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Honolulu Rail Car Hit with Graffiti Mural

Image: Viewer Via Hawaii News Now
Image: Viewer Via Hawaii News Now

One of Honolulu’s new rail cars has been hit with graffiti.

A colorful full length mural depicting an island, palm trees, and a setting sun appeared on one of the four cars in the rail operations center.  Bill Brennan is the spokesman for HART. 

Crews are working to remove the paint and rail officials say insurance will cover the cost of the removal.

The center is locked from 4pm till six in the morning, and does have surveillance cameras are in place  Officials say they are planning to increase security following this incident.  Honolulu Police Department is investigating this case as a burglary.

Nick Yee’s passion for music developed at an early age, as he collected jazz and rock records pulled from dusty locations while growing up in both Southern California and Honolulu. In college he started DJing around Honolulu, playing Jazz and Bossa Nova sets at various lounges and clubs under the name dj mr.nick. He started to incorporate Downtempo, House and Breaks into his sets as his popularity grew, eventually getting DJ residences at different Chinatown locations. To this day, he is a fixture in the Honolulu underground club scene, where his live sets are famous for being able to link musical and cultural boundaries, starting mellow and building the audience into a frenzy while steering free of mainstream clichés.
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