Yesterday's vote on the proposed City Charter amendment authored by City Councilman Charles Djou was 9-0. It would ask voters if the city should establish a rail system.

A former Honolulu firefighter admitted starting at least two brush fires last week on East Oahu, a police detective said in court yesterday.

A minister who leads a Kaneohe commune is in jail on $2 million bail, accused of multiple sexual assaults against one of his young female followers.