The autumn equinox, which marks the start of fall, occurs at 5:45 a.m. in Hawai'i on Sept. 22 (the vernal equinox, marking the start of spring, occurred this year on March 19).

A California woman was killed Friday on Maui when her motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on Hana Highway, police said.

Spooked by predictions that Hurricane Gustav could grow into a Category 5 monster, an estimated 1 million people fled the Gulf Coast yesterday — even before the official order came for New Orleans residents to get out of the way of a storm taking dead aim at Louisiana.