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Bay Area Man Dies Snorkeling During Hawaii Honeymoon
HONOLULU, HI — A San Jose couple’s Hawaii honeymoon turned into tragedy last week when the groom died following a snorkeling excursion in Nānākuli, according to reports.
Steven Phan, 49, died June 1 after he and his wife went snorkeling at Electric Beach, reports said. KHON in Honolulu reported that first responders found Phan unresponsive in the ocean before pulling him out, performing CPR, and taking him to the hospital, where he later died.
According to KHON, someone also stole the couple’s backpack and rental car while Phan’s wife watched first responders perform CPR on her husband.
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A GoFundMe page for the Phans said, “All of Brittany and Steven’s belongings were stolen, the thieves took their cell phones, wallets, money, clothing, they even stole their car rental.”
A friend told KRON in San Francisco that Phan worked at Apple in Cupertino. He and his wife, Brittany Myers Phan, were married March 20.
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“Steven always found a way to be a part of everyone’s lives, no matter the distance,” organizers wrote on GoFundMe. “Steven was a true friend and an amazing husband. Steven will be incredibly missed by all.”
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Hawaii softball team's 9 seniors have moment amid losses on senior day
HONOLULU — It was only a moment, but the look on Maya Nakamura’s face said everything.
A tearful Nakamura stood in front of the Hawaii dugout, put her hands together, and bowed slightly toward the field where she excelled and the fans in front of whom she’d performed for the last five years.
The injured Rainbow Wahine captain’s brief fifth-inning appearance at first base drew applause from all corners of Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, including Cal State Fullerton players and staff.
First-place Fullerton otherwise owned the day in a 4-0, 8-0 doubleheader sweep of UH on its final home date of 2024 on Saturday.
The Titans won the nightcap via the mercy rule in the sixth inning.
[Note: See below for more photos of senior night.]
Coach Bob Coolen got all nine seniors into the game in the late innings. Nakamura and reserves Piper Neri, Chloee Agueda and McKenna Kostyzyn joined starters Xiao Gin, Dallas Millwood, Mya’Liah Bethea, Haley Johnson and Ka’ena Keliinoi.
Nakamura greeted teammates in the circle and remained in for a single scripted pitch, thrown well off the plate.
“She willed that to happen because she’s been working so hard,” Coolen said of Nakamura, who injured her knee covering first base against Cal Poly last month. “She could’ve disappeared, stepped away from the team, took care of herself. But she was around us. She was in the weight room, she was at practices, she was encouraging the girls, giving speeches after we gave speeches as coaches. The players wanted to hear her more than us.”
Friday night’s walk-off, 10-inning victory over the Titans proved to be the emotional high point of the weekend for UH (20-23, 13-9 BWC). CSUF (34-16, 20-4) was in control from the outset Saturday to set up a showdown series with Long Beach State (24-27, 19-5) on the final regular-season weekend.
Coolen was fretting about how he’d get his largest senior class on the field. It included a few COVID-19 fifth-year players.
“I didn’t know how the game was going to go, if we were going to be competitive or non-competitive,” he said. “Some senior games, you go, how am I going to get people in there? But then it unfolded the way it did. To get them all out there … in front of their families, that was my goal.”
Despite the score, the senior day celebration was a lively affair.
“It was so surreal just seeing how many people love us,” said Millwood, the Kamehameha alumna from Mililani who plans to join Rich Hill’s UH baseball staff as a graduate assistant next year. “There’s so many people here to support us. My family, my friends.”
Nakamura, a Roosevelt alumna and three-time All-Big West honoree, will be one of the best second basemen in program history.
She is within a few weeks of surgery but is already beginning to walk around without crutches. She is considering remaining with UH as a graduate manager for next season, after which she plans to go into teaching.
“I’m very fortunate and privileged … and lucky to have this opportunity to play here, in front of family and friends and having that opportunity to stay home,” Nakamura said this week. “A lot of girls nowadays want to leave the islands … but to be here, I’m just so lucky, so fortunate. My heart is full.”
Keliinoi, a Waianae native and a member of Saint Francis School’s final high school graduating class, adapted to a number of positions over her five years at UH – catcher, outfield, and most recently, third base.
“Everyone has a role on this team and for us just to all collectively come together as one team has been great memories,” Keliinoi said. “Over the past five years, I’ve got to meet so many great people and so many people that come from different places. To be able to represent Hawaii across my chest – as a little girl I always strived for that.”
Fourth-place UH can finish as high as third with one week left, a series at UC Davis (18-29, 9-15) starting Friday.
Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.
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Chain of Craters Road, other sites reopened after spike in quakes at Kilauea prompted closures
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Officials with the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park have reopened all park areas, including the Chain of Craters Road, on Saturday morning after a spike in quakes at Kilauea.
Officials reopened the road as of 11 a.m. Saturday morning.
All park areas that closed earlier this week, including Chain of Craters Road are open.
Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. Seismicity has decreased but conditions can change at any time.
Stay up to date on park closures and conditions: https://t.co/u7qv4aLou4 pic.twitter.com/csYiRtrEBl
— Hawaii Volcanoes NPS (@Volcanoes_NPS) May 5, 2024
This is after seismic activity within Kilauea dropped significantly over an 8-hour period.
Scientists and park staff recorded thousands of earthquakes over the last week, but say the pulse of unrest has ended and seismic levels are back to a normal range.
This story may be updated.
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