The California Golden Bears face the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex in Honolulu.

U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake on Tuesday denied a request seeking to stop officials from enforcing the new law on cruises.

The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule features just one game on Christmas Eve, and it takes place in the Aloha State. The Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 2025 will see the California Golden Bears facing the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

A federal judge has denied a request to stop Hawaii’s cruise tax from taking effect in January, but the legal battle isn’t over yet.

Kansei Matsuzawa, Hawaii’s kicker who was dubbed the "Tokyo Toe" by teammates, used grit to become an AP All-American with NFL hopes. Today he will take the field for the Rainbow Warriors for the last time in the Hawaii Bowl against California.

A NOAA GOES satellite also captured smoke from the Palisades, Eaton and Kenneth fires that devastated Southern California in January 2025.

Tens of thousands are on Hawaiʻi’s delinquent‑tax list — some owe millions. New law and collection rules are reshaping what gets written off.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The 29-year-old son accused of killing his mother in Hawaii Kai over the weekend appeared in court Tuesday, and made impromptu remarks that led to his attorney stepping in.