The state Department of Health has removed warning signs from all beach areas affected by the Aug. 24 wastewater spill.

The signs were taken down Saturday after recent testing indicated that the affected waters no longer posed a health threat. No further testing will be conducted, the department said.

An estimated 129,000 gallons of sewage emptied into the ocean at Ala Moana Beach Park, affecting the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, Kewalo Basin Small Boat Harbor, the canoe launch area adjacent to Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, the pond and canal along Ala Moana Boulevard, and the western end of Kakaako Waterfront Park.

A brown-water advisory remains in effect for all islands as coastal areas continue to be vulnerable to contaminated runoff from recent heavy rain.

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Boaters thought missing check in

The Coast Guard said three men who had been reported missing on a sailing trip called in Sunday to report they were delayed but not in distress 30 miles from Lahaina.

Father and son Frank and Joshua Gogolski and friend Jerome Pascual took the sailing vessel Honeycutter and left Friday from the Rainbow Marina in Pearl Harbor, according to the Coast Guard.

They planned to sail to Lahaina, where Pascual would depart and return to Oahu, and the Gogolskis would continue to the West Coast.

Pascual failed to arrive at the airport Saturday night, when his wife reported him missing.

The Coast Guard said it received a call from the Honeycutter crew at 11:30 a.m. Sunday reporting a damaged sail in heavy seas but that the crew was not in distress.

“The crew was reportedly unable to make contact with family until they traveled back into cellphone range and did not have their VHF-FM radio turned to Channel 16, thus missing the Coast Guards call outs,” Lt. Kevin Edes, command duty officer at Coast Guard Sector Command Center Honolulu, said in a news release.

Lava breakout is short-lived

A lava breakout on the north side of Kilauea Volcano’s Puu Oo Crater on Thursday morning created excitement among visitors but was short-lived.

Lava had stopped flowing from the breakout by midnight and extended only 1,600 feet.

“It was a temporary thing,” said Christina Neal, chief scientist for the Hawaii Volcano Observatory.