Matthew Leonard
Deputy Editor at Honolulu Civil Beat
Deputy Editor @CivilBeat newsroom in Honolulu, HI. Former Investigations and Special Projects Editor @D&C and etc. Got a tip? mailto:[email protected]
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1 week ago |
civilbeat.org | Matthew Leonard
Staff turnover at Hawaiʻi County has stalled the use of new measures meant to penalize property owners with illegal junkyards and derelict cars. When Heidi Jaworksi moved to the Big Island in 2005, she noticed many yards covered with mangled cars, SUVs and other abandoned vehicles, especially in her sprawling southwestern community. She has been keeping track of the addresses and filing complaints with the police ever since.
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2 weeks ago |
apnews.com | Matthew Leonard
The pilot of an air tour helicopter that disintegrated in midair over Kailua in April 2019, killing him and two passengers, should not have been in the cockpit that day because the boss who cleared him to fly wasn’t qualified to make that call.
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2 weeks ago |
civilbeat.org | Matthew Leonard
Meanwhile, some occupations have grown more quickly in Hawai’i than the rest of the nation. Three white-collar occupations that were mainstays of Hawaiʻi’s job market are no longer among the top 20 for civilian workers. One of them is “other teachers and instructors,” which covers a wide range of educational roles including tutors, teachers of adult basic and secondary education, and teachers of English as a second language, or ESL.
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2 weeks ago |
civilbeat.org | Matthew Leonard
The FAA says a whistleblower was correct in saying the owner of the helicopter tour company shouldn’t have certified the pilot, but investigators didn’t substantiate allegations of broader problems. The pilot of an air tour helicopter that disintegrated in midair over Kailua in April 2019, killing him and two passengers, should not have been in the cockpit that day because the boss who cleared him to fly wasn’t qualified to make that call.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Matthew Leonard
Installed after a 2019 gas leak, steel plates on Kalākaua Avenue are to be removed soon — after yet another delay. The 40-foot stretch of road plates on Kalākaua Avenue mauka of the Hawaii Convention Center have been rattling teeth and tire rims since 2019. The ¾ inch steel plates, which each weigh up to 1,500 pounds, were installed as a temporary solution but have become a longstanding feature of the busy roadway.
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#Honolulu moment. We picked up a sweater that a guy unknowingly dropped when he was walking across the road. When we gave it back to him, he trimmed a coconut he was carrying with the machete he was also carrying, and gave it to us to drink.
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