Thief rips Good Samaritan’s car ADVERTISING Thief rips Good Samaritan’s car HONOLULU (AP) — A woman who stopped to help after a crash on a Honolulu freeway says a man involved in the wreck stole her car, leaving behind an
Thief rips Good Samaritan’s car
HONOLULU (AP) — A woman who stopped to help after a crash on a Honolulu freeway says a man involved in the wreck stole her car, leaving behind an injured passenger.
Jennifer Jones says she was driving on the H-1 freeway Sunday when she saw a sport utility vehicle swerve and crash into a median.
Jones says she saw a bloodied woman hanging out of the passenger seat. Jones says that while she was trying to help the woman, a man took off in her Mazda Miata.
Police arrived and told Jones that the SUV had been reported stolen earlier. Police also told her the man who took her car was the driver of the SUV. Another man in the SUV was arrested at the scene.
Jones’ phone helped locate her car about a mile away.
Police are still looking for the man who ditched the injured woman and used the Miata as a getaway car.
The woman was treated at a hospital.
Feds promote sustainable fish
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected West Hawaii and the southern tip of Guam for targeted conservation efforts.
The agency said Tuesday it aims to promote sustainable and abundant fish populations in both areas. It aims to recover threatened and endangered species, protect habitats and increase access for tourism and recreation.
NOAA says endangered or threatened Hawaiian monk seals, humpback whales and green sea turtles live among beaches and reefs of the Big Island’s west side. But the area is threatened by drought, fire, invasive species and development.
The agency says the Manell-Geus watershed on Guam contains extensive seagrass beds and coral reefs that support sea turtles and strong fishing traditions. But erosion on steep hillsides and stream banks leads to poor water quality that harms the reef.
210K gallons
of waste spilled
WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — A new report says more than 210,500 gallons of wastewater spilled in Maui County in 2013.
The required report was done by the county Department of Environmental Management Wastewater Reclamation Division. According to the report, there were a total of 18 spills last year. Nine of them were in Wailuku, eight were in Kihei and one was in Lahaina.
The largest spill involved more than 142,000 gallons of raw sewage at Kihei pump station No. 6 that occurred Nov. 18. The spill, which was attributed to a mechanical failure, reached storm drains but not the ocean.
The report stemmed from a 1999 consent decree related to the Clean Water Act.
The decree also requires the submission of quarterly reports to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
