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Saturday started out with clear skies and hot. As the hours ticked on, the clouds moved in and sea salt filled the air like mist as the surf was up at least 12 to 15 feet.

Expect strong breaking waves, shore break, and rip currents making swimming difficult and dangerous.

The festival offers free, multi-cultural performing arts and hands-on demonstrations, plus crafters and food booths, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This week’s “Volcano Watch” article focuses on the installation process of newly upgraded seismometers that are used to detect and locate earthquakes.

Data collected throughout a 6-month period which wrapped up at the end of December shows Waiuli, also known as Richardson Ocean Park, has an estimated monthly visitation of nearly 24,000 people while more than 10,000 are gauged to use Lehia, or King’s Landing.

67-year-old Glenn Gruenhagen was arrested Friday afternoon for first-degree terroristic threatening and harassment.

The teen was last seen in the Hawaiian Beaches area.

Kona Patrol Officers responded to the scene at 3:55 a.m. this morning on the 75-6000 block of Ali‘i Drive where they found a 49-year-old man injured.

The students created a message answering the question: “What does Drive Aloha mean to you?”

Council member Billy DeCosta discovered an anonymous threat inside the Historic County Building on Jan. 16.

Kona District has the most arrests with nine. Hilo had three.

Pledge to Our Keiki is designed to amplify the voices of Hawaiʻi students, focusing collective efforts on community needs.

East Hawai‘i was treated to a colorful show Tuesday evening as the sun set and into dusk with the appearance of rare wispy-like noctilucent clouds. The iridescent clouds thrilled and captivated those who saw them, in person and in photos on social media, hovering through the upper atmosphere.

Shortly after 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, Hilo patrol officers and Hawai‘i Fire Department personnel responded to a report of an unresponsive man fronting the Mo‘oheau Bus Terminal. The man was reportedly assaulted several minutes earlier.

Hawai‘i Island police and Hawai‘i Fire emergency responders received a call at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday that a 41-year-old woman, who had just given birth near Mamo and Keawe Streets was dragging a newborn, which was still attached by the umbilical cord.

The surf has dropped below advisory levels.

On Thursday, the federal agriculture department began seeking information from Hawai‘i stakeholders about food costs and how SNAP can better serve the state’s communities. Information gathering will continue through March 4.

The hotel, which opened in March 1917, isn’t expected to close for at least a few more months as Mental Health Kōkua is still in the process of acquiring the property for the Manago Mauō project, which will convert the hotel rooms into 72 rental units.

A total of 24,200 thousand acres of agricultural lands have been approved and transferred thus far. In October of last year, the Hawai‘i Board of Agriculture accepted 99 more parcels on the list, encompassing 21,672 acres, which still requires the review and approval of the Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources.

29-year-old Adam Krilla was arrested just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Kona while he was driving a 2013 Hyundai sedan that was reported stolen the evening of Jan. 4 from the Kealakekua area.