A retired Los Angeles Police Department detective has been arrested on the Big Island in the death of his wife six years ago.

Daniel DeJarnette, 59, of Ocean View is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 56-year-old Yu DeJarnette.

DeJarnette pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Tuesday.

Yesterday, June 22nd, our network’s Monitoring Station on the island of Kauai, within the Hawaiian island chain, broadcast yet another Radiation Alert over the Network, at 8:08 A.M. local time – a 3 minute surge of 209, 456, and 186 CPM (Counts per Minute) respectively, accompanied by a generally elevated level leading up to that, and followed by another blip at 2:52 P.M.

It is a grave mistake to claim that military bases have been good for Hawai'i and therefore would be good for Jeju Island.

The U.S. invaded and occupied the sovereign country of Hawai'i in order to build a military outpost. This included the taking of more than 200,000 acres of land for military bases, training and other activities. The result has been the destruction of the environment with more than 900 military contamination sites identified by the Department of Defense. The military’s toxic cocktail includes PCB, perchloroethylene, jet fuel and diesel, mercury, lead, radioactive Cobalt 60, unexploded ordance, perchlorate, and depleted uranium.

When the U.S. took over, especially during WWII, the military seized thousands of acres of Hawaiian land. Whole communities were evicted, their homes, churches and buildings razed or bombed for target practice, their sacred sites destroyed by bombs or imprisoned behind barbed wire.

The state purchased an unmanned aerial surveillance drone last year to patrol the skies over Honolulu Harbor but the aircraft can’t be flown because of heavy air traffic in the area.

The $75,000 drone was delivered last June – six months after Hawaii Reporter disclosed that the state had not sought and was unlikely to receive federal approval to actually fly the aircraft.

It has been stored since then in a state office on the Honolulu waterfront.

Monday, we received word that the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation issued our Hale’iwa Farmers’ Market an order to vacate, within five days. It seems that the little strip of asphalt that was once the Kamehameha Highway and has been sitting fallow since the opening of the Joseph P Leong Bypass in 1993, is still technically a ‘road, ‘ and thereby fell under Section 264-101 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes: “Vending from highways is prohibited.”

A popular outdoor Sunday event on Oahu's North Shore is in jeopardy after the state issued a notice to vacate to the operators and owners of the Haleiwa Farmers' Market.

The market has been an icon in the community since it started back in 2009. Recently, the issue of where the market operates has drawn some controversy.

The Department of Transportation says the 2.5 acres of land at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and J.P. Leong Highway is technically a highway right of way, and is zoned for agricultural use, not for doing business.

According to the DOT, that puts the state at risk for possible lawsuits if something should happen at the market.

After a long delay in the postal system, these photos finally arrived, sent in by a reader. These are photos taken by a US Army soldier stations here in Hawaii at the close of WW1. His name is thought to be Edward Braza (or possibly Edward's father, first name unknown). He appears in many of the photos. From the multiple sizes of negatives and the attempts at hand tinting some photos, it is clear that Mr. Braza was a serious amateur photographer and captured many scenes of Hawaii as it was nearly 100 years ago. I am posting scans of the images here for Hawaii and history fans, and plan to find a suitable institution to donate the original prints to for preservation.

Rush Limbaugh's disgusting behavior has gone too far with his recent attack on Sandra Fluke, the college student who spoke to Congress about women's reproductive rights. Calling her a slut and a prostitute and asking her to make a sex video was absolutely WRONG and he should suffer the consequences of his actions now. This should be the end of his on-air career. Let's convince KHVH to kick him off the air in Honolulu.

The National Weather Service said today it has confirmed that hail that fell in Windward Oahu March 9 set a state size record for hail, at 4 1/4 inches.

Hawaii lawmakers are considering the creation of a "clean economy bank," which would provide energy companies with low-interest loans from unused federal stimulus money.

Up to 200 Marines from Hawaii will be the first to deploy to Australia in a landmark move that signals a shift in America's focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

The latest marine impact simulation shows the radioactive plume of ocean radiation from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown has now hit Hawaii

Just received my robo-call message from Ron Paul--actually two, one on my hone phone and one on my cell. I think the script he used had the wrong website for caucus locations, though. I thought I heard "http://www.gohawaii.com/" when it should be http://www.gophawaii.com/. gohawaii.com is the state tourism website.

thanks everyone that came to vote today! as a caucus observer ron paul voters were the most enthusiastic.

as a observed them tally the ballots i noticed ron paul supporters would do extra on their ballot like underline his name, circle it, make huge checks, but the funniest was someone that drew arrows pointing to his name from every direction.

anyway mahalo guys! so glad to see you all voting!

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NO. OF THE STATE WILL LEAD TO STRONG AND
GUSTY TRADE WIDNS THROUGH TODAY.

An earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands didn't pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Friday.

The magnitude-6.7 quake occurred at 9:10 p.m. Hawaii time Thursday, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/03/09/Report-Vanuatu-quake-wont-af...

Hilo, Hawaii March 5, 2012: New West Broadcasting announced today that it is discontinuing the Rush Limbaugh program on KPUA AM 670 in Hilo, Hawaii effective immediately.

Amy Strand, was traveling with her nine-month-old daughter Eva, on Wednesday when a TSA agent at Hawaii airport insisted she show him the full bottles of milk before she could board her plane home to Maui.

University of Hawaii ocean scientists originally forecast that debris from last year's tsunami in Japan could reach the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by early 2013. But the possibility now exists for an earlier arrival date - maybe by the end of the year.

"This trajectories of debris, they're not random. Debris is following some preferred and pretty narrow paths of corridors," said Nikolai Maximenko, senior researcher and ocean current expert with the International Pacific Research Center.

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Pieces of wood, boats and other debris carried by the massive tsunami that followed the earthquake on March 11 last year in Japan are close to the coast of Hawaii in the Pacific, after moving to the surface for more than 4830 kilometers in the North Pacific.

The fragments of the tragedy begin to arrive in the coming weeks to remote islands of the archipelago, as confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, in English).

The agency estimates that the waste will come first to several small atolls northwest of the main islands of Hawaii.

The problem is that the remains, some of great size, can be a navigational hazard to persons undertaking recreational practices at sea or in economic activities on the

A photo from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island shows the thermal image of lava flows coming down the Pali through the Royal Gardens subdivision area.

Over the weekend, scientists say the swarm of earthquakes that occurred last week are over for now.

There have been 48 small earthquakes and counting on the Big Island as of Wednesday morning. Scientists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory are keeping an eye on a swarm of small earthquakes around the active Kilauea volcano.

The City will move in to Thomas Square again today to push out protestors. The defiant demonstrators returned with more belongings the last time they were cleared out under the stored property law. Ramsay Wharton will have live coverage in the latest showdown between the protestors and the City.

The University of Hawaii is demanding the operator of a pornographic web site stop using the school's name or face legal action.

The web site, called universityofhawaii.xxx, claims to feature what it describes as "hot nude Hawaiian college girls." It is full of graphic pictures of men and women having sex on beaches and at other tropical locations.

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service marked today the completion of a new regional operations center, officially named the CAPT Joseph J. Rochefort Building, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony where officials emphasized how the $358 million project will help to further integrate national security efforts.

Hawaii was among the states receiving a “D” grade. The Hawaii DoE was awarded 3/7 for “Content and Rigor”, and 1/3 for “Clarity and Specificity.” Hawaii is by now used to receiving low grades by honest education analysts. But in four pages of analysis, Fordham’s researchers dug into the reality of the Hawaii DoE with the kind of alacrity and specificity which many previous reports have avoided.

It didn't take long for those Occupy Honolulu protestors to return. Just one day after the City evicted them from Thomas Square, protestors are back and they brought more belongings. Now, they're up against a new 24 hour deadline. We'll monitor this developing story on Sunrise.

Hawaii continues to have the highest gas prices in the U.S., followed by Alaska with a $3.88 state average and California at $3.75.

Occupy Honolulu protestors have until Thursday morning to keep their possessions at Thomas Square.

City officials warned the group Wednesday morning that if they do not move by 9 a.m. Thursday, their belongings would be confiscated under the new stored property law.

Developing this morning, This will be the last day for Occupy Honolulu protestors at Thomas Square. The city will move in this morning to move out the campers. Warnings went out to the group yesterday that they had to clear out or else their belongings would be confiscated under the new stored property law. Protestors have threatened to move to Honolulu Hale or even outside the homes of some Council members. Ramsay Wharton will report live from Thomas Square to find out what their next move is.

House Bill 417, introduced by state House Speaker Calvin Say (D-20), would require county chiefs of police to issue Hawaii Firearm Permits. Senate Bill 835 is the companion measure introduced by state Senator Sam Slom (R-8), who also introduced Senate Bill 836, which would authorize chiefs of police to issue licenses to openly carry firearms. HB 417 has been referred to the House Public Safety and Military Affairs Committee. (2011)

Members of Occupy Kapaa on Kauai, Toni Liljengren, 54, and Andy Fitts, 57, are transplants to the northernmost island they now call home. Toni, a lomi lomi massage therapist, relocated over 20 years ago, while Andy, director of a local Tibetan peace park and a real estate developer, and his wife are more recent arrivals. Speaking over lunch in a sun-washed café, both warned of an imminent global "systems shift."

PBN: Hawaii lawmakers have deferred a bill that would have made Internet service providers keep track of every website their customers visit for at least two years.

Naturally, there was a lot of chatter on the Internet and social media sites, including Facebook, about the privacy issues House Bill 2288 would create.

H.B. 2288, which was deferred by the House Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business on Thursday, would require Internet service providers to retain a customer’s name, address and Internet “destination history,” or every Internet protocol address, domain name or host name that a customer visited — for two years.

All Republican Presidential Caucus Voting Locations are Open Tuesday March 13 from 6-8PM

Note: District and Precinct boundaries are based on the State House District and Precinct lines used in the 2010 elections.

Hawaii's legislature is weighing an unprecedented proposal to curb the privacy of Aloha State residents: requiring Internet providers to keep track of every Web site their customers visit.

U.S. Defense officials have confirmed that six Hawaii-based Marines died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Thursday.

According to officials, the six Kaneohe-based Marines were part of the Lucky Red Lions helicopter squadron HMH-363.

The unit deployed late last August to southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. They are set to return home in March.

The Hawaii Council on Revenues has revised its outlook for state tax revenues. The new report essentially wipes out the millions in surplus that the Governor thought he had.

President Obama is clearly not roughing it as he plays a lot of golf between trips to the beach with his wife and two daughters.

But as the commander-in-chief teed off at the Ko’olau Golf Club yesterday, the one thing more eye-opening than his handicap is who he golfs with.

With him at Ko’alau was Robert 'Bobby' Titcomb, a close friend of Obama’s since high school, who was arrested in a prostitution sting last month.

President Obama remains under fire for his Hawaiian holiday. GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized the President's plans while no payroll tax cut extension was in place. Now, a website called "Wasted in Hawaii: President Obama's Hawaiian Binge" is giving critics a place to vent. Creator Tyler Ament says the President doesn't seem to understand "a leader is supposed to suffer with the people he serves. He could go to Camp David or his million dollar home in Chicago and show solidarity with the rest of us who made sacrifices."

The First Family spent yesterday at Hanauma Bay and Sea Life Park. They'll celebrate New Year's in Hawaii before heading back to Washington D.C.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, who served as Speaker of the House and is now head of the House minority, is once again spending her Christmas at the exotic Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu in Kona on the island of Hawaii.

More than 200 employees at a pair of bankrupt hospitals in Hawaii are getting notices that they're losing their jobs on Christmas Eve.

The operators of the Hawaii Medical Center hospitals on Oahu plan to close the facilities, putting nearly 1,000 people out of work. More than 200 got notices Friday saying they'll be laid off effective Saturday.

As GOP contender Newt Gingrich rides an unexpected surge in the polls, he’s drawing a lot of criticism for his comments deriding poor children for not working and suggesting they should take up janitorial positions at their own schools.

Attacking poor Americans who need government aid is a favorite pastime for Gingrich — in nearly every speech he attacks President Obama for being a “food stamp president.” He took his routine even further this week when he claimed that food stamp recipients use their government aid to take trips to Hawaii:

Still, some travelers are bothered by a screening process that has become increasingly time-consuming and intimate, and industry representatives say they are worried that these frustrations are contributing to a decline in air travel.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference may be over, but the public should prepare for one last day of motorcade mayhem.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama's trip to the Honolulu International Airport will shut down the H-1 freeway from Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam out to Ko Olina.

Although the closure is expected at the tail end of rush hour, it will cause major delays.

Presidents, prime ministers, foreign secretaries and other world dignitaries will continue to arrive in Honolulu on Friday. The City says the arrivals also mean road closures and area restrictions will happen at a moment's notice.

Protesters who could be violent are on Oahu and being tracked by law enforcement.

That's according to Frank Montoya, special agent in charge of the FBI's Honolulu Division, who spoke to reporters today at a Multi-Agency Communications Center in Honolulu established just for APEC.

Before he was killed, Kollin K. Elderts was at a nightclub where he got into an altercation with the federal agent who later followed Elderts to a Waikiki McDonald's and allegedly shot him, the attorney for the victim's family said Sunday.

The claim provides one of the only on-the-record, detailed accounts so far of what might have occurred early Saturday morning when a confrontation between four men, including Elderts and Christopher W. Deedy, ended with Elderts being fatally shot in the chest.

Deedy, 27, an off-duty special agent with the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was arrested shortly after the 2:44 a.m. shooting. He was charged Sunday night with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. His bail was set at $250,000.

A U.S. State Department law enforcement agent from the mainland was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of fatally shooting a Windward Oahu man at the Kuhio Avenue McDonald's in Waikiki.

Honolulu police identified the alleged shooter as Christopher W. Deedy, 27, and sources who asked to remain anonymous confirmed that he is a federal agent who was off-duty at the time of the incident. The victim was identified by family and friends as Kailua resident Kollin K. Elderts, 23, a Kalaheo High School graduate.

"From our preliminary investigation, it appears we may not have handled this matter in the best possible way. "