Sewer overflow sends 5,000 gallons into Pearl Harbor

A sewer overflow in Waipahu on Thursday morning sent more than 5,000 gallons of raw sewage into Pearl Harbor.

The city Department of Environmental Services received a call at 10 a.m. Thursday reporting a blockage from a grease-clogged pipe at 94-330 Mokuola St. that sent 5,625 gallons of raw wastewater out of a manhole. A crew arrived at the site at 10:45 a.m. and released the blockage at 11:15 a.m.

The crew was able to recover 500 gallons, with the remaining 5,125 going into a culvert that leads to a canal behind the Waipahu Recreational Center and eventually the Middle Loch of Pearl Harbor.

Metallic streamers cut power in Kailua

A power outage occurred Wednesday morning in Kailua due to metallic streamers from the annual Fourth of July parade landing on power lines.

The outage was reported at about 10:25 a.m. and affected some 1,935 customers, including some of the businesses in Kailua town. Power was restored to those customers by 11:30 a.m., according to Hawaiian Electric Co.

Saturday driver’s licensing hours extended

The Department of Customer Services said Thursday it will continue Saturday hours for certain driver’s licensing centers from 8 a.m. to noon through Aug. 25.

The department is offering the service to walk-in customers as well as those who make an appointment.

The Saturday hours are part of an effort to provide customers additional convenience and to address the increase of license renewals this year, as well as the heavy summer demand. The available locations are Kapolei, Koolau (closed July 21 for pre-scheduled maintenance), Kapalama and Wahiawa.

No driver’s testing (road or written) or commercial driver’s license services are offered on Saturdays. Driver’s licensing centers offer license renewals and duplicates, and state ID services. For an appointment, visit license.honolulu.gov. For a list of required documents and forms, go to license.honolulu.gov.