Alicia Victoria Lozano is a California-based reporter for NBC News focusing on climate change, wildfires and the changing politics of drug laws.
A year after wildfires tore through Lahaina, Hawaii, restauranteur Qiana Di Bari is still packing up trash bags, each filled with smoke-damaged belongings, and carrying them out of her home one at a time in a painstaking effort to rebuild. It's a ritual that continues to play out across west Maui after the Aug. 8, 2023 fires killed at least 102 people and destroyed the former capital of the kingdom of Hawaii.
“Lahaina was one of busiest tracts in all of Hawaii,” said James Tokioka, director of the state’s tourism and economic development department. “It went from that to nothing.” In all, nearly $10.2 million in grants has been awarded to more than 1,000 businesses in Lahaina, his office said. Across the island, tourism is still down. The first half of 2024 saw a nearly 24% drop in visitors to Maui from 1.5 million people in 2023 to 1.1 million this year. Spending slipped from $3.
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