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Newswatch
Star-Bulletin staff
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Bridge linking Hana to Kipahulu to open
WAILUKU » A temporary bridge is scheduled to be opened tomorrow, connecting Hana town to Kipahulu residents who have been isolated since an earthquake in mid-October.
A blessing of the temporary bridge that will replace the damaged Paihi Bridge is scheduled at 2 p.m., before the opening.
People will now be able to resume visiting the Kipahulu area of Haleakala National Park, including the pools at Oheo.
Maui County said the Kaapahu area of the park would remain closed, pending mitigation of the dangerous cliffs at Alelele and Kalepa.
County officials are awaiting a consultant's report Dec. 12 that will lay the groundwork for a rock scaling plan at the cliffs.
The work is expected to begin in early January, the county said.
Parish invited to learn about breast cancer
A breast cancer awareness breakfast will be held tomorrow after 7 a.m. Mass at St. Philomena Parish.
The event is designed to increase breast cancer awareness among parishioners and encourage women to take control of their health, go for regular breast cancer screenings and practice breast self-exams.
Women and their families will have an opportunity to talk with breast cancer survivors.
Representatives will be on hand from the St. Francis Cancer Screening & Education Program, the Queen's Women's Health Center and Kapiolani Breast Center to answer questions.
Sponsors are the St. Francis Parish Nurse/Community Outreach Program, St. Francis Medical Center/Cancer Screening & Education Program, St. Philomena Health Ministry and Hawaii Medical Service Association.
For more information, call 547-6038.
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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff
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HONOLULU
Home invaders take safe, knock down man
Police are looking for two men who allegedly broke into a Manoa home early yesterday morning, tackled a 79-year-old man and stole a safe from the bedroom.
Police said the man's barking dog woke him at 4:05 a.m. yesterday.
When he went to check what was causing the dog to bark, he was tackled from behind and knocked down by an unknown man, police said.
The intruder then allegedly covered the mouth of an 81-year-old woman who awoke to the commotion, police said.
Police said the suspect then dragged a safe from the man's bedroom to a waiting black sport utility vehicle driven by another unknown male.
The first suspect is described as a man in his late 20s to early 30s, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing between 140 and 160 pounds.
Police classified the case as a first-degree burglary.
Woman leaving bar is sexually assaulted
A 23-year-old woman reported being sexually assaulted early yesterday morning by a man in the Ala Wai area.
Police said the woman left a bar and was sexually assaulted at about 2:15 a.m. by an unknown man in a residential area.
Police have opened a first-degree sexual assault investigation.
WINDWARD OAHU
Acquaintances rob man, 46, in his home
Police have opened a robbery case in which a man and woman allegedly robbed a 46-year-old Waimanalo man they knew.
Police said the suspects and victims know one another and are involved with drugs.
A 29-year-old Waimanalo woman approached the man in his bedroom at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, asked to use his car, then allegedly pepper-sprayed him in the eyes while he searched for his keys, police said.
A man, also 29, entered the room and allegedly hit the victim over the head with a wooden club.
The two suspects allegedly rifled through the victim's dresser. The suspects then locked the bedroom door and fled on foot, leaving the 46-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman trapped inside.
Police said the man escaped by climbing out the window.
