🌱 How a Kapolei family’s beach day turned into a dog-mauling nightmare
Kapolei, Hawaii Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Kapolei! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Kapolei family’s beach day turned into a dog-mauling nightmare
Also on today's calendar: Keiki Storytime and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: I went into the woods and found it. Once I'd found it, I searched for it. The harder I searched, the less I wanted it. When at last I couldn't find it, I carried it home in my hand. What is it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 6-year-old recovering after dog attack on North Shore, dog will be euthanized (khon2.com) — A Kapolei mother rushed to the North Shore after learning her 6-year-old daughter was badly bitten by a dog at Off the Wall Beach and taken to Kahuku Medical Center. The girl faces a difficult recovery, while Honolulu police and the Hawaiian Humane Society investigate under the city’s strengthened dangerous-dog laws and the owner has agreed to have the dog euthanized. 
📸 Around Kapolei
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Kapolei Hale Workshop Series →
Kapolei Satellite City Hall, Kapolei Civic Center, Kapolei
9:00 am
Thursday May 28
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Other local events
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Keiki Storytime →
Kapolei Public Library, 1020 Manawai St, Kapolei
9:00 am -
Recipe for Success: Support for Food Businesses →
Kapolei Satellite City Hall, Kapolei Civic Center, Kapolei
9:00 am -
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten! →
Kapolei Public Library, 1020 Manawai St, Kapolei
10:00 am -
Dive’n’Movie – The Goat →
Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii, 400 Farrington Hwy, Kapolei
10:30 am -
Father's Day Gift Fair — Island Craft Fairs & Events →
Ka Makana Aliʻi, 91-5431 Kapolei Pkwy, Kapolei
11:00 am
Thursday May 28
Saturday May 30
Saturday June 13
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Line Dancing At The Library →
ʻEwa Beach Public Library, 91-950 North Rd, Ewa Beach
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Mahjong At The Library →
ʻEwa Beach Public Library, 91-950 North Rd, Ewa Beach
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Lei Po’o Workshop →
ʻEwa Beach Public Library, 91-950 North Rd, Ewa Beach
1:30 pm -
Ono Grindz and Makeke at Wai Kai (Weekly Thursdays) →
Ono Grindz and Makeke at Wai Kai, 91-1621 Keoneula Blvd Suite 3100, Ewa Beach
4:00 pm -
18th Annual Island Pacific Academy Golf Tournament →
Hawaii Prince Golf Club, 91-1200 Fort Weaver Rd, Ewa Beach
10:00 am -
New Time – Mahjong At The Library →
ʻEwa Beach Public Library, 91-950 North Rd, Ewa Beach
11:00 am
Wednesday May 27
Thursday May 28
Friday May 29
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- $100 reward for LOST ELDER DOG: escaped on 5/23 by kaiaulu st.
Black with tan minpin-chihuahua mix. She is 17 lbs with a pink collar. She is chipped and has her name LADY on her collar with our phone#. She only… (Nextdoor Makakilo) - Royal Highness Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole - Ke Aliʻi Makaʻāinana.
The Prince of the People. SOURCE: ALOHA HAWAII A Hawaiian prince spent a year in prison for his queen. Then he went to work for the government… (Nextdoor Kapolei)
- Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Kapolei. Apply here.
- Ambient posted a job opening for Inside Sales - Ambient HVAC Supply in Kapolei. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kapolei here.
🗞 Nearby News
Waipahu
- Waiʻanae Grads Go Big, But Hawaiʻi Celebrations Could Soon Shrink (civilbeat.org)
- Leadership Turmoil And Staffing Shortfalls Plague Child Welfare System (civilbeat.org)
Pearl City
- Congratulations to Pearl City Lady Charger Chloe Obuhanych for being inducted into to the 2026 HHSAA Hall of Honor! (mypearlcity.com)
- Letter: Lazar good choice to lead HPD into future (staradvertiser.com)
- ‘She's up with the saints': Meli Watanuki, one of Kalaupapa's last living patients, dies at 91 (mauinow.com)
Honolulu
- Youth Commission urges changes to disaster planning after storms (staradvertiser.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A splinter. (Thank you Jake M. for sending it in!)
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