Pixie Clay
News EditorPixie Clay is HPR’s News Editor, where she works with the station’s team of reporters to bring accurate, impactful, and compelling news stories to our audience through broadcast and online platforms. Born and raised on Oʻahu, she is a graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and has an extensive background in radio broadcasting.
She first started her career at iHeartMedia in Honolulu where for nearly a decade, she filled numerous roles including morning show producer, on-air talent, traffic reporter, production assistant, and more.
In 2011, she moved to San Francisco to continue to grow her journalistic skills at the leading all-news radio station KCBS as a producer and editor. In her twelve years there, she has covered countless breaking news stories in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as nationally, that have garnered awards for the station. She has also been on international news stations to give insight into breaking stories as they happened.
Pixie is also a hobbyist cook and baker. In 2017, she competed on an episode of Food Network’s Bakers vs Fakers and won both rounds. When she’s not following a news lead, she’s more than likely in the kitchen trying to create something tasty.
Contact Pixie at pclay@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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An issue with delayed pickup for refuse and recycling in East Oʻahu last week could soon impact the entire island due to a shortage of available collection trucks. Over the past five fiscal years, the Department of Environmental Services has ordered a total of 73 new trucks but only received 17. No new trucks have been delivered since November 2020. HPR's Pixie Clay has more.
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In an update from the utility, it says steel poles will replace destroyed wooden ones for overhead powerlines in a temporary grid that will be replaced once rebuilding plans are finalized.
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The weeklong strike is underway. The medical center brought in a temporary workforce and asserts that patient care will not be impacted while the nurses are on the picket lines.
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The Hawai‘i Nurses’ Association said the hospital’s management team has failed to bargain in good faith, adding they were stonewalled when asked for some concessions while accepting many terms and conditions. Kapi‘olani's chief operating officer said the strike notice is disappointing as they have addressed the priorities presented. The two sides have been trying to work out a new contract since September. HPR's Pixie Clay has more.
