A 32-year-old hiker hurt her ankle crossing a swollen stream on the Makaua trail as Lala's rains battered Kaaawa.

A stranded angler was hoisted by helicopter from a rocky Kahili Point tide pool as Tropical Storm Lala churned offshore.

The attack happened blocks from Honowai Elementary in Waipahu's Harbor View neighborhood, and police have not named a suspect.

Police told Big Island residents to use a landline backup number as the storm knocked out the primary emergency line early Monday.

The unbelted driver crossed the centerline on Aloha Boulevard as Tropical Storm Lala battered the island, but police say the crash itself was not storm-related.

State health officials say the case is travel-linked, with no connection to the other four confirmed or probable infections in Hawaiʻi.

The North Shore crash marks Oahu's 25th traffic death of 2026, well below last year's pace of 52 by mid-August.

A man in his 50s or 60s died after a morning stabbing near Kapiʻolani Boulevard, prompting lane closures and a murder arrest.

A federal jury found Scott Joseph Kopas guilty after agents searched his Hawaii hotel room and Cedar Park home at the same time.

Waikiki lifeguards logged 144 rescues in a single district as a south swell collides with a distant tropical system.

Crews hold 60% containment on the South Kohala blaze, but Saddle Road remains closed and commuters face long detours.

A Kona grand jury indicted Timothy Efird, and a judge slashed his bail from $300,000 to $55,000 with strict no-contact conditions.

Surveillance video shows the suspect putting his arm around a victim before robbing him at a Kalihi bus stop before dawn.