Meet roi the Peacock Grouper
If you have dove anywhere in warm tropical waters you more then likely have seen the large grouper species that are quite common in French Polynesia, Micronesia, Indonesia and the Caribbean.
Mi Na comes clean
Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
Births for Sunday, December 29, 2019
• Damon Kaulana Villatora • Branson Ikaia Makani Kaina Ventar • Paolo Jay Ganotisi Sevilleja Jr.
Obituaries for Sunday, December 29, 2019
• Ryder Keolaokekai Kaui • Maveline ‘Nani’ Mililani Gardner • Shimpei Suzuki • Mitsuko Ho‘okano • Nancy Nakasone Blalock • Paul Vilja • Marcelino Agojo Martinez • Flora Gomes Duarte
Talk Story: Ipo Yoshioka
Kauai High School boys basketball coach Ipo Yoshioka has a long-standing history with the sports of basketball and baseball.
Kauai Fisherman J. G. Wyman’s hard luck
On Saturday, Nov. 11, 1905, J. G. Wyman, an elderly, penniless fisherman from Kauai, was sentenced in Honolulu to 24 hours confinement at Oahu Prison by U. S. District Court Judge Sanford Ballard Dole for contempt, because he’d failed to obey a subpoena summoning him to Honolulu for jury duty.
Red Flags at Office of Hawaiian Affairs
A recent, eagerly awaited independent financial review of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has been in the news lately. The review, conducted by the California-based accounting firm CliftonLarsenAllen (“CLA”), made several observations and recommendations, including the flagging of 32 transactions, representing $7.8 million, as potentially fraudulent, wasteful, or abusive.
‘Devastated’
The owner of Safari Helicopters said he and his team are devastated by Thursday’s helicopter crash that claimed seven lives.
A final fundraiser for man who boosted ice bucket challenge
Hundreds of people plunged into the chilly ocean at a Massachusetts beach on Saturday to honor Peter Frates, the former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped spread the ALS ice bucket challenge.
Truck bomb in Somali capital kills at least 79 at rush hour
A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Saturday morning, killing at least 79 people including many students, authorities said. It was the worst attack in Mogadishu since the devastating 2017 bombing that killed hundreds.
SAfrican cyclist left with broken arm after park incident
South African cyclist and Olympic hopeful Nicholas Dlamini has suffered a broken left arm while being detained at Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park by rangers who were accused of being unnecessarily aggressive and heavy-handed.
Whoops! UK publishes celebrity home addresses by mistake
British officials have apologized after mistakenly publishing the home addresses of more than 1,000 people who received special honors including singers Elton John and Olivia Newton-John.
Avalanche on Italian glacier kills woman, 2 children
An avalanche killed a woman and two children who were skiing on a glacier in the Italian Alps on Saturday.
Cyprus: Tourists seek return of stolen urn with son’s ashes
A Swedish couple have appealed for information about a wooden urn containing the ashes of their deceased son, stolen while they were holidaying on Cyprus, police on the east Mediterranean island nation said Saturday.
Couple return for a 2nd dunk at Dunkin’, this time with vows
A Massachusetts couple reunited for extra-sweet wedding vows at the same Dunkin’ Donuts where their young love splintered nearly 30 years ago.
Texas sheriff: 2 dead, seven shot in music video ‘ambush’
Two men were killed and seven others were wounded by gunfire when a group filming a rap music video was “ambushed” near Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Authorities: Small plane crashes in Louisiana, killing 5
A small plane en route to a college football playoff game crashed into the parking lot of a post office in Louisiana shortly after takeoff on Saturday, killing the daughter-in-law of one of the team’s coaches and four other people on board.
Judge overturns $15M award to ex-LA Times columnist Simers
A judge has overturned a jury’s award of nearly $15.5 million to a former sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times who said he was forced out of his job because of age and health discrimination.
Trump retweets, deletes, post naming alleged whistleblower
President Donald Trump retweeted, then deleted, a post that included the alleged name of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment by the House.
Telescope protest puts Hawaii County police $3M over budget
The Hawaii Police Department has gone $3 million over budget primarily because of the necessity of an increased police presence near the site of demonstrations at the Mauna Kea Access Road, an official said.
Hawaii homeless program moves over 40 people off streets
Honolulu authorities say a pilot mobile homeless center program has seen success after launching multiple inflatable tents at a park on Oahu.
Police: No survivors
The pilot and two passengers on board the helicopter that crashed have been preliminarily identified, according to the flight manifest.
Several fatal chopper crashes have happened
Past Kauai helicopter crashes, per National Transportation Safety Board reports:
Case pushes aircraft safety
Hawaii Congressman Ed Case on Friday said “Tour helicopter and small aircraft operations are not safe, and innocent lives are paying the price.”
No sign of survivors
The remains of six people were recovered Friday after a tour helicopter crashed in a remote area near Napali Coast.