Live-tweets from Ho‘opili vote

The state land use commission approved D.R. Horton's Ho‘opili project this afternoon.

Fire blazes in Kalāheo hills

Update:

Honolulu Star-Advertiser: The fire was mostly contained by about 10 p.m. but firefighters kept watch from the Kaneohe side through the night, monitoring for hot spots. The fire came within 25 to 50 yards of Kalaheo Hillside homes, as well as the Kalaheo High campus on Tuesday afternoon. No one was evacuated, but police warned residents to pack up and be prepared to leave.

Fukushima radiation found in bluefin tuna

Alicia Chang, Associated-Press science writer:

Five months after the Fukushima disaster, [Nicholas] Fisher of Stony Brook University in New York and a team decided to test Pacific bluefin that were caught off the coast of San Diego. To their surprise, tissue samples from all 15 tuna captured contained levels of two radioactive substances — ceisum-134 and cesium-137 — that were higher than in previous catches.

Prof. Fisher: "That's a big ocean. To swim across it and still retain these radionuclides is pretty amazing."

Home sales down, prices up

Despite rising prices, now may be the time for buyers to buy.

Barbara Marumoto to retire

“Dog the Bounty Hunter” cancelled

Caldwell: “Let’s build rail better”

Honolulu Mayoral candidate calls for modification to rail design.

Students find a safe route to school

Sixty percent of Waldorf’s student body biked, walked, scootered or skateboarded to school on Tuesday.