Sunrise 5 a.m. (June 29, 2026)

We all know Hawaii is packed with talented athletes with big stories to tell. This is Mark Carpenter, and I invite you to check out the long game podcast. It's a weekly talk story with influential figures from legends to rising stars. Catch a long game on the H&N streaming app or wherever you get your podcast. This is Hawaii News Now Sunrise at 5. Right now in Sunrise, the state budget now officially signed. We'll tell you what it includes, as well at what bills the governor is considering vetoing. Plus, military activity is increasing over the next few weeks on Oahu. We're going to tell you what the rim-pack marine exercises entail. Kids sports becoming increasingly expensive, how a soccer academy is working with their young athletes to try to make sure everyone can play. All right, let's stick in with our first alert weather and traffic team. Good morning, guys. Hey. Good morning. Right now, Roadway is looking very nice and green, but they are a bit damp in some parts of Oahu guy. Yeah, it's kind of a squishy start to the Monday. And I've got to tell you, these showers that are coming in are very beneficial, considering just starting the dry season. So we'll really be, we really got to savor these showers. But we've got generous amounts of rain for a handful of windward spots, right? Leward spots like Kailua Kona and like the Kohala Coast, still very dry. A lot of showers. for East and windward Maui, as well as Oahu's windward side. A couple spotty downpours as well. Our North Shore is dry. And what looks like dry conditions means the Corey radar is out of commission for the moment. Now, we are getting these breezy winds, and that'll help limit the rainfall buildups, help limit the possibility for flooding. Although the weird thing is, according to the National Weather Services, even though we're getting breezy trade winds, humidity levels will still be elevated. It might be a little sticky. So a damp start to the day and then drier for leeward sides as the day progresses. And these winds, they'll be running on nice and breezy at 15 to 25 miles an hour. And it looks like this is going to be the case all the way through Wednesday. Not all that bad, actually. Jelani. Guy, right now, if you're heading in the town from Y&I, that's going to be about a 43-minute drive, no red or orange spots along Farrington Highway as you drive through Ma'Ili, Nanakuli, and then get on to the H1-1 once you reach Macha Kilo. Here's a look at Fort Weaver Road in EVEA. That's moving along smoothly and efficiently, getting on to the H-1 freeway with no issues, and then driving past Ykele premium outlets. With no problems. It is going to be about a 27-minute drive from Coppola into town and about a half hour out of Eba Beach. That's your first alert traffic on sunrise. Steve Grace, back to you. All right. Thanks, Shalani. Thanks, Sky. It's 502 right now. Hawaii's next two-year state budget is now official. Governor Green signed the $21 billion spending plan. It includes $129 million to launch the state's new green fee program. That's going to help fund projects that protect Hawaii's natural resources. This budget focuses still on housing, but it preserved all of the tax breaks for working people, up to about $400,000 for families and up to about $204,000 for individuals. You'll still see your taxes go down.

That's important because affordability is king. The governor also released a list of four bills he's considering vetoing before the July 15th deadline. They include two education measures, a bill involving pay for state housing leaders, and another dealing with Hawaii's emergency fund. His explanations for each potential veto are available on Hawaii NewsNow.com. The debate over the 30-meter telescope is stretching far beyond Hawaii. Opponents of the project traveled to California. Friday, they delivered a petition and a cease and desist letter to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in Palo Alto. It's one of the telescope's largest financial supporters. The group is urging the foundation to stop funding the project as TMT explores whether it could relocate to a former observatory site on Mauna Kea. Over 500,000 people are here with us today in the spirit of saying... No TMT on Mount Achaia. Should the 30-meter telescope be considered for the Caltech decommission site or back to the northern plateau, we are asking them to halt any further funding for the 30-meter telescope. So because they're the largest single donor funder, that's why we're here. We have taken a preliminary look of whether we can, possibly build TMT on decommissioned, scientifically, engineering-wise technically. And we believe this is very preliminary, of course, and we believe we can. The possible new location is the site of the former Caltech sub-millimeter observatory, which was removed in 2024. TMT says it has reviewed the petition but has not changed from its currently approved Monacoa site, and the project remains committed to working with Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian communities.

Expect us seeing here a lot of military activity in the coming weeks during the Rimpack exercises. Marine Corps Base, Hawaii hosted military from Mexico, Tonga, and other nations, and live fire drills over the weekend. These exercises are designed to sharpen their marksmanship, share expertise, and build their relationships. Hope is really oriented on... on the team and crew level and below. So weapon systems that involve an individual shooter employing their TE weapon that they're equipped with, all the way up to some of the larger crucible weapon systems that require multiple Marines to operate. What's for lunch? Sandwich, you have some of candy here. I have energy. The drills are part of the shore phase of the Rimpack exercise, which will include ship visits and cultural exchanges. Those ships will begin there at sea phase in early July. 506, the ceasefire with Iran appears to be back in place this morning. Morning, Howard. Good morning. The trouble began when the International Maritime Organization last week set up a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, bypassing waters controlled by Iran. Iran reacted by attacking two vessels. The U.S. then bombed Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar setups. And then on Sunday, Iran fired on a fully loaded oil tanker. The U.S. fired on 10 more Iranian military. sites. This morning, neither side is striking the others, but oil industry economists are warning clients they may have been overly optimistic about restoration of oil supply. There was also a weekend warfare between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel had said it would abide by a Lebanese cease fire, but Hezbollah rejected the agreement and fired on Israeli positions, triggering retaliatory strikes. Hezbollah, like Hamas and the Houthi rebels, are funded by Iran. On Wall Street this morning, the Dow is up more than 260 points or about half a percent. All right. Thank you, Howard. 507 right now happening today. Repairs are set to begin on the Waipahu Street Arts Bridge. The structure was damaged in the March corner of those storms. We're told most of the repairs are needed under the bridge, but a contraflow is going to be in effect during work hours starting next Monday. Those are weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. The repairs are expected to take about three months. All right, let's take a look ahead for what we can expect on our roads this week. Jonathan Misaki here with your first alert traffic report.

And a good day to you. A couple of things for you to be aware of during the week here in the state of Hawaii on our roadways. Let's first of all tell you about a couple of things going on on the island of Oahu. And this will be taking place throughout the week. So let's take a look as what our graphics tell us right now. Right here in the Mwanalua Freeway area, the repaving work will continue between Mwanalua Gardens and the Halava interchange overnights from Sunday to Thursday from 9 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. This would be until the project is completed in January of 2027. Island of Oahu shoulder closure on the H1 eastbound between Ola Lane's overpass and the Richard Street Lane. This is 24-7 as part of the widening project ongoing there. And then now over to the island of Maui. Want to let you know about another ongoing project. The shoulder closure on P.E. Lani Highway, northbound near east Wipuilani Road. This is 24-7 until further notice. This is due to a new intersection being constructed. And finally, over to Hawaii Island, the Hakala Stream Bridge Rehabilitation Project continues through August 27th. It should not impact traffic, but crews want you to be aware that they're working in the area. And that's your personal traffic week in addition. I'm Jonathan Masaki. Have a good one. All right, thanks, Jonathan. If your kids play sports, you know how expensive that can be. Coaches fees, club dues, team travel. Yeah, what one congressman is trying to do to cut down parents' expenses and how one youth soccer academy is trying to change the model that's coming up next. And we've seen Aloha Stadium come down piece by piece. So what happens to those big chunks of nostalgia once they're removed from Halava? We're going to tell you coming up. As Dave, we're now 29 days into hurricane season. There's a potential tropical depression forming in the East Pacific, a medium chance for it to become a depression by Wednesday. But after that, look what happens. It falls into unfavorable conditions and it falls apart. It does not pose a threat to Hawaii. So we're still looking pretty good, even though we're well into hurricane season. We'll be right back with more sunrise. Don't go away.

We all know Hawaii is packed with talented athletes with big stories to tell. This is Mark Carpenter, and I invite you to check out the long game podcast. It's a weekly talk story with influential figures from legends to rising stars. Catch a long game on the H&N streaming app or wherever you get your podcast. Now, first alert weather with Guy Hug. We've got breezy trademines. They're in control, and they'll run hold firm all the way through Wednesday. Might have a little hiccup in the wind speeds. They might slow down a little bit on Thursday. But after that, going into the weekend, they'll hold at breezy levels again. So that's kind of good, right? We've got those trademes in control. Humanity, not that much of an issue. However, the National Weather Service is giving us a little bit of a warning, telling us that it's going to be... a little bit humid for the next few days, kind of what corner happens to have on a day-to-day basis. So corner weather, not going to change in any significant way. But notice we've highlighted in red Wednesday and Thursday. That's for the windward side of the entire state, including the Hamakua Coast and the Hilopuna area. So it will be squishy with windward and milk showers mainly, but mostly Wednesday and Thursday. That's when we could see some heavier downpours. Pretty much the same for Lihui, right? who he could see the heavier rainfall Wednesday and Thursday. Leeward-sized Lake Kahuli. Not really so much, so we're not highlighting in red. So again, get ready for some damp, soggy conditions Wednesday and Thursday of this week, especially if you live in a windward neighborhood. Ahmed al-Sharaa, what are you looking at? Right now I'm looking at our flow map of Oahu. That's looking very nice and green. No troubles on Kua'i as you're driving along Kamulalii Highway and making your way through the tree tunnel into Lihue. It is going to be about a 23-minute drive from Elele into Lehuay and 20 minutes out of Kappa. No troubles on Maui, whether you're driving on Hana or Honua Pee. Lani highways. For those heading out from Kahului into Lahaina, that's going to be about a 35-minute drive and Hawaii Island, moving along smoothly and efficiently in both Hilo and Kona. That's your first alert traffic on sunrise. Steve, Grace, back to you. Thanks, Shalani. Thanks, guys. 513. The reopening of the Kaupulehu Marine Reserve on Hawaii Island has been pushed back until later this year. The area has been closed to fishing since 2016 to help coral reefs and fish populations recover. State officials say that they need more time to finalize a fisheries management plan before reopening the reserve. Surveys show some food fish populations have increased by as much as 200% during the 10-year closure. Developers of Aloha Stadium say that the demolition process is about a month ahead of schedule as a first load of rusted steel had overseas for recycling.

White News now was given exclusive access to the Aloha Stadium demolition site. That's where excavators are cutting the 12,000-ton steel structure into small pieces for recycling. Now, these weeks are brought to radius recycling, and then to a huge bulk cargo ship that is now loading at the Kualailoan Deep Draft Harbor. It's going to be headed to steel recyclers in Vietnam. So you could say that a bit of a lot of Aloha Stadium is spreading the Aloha all over the world, depending on the highest bidder. We got to get at a certain price point in order for us to make a profit. We are a for profit company. The project's demolition and recycling contractors are absorbing the risk of higher energy prices and lower international rates for scrap metal. So those variable costs are not going to impact the cost of the stadium redevelopment project. And all developers say that well over 90% of that steel and concrete from the old stadium is going to be recycled or reused. 514 right now, many families across the country are finding children's sports to be increasingly unaffordable. And private equity firms could be shouldering some of that blame. Ryan Nobles explains. On a typical Friday evening here in Washington, one minute, one minute. You'll find players from the DC-11 Youth Soccer Academy hard at work. Like most other clubs, players try out to make the team and parents pay dues. But that's where their program diverges. How have you found a way to make it accessible for anybody that wants to play? So for us, access is key, right? Some families are able to afford the cost flat out. Other families are not. And so we work with all... families that come to us. Their pay what you can model, a game changer for some families, up against a problem parents all over the country are dealing with, the skyrocketing cost of kids sports. Parents spending 46% more on average since 2019, with youth sports now estimated to generate $40 billion each year, nearly double the revenue of the NFL. It's crazy and it's unfortunate. Experts say part of the problem, private equity buying up kids leagues and facilities. Tom Ferry is the executive director of the Aspen Institute's sports and society program. We have a problem in how we set up our sports system in this country. It is not aligned with the principles of athletic development and child development. And what private equity has done is simply come in and accelerated it. That acceleration leading to a new bill in Congress, the Let Kids Play Act, sponsored by Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy.

518. Welcome back to Sunrise. I'm Horace with more of your local biz. Hawaii gas prices declined slightly over recent days, but our prices are still second only to California and just ahead of Washington State. Honolulu regular is 5.45 a gallon this morning. Average Hawaii regular is still over a dollar a gallon more than it was last year at this time, a result, as you know, of Persian Gulf supply disruptions. Forbes magazine is out with its annual rankings of financial institutions, and HFS Federal Credit Union says it won best in state. Founded in 1937, the Big Island Credit Union has six branches. On the event horizon, a July benefit is planned for the Kohala Center's Reef Teach program at Kaolulu Beach Park. The benefit, including documentary films, will be July 11, 3 p.m. at the Elks Theater. suggested donation $10. Elks Lodge 2616 will also be selling food and drink at that event. Now, by now you've heard Journey has added a second Hawaii show Sunday, September 18 at Blaisdale, but bear in mind Hawaii pre-sale tickets for both shows that day are available online through Ticketmaster only just through 9 a.m. Hawaii time Friday. After that, you'll be competing with mainlanders. Now Guy and Jelani at the first alert desk. Hey, thanks, Howard. Well, no major slowdowns are incidents right now. Still pretty early, Guy. Mm-hmm. But it is a little squishy out there. We do have Winwood and Malka's showers moving through. Nothing unusual. Although heads up, right? Tuesday, actually Wednesday and Thursday. That's what we expect of more showers coming in. But until then, we're going to get these passing showers favoring windward sides. And in the afternoon, a few spotting downpours, especially on the corner side of Hawaii Islands. So that's going to be the weather pattern through Tuesday. And then on Wednesday, look for a boost in rainfall. Wednesday and Thursday could be especially wet for those windward areas, maybe some downpours as well, Wednesday, Thursday. And then Friday, we're back to more normal light trade showers in the morning and in the evening. Rainbows, for sure, they're on tap. And that's a good thing, right? So again, standard trading weather today and tomorrow, a little wet to start with for windward eras, drier for leeward sides, and those brisk and breezy winds. Man, it's going to be a little windy at times today. And then Wednesday and Thursday, that disturbance drops in, more showers, especially for windwood and Malka areas. And then as we head towards the weekend, those showers will kind of back off. We'll still have Winwood and Malka. but not as many, and also the leeward sides will be fairly dry. Actually, Fourth of July is looking really good. A little breezy, yes, but still, should be pretty nice as we head into the first part of July. Jelani, back to you. Guy, right now it is sailing out of the North Shore, whether you're driving out of either Haleiva or Waialua. No major problems along Kaukonohua Road or Kameha Meha Highway. Looking really nice at Wahwa and Mili Lani as you get onto the H2 freeway. No delays heading south on Kameha Meja Highway or Kuna Road and no troubles at the H1-H-2 merge. Here's a look right now as you're heading out of Eva Beach. Minor delays driving along Fort Waver Road and making a way past a safe way in the foodland. Looks like we do have...

some slow and go conditions. You see that orange on the far left of your screen as you're driving past Honokai Hale along Farrington Highway, expect some slow and go conditions there. That's your first alert traffic on sunrise. Steve, Grace, back to you. All right, thanks, Yelani. Amazon's prime day proved to be successful once again. How much shoppers spent this time around? Surprise, surprise. And the siblings of Peter Boy, Kemma, have been waiting for eight years in their wrongful death lawsuit while they are hoping to avoid a trial. But first. If you love to read, do you ever listen to music while you do that? I'm J.B. Tucker Carlson coming up, I have found a very unique app that gives any book a soundtrack. Weather in Hawaii differs island by island, neighborhood by neighborhood, and at times hour by hour. No matter where you are or where you're headed, make sure you have the free Hawaii News Now First Alert Weather app so you can be ready for your day. Available in the app store and Google Play.