When pesky birds became a problem at the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell, the city had to get creative for a solution. Among them are giant inflatables that serve as scarecrows.
The city-approved $2 price hike to enter the 42-acre zoo in Waikiki took effect Saturday. Tickets for general admission adults are now $21, while general admission for children age 3 to 12 is $13.
Honolulu’s homeless sweeps and other “anti-houseless” laws should be ruled illegal and unconstitutional because they violate Hawaii’s state constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Oahu Circuit Court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.
Honolulu and the state both recently enacted laws establishing “sensitive places” where the “public carry of firearms” is prohibited, but the measures conflict when it comes to how properties that do allow guns on the premises are required to communicate that to their customers.