CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM
The Honorable Katherine G. Leonard was inundated with leis shortly after her swearing-in ceremony yesterday as associate judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals. The ceremony was presided over by Chief Justice Ronald Moon at the state Supreme Court.

COURTESY HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
This flow of aa lava, shown Tuesday on Alii Avenue in the Big Island's largely deserted Royal Gardens subdivision, later stalled and another became active to the west.