The annual crime-deterring event National Night Out is taking place tonight in Waipahu and Friday in 'Ewa Beach.

Various entertainment and other activities are planned for the event from 5 to 8 p.m. Tonight's event will be at Waipahu Intermediate School; Friday's will be at the Hale Pono Boys & Girls Club next to James Campbell High School.

Tonight's Waipahu event, for instance, will include an overview of safety rules, as well as entertainment by St. Joseph's School Youth Ministry, H-3, 808 Dance Studio and the YMCA Waipahu Rural Youth Crime Prevention Program.

Keynote speakers will include U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.

In 'Ewa, entertainers will include Aunty Lani and Hulili. Kubo and several community policing leaders and elected officials will make remarks.

The national sponsor of National Night Out is Target, which is working locally with the YMCA of Honolulu, Waipahu Community Association, both the Waipahu and 'Ewa Weed & Seed programs, the Waipahu Community Coalition, 'Ewa Beach Lions Club and others toward the goal of community-based crime and drug prevention.