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Coming off a string of high-profile meetings, former President Barack Obama made an unannounced return to Hawaii on Monday.
Just three months since his last official holiday visit as president, Obama was spotted dining at Buzz’s Original Steakhouse in the Lanikai section of Kailua on Monday evening.
Earlier in the day Obama met with tech executives at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.
On Friday, Obama and wife Michelle had lunch with U2 frontman Bono and his daughter Jordan Hewson at the Upland restaurant in New York.
Two days later Obama had lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett and his daughter, Susie, at the Happy Hollow Country Club in Omaha, Neb.
Cellphone video on KHON showed Obama with a group of men at the restaurant Monday night.
It was unclear whether Obama was staying at his usual Kailua beachfront rental house.
MAUI
Man held in murder attempt on officers at a McDonald’s
Maui police arrested a 28-year-old Hana man sought in connection with an attempted-murder investigation Sunday.
Samson Hill was taken into custody at about 7:30 a.m. at his residence.
Hill allegedly was the driver of stolen car that was spotted at the McDonald’s restaurant on Main Street in Wailuku on March 6. When officers approached, the car sped away, nearly hitting one of the officers, who then shot at the vehicle.
The vehicle, a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, was later found abandoned in Wailuku.
Hill was arrested on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, theft of a credit card and fraudulent use of a credit card. His aggregate bail was set at $500,000.
Police also arrested 33-year-old Misty Montero-Ancheta on suspicion of first-degree hindering prosecution. She was released pending further investigation.
HAWAII ISLAND
Woman dies as SUV flips on Mauna Kea Access Road
A driver died Monday after her vehicle ran off the road Sunday on Mauna Kea.
The crash occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on Mauna Kea Access Road, about 1.2 miles beyond the visitor center.
Police said a 2001 Nissan sport utility vehicle “overturned several times.”
The driver was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead just before 12:30 a.m. Monday. Her name has not been released.
Police said the passenger, a 35-year-old woman from Lyon, France, was flown to The Queen’s Medical Center in stable condition.
Police cited excessive speed in the crash. This was Hawaii island’s fifth traffic-related fatality so far this year, the same number as at this time last year.
Correction: Former President Barack Obama had lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett and his daughter, Susie, in Omaha, Neb., over the weekend. A previous version of this Newswatch, and in Tuesday’s print edition, referred to Susie as Buffett’s wife. Buffett first wife, Susan Thompson Buffett, died in 2004.
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