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Next stop, Hawaii. Southwest Airlines has launched a new, nonstop service from San Diego to Honolulu.

Comedian Chelsea Handler made an emotional plea Saturday, urging people across the country to “please go rescue a dog.” The talk show host, who was forced last week to put down her beloved rescue dog Tammy, posted a heartfelt video message on social media advocating for pet adoption. “I got both of my dogs at the pound. Chunk at the...

A Navy commander says the motive is unknown for a Pearl Harbor shooting that left two civilian workers and the attacker dead. Authorities say 22-year-old Gabriel Romero killed Roldan Agustin, 49, and Vincent Kapoi Jr., 30, and wounded Roger Nakamine, 36, who survived the Dec. 4 shooting. Romero’s job was to stand watch and provide security for the fast attack submarine USS Columbia.

An Army Sergeant’s remains arrived in San Diego in time to be laid to rest on what would be his 89th birthday.

An Army Sergeant whose remains were accounted for 69 years after he was reported missing in action during the Korean War can finally be laid to rest on U.S. soil.

Antonio de la Rosa doesn’t take it easy on his vacations. The Spaniard spent his summer paddling his way from California across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii.

A bill introduced by Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) Wednesday, and backed with bipartisan support in the California House of Representatives, could imprint the legacy of the late Ray Chavez, the oldest veteran survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, permanently on East County.

If passed, a bill could rename the Poway Post Office after Pearl Harbor veteran Ray Chavez. NBC 7’s Monica Dean has the details.

Hollywood actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson visited protesters blocking construction of a giant telescope on Wednesday as the Hawaii governor’s envoy to Native Hawaiian leaders prepared to start talks to find a way out of the impasse. Dancers performed hula and chants as Johnson arrived at the protest site on Mauna Kea. News broadcasts and social media sites showed him...

Thousands of protesters have joined a swelling effort to stop construction of a telescope they have long tried to keep off a mountain considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians, but state officials doubled down Wednesday on their commitment to ensure the project will be completed. After a day of growing crowds and arrests of elderly demonstrators, Hawaii Gov. David Ige...

Dozens of people were violently slammed off the ceiling of a jetliner that encountered unexpected and intense turbulence over the Pacific Ocean Thursday. An Air Canada flight to Australia made an emergency landing in Honolulu after 37 people were injured, nine seriously, during the sudden loss of altitude that sent people flying into the luggage compartments and aisles of the...

Nearly three dozen people aboard an Air Canada flight to Australia were injured by severe turbulence that forced pilots to land in Honolulu on Thursday, the airline said and NBC News reported. Flight 33, scheduled to go from Vancouver to Sydney touched down at Honolulu International Airport at 6:45 a.m. local time due to “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence approximately two...

Eater San Diego shares the top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drink scene, including a look inside a $4.5 million dining and entertainment project on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach.

“Dog the Bounty Hunter”‘s Beth Chapman has been hospitalized again amid her cancer battle and has been placed in a medically induced coma. Hawaii News Now first reported the news late on Saturday. The 51-year-old wife of main star Duane “Dog” Chapman was admitted to the ICU at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, her family said in a statement to...

Lurline is the largest container ship ever built in the U.S., according to shipbuilding company General Dynamics NASSCO. The company said she is 870 feet long, just shy of three football fields, and she weighs more than 44,000 tons.

Going on a summer vacation this year? You’re in good company. Almost 100 million Americans, or 4 in 10 U.S. adults, will take a family trip in 2019, according to AAA. That’s up slightly from last year. Meanwhile, financial website Bankrate.com found in a March 2019 survey of 2,577 adults that 52% are planning a summer holiday this year. So...

Largest container ship launches from San Diego port. It created up to 900 jobs here in San Diego. NBC 7’s Danica McAdam has more.

Hawaii has some of the most beautiful and memorable golf courses in the world. And the quiet island of Kauai may have the most picturesque courses on the islands — or anywhere else. From Poipu Bay in the south, where Tiger Woods once reigned, to Princeville and the rainforests of the north, Kauai has become a must-play for golfers visiting...

New Jersey, it seems, is the last place where people want to spend their golden years. Almost 67% of all New Jersey moves were outbound last year, according to a survey from United Van Lines.

Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes, also known as the new Agents of Atlas.