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Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News Now. Celebrate the home team with us, and let's go Bose. This podcast is sponsored by your local Hawaii Nissan dealers and HMAA. This is Hawaii News Now. First at 4. Demolition on Dillingham Boulevard as the city prepares the site for affordable housing near a future skyline station. The political action committee backed by the Carpenter's Union is defending its strategy of pouring millions of dollars into local campaigns. President Trump says his latest threats have forced Iran back to the bargaining table, which Tehran disputes. I'm Jesse Mitchell in New York with the latest as Senate Republicans now look to advance the president's AG pick, Todd Blanche. Kaki head back to school this week. Breezy trade winds will be slowing down. What are we expecting for the rest of the week? This is Hawaii News now. First at four. First at four, demolition of a long time Kalihi landmark is underway as Honolulu's rail project makes its way into town. The city plans to transform the site on Dillingham Boulevard into a new affordable housing community next to a future skyline station. Our Ali Duklo is here with the details. Yeah, well, Ashenmark, the building in Kaliki was home to the D-Light Bakery, and plans are to replace it with 150 affordable housing units. City officials held a ceremonial demolition this afternoon to mark the beginning of work. The housing project is currently earmarked for 60% of the area median income and below. The property is located near the site of the future Mokawaa Skyline Station. City officials add the project as a part of the effort to create more transit-oriented development as it extends the rail into town. Folks who are going to be living here are going to have bragging rights because when they go to the office in the morning or they go to school in the morning and everybody's complaining about, you know, their commute and how long it took them to get from point A to point B, the folks that live here are going to be able to say we skylined it. The city acquired the half-acre site in 2019. Residents nearby can expect four weeks of demolition work, and city officials say they'll try their best to mitigate impacts. The project is also about a year or two away from the start of construction. Aali Iduklo, Hawaii News now. The Hawaii Carpenters Union Political Pack has spent more in the lieutenant governor's race than all the candidates combined. That's according to the latest spending report. A Hawaii News Now Review found that in addition to supporting Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami in the LG race, the PAC called for a better tomorrow is heavily spending in county races, including for mayors of Maui and Kauai. On Maui, the PAC is supporting Challenger Councilwoman Yuki-Lay-Sugimura against incumbent Richard Bisson.

I don't think it's money that's going to decide this race. I think it's votes. What do you think the agenda of that PAC is? I think you need to ask them. I have no idea. Doesn't worry you. I don't know if that's the right word. I'm concerned about our community. All these people that I'm talking to in terms of groups and industries, I want them to have a seat at the table. So if I make policy decisions, I'm not going to make it by myself. The PAC is funded out of union dues paid by thousands of carpenters. In a statement, the PAC said it supports building more housing to help working people in all industries and government. Coming up later this evening on Hawaii News now at 6, more reaction and the surprising change in the carpenter strategy so far. Pop-up voter service centers are now open on Oahu ahead of the primary election on Saturday. The centers are located at Kaneohe and Oahuah District Parks and will be open every day through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for in-person voting services and more. The centers will not be open Saturday for Election Day, but in-person voting will be available at Honolulu Hale and Kapolejale from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. And join Hawaii News Now on Saturday for complete coverage of this year's primary election. Our news team will be live across the state. Getting reaction from the candidates as the results come in. Live coverage, both on air and online, begins at 5 o'clock.

On Kaua'i, a 35-year-old woman has died after she was found unresponsive in the waters below the Nini Point Lighthouse. She was located around 3.30 Saturday afternoon. First responders pulled Millie Malin from the water and rushed her to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. There is no evidence of foul play. An autopsy will determine her official cause of death. Also on Kaua, beachcores are being told to stay out of the water after a shark sighting at Kikaha Beach. The Kauai Ocean Safety Bureau, Sparta. 15-foot tiger shark swimming in the area. No injuries were reported, and officials continue to monitor the area. If there are no other sightings by tomorrow afternoon, warning signs will be taken down. To weather now, here's a live look outside at Kahala, and you'd see from those palm trees down there that the trade winds are slowing down a bit. Chief meteorologist Jenna Robbins has more in Hawaii's most accurate first alert forecast, Jen. And what a beautiful day. I just love the colors. And we are going to be seeing the trade winds slow down quite a bit this week. And that will make it feel a little bit more muggy. Right now, Gus have been up to maybe 20 to 30 miles per hour. Over the weekend, we actually saw Gus up to 40 miles per hour. So very breezy conditions, but now slowing down. And that will be the trend into the evening. 86 degrees right now, a warm one. We did start off the day with some showers. Into the night, more showers will be working its way across the ice. and you can see in the green for the most part. I'll take a deeper look at what we're expecting for the rest of the week coming up in a little bit. Jonathan? Well, it's back to school time, but traffic doesn't show very, very bad congestion today, so that's a good start. Let's get to our maps to kind of give you an idea what to expect on this Aloha Monday. In the greater part of downtown, we don't have any solid reds. That's pretty good. You have some yellows, though. It's going to get a bit heavy as we make our way into Red Hill. And then getting over into the Moanalua freewind, the H-1 merge into IAa and Pro City. There you see some of the reds. Looking a little bit red to on the 8th Street freeway. We'll check on what's going on with that. I'll by getting to the Elba Plain and the countryside looking overall not bad except a small stretch in Kapalai and Kalailoa. So drive times are looking like this. It's going to take you some time, though, to get home to Mililani 50 minutes. Kapalai 51 and downtown to Nana Kuli will take you 63 minutes. Keeping you on your Ahana safe, first alert traffic, Ash, back to you. Thank you, Jonathan. Idaho authorities are saying the gunmen in a shooting at an in-and-out location on Saturday died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Now, suspect Chad Williams allegedly killed three people and injured seven others at the shooting in Twin Falls. Investigators believe the 24-year-old acted alone. As I was running, I faced the shooter head on, and he pointed the gun at me. I ducked behind a white car just to have some sort of coverage. I saw a pistol on a gun case. I'm guessing that was his. And I didn't have anything to defend myself. So I grabbed the gun and I pulled it back. It was jammed. So I just felt helpless. Officials are praising an off-duty police officer and a civilian as heroes after they diverted Williams from the scene by firing at him. The White House indicated the U.S. and Israel were prepared to unleash a powerful attack on Iran, but the president says the U.S. and Iran are now in new talks to end the war. Iran says no such talks are taking place, and this also comes as Todd Blanche moves one critical step closer to formerly being named Attorney General. Jesse Mitchell has more.

This is Hawaii News Now. Well, just like that, summer break is over and school is back in session. Casey Lund takes us to opening day at Kamuki High and has more on what's changing across DOE campuses. Aloha, and go bulldogs, right? Yes. Not only with three Kaimuki High School teachers, but three Kaimuki High School alum, so this is a cool opportunity to talk to you guys. Sherry Ann Wright, the English teacher, we're in your room. That's why you're at the head of the class leading this interview. We've got Ryan Swinehart. He's a special education teacher, and then Taiana Locetti, correct? And you do the yearbook with your students. Thank you guys for what you do. I want to start with kind of one of the big things. that you know we want to make sure parents are aware of and students not a lot of students watch TV news anymore but we're talking about that cell phone policy change yeah no for intermediate elementary knows no phones at class for high school students not during instruction time how do you think your students are going to handle that how are you guys are you guys worried about that or do you feel like you have the support from the department and and everybody You know what? I'm excited for that new policy. I think it'll really help with instruction time and focus. And the school has been very supportive in giving us just things for the students to put their phones in and whatnot. And it's... school-wide thing, so it's consistent throughout the day. Yeah, and so, and, you know, I know that we talked with leadership with a superintendent about, you know, there's, of course, leeway in certain areas, if there's a call for students to, like, take a picture or so that, you know, but they need to listen to their teacher, right? Bottom line, okay, let's talk with Ryan. What do you want to say? Because today is... Freshman, incoming freshman orientation for most schools, public schools, and then for intermediate the first years. We were all freshmen, and we were all, we all went to that awkward phase of elementary to middle school. What would you say that they're a little anxious today, starting high school? For all the incoming freshmen, you know, I would just tell them, like, All the teachers here are excited to welcome you guys onto our campus. You know, we're excited to have you guys. We look forward to working with you guys throughout the school year and throughout your high school career. You know, it is nerve wrecked. You know, even some teachers are nervous to new teachers, even veteran teachers. Well, you know, we're all excited and we're all going to do our best work together. So, you know. Whatever anxious you have, you know, there's always going to be someone, a teacher that's out here looking out for you. Absolutely, I feel like you're one of those teachers. I'm sure you all are. Talk to me to me. Really quickly as a Kalon. Excuse me. Kai Mukhi-oh. As a Kaimuki alum, you know, one of the big things that we didn't haven't talked about yet today is what their dealings being for teacher recruitment, and I'm not asking you about that, but if you could tell me what you like about your job and what you like about teaching here at your alma mater, I think that might.

help I've basically been here my whole life like I grew up here I've spent every day here since I was seven years old so me coming back and working here was a special thing for me it wasn't like a consolation prize it was my first choice to be here because I just want students to realize what kind of he actually is and how close of a community we are here and how we all just want to see each other win. Like, I'm excited to be here with Sherry. I'm excited to be here with Ryan. Like, I've known these guys for a while. You guys go to high school together? We did not, but Ryan was one of my teachers, like, inclusion teachers when I was here. And I met Sherry, like, later on. But I'm very excited to be here along with other alumni. And my whole family is always here every time. I love that you guys. Thank you. And go Bulldogs, right? Yeah. And then a reminder that, you know, that's so... policy going into effect. Parents talk to your kids about that. There's also new food items, fresh farm to table, locally grown produce that will be offered to healthier items for kids. We're talking about health and attendance. Showing up is the most important part. And that's one thing I do well, right? Food case. All right, thank you. Thank you. Well, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating more than $330,000 to support schools and teachers on Kauai. The money through their Kauai Community Fund will benefit 16 public schools, seven charter schools, and local nonprofit. Kumu's cupboard to provide free supplies to teachers and staff year-round. The couple also sponsored Kukuwee Grove's Back to School Bash, giving away more than 3,000 back-to-school backpacks filled with school supplies. Much more news ahead, but first look at the stories we're working on for the next half hour. Two people in Michigan are the first deaths tied to the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak. What we know about the patients. This week marks three years since the Maui wildfire tragedy. Chelsea Davis gives us a look at progress to help find survivors' housing. The city has begun cleaning up the Manoa stream nearly five months after it overflowed into nearby neighborhoods during the Connollo storm. These stories and more head at 430. Stay with us. Jen and Jonathan, back after a quick break. Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News Now. Celebrate the home team with us and let's go Bose. Now. First Alert traffic with Jonathan Masaki. For windward commuters, I want to point something out on the map right now. You kind of see all of that red on the H3 freeway. Let me tell you about what's going on. We're told that there's an accident that's blocking the traffic in the Kane-Oha-Bound direction. So as I go to the map, you can kind of see where it kind of gets all tied up. So we're told, Kanaohebound about a half mile before the H-Rano tunnel. The accident is blocking all lanes. Only the shoulder lane is open right now. Perhaps take the Leake-Like or the Pully instead of the H-3 until they get that cleared up.

Other than that, though, looking to Enchant Lake, pretty nice conditions, all the way to the countryside, same thing. And then getting back here, we're going to be your drive times right now. To Kailua 26, again, Waiholy 41, and there you see 48 minutes using the H3 to Kauai-eohe. Jen, over to you. And the trade winds will be backing down, Jonathan, into the next couple of days, making it feel a little bit warmer. We are tracking also a wetter trade win pattern, heads up for Tuesday into Wednesday, and then a new swell doing on Saturday. Trade winds will continue to back down. And hard to believe, back to school week is here, and we will be seeing an uptick in showers the next couple of days, mainly windward and Melka. As we cruise into the rest of the week, the trade winds are holding steady at 10 to 15 miles per hour. and then a little stronger by the end of the week into the weekend. Right now, it's going to be feeling quite warm in some spots like Kailua Kona, 85 degrees, but feels like 89 degrees when you factor in the humidity. And this is going to be the trend the next several days. You could actually see some Malka clouds, beautiful day overall and a ripple on the water there. That shows you how windy it is. And we will be seeing those winds back down, though, within the next 24 hours. And into the next seven days, we will be seeing... A few showers come into the picture, but then backing down, wishing all the Kiki out there a beautiful start to the new school year. Thank you so much, Jen. Well, August is here, which means we can now officially say we are less than a month away from the start of the UH football season. This year's expectations are high. and Bo's quarterback Micah Alihado is getting preseason recognition. The redshirt sophomore has been named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, which goes to the most outstanding player in college football. Now, he's coming off of an excellent season, which saw him throw for over 3,100 yards and 24 touchdowns through 11 games. His touchdown passes set single-season school and Mountain West records for a freshman. Alejado is the fifth UHQB in program history. to be named to the watch list and the first since Braden Shager in 2024. Meantime NFL teams are in training camp and Kansai Matsuzawa is on his rookie journey with the Las Vegas Raiders. The Tokyo To joined the Silver and Black as an undrafted free agent back in April. He's trying to lock up a spot on the team's 53 player roster. Fun fact, the first NFL game he ever attended was a Raiders game in Oakland back in 2018. Oh, it's so amazing. I dreamed of playing in an NFL seven years ago, and then my dream comes true, but there's a lot of things going on, and I want to do better. I want to be a glade player. So it's been amazing, but I feel like this is the first step of my new journey. Matt Gay is currently the Raiders starting kicker, but there is a good chance Matsuzawa can stay on the team through the NFL's international player pathway program. What a story. Right? Amazing. Well, a new play chronicles the early days of the Portuguese community here in Hawaii. That story just ahead.

Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News Now. Celebrate the home team with us and let's go Bose. This is Hawaii News Now. Between 1878 and 1911, thousands of Portuguese came to Hawaii to find a new way of life in the islands. Now there's a new play sharing the stories of this group of immigrants. Jonathan Masaki has more. In the late 1870s, Portuguese began arriving in the kingdom of Hawaii after months at sea. For the next 30 years or so, it's believed that 24 ships brought nearly 16,000 of these immigrants from Portugal. People told me we would be able to see Hawaii as soon as daybreak. Eager for the first glimpse of our destination, we line the rails in anticipation of the long-awaited moment. Now a new play on Hawaii Island entitled Chigamos, We Arrived, takes a look at what these newcomers experienced as they began their lives in Hawaii. So we're thrilled to be able to bring the story of our ancestors, first of all. But the most important thing is that the script was developed through the words of people who actually lived through this experience and their descendants.

UHH professor of drama emeritus and playwright Jackie Pualani Johnson wrote Chigamos. Like other living history pieces she has done in the past, this performance, she says, truly captures not only the struggles and hardships of the Portuguese, but also the trials they achieved after their new home in the islands. I just said goodbye to my family and was approaching the beach of Funchal. So there were living history interviews. There were sources that come from those who. you know, saw a new life in Hawaii, who realized, like, if we went to the moon now, they were leaving their homeland and searching for a new place to exist and thrive, realize that may never return to their homeland again. Shigamos primarily focuses on one specific ship that left Madera with more than 1,400 immigrants on board. Jackie worked hand in hand with Kahelani Martins Krumming with the Portuguese family history collections to bring this play to life. I think what I learned in my research is that a lot of Portuguese really are not familiar with their heritage because there was so much assimilation when the Portuguese came here. And that's why she believes this type of productions are so important because it opens a path for those who may have lost that connection with the past. When I was in college, I had an assignment to do a... family tree and i was like oh my parents are like adam and eve because i don't know who their parents are so then i started doing the research and i got that's how i got interested in it um in the history and also the immigration and the Portuguese that came here and why they came here. Shigamos, we arrived, will be performed at Hilo's Laman Museum, first on August 10th at 7 p.m. and again on August 11th at 3 p.m. For additional details and performances, go to our website. I'm Jonathan Masaki for stories of Hawaii on Hawaii News Now. Nice. It's such a proud and rich history right there. I love that there's all these plays about these groups of immigrants because what a fun way to learn about this piece of history, you know? And talk story. Just really get the conversation going too. And we're talking story about the bigger waves that will be on the way and the trade winds are backing down into the next couple of days. But right now, a little bit of a lull when it comes to surf, mostly flat conditions. For some Kiki, this is the last day of summer before it begins tomorrow. And then some kids went back to school today. So just wanted to wish all the kids a great start to the new school year. We have beautiful weather throughout the week. A little bit wetter, though, to see. and Wednesday. Thank you, Jen. Well, authorities are warning of a new scam that uses the name of Hawaii's Attorney General. What you need to know to protect yourself in two minutes on Hawaii News now at 430 on K-Chinell and K5. This podcast is sponsored by your local Hawaii Nissan dealers and HMAA. We're passionate about your health. Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News now. Celebrate the home team with us and let's go Bose.