CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
The Hawaii Foodbank kicked off a collection drive at Honolulu Hale yesterday, with Mayor Mufi Hannemann on top of the fire truck. City spokesman Mark Matsunaga, left, and Fire Chief Kenneth Silva loaded bags of donated rice.

RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Genevieve Pang, right, and Alayna Betsill, Baldwin High School seniors from Maui, talk with Edna Lau about their science project on antibacterial properties of fish mucus. They made it to the semi-final judging round of the 49th Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. The fair is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.