DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Some members of the Los Angeles Lakers -- including Brian Cook, left, Kobe Bryant and Brian Shaw -- were on hand yesterday to help dedicate the new Lakers Reading Room at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii in Moiliili. They read to the roomful of kids, including Casey Park, behind left, Kobe Ikari, Jabarou Pendleton, Gabriel Moore and Ryan Murakami.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM
Leilani Reyes, the Parent Community Network coordinator for Aliamanu Elementary School, raised her arms in victory yesterday after winning a firefighting race. The Federal Fire Department was conducting a Fire Prevention Week program at the school.