Sixteen-year-old Mikhail Han represents a new generation of O'ahu drivers who — beginning tomorrow — will grow up on an island where holding a cell phone will no longer be allowed behind the wheel.

Honolulu residents will get a small grace period on the increase in parking meter fees at the Honolulu Zoo. The city budget calls for increasing the 25 cents-per-hour fee to $1 tomorrow, but it will take city workers more time to adjust the parking meters.

The state Department of Health yesterday confirmed Hawai'i's first swine flu death, saying the H1N1 virus contributed to the death of a person at Tripler Army Medical Center 11 days ago.