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Victims of traffic accidents identified
The city medical examiner has identified two victims of last weekend's traffic fatalities
An accident Saturday at the Kahuku Motocross claimed the life of Wendell J. Enosara, 38, of Mililani. Enosara was found at about 11 a.m. with his wrecked motorcycle. Emergency workers called to the racetrack said he died at the scene.
Sheena C.K.C. Kumuhone, 18, of Wai'anae was killed at about 8 a.m. Sunday on Farrington Highway.
She was driving eastbound when she lost control of her 1991 Pontiac near the Ko Olina Street overpass. Police said the car veered off the highway and struck a pole.
Kumuhone was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Fire displaces Palolo family
Fire investigators were searching for the cause of a blaze Tuesday night that caused $130,000 in damage to a Palolo home.
Firefighters responded to an 8:52 p.m. alarm, dispatching a ladder and three engine companies to the two-story home at 1430 Pukele Ave.
The fire was under control at 9:03 p.m., HFD Capt. Richard Soo said. Damage was estimated at $100,000 to the building and $30,000 to the contents.
The American Red Cross provided temporary housing to the family of three and is collecting donations. Call 734-2101.
E-mail on missing child called hoax
Police are dismissing as a hoax an e-mail alert about a missing child that's been making the rounds in Hawai'i.
The e-mail, which arrives with an image of a young girl attached, attracts Island readers because of the reference to the child's mother as a store manager for Longs Drug Stores.
Detective Letha DeCaires, Crimestoppers coordinator, said she first received the e-mail about a 9-year-old named Penny Brown about a month ago. Since then, more than a dozen people have forwarded it, she said, along with e-mail addresses of hundreds of previous recipients, including various "movers and shakers" in Hawai'i.
Nancy Cockerham, a Longs spokeswoman, said she's heard about variations of this e-mail for a few weeks — some referring to the child's father as a store employee — and confirmed that it is false.
DeCaires said she searched in vain for the child on local and national missing-children Web sites.
Hanauma Bay re-opens after man-of-war influx
Hanauma Bay re-opened yesterday after lifeguards found no stinging Portuguese man-of-war or box jellyfish at the popular beach. Hanauma was closed Monday because of a large influx of man-of-war and jellyfish.
The bay is always closed Tuesdays.
Hanauma Bay re-opened at 6 a.m. and people flocked to the beach, said Lt. John Moniz of the city's Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services.
