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Cheers Honolulu! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Could Goofy be the next four-legged member of your household?
  • How a Pearl City junkyard fire disrupted nearby offices and air quality.
  • How much more rain will Oahu see from Nolo's trailing bands?

Also on today's calendar: HAWOCC Announces 2026 Annual Conference: Advancing Wound, Ostomy, & Continence Care and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, showers; humid, with a high of 86 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A morning shower or two, temps: high: 86, low: 75.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Meet Goofy, the sweet 4-year-old pup looking for home (khon2.com) — Honolulu animal lovers can meet Goofy, a shy-but-sweet 4-year-old hound mix now available for adoption at the Hawaiian Humane Society's Mōʻiliʻili campus. Found wandering in Salt Lake and brought in this summer, he's a 36‑pound companion who loves car rides, pup cups, and tagging along on everyday errands once he feels safe.
   

2. Firefighters contain fire at ABC Junkyard in Pearl City; smoke advisory issued (kitv.com) — Honolulu firefighters contained a smoky blaze at the ABC Junkyard on Lehua Avenue in nearby Pearl City Wednesday afternoon, prompting a health department smoke advisory but no reported injuries. The Honolulu Police Department managed traffic, and the state Office of Elections briefly closed due to the fire, while investigators work to determine the cause and damage.
   

3. First Alert Forecast: Tracking trailing rain from Nolo over parts of the state (hawaiinewsnow.com) — Honolulu and the rest of Oahu should brace for periods of heavy rain through Friday as moisture trailing from Nolo brings 2 to 5 inches and possible nuisance flooding. Kauai faces even higher totals, while southeast winds stay breezy before easing this weekend and trade winds briefly return early next week.
   

4. Nearly 4,000 invasive coqui frogs hand-captured on Oahu as volunteers ramp up fight (hawaiinewsnow.com) — From Honolulu, officials report that volunteers with the Coqui Frog Task Force have hand-captured nearly 4,000 invasive frogs on Oahu, focusing heavily on Waimanalo. The group meets weekly at night, working with state agencies to contain infestations in Waimanalo, Kuliouou, and Palolo while testing new control tools and seeking more community volunteers.
   

5. EV charging rises across Hawaiian Electric service areas (hawaiinewsnow.com) — Honolulu residents served by Hawaiian Electric are seeing a sharp rise in public EV charging, with commercial sites more than doubling electricity use compared to last year. The utility is upgrading fast-charging stations, adding chargers at high-demand spots like Ward Avenue, and says growing EV adoption is helping families cut transportation costs despite higher oil prices.
   

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    I was surfing rockpiles this morning and found an American Express credit card in the parking lot as I was leaving. Picked it up to hopefully find… (Nextdoor Central McCully Moiliili)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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