Hawaiian Electric Co. yesterday determined that the failure of a "tension sleeve" caused Tuesday night's power outage that affected 2,900 customers in Waipahu, Waikele and Pearl City.

HECO spokesman Jose Dizon said a tension sleeve, used to connect power lines, failed, causing two 12-kilovolt transmission lines to fall near Waipahu District Park about 5 p.m.

Power was restored within 45 minutes to Waikele and Pearl City but not in Waipahu until shortly before 10 p.m.

MAN, WOMAN JAILED IN INCIDENT

Charges were pending yesterday against a 59-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill two men, ages 32 and 27, during a confrontation late Tuesday night on a driveway on Wanini Street in Waialua.

The man was booked shortly before midnight Tuesday for first-degree terroristic threatening and misdemeanor abuse of a family member and resisting arrest. A woman, 44, was booked on two counts of harassment, including one at the Wahiawa police station, and resisting arrest.

Police said the arrested man was intoxicated. He and the woman are being held at HPD's main station cellblock pending charges.

Bail on the misdemeanor counts is $1,500 for the man and $1,000 for the woman.

KAISER HIGH SELLING TREES

Kaiser High School's Class of 2007 is selling pre-ordered Christmas trees and poinsettia plants through this week to fund its Project Graduation party.

Orders can be dropped off at a box in the school office or mailed to Project Grad '07, Kaiser High School, 511 Lunalilo Home Road, Honolulu, HI 96825. Tickets are nonrefundable and pick-up is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 2

A 6- to 7-foot sheared Douglas fir tree is $60, and a 7- to 8-foot Douglas fir is $70. Poinsettia plants are $10. Checks should be made payable to Friends of Kaiser PTSA/Project Grad.

For more information, call Skip Hill at 284-1691 or Sen. Sam Slom at 349-5438.

MISSING MAN DEAD IN HOME

The body of a 44-year-old missing man whom police had been searching for since Friday was found Tuesday night in his Moanalua apartment.

There was no evidence of foul play in the death of Daniel Espinoza, police said. The body was discovered when police returned to check Espinoza's residence at 6:30 p.m.

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GUN IN HOTEL LEADS TO THEFT ARREST

A 23-year-old man was arrested for questioning after a housekeeper found a stolen revolver in a hotel room in the Honolulu Airport area where he had been a registered guest.

The man, who had checked out of the hotel, was booked for first-degree theft. The gun found under the bed at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday was stolen in a burglary from an 89-year-old man, police said.

WALDORFAIRE FREE NOV. 11 AT SCHOOL

The Honolulu Waldorf School will hold its annual Waldorfaire, featuring old-school fun for keiki with handmade crafts and treats, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 11.

Waldorfaire is free and will be at the school's Niu Valley campus, 350 Ulua St. Parking is available at the Niu Valley Shopping Center, with shuttle service to the school during fair hours.

The fair features activities such as puppet shows, storytelling and an Enchanted Forest filled with handmade gifts and toys. For more information, go to www.honoluluwaldorfschool.org.