Clean-Up at Kahinani Place

Wednesday, December 14th, 2022

By Jack Kiyonaga, Community Reporter 

Thanks to local efforts, a long-abandoned apartment building at Kahinani Place has finally seen significant improvement. 

Right off Kamehameha V Highway, the apartments at the base of Kahinani Place have sat vacant for years. Longtime neighborhood resident Todd Yamashita believed the condos have been empty since the early 1980s. While occupants no longer inhabit the property, the land has not sat unused. Rather, it has become the holding site for noxious chemical waste. 

The abandoned land functioned as a septic business base yard, according to Yamashita. Passersby can still see the scattered remains of port-a-potties and discarded equipment. …

Protect Your Children from Losing Their Inheritance

Wednesday, December 14th, 2022

Community Contributed

By Eileen M.S. Nims, Esq.

You have worked hard and have planned well to make sure you will leave your children and/or grandchildren with some of your hard-earned or well-invested money. You have protected them against financial pitfalls and heartaches, and you may have even drafted a will in which you have designated who gets what. However, even with all the protections and planning in the world, you cannot prevent unfortunate circumstances from happening in your children’s lives. What if three years after receiving her inheritance, your daughter files for divorce with the help of the digital divorce services and her spouse receives half of the proceeds of her inheritance?…