hi, Barbie!" "Hi, Barbie!" "Hi Barbie!"... IBISES (30D: Sacred birds to ancient Egyptians) One species of IBISES, the African sacred IBISES, are known for their role in Ancient Egyptian religion. The Egyptian god, Thoth, was depicted as having the head of an IBIS. SEQUOIAS (37D: Giant trees in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove) Giant SEQUOIAS are the largest known living tree on Earth. (They are not the tallest, though they are tall, but are the largest by volume.) Giant SEQUOIAS are native to the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Mariposa Grove is the largest grove of Giant SEQUOIAS in Yosemite National Park. Another good place to view SEQUOIAS is in SEQUOIA National Park. Both Yosemite National Park and SEQUOIA National Park are located in California. KILL TIME (39D: Solve a crossword while waiting around, perhaps) Solving a crossword is an excellent way to KILL TIME, I'd say. USHER (52D: 2024 Super Bowl halftime headliner) USHER released his self-titled debut album in 1994 when he was 15 years old. In 2024, USHER headlined the halftime show for Super Bowl LVIII. On the same day he performed at the Super Bowl, USHER released his ninth studio album, Coming Home. NPC (61D: Uncontrollable video game figure (Abbr.)) NPC here stands for "non-player character." NPCs are having a moment in the crossword sun, as yesterday we saw NPCS clued as [They may bestow quests in video games (Abbr.)]. A few other clues I especially enjoyed: TACKLE (25A: Football move or position) LIFTOFF (46A: Word after a NASA countdown) LATTE ART (38D: Pictures made by baristas) SKINNY-DIP (17A: Swim in one's birthday suit) SLIM PICKINGS (37A: What a rummaged-through rummage sale has left over) THIN MINTS (60A: Top-selling Girl Scout cookie variety) NARROW OPENINGS: The OPENING word of each theme answer is a synonym for NARROW: SKINNY, SLIM, and THIN. I am a fan of synonym themes, and this is a fun one. It's particularly nice that these synonyms of NARROW have meanings other than NARROW in the theme answers. I appreciated learning, from his constructor's notes, which entries Marshal was especially excited about. Thank you, Marshal, for this enjoyable puzzle. USA TODAY's Daily Crossword Puzzles Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for May 31, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher
