HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Kayaker missing after capsizing
Advertiser Staff
Police and fire rescue specialists planned to resume searching the waters off Kailua Beach Park this morning for a missing 49-year-old California man who was on a rented tandem kayak that capsized yesterday after being struck by a wave.
Fire Department spokesman Capt. Emmit Kane said the man, an Air Force reservist in Hawai'i for a training session, and a 26-year-old woman also from California and from the same unit rented a tandem kayak yesterday morning and were escorted out to the Mokulua islets by a guide in a second kayak. The tandem kayak was hit by a wave and capsized on the way back, said Kane.
Neither of the two was wearing a life jacket. The woman swam safely to the guide's kayak.
An off-shore search began at about 2 p.m. Officials also conducted a shoreline search. The search was suspended at 6:30 p.m.
POLICE SEARCH FOR WAIKIKI WOMAN
Police are trying to locate a 23-year-old woman who has been missing since Thursday.
Alexandria Kaan lives in the Waikiki area. She was last seen talking to an ex-boyfriend Thursday near Sinclair Library on the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus at about 4 p.m.
Kaan is 5 feet 6 and weighs about 150 pounds.
Anyone with information can call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, *CRIME on a cellular or Honolulu police missing persons investigator Officer James Vasconcellos at 479-5452.
3 YOUTHS INJURED IN STOLEN CAR
Three teenage boys were injured yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car fronting Holomua Elementary School at 91-1561 Keaunui Drive in 'Ewa.
According to police, a northbound Nissan Sentra veered off Keaunui Drive and struck a tree at 12:10 p.m. The car had been reported stolen.
The driver, 15, was pinned in the car and assistance from firefighters was required to get him out. He and his two passengers, ages unknown, were taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where all were listed in good condition, police said.
KAUA'I
MAN KILLED IN CRASH OF SUV
LIHU'E — A Kaua'i man died after crashing his car early Sunday on Waimea Canyon Drive.
Police said Leonard Castillo, 24, of Waimea, was headed north in a sports utility vehicle at about 2:30 a.m. when he apparently lost control of the vehicle and crashed. He was pronounced dead at Kaua'i Veterans Memorial Hospital.
BIG ISLAND
PUNA MAN HELD IN KIDNAP, ASSAULT
HILO — Big Island police have charged a 50-year-old Puna man with kidnapping and assault for allegedly attacking a female acquaintance and taking her car.
Darwin E. Barve was charged with third-degree assault, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, kidnapping, fourth-degree criminal property damage and interfering with the reporting of an emergency or crime.
Police were called to the Hawaiian Acres subdivision in Puna shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday because of a woman standing on the roadway with "obvious head wounds," police said. The woman told officers she was attacked by an acquaintance who also took her vehicle.
Police located and arrested Barve a short time later. He was being held yesterday in lieu of $14,000 bail.
The woman was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she was treated and later released.
MOLOKA'I
HUNTING ACCIDENT FATALITY IDENTIFIED
KAUNAKAKAI — A Moloka'i man killed last week in a hunting accident was identified yesterday as Juanito Pico, 41, of Kala'e.
Police said Pico was with several deer hunters at Waiakane Gulch at about 2 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot by a member of the group. Lt. Glenn Cuomo of the Maui Police Department said investigators have classified the shooting as an accident.
An autopsy confirmed that Pico died of a rifle shot to the abdomen, Cuomo said.
MAUI
WEST MAUI PARK TO BE IMPROVED
HONOKOWAI — A playground and other improvements have begun at the county's Honokowai Park in West Maui.
The $89,748 project by Site Engineering of Honolulu is expected to be completed by mid-April. The work includes construction of walkways to accommodate the disabled and concrete pads for outdoor tables. Playground equipment and a rubber fall surface also will be installed.
HONOLULU
COMMISSIONER QUITS LIQUOR PANEL
Honolulu City Liquor Commissioner Danny Auyoung yesterday announced he has resigned that post to seek to become the agency's top administrator.
Auyoung notified Commission Chairman Dennis Enomoto of his decision last week but made his resignation effective Nov. 3, the last time he participated in agency decision-making. Enomoto said the commission respects Auyoung's commitment to the agency.
The last liquor control administrator, Wallace Weatherwax, resigned effective Oct. 31. The agency has been accused of lax management and rocked by corruption when eight former investigators were convicted of racketeering, bribery and extortion for accepting bribes from owners and workers of hostess bars and strip clubs in 2000 and 2001.
Enomoto said he expects interviews for the administrator position to begin in January.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann appointed Auyoung in April. His term would have expired in December 2006.
YACHT CLUB HOLDS BOAT PARADE
The Hawai'i Yacht Club is sponsoring "A Rock 'N' Surfin' Santa" boat parade Saturday starting at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, continuing down Waikiki and the Ala Moana waterfront, and ending at Aloha Tower Marketplace.
The parade begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Hawai'i Yacht Club dock.
Boats will be judged in two categories: '60s Beach Boys Surfin' Santa and the '90s Disco Surfin' Santa. This is the 11th year in which the club and the marketplace are working together on the parade.
Money raised by the $35 entry fees will go to help Harbor House, a nonprofit organization serving 70,000 meals a month. The parade is open to all boaters. For more information call 944-9666, Ext. 10.
