Kailua News

The Honolulu Fire Department crews are battling a brush fire in Kailua Tuesday afternoon that is threatening homes and closed down the H-3 Freeway in the area.

Alyssa Lehua Chadwick and Kayla Mahina Chadwick were born March 2 at Kaiser Medical Center to Tanya Malia Chadwick and Gregory Alan Chadwick of Kailua.

Circuit Judge Karen Ahn is scheduled to hear this afternoon a request by city prosecutors to keep confidential federal special agent Christopher Deedy's court documents and exhibits seeking to dismiss his murder charge in a Waikiki shooting last year.

What fun: cupcakes filled with candy that pours out of them when you bite in or break them open.

Wyatt Howard Coday was born Oct. 22 at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & - SChildren to Erika Coday and Brian Coday of Honolulu.

CHICAGO >> A Hawaii woman's online petition prompted United Airlines to change its policy and allow nine breeds of dogs to fly on United flights.

Honolulu's three mayoral candidates made their best pitches to a group of 200 or so potential voters Wednesday night.

In this Dec. 27, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama eats Shave Ice with family and friends at Island Snow at Kailua Beach Center while on vacation with the first family in Kailua, Hawaii.

Compared with, say, saving farms or oceans, garbage management isn't a hip, sexy environmental issue.