Kailua News

Hawaii News Now has learned that President Barack Obama is planning to spend the Christmas holidays in Hawaii.

The state Department of Transportation is planning to do major work on a retaining wall along Kalanianaole Highway near Makapuu, but the construction will mean more than a year of lane closures and major traffic headaches for residents heading in and out of Waimanalo.

Glenn Uyeda shows off some of the plates that are attracting customers to The Alley restaurant in Aiea.

The Schools of the Future initiative seeks to transform Island education. Tiffany Hill Adrian Allan, headmaster of Le Jardin Academy stands in one of his students' high-tech classrooms.

Local author Graham Salisbury seemed surprised that he was returning to Kailua Elementary School, now a successful writer with a new nationally published children's book series set at the school he had attended from grades 2 through 6. 'It feels a little bizarre,' Salisbury told a group of about 100 students, parents, grandparents and staff ...

The most expensive house on Oahu is officially up for sale at $36 million. It is the most expensive ever listed in Kailua.

Just listed: beachfront Kailua estate at 210 N. Kalaheo Ave. for $36 million. Jeff Kerr of Kerr Michaels Design, along with three investment partners who make up Akua Lau LLC, finished building the estate four years after buying the 1.5-acre lot, and are asking for a record-high price for Oahu's Windward side.

Bank of Hawaii Kailua Branch Manager Catherine Sato led the 'Get Smart About Credit' session, which focused on the fundamentals of wise credit use to about 25 high school juniors in the AVID program at Kailua High School.

Displaying signs saying "No to Furloughs" and "Stop Furlough Fridays," parents and children rallied at the state Capitol in hopes of convincing state leaders to do away with the state's furlough plan that will cut 17 days off the school year.

The closure of public schools yesterday - the first of 17 planned "furlough Fridays" - marked a new low for Hawaii's beleaguered public education system, according to hundreds of protesters gathered at the state Capitol.

The city is paving the parking lot on the north end of Kailua Beach Park in a project far smaller than one planned seven years ago for the site that included reconfiguring the road, adding parking stalls and providing space for commercial activities.

RevoluSun, in partnership with GreenBuilt Construction LLC and the Pacific Sustainable Building Science invites the public to attend a free green open house in Kailua to learn about what makes a house green and how you can 'green up' your home.

Cancer survivors are hosting a Consign for a Cure fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Kailua Movement Studio, 776 Kailua Road, second floor.

Kapiolani Community College lecturer David Keanu Sai will speak Wednesday in the Keelikolani Performing Arts Center's third-floor choral room on the Kapalama campus of Kamehameha Schools.

Don Quijote in Kailua has a lease until 2022. Mitch D'Olier, president of Kaneohe Ranch Co., which manages the land, said he does not have the ability to terminate its lease, but confirmed Target Stores officials contacted his firm about taking over the lease.

Target, the nation's No. 2 discount retailer, has Kailua in its sights for a store that would be its third on Oahu and fifth in the state.

Parents who want to be their children's source of information on the facts of life but aren't sure how to initiate "the talk" can get advice at free workshops in Kailua or Kaimuki.

Kailua town is welcoming two new restaurant concepts, while another area eatery is moving to become more visible to prospective customers.

"Back in the Day," appearing every Sunday, takes a look at articles that ran on this date in history in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Hawaii's oldest continuously published daily newspaper.

The University of Phoenix is partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Hawai'i to provide tutorial assistance to BGCH youth throughout O'ahu as part of their 'Power Hour' afterschool tutorial program.