Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Hit-and-run driver sought
The Honolulu Police Department is seeking information about a hit-and-run death that occurred around 5:15 p.m. Friday on Ka'amilo St., between Moanalua Road and upper Kaimu Loop.
Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle, possibly a Mazda, that struck a 40-year-old man who died of multiple injuries after being taken to The Queen's Medical Center.
Police said the man had just parked a light blue 1989 Toyota pickup by the curb at 98-565 Ka'amilo St. and was getting out when the pickup was hit in the left rear by a north-bound vehicle. The vehicle continued forward, striking the victim, who was left pinned beneath the pickup.
The driver left the scene without stopping, according to police. They ask that anyone with information about the incident call the HPD traffic division at 529-3499.
LEEWARD
Home program gets $405,000
An Affordable Housing Program grant of nearly $405,000 has been awarded to a Kapolei project aimed at helping 45 Native Hawaiians with housing costs.
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' Malu'ohai Phase 3, Self-Help Project was given the grant by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, through the Washington Mutual Bank, F.S.B.
The AHP provides grants to help financial institutions support affordable housing, and is financed each year with
10 percent of the Seattle Bank's net income. The money will be administered through the Menehune Development Co.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Trolling times for Kaho'olawe
The Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission has released its open-water trolling schedule for ocean waters near the island for 2004.
Entry is prohibited at all times between the shoreline of Kaho'olawe and the point where the water reaches 30 fathoms — 180 feet — around the island. That area contains unexploded ordnance.
The area between the 30-fathom boundary and two nautical miles from the shoreline is open to trolling on weekends as authorized by the commission. All other activities are prohibited. Trolling is allowed as follows:
Today and Jan. 24 and 25; Feb. 14, 15, 28 and 29; March 6, 7, 20 and 21; April 10, 11, 17 and 18; May 8, 9, 29 and 30; June 12, 13, 26 and 27; July 10, 11, 24 and 25; Aug. 14, 15, 21 and 22; Sept. 4, 5, 18 and 19; Oct. 2, 3, 30 and 31; Nov. 13, 14, 27 and 28; and Dec. 4, 5, 18 and 19.
Call (808) 243-5020 or visit kahoolawe.hawaii.gov.
3 charged in drug raid
Crystal meth, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and firearms were recovered from a Big Island home raided early on New Year's Eve by the East Hawai'i Ice Task Force, Big Island authorities said.
Three people living at the Kanoelehua Street home were charged.
Steven Tonga, 31, faces drug and weapons charges. Police said he was on parole.
Litnus Tonga, 27, and Mary Toledo, 40, also face drug charges.
