Honolulu Board of Water Supply Chief Engineer Ernie Lau joined The Conversation on Monday to talk about water conservation, as well as a lawsuit against the Navy over its refusal to cover remediation costs following the 2021 jet fuel leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. ⁠"Tomorrow's the first hearing in federal court, so we're going to be looking at some of the motions that the Department of Justice, on behalf of the Navy, have filed trying to separate or eliminate parts of our claim

Fourth graders on Oʻahu are participating in a week-long initiative called Hoʻākea Honolulu at Mauliola. It's the first year the event is held on Sand Island, where the students are engaging with about a dozen canoes across Hawai‘i. The program started about four years ago with 600 students participating in the event on O‘ahu’s Windward side. The program has grown with this year’s Hoʻākea event, attracting more than 1,000 fourth graders and teachers from public schools in the Farrington-Kaiser-K