The family chain behind Ben Franklin Crafts, Ace Hardware and Daiso traces its roots to a 1934 Kahului dry-goods shop.

Tore Nærland, blind since age 15, rode into Oahu with a global peace mission and a stop at a Kalihi bike shop for kids.

Crews cleared five tons of trash and completed fencing at Waianae Japanese Cemetery, the first of eight neglected state burial grounds slated for a $2.3 million fix.