Gov. Josh Green signed an emergency proclamation to fund Operation Ho'opauahi, pre-staging helicopters and crews statewide to respond faster to wildfires.

A Honolulu judge found that pre-session closed‑door meetings by a House rules committee violated the state constitution, raising fresh transparency questions.

Aloha Tower is getting a roughly $7M renovation, with crews repainting the façade, replacing windows and rebuilding the observation deck ahead of a September reopening.

Honolulu investor Tomoya Tsuruhara paid $10.5M for the former ABC Stores site at 349 Royal Hawaiian Ave in Waikiki, expanding his local portfolio. The sale shifts a small but visible tourist-block property into new hands.

Mesh netting over the Kahului Home Depot garden center has trapped and killed birds, prompting PETA and island rescuers to demand removal and safer exclusion methods.

Ed D'Ascoli has listed Xcel's longtime Haleiwa headquarters on Kamehameha Highway; brokers are marketing the mixed‑use site with redevelopment potential and differing price figures in circulation.

A small quake off the Kona coast rattled the Big Island on June 2, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says no tsunami is expected. Officials monitored the event and cited USGS data.

A chunk of concrete fell from a parking-structure wall at Ala Moana Center on June 2; no injuries were reported and inspections are underway.

A Park Lane Ala Moana grand penthouse is asking $30M, placing it among Honolulu’s priciest condo asks and underscoring strength at the top of the market.

Festa Italiana returns to Kakaʻako June 5–6 with free food, live music and family programming, plus a ticketed VIP tasting at Velocity Honolulu.

CU Hawai‘i opened a third Oʻahu shop on Kapahulu Avenue this week, adding a ramyun wall, DIY smoothies and slushies exclusive to that location.

Neighbors and business owners clashed at a Waipahu board meeting over plans to build a Costco Business Center and possible gas station on the former Don Quijote lot. The proposal could bring jobs but may displace Zippy's and increase traffic on Farrington Highway.

Honolulu firefighters put out a Kaimukī house fire Friday, rescuing four animals while two cats were found dead. An HFD investigator has been assigned and the Red Cross was notified.