Meanwhile, Honolulu police step up their presence on the Westside, and the women’s prison on Oahu has new sections for inmates.

Data collection and sharing is so limited that the Attorney General’s Office says researching ways to prevent firearm violence is “virtually impossible.”

Ryan Wesley Routh moved to Kaaawa outside of Honolulu in 2018 to go in business with his adult son building small wooden sheds.

Homeless activist Twinkle Borge, who died in August, is being showered with public honors this week. She’d like it better if we would take meaningful action to address the struggles of our neighbors.

Plus a new legislator is sworn in, Kaimuki’s “parklets” are taken out and Democrats throw a debate party.

Hawaii resident pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to a foreign government.

A video captured him repeatedly striking a D.C. police officer, the FBI said.

Strikers, surfers, sailors, a podcaster and fire investigators do their things around Oahu.

Fans of gateball, a sport invented in Japan after World War II, say the game can help improve the physical and mental strength of Hawaii’s quickly aging population.

A decaying war memorial, a storm rolling in, an activist vessel in Honolulu Harbor, seasonal travelers and 911 system enhancements all caught our eye this week.