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The online auction offers hundreds of items from the estate of the late actor best known for his TV role as Gomer Pyle.

Honolulu firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a home in Kailua.

The state Department of Transportation is offering a new notification service for scheduled and emergency road closures, which the public can subscribe to at its website, hidot.hawaii.gov. The noti­fications can be customized by location and are available via email or text. The state’s GoAkamai app soon will expand to include roads on Maui, Kauai and the Big Island. Video by Craig T. Kojima

City officials Monday formally opened the new Downtown Satellite City Hall at the Chinatown Gateway Plaza, a location that will provide twice the space and some added services unavailable at the old site in an underground Fort Street Mall space two blocks away. The 2,905-square-foot space, at the site of a onetime Wendy’s Restaurant on the Nuuanu Avenue-Hotel Street side of the Chinatown Gateway complex, also provides improved disability access than the previous location. It is expected to serve an average of 300 customers a day in need of basic government services such as motor vehicle and moped registration, bus pass sales, dog licensing and vehicle junking services. Like other satellite city halls, it also processes disability parking placards, accepts Board of Water Supply and property tax bill payments, and offers limited driver license (no new licenses) and state ID transactions. Video by Jamm Aquino

A suspect is on the run after his attempt to shoplift a razor from a Nanakuli grocery store this morning went up in flames. At about 6:30 a.m., the male suspect started a fire in aisle 6 of Sack N Save while trying to steal a razor that was on sale for $13.79. A source said the culprit used a blow torch to try to melt the plastic packaging to the Gillette Fusion Proshield Chill razor, which was hanging on a locked merchandising hook. Video by Rob Shikina

For the second week in a row, U.S. Navy personnel were on the USS Arizona Memorial to conduct another volunteer clean-up as the reopening of the Memorial draws ever closer. Members of the Mustang Association, consisting of Naval officers who began their military careers as enlisted, cleaned, painted and polished the Memorial. Last weekend 100 Navy Chief Petty Officers and Officers Select were on board doing the first phase of the volunteer clean-up. Video courtesy Pacific Historic Parks

Espacio The Jewel of Waikiki will open Sept. 7 after undergoing what some hotel industry experts have called the state’s most expensive per-unit remodel at nearly $5.6 million for each suite. Video by Dennis Oda / doda@staradvertiser.com

Police have opened a homicide investigation after a man was found early Saturday, Aug. 17 with stab wounds in downtown Honolulu.

Firefighters respond to large house fire in Aiea.

The 25th annual Made in Hawaii Festival is expected to draw more than 60,000 locally minded shoppers to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center over the weekend.

The Los Angeles Rams practiced Friday at the University of Hawaii ahead of their exhibition game against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday. It will be the first NFL exhibition game in Hawaii since 1976. Video by Brian McInnis

The new Coast Guard national security cutter Midgett (757) sailed into Honolulu Harbor Aug. 16 after leaving Pascagoula, Miss., on June 11. Sister ship Kimball (756), which arrived in Honolulu last December, joined Midgett off Oahu.

A new Coast Guard cutter headed for its homeport in Honolulu has already made two drug busts, seizing nearly $90 million in cocaine.

Researchers recently captured images of the damage from Hurricane Walaka in October to Rapture Reef at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Honolulu police are searching for suspects wanted in an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in Moanalua. Video by Leila Fujimori and courtesy CrimeStoppers Honolulu

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy gave a rare tour of the “golf ball” radar ship at Ford Island. Video by Dennis Oda

CrimeStoppers and Honolulu police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two male suspects wanted for a convenience store robbery in Moanalua.

An Oklahoma family is suing Kia Motors America Inc. and Avis Budget Group Inc. for injuries sustained from renting a Kia Soul that caught fire on H-3 on June 30. Video by Kristen Consillio / kconsillio@staradvertiser.com

It can take as long as an hour for North Shore drivers to travel just 2 miles in front of Laniakea Beach, where a 10-year-old boy from California was hit by a vehicle Aug. 1 while crossing Kamehameha Highway to get to a popular spot to watch sea turtles in Hawaii. The simmering frustration over the 4-year-long traffic jam — blamed on tourists jaywalking across the two-lane highway to get to the beach — has now boiled over with people complaining about everything from who’s to blame to concerns that too many visitors are flooding the North Shore. Tourism officials are offering to help fund short- and medium-term solutions — if any can be found — because of fears of a community backlash against visitors.

The International Market Place wrapped up Mixology Month in July with the final round of a Battle of the Bartenders competition on July 31. Myna Bird Tiki Bar’s Atticus Hood won first place and $2,000 for his drink, “The Crystal Dagger,” which is a bespoke version of the classic mai tai. Star-Advertiser video by Jamm Aquino.

State officials announced Thursday that they are working to stop an invasion of black-chin tilapia in the near-shore waters of the Napali Coast State Wilderness Park on Kauai. Video courtesy Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources

A three-alarm fire at a high-rise hotel sent rattled guests into the streets of Waikiki on Monday night and prompted the closure of Kalakaua Avenue, but there were no reports of injuries. Crews promptly extinguished the blaze at the 496-room Waikiki Beachcomber By Outrigger, 2300 Kalakaua Ave.

Waianae's Max Holloway will face Frankie Edgar at Saturday's main event fight at UFC 240 in Edmonton, Canada. Holloway (20-4, 16-4 UFC) is coming off his first loss in his past 14 fights, when he challenged for the 155-pound title in April.

Standing Rock Sioux tribal members gathered on Mauna Kea to show solidarity with Native Hawaiians protesting the development of the Thirty Meter Telescope. Construction for the $1.4 billion project is on hold due to ongoing protests.

Oahu supporters of the Thirty Meter Telescope held their first major demonstration Thursday at the state Capitol. TMT opponents also rallied from across the street. Video by Cindy Ellen Russell / crussell@staradvertiser.com Edited by Chelsee Yee / cyee@staradvertiser.com More from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://808ne.ws/2Ww2WXN Website: https://staradvertiser.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/staradvertiser Twitter: https://twitter.com/staradvertiser Instagram: https://instagram.com/staradvertiser LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/honolulu-star-advertiser