HONOLULU — The Honolulu Police Department and the Mililani community met Monday to discuss ways to prevent their neighborhoods from becoming targets.
Police said there were 226 burglaries in Mililani between Nov. 1, 2007 and Nov. 1, 2008.
“I’ve had a couple residents who had burglaries more than once. (Read the full post about ‘Police Say Mililani Crime Picking Up In Weak Economy’…)
HONOLULU — With occupancy rates in Hawaii hotels at a 10-year low many resorts are lowering their prices or throwing in discounted or free services, trying to entice Hawaii residents.
Waikiki Beach has been relatively empty. That means fewer tourists in Waikiki hotels, so they are lowering their prices for Hawaii residents.
You could pay as little as $105 a night for the Sheraton Waikiki or the Moana Surfrider.
“The greatest thing about the promotion is that they’re offering the room rates at almost 80 percent off, up to 80 percent off the rack rates. (Read the full post about ‘Hawaii Hotels Hope To Lure Locals With Deals’…)
HONOLULU — Thousands of veterans of the first Gulf War have been haunted by mysterious pain and other symptoms.
On Monday, they said they heard welcome news.
Experts agree the Gulf War Syndrome is real, not just in their heads.
One veteran said he hopes the congressional report will bring relief both physical and financial.
In March of 1991, after 10 months in the Persian Gulf, Marines returned to Kaneohe and among them was a guy waving the flag from the top hatch of the plane.
“I like to call it the happiest-day-of-my-life picture,” Gulf War veteran Derrick Brown said.
The corporal had come home unharmed — or so he thought, until he picked up mysterious symptoms like many of this other buddies.
“Joint pain, severe sweating, I have severe sleep apnea. (Read the full post about ‘Veteran Glad Congress Acknowledges Illness’…)
HONOLULU — The Honolulu Police Department is looking for a man who robbed a convenience store in Kalihi last week.
A man entered the Fast Stop convenience store on North School Street at about 9:25 p.m. on Nov. 12. (Read the full post about ‘HPD Looking For Man In Store Robbery’…)
HANAUMA BAY, Hawaii — A newlywed who lost his wedding ring in the ocean a day after he got married received the break of a lifetime on Oahu.
Carlton Helm was married last weekend. His very understanding wife let him paddle the day after the wedding.
He packed his wallet, cell phone and wedding ring in a waterproof case and headed out for an 8.5-mile paddle along Oahu’s east shore. He had almost finished paddling when he realized he lost the case.
“It was gone. The container was gone, and I freaked out. I was like ‘Oh my gosh,’” Helm said.
How do you break the news to your new wife? How do you tell her that you just lost your wedding ring less than 24 hours after getting married?
“As soft as possible. (Read the full post about ‘Beach Workers Find Newlywed’s Ring Lost In Ocean’…)
Film legend Dustin Hoffman said the chances of a movie being a hit are the same if it is directed by an icon like Mike Nichols or a relative newcomer like Joel Hopkins, who directed Hoffman in his latest movie, “Last Chance Harvey.”
“You always take a deep breath no matter who the director is,” Hoffman said in a recent @ The Movies interview. “I always say that if you don’t go into a movie scared, you’re not looking at reality because most movies don’t work. They just don’t. (Read the full post about ‘Dustin Hoffman: Every Film Is Big Chance’…)
Actress Lindsay Lohan apparently paid the price for wearing fur Saturday as she entered a Paris nightclub.
According to celebrity gossip site TMZ.com, an entire bag of flour was dumped on the actress’ head by an animal rights activist.
TMZ said that an animal rights activist shouted “Lindsay Lohan — fur hag” during the alleged incident.
Lohan was with gal pal Samantha Ronson, who was spinning records at the club.
The owner of the nightclub helped Lohan dust off her blue sequined dress and black stole before she posed on the red carpet.
Ronson, who has been romantically linked to Lohan, played such tracks as Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” at the nightclub.
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LONDON — Paul McCartney wants to release an avant-garde track that The Beatles recorded in 1967.
The 14-minute song “Carnival of Light” includes a distorted guitar and organ, plus the sound of gargling and McCartney and John Lennon shouting “Barcelona!” and “Are you all right?”
McCartney said they made it during a session at Abbey Road and he had asked the other band members to “just wander round all of the stuff and bang it, shout, play it.”
He told the British Broadcasting Corporation that he still has a master tape of it, and that “the time has come for it to get its moment.”
McCartney said that he wanted to include it on The Beatles’ “Anthology” CDs, but the other group members vetoed it.
The singer-songwriter would have to get permission from Ringo Starr, Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, and George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, to release the track. (Read the full post about ‘Experimental Beatles Track May Be Released’…)
NEW YORK — Carson Daly said that he can’t believe a show that started with just him and a cameraman took off the way “Total Request Live” did.
Sunday night was the final episode of “TRL,” with appearances by Beyonce’, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Fall Out Boy and Diddy, who’s been on the show more than any other celebrity.
In fact, Diddy called himself “The King of ‘TRL”‘ on the show. Kid Rock’s final act of defiance was to refuse to put out his cigar on the set, after years of being asked to do that.
Eminem said of “TRL,” “I kind of feel like they’re tearing down my home.”
“TRL’s” final countdown was the top videos of its entire run.
Coming in at No. (Read the full post about ‘MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’ Signs Off’…)
LONDON — Rapper Kanye West was arrested after a disturbance outside a nightclub in England early Friday, but he was released without charges.
The British Press Association and other outlets reported that West was detained after tangling with a photographer outside a bar in Newcastle.
Police said only that a 31-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of assault after an incident at a nightclub and was released.
British police usually do not identify suspects who have not been charged.
A spokeswoman for West did not return calls requesting comment.