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Hawaii’s Schager enjoying experience at Manning Passing Academy
University of Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager has enjoyed his time at the Manning Passing Academy thus far, a summit for college football’s elite signal-callers.
Schager is currently in Thibodaux, La., as a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy, one of the nation’s top camps for quarterbacks from grades 8-12.
Schager’s MPA journey has come full circle. Seven years ago, he was a camper there himself.
“There’s just a lot of a lot of stuff to pick their brain on. It’s so fun to talk to Peyton and Eli and Archie and those guys,” Schager said of the Manning family. “They’ve done it at the highest level and done it at elite level. It’s fun to just learn from them and learn from all these other college guys. I’m just trying to be a sponge and soak up everything I can.
“I think we’ve got a good team coming back (at Hawaii). We’ve got a lot of good receivers and I think that we’re just we’re looking to take that next step. We’ve been right there and we’ve been able to put up some good numbers, but we’re ready to take that next step and kind of just get things rolling this year. I think that we we’re confident we can do that.
“I think is going to be a big year. … And I think we’re going to we’re going to do something special this year.”
Schager will also be one of two players to represent Hawaii at the upcoming Mountain West media days, which takes place from July 10-11 in Las Vegas.
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HDOT to install 5 speed tables on Honoapiilani Highway
WAILUKU, Hawaii — Community concerns about speeding in Waikapu and Wailuku have led to a project to install five speed tables on Honoapiilani Highway (Route 30) in the area of Maui Tropical Plantation and Kolo Place starting July 8.
The Hawaii Department of Transportation announced work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8 to July 12. One lane will be closed in either direction during the installation with closures approximately 1,000 feet within project limits, according to a news release. Crews will direct traffic in both directions, alternating traffic in the remaining lane.
Speed table locations:
- Mile marker 0.45 near Wailuku Elementary School in the area of Keanu Street and Kolo Place
- Mile marker 2.09 in the area of Waiolu Place and Pilikana Street
- Mile marker 2.27 in the area of Wilikona Place and Waiko Road
- Mile marker 2.38 in the area of Lehuapueo Place and Wilikona Place
- Mile marker 2.55 near Maui Tropical Plantation in the area of Olo Place and Ololi Place
Honoapiilani Highway near Wailuku Elementary School is a school zone and will have a posted speed limit of 20 mph. The other speed table locations will have a speed limit of 30 mph.
Traffic-calming devices such as raised crosswalks, speed tables and speed humps are a physical reminder to motorists to reduce speed when entering residential and school areas.
HDOT has been gathering data on speed reduction and vehicle crashes in areas with traffic-calming devices. For areas with sufficient post-construction data, officials say the number of motorists exceeding the posted speed limit was reduced by an average of 47%.
The data on major crashes (i.e. crashes resulting in an injury or property damage of $3,000 or more) is shown in the table:
The public can view past and planned installations of traffic-calming devices on the HDOT Safety Improvement Map.
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Over 300 earthquakes detected in Hawaii; Kilauea volcano not yet erupting
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts following 400 earthquakes below summit
The USGS in Hawaii raised the volcano alert level to a warning as Kilauea erupted. Nearly 400 earthquakes were recorded below the summit prior.
Hundreds of earthquakes took place over the weekend in Hawaii, the U.S. Geological Survey said, indicating a possible volcanic eruption in the state.
The heap of earthquakes, with rates reaching nearly 30 events each hour, were centralized to Kīlauea on Hawaii’s Big Island, the USGS reported. The volcano is along the southeastern shore of the island.
“There were over 300 earthquakes detected beneath the summit over the past 24 hours, mostly below the south caldera region at depths of 1.5–3 km (1–1.8 mi),” a USGS public notice reads. “This earthquake count is more than triple the rate of several days ago, reflecting a seismic swarm that began with M2.9 and M3.4 earthquakes in the afternoon of June 27.”
So far, the largest one, a magnitude 3.2 temblor, took place Monday at 1:31 a.m. local time, less than 4 miles south of Volcano in Hawaii County.
Increasing seismic activity is a sign of pending volcano eruption, according to the USGS.
“Any substantial increases in seismicity and/or deformation could result in a new eruptive episode but there are no signs of an imminent eruption at this time,” the USGS issued in a report Saturday.
Is the Kilaueo volcano erupting?
As of Monday morning, the Kilauea volcano −one of the world’s most active volcanoes − was not erupting.
The Kilaueo volcano last erupted June 3 about a mile south of Kilauea caldera within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, a popular tourist destination.
It marked the first eruption in that region of the volcano in about 50 years. The last one took place in December 1974.
The current USGS Volcano Alert Level remains at “ADVISORY” and the federal agency reported the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is closely monitoring the Kīlauea Volcano.
Contributing: Christopher Cann.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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Hawaii’s Vacation Rentals Nearly 6% Of Housing Supply
Despite vacation rental crackdowns and looming legislative reforms, vacation rental supply statewide still accounts for a significant portion of Hawaii’s housing stock.
That’s why the conversion of vacation rentals into longer-term housing is seen by some as a solution that could satisfy critical housing demand in Hawaii. But so far, regulatory policies have not led to an aggregate shift toward the long-term market, as other short-term rental listings have entered the market in response, said Justin Tyndall, an author of the Hawai‘i Housing Factbook 2024, which was released in May by the nomic Research Organization, where he works as an assistant professor of economics.University of Hawaii Eco
The fact book cites statistics from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, which estimates that there are 32,000 STRs in the state, accounting for nearly 6% of the state’s entire housing inventory. While STRs aren’t necessarily in use daily, DBEDT data indicates that active listings increased 9% from 2022 to 2023.
Though Hawaii expanded its housing stock by 25,000 units, or 1.8%, from 2018 to 2022, UHERO noted that the growth was only on Oahu, which had a net increase of 23,000, and Hawaii County, which added 2,600 units. The report said Kauai and Maui saw a net loss of units, likely because “the rate of new construction has been unable to keep up with losses to the vacation rental market.”
So far, Maui is the only country to introduce a bill to amortize vacation rentals since the state gave the counties greater power to chart their own course. Kauai is staying the course. Hawaii island is working on vacation rental reforms but does not plan to amortize them.
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