O'ahu briefs
Advertiser Staff
EAST HONOLULU
Home sold for $9 million
The Honolulu house that "The Rich and Famous" built sold yesterday for a record $9.4 million, the highest price ever paid for any non-waterfront home here, according to the firm that handled the sale.
The house, called Hi'ilani by owner Al Masini, producer of the television show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," is a 16,000-square-foot home atop the gated Hawai'i Loa Ridge community.
The house was purchased as a personal residence by a Taiwan businessman in a sale handled by Mary Worrall Associates.
Masini divorced partner April Masini last year but remains a consultant to Masini Productions, which was relocated to Los Angeles.
The marital split led to the listing of the luxurious home for an asking price of $10 million.
Al Masini and his new wife, Charlyn, have leased a Diamond Head estate until they determine where to make their home, a spokesperson said.
(Correction: A previous version of the above item incorrectly identified the representative of the buyer.)
WINDWARD
Job Corps celebration set
The Hawaii Job Corps will mark its 35th anniversary with festivities, displays and tours of its Waimanalo facility at 41-467 Hihimanu St. from 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow
Job Corps cultural club members will entertain with the music and dances of American Samoa, the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesian and Hawai'i.
There will be heavy pupu prepared by students in the culinary trade and visits to the workshops of students in the painting, automotive, landscaping and facility maintenance trades.
The Hawaii Job Corps offers employment training to disadvantaged young people of Hawai'i and other parts of the Pacific. It is a full-time, residential program for people ages 16 to 24 who demonstrate a commitment to lead more productive lives.
The program works in partnership with local employees to provide work-based learning experience for trainees.
Pedestrian hurt at BYUH
A 47-year-old woman was critically injured when she was struck by a car on the Brigham Young University-Hawai'i campus yesterday.
Police said the woman was walking across an access road in a parking lot at the La'ie campus when she was hit at 6:48 a.m. She was taken by an Army medevac helicopter to the Queen's Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition.
NORTH SHORE
Pupukea shore hearing's topic
Changes to the Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District will be discussed at a public hearing at 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at Sunset Beach Elementary School, 59-360 Kamehameha Hwy.
The proposed amendments involve changes to state law. Proposals dealing with Chapter 13-34 would expand the boundaries of the Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District 100 yards seaward and into Waimea Bay, prohibiting most types of fishing within the existing district but allowing limu gathering.
Only pole and line fishing from shore would be allowed in Waimea Bay.
In proposals dealing with Chapter 13-230, 13-250 and 13-256, the amendments would define the Ocean Recreation Management Areas at Sharks Cove, Three Tables and Waimea Bay and affect commercial scuba and snorkeling activities and boating operations.
People can send written testimony on Chapter 13-34 by Oct. 19 to the Division of Aquatic Resources, 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 330, Honolulu, HI 96813. Written testimony on Chapters 13-230,13-250 and13-256 can be sent to Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, 333 Queen St., Suite 300, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Copies of the rule changes can be obtained at no charge from the aquatic division or by visiting the Web site of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, www.state.hi.us/dlnr
CENTRAL
'Aiea projects on agenda
A workshop to discuss the 'Aiea-Pearl City Livable Communities Plan will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Pearl Ridge Elementary School cafeteria.
The Livable Communities Plan is intended to improve congested roadways and provide a more pedestrian/bicycle-friendly environment.
Ideas in the plan, sponsored by the 'Aiea-Pearl City Vision Group, include:
• Creation of town districts for 'Aiea and Pearl City.
• An urban trail.
• Mauka-makai road connections to the Pearl Harbor shoreline.
• Formulating landscape concepts for roadways.
