Kailua News

Malika: We're a day early, but Happy Independence Day!! Byron: Mmmm ... Hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue ... And most importantly explosive fireworks! Malika: Byron, be careful, we don't want you catching on fire.

On the set of "Truth or Dare," which on this night is shooting at the Aikahi gas station in Kailua, a patron eases up to the pump and assesses the camera, lights, makeup applied from the back of a car and actors rotating through the gas station restroom to change into their costumes.

Sixteen-year-old Mikhail Han represents a new generation of O'ahu drivers who - beginning tomorrow - will grow up on an island where holding a cell phone will no longer be allowed behind the wheel.

This Aug. 12, 2008 file photo shows then Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. sits on Kailua Beach in Kailua, Hawaii, with his daughter, Sasha, 7. Among Weeks and her friends, President Barack Obama's name has become shorthand for a Black man with integrity, character and spirituality, one who loves and values his wife and ...

With contributions from $1 to $15,000, Kailua rallied to keep a 61-year-old tradition burning bright -- the Kailua Fourth of July fireworks show.

So You Think You Can Dance will be eliminating two more contestants this week and Kailua's Kupono Aweau is hoping voters will keep him safe through another round.

A man in his 20s died in the Magic Island area of Ala Moana Beach yesterday morning, possibly due to drowning.

A Kailua Fourth of July tradition since 1948 will not die this year thanks to the efforts of volunteers, residents and businesses.

In this Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. walks down Kailua Beach in Kailua, Hawaii, with his daughters Malia, 10, left, and Sasha, 7, during their vacation in Hawaii.

Corey Lau, a receiver from Kailua High School, and Samson Anguay, a wide receiver/slotback from Campbell High School, have committed to play football for University of Hawai'i. Lau, who is 5 feet 8 1/2 and 140 pounds, is capable of running 40 yards in 4.44 seconds.

The 54-year-old Honolulu woman who was fatally struck June 8 by a small Roberts Hawaii tour bus was identified yesterday by the Medical Examiner's Office as Phoebe Fe Gagarin.

Looking for a beautiful beach without the crowds? Coastal Living magazine recommends 10 secluded beach destinations in its June issue.

Calling her a flight risk and a danger to the community, prosecutors on Wednesday fought to keep a suspected identity thief locked up.

The Miche bag is one of those ideas that makes you slap yourself up the side of the head and say 'Why didn't I think of that?' The concept is simple, yet solves so many of life's little purse-related problems - for instance, being too lazy to change handbags even though you know perfectly well that you should not be carrying that black leather bag ...

All day long Thursday, people came to pay their respects and get their pictures taken in front of the statue.

A woman living in Lanihuli Elderly Apartments at 25 Aulike St., Kailua, escaped a fire in her apartment this morning after resting an ironing board against her stove and leaving the unit to get something from her car.

Formaggio Grill in Kailua is hosting a very special beer tasting this Wednesday, June 10, with chef Donato Loperfido.

Some Hawaii public schools are aggressively competing for students in the geographic exception program to help gain funding.

Kailua's Kupono Aweau thinks he can dance. He's not the only one. Aweau beat out thousands of other hopefuls across the country to become one of the top 20 contestants on the Fox reality show 'So You Think You Can Dance.' When the show airs on Fox tomorrow, his fans hope the Kane'ohe-based 24-VII Danceforce member will live up to his name: In ...

In classrooms across the state, the canonization of Father Damien is being used as a history-in-the-making lesson to teach kids everything from the importance of helping others to the complicated protocols involved when someone is considered for sainthood.