Authorities yesterday charged a 30-year-old staff member at McKinley High School after a 17-year-old student told police that he sexually assaulted her on two occasions, including Friday in a classroom.

Gregory Keau was charged with first-degree sexual assault. His bail was set at $75,000.

In a court affidavit, police said Keau, a special-education assistant at the school, was assaulting the student when another staff member walked into the room, saw what was going on and confronted Keau.

The co-worker reported the incident to school officials, and police were called. Keau left the campus before officers arrived, but turned himself in Sunday at the main police station.

Police said the girl said Keau also assaulted her when she was a 16-year-old sophomore.

MAN, 82, DIES AFTER CAR HITS LIGHT POLE

An 82-year-old man died yesterday after his car rolled out of the driveway of his Pacific Palisades home and struck a light pole.

Police traffic investigators said they do not believe speed or alcohol were factors in the 12:57 p.m. incident on 'Auhuhu Street, just west of Komo Mai Drive. They said the man's blue Mercury Sable station wagon appeared to have been rolling without power, making it difficult for the driver to steer or brake.

The driver was taken to Kapi'olani Medical Center at Pali Momi, where he was pronounced dead. It was the 16th traffic death on O'ahu this year, compared to 34 at this time a year ago.

SCHOFIELD WILL GET NEW COMMANDER

A new commander will be installed at Schofield Barracks this morning as the Army post continues a pace of repeat combat deployments to Iraq.

Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr. will become the new 25th Infantry Division commander. Caslen was the commandant of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

A Flying "V" ceremony honoring the departing 25th Division acting commander, Brig. Gen. J. Michael Bednarek, also will be held during the 10 a.m. change of command at Sills Field.

Subordinate commands of the 25th Division and their battalions will participate in the ceremony.

About 4,000 Schofield soldiers with the Stryker brigade are in Iraq, and as many as 7,000 more are expected to head to the country this fall and in early 2009.

KUDOS FOR PEARL HARBOR SHIPYARD

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is the winner of the Navy's fiscal 2007 Ashore Safety Award for large industrial activities, Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter announced Monday.

The annual award recognizes Navy and Marine Corps shore installations for their occupational safety and health programs.

"This is certainly a distinctive honor for the shipyard and all its employees," shipyard commander Capt. Gregory Thomas said. "It reflects the combined achievements of management, the unions and the workforce to embrace safety and health as an integral part of the shipyard culture."

The shipyard received a chief of naval operations safety ashore award in February.

The shipyard has a combined civilian and military workforce of about 4,700 with an operating budget of $600 million, of which $390 million is payroll for civilian employees.

HONOLULU NO. 1 FOR RAISING FAMILIES

Best Life, a men's magazine, has ranked Honolulu as the top U.S. city in which to raise a family.

The magazine cites low unemployment and relatively high per-pupil spending at Hawai'i public schools in its decision. It also notes the large number of beaches on O'ahu.

Editor Stephen Perrine says the magazine also considered sprawl, the crime rate, median home value and the number of parks and museums in arriving at its list of the 100 best cities.

The top 10 cities include San Diego; Des Moines, Iowa; Billings, Mont.; Madison, Wis.; and Minneapolis.