Allison Schaefers

Multiple agencies are searching for a missing swimmer, who was reported missing in waters off ‘Anini Beach today.

The Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii, which helps visitors in crisis, recently received the “Outstanding Organization Award” as part of the Top Cop Hawaii 39th annual Law Enforcement and Security Awards.

Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort offered striking Local 5 UNITE HERE hotel employees up to $10 per hour in wage increases over four years in a new contract that workers ratified Monday to end a 40-day strike.

Millions in state funding for Waikiki Beach improvements lapsed under the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, and while the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism is moving four projects forward again in a final environmental impact statement, the estimated cost has ballooned to more than $50 million.

A 70-year-old man is in police custody pending investigation after he allegedly pushed and injured a 28-year-old city bus driver.

Honolulu police officers were allegedly assaulted during two separate cases on Saturday.

Erin Kanno Uehara, Choco Le‘a’s owner and chocolate connections officer, still remembers the shock of having to temporarily shut down her Manoa-­based chocolate business and lay off 22 workers at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Erin Kanno Uehara, owner of Choco Le ‘a, slid a platter of freshly made truffles into the display case at her store Friday.

Kiana Beimes feels like she fulfilled her destiny when she was named general manager of the newly renovated Outrigger Waikiki Paradise Hotel, which pays homage to the legacy of the late Princess Ka‘iulani, the heiress to the throne of the kingdom of Hawaii.

UNITE HERE Local 5 expects to settle labor contracts for more than 5,000 hotel workers, or approximately half the union’s membership, by the end of this week with average earnings that keep up with inflation and make up for some past losses — a significant gain that moves the union closer to its rallying cry, “One job should be enough.”