As summer comes to an end, the Honolulu Police Department continues to remind everyone to drive responsibly. Honolulu police officers will be setting up impaired driver checkpoints at unannounced times and locations from September 1 to October 31, 2024, as part of the department’s ongoing efforts to reduce the number of traffic injuries and deaths. Drinking and driving can result in serious consequences. We strongly urge drivers to think before they get behind the wheel. The legal drinking age i

Honolulu lawyer Laurie Loomis, one of a handful of U.S. attorneys involved in illicit adoptions of Marshall Islands babies, is now facing discipline by the Hawaii board that polices attorneys. According to a petition by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court, Loomis violated 20 provisions of the Hawaii Rules of Professional Conduct in her adoption practice. The petition, which became public in May, details three separate “matters” that the ODC sa

Which beaches on Oahu are the most dangerous? Honolulu lifeguards agree: All of them. In some cases, that’s because the beaches have no lifeguards. In other cases, lifeguards can only do so much if people are willing to risk perennially treacherous conditions. On average, about 40 people drown somewhere along the island’s 227-mile coastline each year. Others get badly injured at beloved but death-defying spots like Sandy Beach on Oahu’s eastern coast, which has seen a 63% increase in visitors in