Good morning, Honolulu.

Longtime Kahuku High School football coach Sterling Carvalho was dismissed after winning multiple state titles, and community members are seeking answers—details about the decision remain unclear.

On Saturday, May 17th, the Honolulu Fire Department investigated an ambulance fire on Okoa Street in Wailupe that broke out at 10:59 a.m. while transporting a patient—firefighters controlled the blaze by 11:27 a.m., no one was injured, and a replacement unit will be deployed.

A Honolulu EMS ambulance caught fire this morning in Waialae Iki but no one was hurt as a patient was transferred to another ambulance—investigators are now probing the cause.

Hawai’i Island police launched a negligent homicide investigation after a fatal traffic collision on May 16 in Kurtistown when Dallas Brooks (30) drove a 2010 Jeep Wrangler on Orchidland Drive and struck Maxwell Robertson Sherwood (21) who was not in a marked crosswalk; Brooks was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence and first-degree negligent homicide.

Nurses from Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital picketed on May 17th to demand safe staffing and a fair contract.

Nearly 100 nurses represented by the Hawai‘i Nurses’ Association OPEIU Local 50 said heavy patient loads can lower quality care — a change they hope will boost patient safety.

Nearly 100 nurses from Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital held an informational picket on Saturday morning to protest working without a contract since March 31.

They are represented by the Hawaii Nurses Association and said negotiations started in December as they seek the same nurse-to-patient standards as hospitals on Oahu.