State officials are installing barriers around Kaniakapupu, the historical ruins that were once the summer home of King Kamehameha III, after vandals reportedly carved a heart into a wall on the site. The vandalism occurred around Valentine’s Day, according to officials with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

“I’m sad, I’m angry, I’m disappointed,” said Ryan Keala Ishima Peralta, a forestry supervisor with the state DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, in a news release. “While the vandal’s intentions perhaps were in their mind innocent, they are defacing an irreplaceable feature of our host culture’s history.”

Crews are constructing a low-impact barrier of logs and plants around the perimeter of Kaniakapupu, and will also put up signs stating the area is closed and warning visitors to stay off any features associated with the ruins.

This is not the first time the site was vandalized. Three years ago vandals carved a series of crosses into a wall near the entrance to the site.

Social media is in part to blame, according to DLNR. After the 2016 vandalism, DLNR asked travel websites and bloggers to delete web references and directions to the ruins, but new photos and references to Kaniakapupu have since popped up.

Kaniakapupu is considered the second most important Native Hawaiian structure on Oahu, DLNR said, second only to Iolani Palace.

Reports of norovirus closes senior kitchen

Kalakaua Gardens senior living facility in Waikiki shut down its kitchen Thursday following reports of at least 40 suspected cases of norovirus, a highly contagious illness that causes vomiting and diarrhea.

The virus can be contracted by consuming contaminated food or water, coming into direct contact with an infected person or touching contaminated surfaces.

Peter Oshiro, environmental health program manager with the Department of Health’s Sanitation Branch, confirmed two cases of norovirus after one resident reported the illness Saturday and a worker fell ill two days later.

The DOH said the facility closed voluntarily and plans to reopen today. The company is bringing in meals from another licensed facility, whose staff will do another inspection before the kitchen reopens, DOH said.

Kalakaua Gardens officials couldn’t be reached for comment.