Please kokua when using fireworks

It sounds like folks are fed up with those booming explosions that rattle windows and wake up the whole household.

Complaints about illegal fireworks use on Oahu have risen sharply — about 1,500 this month, compared to 972 last year.

Unfortunately, it also means that Honolulu police have to expend more resources addressing the problem, from increased patrols to more time spent on investigations.

Those who blithely blow up fireworks illegally should consider not only the detrimental effects on their neighbors, but on public safety. So keep it legal, and keep us safer.

A plentiful supply of ahi, at least this year

Yes, there will be ahi to ring in the new year — and lots of it. More than 100,000 pounds went on sale Wednesday and the same amount is expected to be sold today, the last day of 2015.

A few months ago, some wondered whether ahi would be in short supply for New Year’s poke and sashimi. An international panel that regulates commercial fishing in the Pacific had established a limit of 3,500 metric tons of bigeye tuna for Hawaii longline fishermen this year — a limit that was reached in August. More than 30 vessels sat idle for a couple months before catch limits were raised, allowing crews to head back out.

The boats have been bringing in plenty of bigeye. Get the shoyu and wasabi ready.