Honolulu’s Mayor Rick Blangiardi was chosen to lead Oahu again in the primary election for his position with about 78% of the ...

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Mayor Rick Blangiardi was sworn in for his second term Thursday by former state Supreme Court Associate Justice Steven Levinson at the Mission Memorial ...

Rick Blangiardi formally began his second and final four-year term Thursday evening as the 15th mayor of Honolulu.

Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi said in a statement that the explosion was "caused by what appears to be illegal fireworks" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

A lit bundle of mortar-style aerials tipped over and shot into crates of unlit fireworks in Honolulu on New Year's Eve, ...

"This incident is a painful reminder of the danger posed by illegal fireworks," Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said during a news conference on January 3. More Marco Garcia/AP Photo The fatal ...

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi (I) vowed at Wednesday’s news conference to shut down the “pipeline of illegal fireworks entering our island,” calling the New Year’s disaster a painful ...

Related: 3 Killed, 20 Injured in New Year’s Eve Fireworks Explosion in Hawaii: ‘Immense Tragedy’ Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi said in a statement that the explosion was "caused by what appears to be ...