Good morning, Honolulu.

Volunteers and IHS staff cleaned and painted the Men's Shelter and Kaahi Women and Family Shelter Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to mark IHS's anniversary and renew community support.

Firefighters responded shortly after 11 p.m. Friday to an overnight fire in a downtown three-story mixed-use building on Kekaulike Street; they searched the building (finding no occupants) and had the blaze controlled by 12:30 a.m. before fully extinguishing it 10 minutes later.

A chiller leak damaged key switchgear at a downtown office tower — leaving nearly 100 tenants without power since Thursday and prompting management to offer temporary office space at a nearby redeveloping site while engineers and Hawaiian Electric work to restore limited service by late Monday.

Hālau Hi’iakaināmakalehua won seven awards at the 51st Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition held Saturday at the Neal S.

Blaisdell Center under the direction of Kumu Hula Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV—showing its strong role in preserving hula traditions.

250 elementary school students in the Kalihi-Palama community received free backpacks filled with supplies from Palama Settlement and Hawaii USA Federal Credit Union as the first day of school approaches.

Astronomers at the W.M.

Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea confirmed 21 of 31 ancient quasars from the ESA's Euclid mission today, including two among the most distant ever seen (Imiloa Astronomy Center).

More than 200 volunteers helped Hokulani Elementary move tables, desks, chairs and supplies into new classrooms in St. Louis Heights last Saturday after flooding forced a closure.

School officials and teachers worked with volunteers to prepare the school for the upcoming year.

Officials urge residents to prepare for Hurricane Fausto as it tracks north of the islands Tuesday into Wednesday.

They recommend assembling emergency supplies (food, water, medications) and checking backup plans for possible power outages.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recently completed its annual GPS survey on Mauna Loa across 22 benchmarks, confirming summit inflation over 2025-2026 and helping scientists monitor magma accumulation without immediate eruption risks.

State officials urged people to avoid water near a humpback whale carcass along Molokai’s south shore as it may attract predators & pose health risks; tissue samples are being analyzed to determine its cause of death, and the carcass will remain per local cultural advice after dying on July 10.

Hele Rolls, a local favorite bakery, will be featured on Food Network as owners Jaz Milam and Kawai Lopez showcase their small-batch baking and rotating flavors.

The final day of the Honua Finals, held on Oahu’s South Shore this past weekend, saw high school surfers from 40 schools (including international competitors from Japan, Aotearoa and Canada) compete at Ala Moana Bowls as professional heats featuring Carissa Moore, Mahina Maeda and Gregg Nakamura enlivened the event.