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Food & Dining

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Who would have thought one of my new favorite dishes at 

, located in Romer House Waikīkī, would come from the eatery’s new vegetable platter?

855-ALOHA — which rebranded from its former izakaya dining concept — recently launched a new menu, helmed by new executive chef Brad Dodson. The eatery is named in honor of Hawai

i’s historic blue payphones, and the theme is prevalent throughout the restaurant’s décor and its menu. You can now even spot a phone booth near the restaurant’s entrance; diners are encouraged to “call home” via fun photo opportunities at the booth.

Portugal-raised Dodson brings more than 15 years in the hospitality industry to the eatery. He previously worked at Brick Fire Tavern and Mud Hen Water, and honed his skills under the guidance of notable chefs like Ed Kenney. Dodson strives to reflect Hawaiʻi’s melting pot of cultures through his cooking, which showcases a blend of classical and modern techniques.

The eatery's new menu is inspired by potlucks — and the many varieties of dishes you’ll find at them — along with nostalgic flavors. You’ll find specific items that pay homage to local eateries, like the Hammah Pork Chops, which are inspired by the signature dish at 

, and the kimchi fried rice, which is a nod to 8 Fat Fat 8 Bar & Grille. Other dishes are inspired by Hawai

i staples like garlic shrimp trucks and kalbi ribs.

The dining experience begins with a complimentary party shot called Uhilani. This amuse bouche is a refreshing concoction of ube foam, coconut cream, pineapple juice, and toasted coconut flakes. It’s designed to stimulate diners’ palates for the feast ahead, and is intended to be taken as a shot.

When asked about some of his favorite dishes on the menu, Dodson is quick to mention Auntie’s gau gee ($15), which features crispy mushroom wontons with sambal and a “secret sauce.”

“There’s a little dive bar — 8 Fat Fat 8 — that does really awesome Chinese food,” he says. “I go there on my days off and I’ll sit at the bar in the afternoon and I’ll get the gau gee. This is my version of it; it’s a vegetarian version. It pays homage to that version, though; I love that spot.

“I love meaty mushrooms; I think they’re really versatile,” he adds. “Sometimes, the pork filling or meat filling is a little heavy. I feel like this (version) is a nice compromise.”

The “secret sauce” is a creamy yuzu aioli, which contrasts nicely with the wontons’ crispy exterior and savory mushroom filling.

The Kimono roll ($23) is the bestselling sushi roll, and includes crab, tuna and kewpie mayo. It’s one of the few dishes from the eatery’s previous menu — but it now has a new name. We appreciate the proportionate seafood-to-rice ratio.

The poke nori wraps ($24) — sushi rice, spicy ‘ahi and nori wraps — are also fun to share, as diners are invited to create their own hand rolls.

The Aloha platter ($22) features a fresh, flavorful array of vegetables. It includes edamame hummus, beet poke, snap peas with sesame paste, cucumber with sweet chilies and Maui onions and citrus-cumin roasted carrots with coconut yogurt. Taro chips are served on the side.

The beet poke is refreshing, as the beets are tossed in a citrus vinegar. The soft, bite-sized carrots pair nicely with the creamy coconut yogurt. But the star is the edamame hummus, which boasts a slight spice and deliciously nutty, creamy texture.

Meanwhile, the New York strip features a delectable nori crust and is served with crispy shiitake mushrooms, scallions, ponzu sauce and wasabi. You can take your steak to the next level by adding garlic shrimp (additional $9). 

The dessert selection includes chocolate haupia pie ($12) — inspired by the legendary selection from Ted’s Bakery, of course — pineapple upside down mochi cake ($14) and 855-Sundae ($55). Designed to serve two to four people, the latter is a massive concoction served in a volcano hula tiki bowl with fire. It includes Il Gelato, honey toast, whipped cream, crushed pineapples, li hing syrup, boba pearls and banana brulee.

“The volcano tiki bowl is huge, but it’s really fun if you have a party of friends,” Dodson says.

The sundae sounds intriguing, but since our group is a party of two, we decide to hold off the sundae until next time.

The pineapple upside down mochi cake ($14) maintains that signature mochi texture — slightly crispy edges with a delectably chewy middle. It’s topped with caramelized pineapples and vanilla gelato (from Il Gelato), and is a nice option if you prefer fruitier desserts that aren’t overly sweet.

855-ALOHA is open nightly from 5 to 10 p.m.; first seating is at 5 p.m. Guests can take advantage of complimentary valet with three-hour validation when they dine at the restaurant.

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855-ALOHA, located in Romer House Waikīkī, just launched a new menu, spearheaded by executive chef Brad Dodson. What you’ll find: poke nori wraps, kalbi ribs and the most addicting edamame hummus.

This Waikīkī eatery features a new culinary experience inspired by local favorites

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Crime & Courts

Sports

After spending nearly two decades sexually abusing girls in his care, former Punahou and youth basketball coach Dwayne Yuen will be behind bars until 2059.

Yuen pled guilty in 2024 to 12 counts of sex trafficking, producing and possessing child pornography and sexual coercion of minors. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Seabright sentenced him on six of those charges to 405 months in prison, a term about 33.75 years in length. 

“I realize this might be a life sentence,” Seabright said. “But it’s the right one.”

Seabright was uncompromising in his description of Yuen, calling him “a predator with a whistle” and casting doubt on any possibility of the man having the capacity to change his ways.

“I don’t think there’s been any defendant before me who I trust less [than you],” Seabright told Yuen, adding that he believes that if Yuen were set free today, he would attempt to prey on girls and young women again tomorrow.

Seabright’s contemptuous verdict came after several emotional firsthand accounts of Yuen’s abuse. Three of his victims — at least ten victims were anonymously identified in court documents — submitted letters to the court that were read aloud by prosecuting attorney Rebecca Perlmutter.

A fourth victim, former Punahou and University of Hawai‘i women's basketball standout Shawna-Lei Kuehu, spoke in person. Although she chose to stay anonymous in the courtroom, she spoke to a crowd of local media following the sentencing.  

“This man is a f***ing monster,” she told Seabright. “A monster who preys on the innocence of a child.”

Kuehu described how she initially met Yuen on a high school campus tour and how the coach inveigled his way into her family’s trust in order to target her. She said he gained her trust, gave her rides home and to school, plied her with gifts and became friendly with her family before subjecting her to abuse.

“He learned all the things that mattered to me, then held them hostage,” she said.

Kuehu went into graphic detail about Yuen’s sexual abuses and said that he ensured her silence through threats and blackmail.

Even when victims had escaped Yuen’s physical abuse, he continued to torment them with hundreds of texts and phone calls a day, many explicitly sexual in nature, constantly switching numbers and messaging services to circumvent blocks. Victims wrote about being monitored, with associates of Yuen keeping tabs on them, and Yuen himself spoofing numbers of victims’ close friends and family.

Other victims wrote about how Yuen’s abuse has continued to traumatize them for years afterward. One wrote that she couldn’t play basketball in college without needing to vomit beforehand, and another that she can no longer view any men who coach women’s basketball without suspicion.

“The charm, the gifts, the attention, the promises,” Perlmutter read from one letter. “It was not about affection, it was about power. The power to prey on the vulnerable.”

The testifiers all recommended strong sentences, and Perlmutter requested that Seabright go above and beyond the recommendations of a pre-sentencing report that advised between 27 and 33 years in prison. Perlmutter advocated for a 40-year sentence, saying that Yuen’s 20-year pattern of repeated abuse makes clear his high risk for recidivism if set free.

As evidence of his character, Perlmutter quoted Yuen’s own words to one of his victims in 2006: “You really think you can keep me from getting what I want?”

On the other hand, Yuen’s attorney Alen Kaneshiro requested a 15-year sentence, saying that a psychological evaluation of Yuen had indicated that he has an unknown neurological disorder that has left him with reduced emotional maturity.

Kaneshiro said Yuen on some level “conceived of himself and his players as peers,” and that he “texted [his victims] as a scorned teenage boy would.”

Kaneshiro also asked Seabright to consider Yuen’s non-abusive acts. For example, he said Yuen was an elementary school teacher, with apparently no reports of abuse.

But Kaneshiro also argued that another reason for leniency was Yuen’s willingness to “volunteer so much time coaching youth basketball,” an argument which drew hisses and murmurs from the gallery.

Yuen himself addressed the court and said he takes full responsibility for his actions.

“I was entrusted with a position of responsibility,” Yuen said. “I misused my position and people were hurt.”

Seabright later said he found Yuen’s statement “shallow” and “not truly remorseful.”

The judge also scoffed at Yuen’s defense that he has been in therapy between 2006 and 2021.

“It obviously didn’t work,” Seabright said. “I think it says a lot about your future dangerousness. I don’t think you can help yourself.”

Ultimately, Seabright said that while criminal sentences should take into account rehabilitation, another goal of sentencing is simple incapacitation: preventing a criminal from committing crimes again.

While Seabright saved his harshest words for Yuen, he noted that the system failed his victims, too. Punahou fired Yuen for sexual misconduct in 2004, and two Punahou girls’ basketball team members obtained restraining orders against him in 2006, but the state Department of Education still hired him in 2007.

Following the sentencing, the victims who chose to attend in person gathered together and debriefed, taking turns hugging each other. Some were in tears. 

"The years that we've been silenced and then with the years that he got with sentencing, yeah," said Kuehu when asked if she was satisfied with the length of Yuen's incarceration. 

Although she was initially apprehensive about speaking in person on Thursday, Kuehu ultimately felt empowerment while delivering her words. 

"I hesitated. I was very anxious about it, but when I got up there and finally found my voice and with the strong women and men that were behind this case, it was empowering," she said. "As I went through it, I definitely felt and found the strength to be able to continue.

"We're gonna go ahead and continue our lives and continue to empower youth and continue to protect those innocent, making sure we continue to be the change that we want to see."

The healing process has not been a linear one for victims like Keuhu, but she says Thursday's sentencing was "definitely a win in that healing process."

"But we just got to take it day by day," she said, "and this is a part of that healing process, and hopefully we can close the chapter and continue on and continue to be strong and go on with our lives from now, knowing that this chapter is closing, that it's behind us."

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Yuen was sentenced to over 33 years in prison on Thursday on counts of sex trafficking, producing and possessing child pornography, and sexual coercion of minors.

Victims find solace as former basketball coach Dwayne Yuen sentenced

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Government & Politics

Construction of the third section of Honolulu's Skyline rail system has taken another step forward as transit officials ready for the second segment to open this fall.

A blessing and groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week at the future site of the 

Ka‘ākaukukui, or Civic Center, station in Kaka‘ako for the next phase of the project, the city center guideway and stations.

The CCGS project includes the construction of nearly three miles of elevated guideway and six rail stations, starting near the 

Kahauiki, or Middle Street Transit Center, station and ending at the the Civic Center station, just east of the intersection of Halekauwila and South streets, an announcement from HART, or 

the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, noted. Construction is expected to be finished by 2030.

The first part of the work will begin in the Iwilei area and includes drilling shafts for the columns that will support the guideway, the announcement noted, adding that working hours will span from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturdays as needed. HART officials say the hours, though, depend on where they're working.

HART — the public transit authority responsible for planning and building the rail system for the City and County of Honolulu —  

 for the design and construction of the CCGS project to Tutor Perini Corp. in August 2024.

CEO and Executive Director Lori Kahikina told Aloha State Daily Monday afternoon that reaching this point is "very meaningful for this team."

It's the second or third time that HART has tried to procure the last segment, she said, "and to finally actually do it, what a milestone it was for all of us."

Utility work for this segment of the rail has been underway for the last two years, but Kahikina said the hope is that the utilities will be finished in the Downtown Honolulu area by the end of the year and the Dillingham corridor by next summer.

"But soon you'll start to see the shafts being drilled and the columns coming up also before the end of the year," she says. 

"Then, once you start seeing the columns come up, of course then the guideway goes on top of that, but simultaneously, they'll start the stations," Kahikina continued. "So maybe in about two years, you'll see stations start to come up."

"Everything's going to be foundation work, then you'll just slowly start to see structure come up out of the ground," Deputy Project Director Matt Scanlon told ASD.

Kahikina says it's premature to talk about possible detours and general road closures, but she noted that the state Department of Transportation director had some "questions and concerns, so we want to see how can we change some of the maintenance and traffic to make sure we minimize the impact."

"We're not going to be able to eliminate it — it is a reality of construction — but hopefully it's not going to be as intrusive as Dillingham  ... . But [it's] a little bit premature to share how many lanes we're going to be closing and in what direction."

Anyone who's driven Dillingham Boulevard in recent years has witnessed the ongoing work that has shifted traffic patterns and caused delays.

Scanlon says that once contractors begin building the guideway, "they'll put down more of a permanent barrier."

On Dillingham, they'll largely be "building in the middle, so you'll see more of a fixed maintenance of traffic setup and then they'll just have an assembly line," he explained. "They'll start with the foundations and then the columns and they'll build the guideway, so it'll start to look like an assembly line going down the road and a little less haphazard than the utilities were, with cones moving around a lot."

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 and spans just under 11 miles from East Kapolei to Aloha Stadium. This section includes the rail's first nine stations: K

aualakaʻi (East Kapolei), Keoneʻae (University of Hawai‘i-West Oʻahu), Honouliuli (Hoʻopili), Hōʻaeʻae (West Loch), Pouhala (Waipahu Transit Center), Hālaulani (Leeward Community College), Waiawa (Pearl Highlands), Kalauao (Pearlridge), and Hālawa (Aloha Stadium).

The second section, running 5.2 miles from Aloha Stadium to the Middle Street Transit Center, is on track to open in October.

This portion will add four more stations to the route: Pearl Harbor, the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Lagoon Drive and Middle Street.

Trial operations just began late last month and the safety certification is being done in coordination with city state and federal agencies, 

(Eastbound passengers take note: you have to exit the train at the Aloha Stadium station before it enters segment two. Once the train returns westbound to the station, you can board the train to continue your trip).

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced during his State of the City address in March this segment of Skyline would 

According to Kahikina, segment two is in "system demonstrations," which measures the train's service availability and evaluates its performance and reliability.

Tsuda said they need to reach a 30-day rolling average of 98.5% availability.

"Once we finish that, then we have met all the requirements and we can turn it over to DTS for revenue service," he says. "Right now, based on where we are, we are still on track for the Oct. 15 grand opening and then the 16th ... for passengers to ride."

HART also has to "safety certify the system," which will run concurrently with this demonstration, he noted.

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What lessons have HART learned from earlier segments of the rail that they can use during the construction of the third?

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"We've gone through a number of items as we finished off segment one and turned over to [Honolulu's Department of Transportation Services], and as DTS has been operating segment one, they've provided some lessons learned that we're implementing," Project Director Vance Tsuda told ASD.

Among the changes you might see include the canopies on the station platforms, he noted. For example, segment one and two have a tensile fabric canopy but segment three will have a more traditional metal roofing material.

Scanlon said, too, that the way the guideway is being built is also changing.

The first two segments have been constructed with "precast segmental construction," where individual segments, "almost like Lego pieces," were built off-site in West O‘ahu and trucked in, he explained. The segments were then assembled with an overhead gantry, or overhead suspended crane, and tensioned together.

"We're going to be building the city center with a more traditional pre-cast girder system," Scanlon continued.

Before, the stations were tired more to when the guideway came through, he says.

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Scanlon says that building the guideway and stations independently will allow the contractor to start the stations much sooner than in the first two segments, and will save both time and money.

More information about the rail project can be found at 

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A blessing and groundbreaking ceremony was held Aug. 11 at the future site of the Ka‘ākaukukui, or Civic Center, station in Kaka‘ako for the next phase of the project, the city center guideway and stations.

HART breaks ground on next phase of Honolulu rail project

The state Department of Education is taking heat after the state Auditor revealed a classroom air conditioning project riddled with incompetence and mismanagement.

 Tuesday about a pair of DOE projects to air condition Hawai‘i public school classrooms, after a 2016 announcement by then-Gov. David Ige that he would cool 1,000 classrooms by the end of that year.

In May 2016, DOE received $100 million for the Cool Classrooms Initiative, a project to install air conditioning units in classrooms throughout the state. But not even the state Auditor is sure about how that money was actually spent.

“We fully expected that the department would be able to verify what was spent, where it was spent, and what it was spent on,” the audit report reads. “DOE was unable to do so with complete confidence or certainty.”

Ultimately, the report was able to determine that the program spent about $122.8 million and cooled 838 classrooms. This led to an average of $125,253 per classroom.

About $25 million of the project funds were paid to seven design and project management firms, with another $78 million spent on construction.

The report describes a disorganized enterprise at the heart of DOE: missing or conflicting DOE documents, hasty retrofits of aging public school buildings, and money wasted on strategies that never panned out.

The vast majority of classrooms cooled were on O‘ahu, with more than $9 million spent on one school — Nānākuli High and Intermediate — to install 112 air conditioning systems in 63 classrooms. Several other schools, including Kahakai Elementary, the only Hawai‘i Island school included in the project, never saw their projects go to construction.

The decision for which schools got cooled supposedly came from an average temperature ranking of their geographic region, but the audit reported that many schools in the program were not highly ranked on that list, and that DOE officials could not explain how specific classrooms were selected.

To remove the need for electrical upgrades, DOE focused on solar-powered air conditioning, but the cost of solar panels limited the systems’ period of operation to merely five hours. And because many old classrooms still relied on jalousie windows, those windows had to be sealed with plexiglass — leading to classrooms with even poorer ventilation that couldn’t be air conditioned through all hours of the school day.

Even after successful installations, many of the solar systems and conditioning units failed or didn’t work properly, were installed poorly or were damaged, leading to estimated repair costs — again, undated and contradicting DOE documents made an accurate accounting impossible — between $3.3. million and $6 million.

While Ige and DOE declared that they had successfully cooled 1,000 classrooms in 2017, the general failure of the Cool Classrooms Initiative to actually cool classrooms led to a follow-up, the School Directed AC Program, in 2019.

This project was funded through remaining Cool Classrooms Initiative funds and would allow schools to request an electrical assessment to determine how many air conditioning systems the school’s electrical system could bear. Based on those assessments, schools would be authorized install air conditioners themselves.

The School Directed AC Program appears to have been even more haphazard than the Cool Classrooms Initiative, with next to no oversight or record keeping by the DOE. The Auditor was never able to obtain a DOE list of which schools participated in the program — as with many such inquiries, the report relied on records kept by contractors — and the department did not track how many air conditioners were installed through the program.

Ultimately, the audit described the program as an “afterthought” for DOE, and noted that, at the time of the investigation, it was unclear whether the program even still existed at all.

DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi submitted a letter in response to the audit that noted that “virtually none” of the key managers involved are still with the program. The letter added that DOE began “protracted measures to enhance procedures for the School Directed AC Program” in 2024.

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“The initiative was launched with urgency and good intentions — responding to real heat challenges affecting our students and staff — but was undermined by flawed execution, inconsistent oversight, and ineffective systems at the time,” read that statement. “Our priority now is to apply the lessons from this report. That includes improving internal accountability, ensuring proper planning for future projects, and delivering on our commitment to safe, comfortable learning environments for all students.

“We are taking meaningful steps to improve and rebuild confidence in how we serve our schools and communities,” Hayashi’s statement concluded.

The audit included a response to Hayashi’s letter, which the Auditor argued missed the point of the audit.

“Being able to account for use of public funds is quite simply a basic, fundamental responsibility of the (DOE),” the audit reads. “It is noteworthy that the Superintendent’s letter does not address how, going forward, (the DOE) will ensure it is accountable for its use of public funds.”

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Who was the administrator in charge of the design of the Cool Classrooms Initiative? Who took over the project after their resignation in 2017?

Who was in charge of the School Directed AC Program?

How often does DOE follow up with contractors for status reports?

Has anything changed about the DOE’s record-keeping system since 2016?

What “ineffective systems at the time” is Hayashi referring to?

How was information about the School Directed AC Program conveyed to school administrators?

What standards do DOE follow when selecting contractors?

How many classrooms are currently considered unacceptably hot?

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State audit of DOE air conditioning program reveals mismanagement, waste and more.

$125,000 air conditioners, and other DOE stories

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Business & Tourism

Aloha Spirit

 that Chuck E. Cheese at the Pearl City Shopping Center would close this month after more than 30 years in business.

Entertainment America Inc., dba Chuck E. Cheese, President Jodie Hasche confirmed with Aloha State Daily Wednesday that its last day in operation will be Saturday, Aug. 9.

The business plans to host a mahalo party from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8.

“This special event is our way of saying thank you to the community that has supported us for the past 30 years,” Hasche told ASD by email. “We invite everyone to come celebrate with us, share memories and enjoy one last magical evening together."

Items from Chuck E. Cheese’s Pearl City location are up for auction online at 

Caring Transitions of Honolulu’s website

. Bidding ends Aug. 11, with item pickups scheduled for Aug. 13.  

According to the site, the auction features nearly 200 items such as video and arcade games, as well as food service, restaurant, kitchen equipment and supplies, including a double decker pizza oven and cotton candy machine. Also available are commercial grade chairs, tables, booths, racks, mobile countertops, utility carts, prep stations, kitchen tools, food storage, TVs and more.

Proceeds from the auction "will be reinvested into enhancing our Kapolei location, with a focus on refreshing and upgrading our current offerings — like our popular trampoline and Superhero playground,” Hasche said. “Our goal is to ensure guests continue to enjoy the latest and greatest experiences that Chuck E. Cheese has to offer.”

A portion of the funds will support Chuck E. Cheese’s local community initiatives, with donations planned for sports teams and schools such as Kaleiʻopuʻu Elementary and New Hope Christian Academy, she noted.

Caring Transitions of Honolulu President Steve Tokita told ASD by email that the auction will benefit small restaurants including food trucks, as well as the hospitality industry in general.

“The history behind these items makes them special. Over 30 years of memories from a place that created many special moments,” he said.

According to its website, Caring Transitions of Honolulu offers professional 

“This is what we do: help provide lots of great used (sometimes new) items to the general public, while helping families and businesses with a big problem and headache in what to do with all of their stuff,” Tokita said. “We help repurpose things and give them a new life while getting rid of the stress of dealing with it by the original owners.”

When asked to reflect on the past 30 years in Pearl City, Hasche said, “One of the most meaningful experiences has been watching generations of families grow up with us.”

“We've celebrated countless birthdays, honored achievements like good report cards and helped create special moments that have become cherished childhood memories for so many. Our guests have truly become part of our extended family, and being a part of those milestones is something we hold dear.”

Another highlight has been the staff, she said. “We've been fortunate to have incredible team members who brought energy, creativity and heart to those performances, making each visit unforgettable.”

Hasche added, “What many people may not realize is that the Chuck E. Cheese locations in Hawaiʻi are locally owned and operated. We’re proud to be small business owners, who are deeply invested in our community and our local economy.

“I’ll never forget the day our father [Wayne Hayami] passed the torch to us, saying it was our turn to carry the business forward. I spent 10 years as general manager of the Pearl City location before taking on the challenge of building our Kapolei location from the ground up. That experience — navigating permits, overseeing construction and launching a new business — taught me invaluable lessons about what it truly takes to build and sustain a successful operation.”

Next steps for Hasche and the family business is “to continue investing in our locations and our community. We're committed to innovation, growth, and ensuring every guest continues to create joyful, lasting memories where a kid can be a kid!”

After the closure, Chuck E. Cheese will have two remaining locations on Oʻahu in Kalihi and Kapolei.

Chuck E Cheese auction

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You have a week to browse and bid on the biz’s furniture, equipment and more.

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Dave & Buster’s liquidation sale from former Ward Village spot happening now

The fundraiser for Habilitat is happening now and open through 6 p.m. Aug. 1.

Habilitat

Ongoing auction will benefit Kāne‘ohe nonprofit

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Bidding has begun for this auction of food/restaurant items to arcade games that bring you back to childhood now through Aug. 11. A community celebration is also planned for this Friday, Aug. 8, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Chuck E. Cheese located at Pearl City Shopping Center.

Pearl City’s Chuck E. Cheese auction underway

 is looking to hire at least 43 staff members for its 

The program is supported by the state Department of Education and is “free and open to families who qualify,” Vice President of People and Culture Kevin Patterson told Aloha State Daily. Once school is back in session, it will provide after-school care for 3,420 keiki in grades K-12. As of July 31, 476 kids were on the waitlist, he said.

“This is one of YMCA’s most important programs for Hawaiʻi families, which allows kids to go to a safe place after school to work on homework and their social skills,” Patterson said. “If the waitlist is too high, working families may have to keep one parent at home, which could result in loss of income they can’t afford with the state’s high cost of living. One kid on the waitlist is one too many.”

Vice President of People and Culture Kevin Patterson discusses the organization’s immediate staffing needs and current incentives for anyone – youth, teen or adult – looking for mission-driven work. To those questioning if they have what it takes to work with kids, he says, “You do!”

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