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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
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Good morning, Honolulu. Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 16th of July.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Ala Moana Center offers back-to-school discounts for students and teachers at many stores until August 31 and gives free keiki treats from July 15. The center will host live entertainment and a school supplies drive on Saturday, July 19 while a blood donation sweepstakes runs until July 31—boosting local participation for the upcoming school year. KITV
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ A new musubi shop—Onigiri Onibe—has opened downtown at 921 Alakea St near King, serving 45 types of handmade musubi and grab-and-go meals. The shop offers plain salted musubi for $2.50 and premium options up to $6 while the rice is cooked in a double-lidded donabe for a taste of Fukuoka style. Honolulu Magazine
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ Lance Bermudez was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release at Monday’s hearing at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building in Honolulu—he was the final co-defendant in the racketeering case that shook the local underworld during 2016–2017. Hawaii Free Press
- ➤ A Pahala man named Douglas Louis, age 44, was arrested Saturday after police found over 1.8 lbs of methamphetamine and several firearms at Kupuna Place in Hilo; he will appear in court today to face 19 drug and firearm charges and answer for three outstanding warrants with bail set at $485,000. Hawaii News Now
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ A new guide lists Honolulu summer festivals that offer cultural performances, local food and live music — it covers the ongoing Honolulu Surf Film Festival from July 10 to Aug. 3, upcoming events like Midsummer Night’s Gleam at Foster Botanical Garden on July 19 and the Prince Lot Hula Festival from July 19 to 20, plus the Korean, Made in Hawai‘i, Okinawan and Aloha Festivals scheduled from Aug. 2 through Sept. 27. Honolulu Magazine
ENVIRONMENT NEWS
- ➤ A new study from the University of Hawaii at Manoa shows that coral reefs and marine life in local waters face serious risks from rising ocean acidification. The research predicts that if carbon dioxide emissions remain high, ocean chemistry will change over the next three decades — a shift that could weaken the shells and skeletons of corals and clams. Hawaii News Now
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Navy leaders briefed lawmakers on Monday about closing the fuel facility and cleaning up the 2021 spill that contaminated Pearl Harbor’s drinking water while noting that their PFAS remediation team is 50% short-staffed. They said the Navy will reactivate local wells and remove 10 miles of pipeline later this year, and community leaders expressed serious concern about meeting cleanup timelines. Hawaii News Now
REAL ESTATE NEWS
- ➤ Victoria Ward Limited filed a permit application to demolish Ward Centre — the work is expected to cost nearly $3 million with no start date given. Roger Dunn Golf Hawaii announced its location will close Monday, July 21 and reopen at Ala Moana Center on Wednesday, July 23. Hawaii News Now
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