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Honolulu’s Downtown Art Center has been gaining momentum since the 10,000-square-foot space opened in October. In fact, shows are booked into next year, but now there s a hitch the center is facing a possibly crippling rent hike.
Two months ago, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi toured the Downtown Art Center on the second floor of Chinatown Gateway Plaza at Nu uanu and Hotel streets. The city owns the space, and when it was made available to the art center last year, volunteers reclaimed the space trashing dividers, rerouting electrical trunk lines and air conditioning ducts, and redoing walls and floors to create a pristine 4,000-square-foot gallery.
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Gov. David Ige signed Thursday two bills related to firearm safety into law, including one that seeks to better secure firearms around older teenagers.
One bill, HB 31, closes a loophole regarding the possession of a firearm with no serial number, commonly known as a ghost gun.
A law created last year, Act 74, made manufacturing, purchasing, or obtaining parts to assemble a ghost gun illegal. Possession of these guns will also be illegal when the law goes into effect on January 1, 2022.
The second bill, HB 1366, changes the maximum age of minors for which safe storage of firearms is required raising it from age 16 to 18. That law goes into effect immediately.
Marking the anniversary of the Hibiscus Drive Shooting
A Pass in Review ceremony held for officers Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama in 2020.
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One year ago, two Waikiki police officers were killed in a shooting on Hibiscus Drive. The gunman also attacked his landlady and a neighbor before setting a fire that destroyed and damaged seven homes. We look at the efforts around healing in the Hibiscus Drive neighborhood, and talk to Senator Karl Rhoads, Head of the Judiciary Committee, about Hawaii s firearm and mental health laws.