GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM An amnesty event held at Aloha Stadium on Jan. 11 brought in a variety of fireworks. At top, illegal aerial fireworks lit up the sky in Honolulu on Jan. 1. 1 ...

The scheme started around 2008 with a trip to China, for which Miske brought a “large sum of money” to broker a deal, ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM A child’s skateboard sits near a bucket filled with flowers on Jan. 2 in the ...

The only thing more reliable in Hawaii than the annual explosions lighting up the New Year’s Eve sky has been the failure of ...

A Honolulu City councilmember said weak city fireworks laws do not align with state regulations, so there is now a push to ...

According to city law, owning or using illegal aerial fireworks is currently a misdemeanor with a fine between $250 and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A Honolulu City councilmember said weak city fireworks laws do not align with state regulations, so there is now a push to increase penalties for people who use, possess or ...

Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber ... The items included firecrackers, fountains and other ground fireworks, aerial fireworks and even “cake fireworks” — the type of bundled ...

Shown here, illegal fireworks near Punchbowl herald the new ... neighborhoods it’s completely out of control, even in dense Honolulu neighborhoods. So it’s going to take social pressure ...

A three-year-old boy has died of injuries in the massive explosion of fireworks at a home in Honolulu home on New Year's Eve ...

Emergency crews arrived to a chaotic and gruesome scene in a Honolulu neighborhood after a large New Year's firework tipped over after being lit and ignited a fiery, shrapnel-studded blast that ...

Each New Year's Day, Honolulu officials publish a list of fireworks casualties from the night before, typically a litany of burns, shrapnel wounds or amputations. Sometimes there are deaths.