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IN HAWAII TURNS 10
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The University of Phoenix at Fort Street Mall celebrated the 10th anniversary of its opening in Hawaii. Kimberly Balauro, the university's marketing coordinator, gave away popcorn to passers-by on Friday.
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Wastewater Branch lets applicants check online
The Wastewater Branch of the state Department of Health is now electronically linked to the city's building permit office at the Department of Planning and Permitting.By logging on to dppweb.co.honolulu.hi.us/Dppweb/ and clicking on "building permits," applicants can track building permit applications as they go through the system.
The online service has already been available within the city permitting process.
Permits are tracked by application number, building permit number, address or tax map key number.
Applicants may be able to go online to determine which agency or office has completed their review and whether any agency has comments that need to be addressed.
The online service helps the city and the Wastewater Branch better respond to inquiries about the status of building permit applications.
Approvals by the Wastewater Branch will also be done electronically.
Building permit applications must still be routed to the Wastewater Branch at 919 Ala Moana, Room 309.
For more information, call the Wastewater Branch at 586-4294.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffLEEWARD OAHU
Makakilo house burns; pastor and family safe
A Makakilo house fire early yesterday morning caused $275,000 in damage and left a Baptist pastor and his family homeless.Kahua Baptist Church Pastor Les Lippincott and one of his sons were on a paper route when the fire started at 3:15 a.m. Lippincott's three other children and wife, Kathy, escaped the fire with no injuries.
"The mother heard popping and cracking from the fire," said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Emmit Kane. "Considering the time of the morning, when most people are in their deepest sleep at that time, it's really fortunate how Mom was able to be aroused."
Thirty-five firefighters responded, bringing the fire at the four-bedroom home under control by 4:53 a.m.
A neighboring home was also slightly damaged by the fire.
Kane said the cause of the fire is still under investigation and is not believed to be suspicious. He said the fire probably started in the patio area.
The American Red Cross and neighbors provided shelter, food and clothing for the family.
Kapolei man critical after motorcycle crash
A 31-year-old Kapolei man was critically injured early yesterday morning in a motorcycle accident.Police said the crash occurred at the Waimalu on-ramp to the westbound H-1 Freeway when the man took a sharp turn and lost control of his 2002 Big Dog motorcycle.
He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and was taken to the Queen's Medical Center with head injuries.
Police said alcohol may have been a factor in the accident.
HONOLULU
Moped rider injured after car runs red light
A man driving a moped was critically injured last night when a station wagon ran a red light at the intersection of Nimitz Highway and Pacific Street, police said.The collision occurred at 5:46 p.m. when a 38-year-old woman driving a 2002 Ford Taurus east on Nimitz Highway ran a red light at the Kalihi intersection, slamming into a 49-year-old man driving a 1994 Yamaha moped.
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Puna man, 52, dies in motorcycle accident
A 52-year-old Puna man died in a motorcycle accident on Keaau-Pahoa Road late yesterday morning, police said.Ezekiel Kalani Abraham, of Puna's Ainaloa subdivision, was driving on the road at the Makuu Drive intersection when his 1987 Harley Davidson motorcycle was struck by a 1989 Toyota four-door sedan emerging from the drive, police said. Abraham was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 4 p.m.
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