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Pele's Vents, formerly about 3,800 feet below the ocean surface, has sunk roughly 1,000 feet, Frederick Duennebier said today by telephone from the research vessel at the scene.
UH scientists have been investigating Loihi, a fledgling island growing from a "hot spot" in the Earth's crust, since the 1980s. Pele's Vents was the major site for monitoring instruments.
"This is the first time there has been any documented formation of a pit crater," the excited scientist added. "We know there are pit craters all over Kilauea but nobody's ever seen one that just formed."
Duennebier and co-chief Frank Sansone, UH oceanographer, left Monday with other scientists and graduate students to investigate an unprecedented swarm of earthquakes on Loihi.
Keith Flynn is suing the Honolulu Police Commission and city and state officials, saying they should represent him in the suit. He is being sued by Arnold Cabael, who alleged that Flynn entered his home in 1994, assaulted him and arrested him without justification.
Flynn was convicted in the January 1995 beating of Ivan Folau at the Pearl City police station.
In the past two months, police have found large amounts of marijuana growing in the Hamakua district, where previously only a little had been found.
Police Chief Wayne Carvalho says officers are wondering if the increase is connected with former sugar workers running out of unemployment and other benefits.
Police won't know the answer until arrests are made.
About 5 p.m. the suspect entered Tom Bombadil's Food and Drink restaurant and argued with the victim, identified as Ronald Moreno, 41, of Kailua-Kona.
They went outside where the suspect punched Moreno, who began having difficulty breathing, police said. He was taken to Kona Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m.
Being sought is a 31-year-old man who fired one shot at the resident, 41, but missed.
The resident arrived at his Alapai Street apartment around 11:30 p.m. and recognized a car belonging to an acquaintance parked in his driveway. Suspecting something was amiss, the resident ran to his apartment and spotted the man - a fellow parolee he met at the Laumaka Work Furlough Center - walking out of his apartment with a box of his belongings, police said.
The resident ran back downstairs and saw more of his property in the car parked in the driveway and recognized a man from Laumaka hiding inside. He confronted the 32-year-old man, who was stabbed in the arm during an ensuing struggle.
The other burglar was attempting to drive away when the resident blocked his path. The driver fled after firing one shot in the resident's direction. The bullet struck the resident's car.
The driver left his accomplice, who was arrested Monday after his release from a hospital.
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