Environmentalists, scientists and the Navy disagree about the effects of sonar tests being conducted on humpback whales off the Big Island. Kamehameha Schools faculty members vote to form a union. Liberty House files for bankruptcy protection. Gov. Ben Cayetano directs Attorney General Margery Bronster to determine if an investigation of high gasoline prices is warranted. The state Land Board approves Honolulu's proposal to restore the Waikiki Natatorium.
Trash piles up as garbage collectors stage a work stoppage.
City prosecutors expand the investigation into alleged fraud at the Ewa Villages project. Police shoot and wound a man as he flees in a stolen car. Miss Universe Brook Lee turns over her crown to Wendy Fitzwilliam in the Hawaii-hosted pageant. Maui Mayor Linda Lingle formally files to run for governor. A University of Hawaii team returns home after working in the Pacific with the Navy and Robert Ballard, the explorer who found the Titanic.