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We're going to do that coming up in a couple of moments. Good morning. Welcome to Sunrise on a Sunday morning. I'm Billy V. And I'm Jonathan Masaki, sitting in for Annalisa Burgos. Good to be here, Billy, on a beautiful Sunday. Thank you. You know, for a lot of people who are going to get outdoors today, it's going to be a nice day. We do have a change in the forecast. We'll give that to you as soon as we take a live look outside. This is towards the Moy and the Mountain Range. And you can see the clouds and you can see blue sky. It's going to be a combination of that as we go through the day today. Let's give you some updated weather from yesterday. Here we go. First of all, it's going to be breezy now through Monday, lighter on Tuesday. Then the winds will pick back up again Wednesday through the rest of the week. Yesterday, we told you that the winds are going to die down and we're going to lose them. The high pressure north of the state was supposed to move away off to the northeast, but it got stalled. So it's going to stay in place. That's going to keep our winds coming. So that's going to make a lot of people happy. A few drips and drops in the early morning and overnight hours with some windward amount of showers. And we're watching Elida that's in the eastern Pacific. It's far away from us, but it just is a reminder it will not affect our weather. Download the Hawaii News Now WeatherUp and you can track everything that's going on, especially not only in the weather, but in the traffic as well. First alert traffic, no stalls, no accidents, no slowdowns right now. This is the Pearl City area. You can see that traffic is moving pretty much freeway speed. While we're talking about the subject of traffic, 702, Friday marked 100 days since Cruz Eddie Ochoa Jr. was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Makiki. And now his family is channeling their grief into action, calling for safety improvements they hope will help prevent another tragedy. Raquel Callow reports. The Ochoa family has launched a petition urging city and state officials to install speed humps and other traffic calming measures in neighborhoods near Wilder Avenue and Ke'e'a Moku Street. The area where they stay speeding has long been a concern. I feel like my art has been ripped out in half. in. Sepe's son, Cruz Eddie Ochoa Jr., was killed in April in what police say was a hit and run crash on Kewalo Street. 100 days later, the pain is still fresh. What happened to us, it just really was something that we don't want for any other families or anybody. Our family wanted to bring to the community to see what can be done to make that change. Petitions mainly for like the speed humps and also hopefully like getting them to take a look at some of the like trees down there too right off the freeway. It's like really overgrown and like can't really see like any of the signs out there too. The family has taken their concerns to community meetings calling attention to speeding and visibility issues in the neighborhood. I'm never the same no more. And if you're able to put those things there, I don't want no man to ever feel the loss of their son. My firstborn son. Emotions ran high Friday night as members of the Makiki Neighborhood Board voiced support, saying residents have repeatedly raised concerns about safety in the area. What upsets me to a point of hostility when things like this happen, I'm going to be sending a nice letter to the OMPO and to the Complete Streets organization, making sure that proper communication is actually being heard on a community level and not just, you know, run of the mill. The family says the State Department of Transportation told them traffic studies and speed data would likely be needed before any improvements move forward. But for Cruz's loved ones, every day without change brings more fear. Just like standing out there for five minutes, you can see like how fast people are driving up and down that road, especially because it comes right off the freeway. It's just scary to see and we would hate for this to happen to someone else. The family says the petition has already gathered support from community members and hopes it will lead to meaningful safety changes before another life is lost To view the petition head to hawaiinewsnow Raquel Kahlo Hawaii News Now Raquel thank you very much for that report We're learning more this morning about an overnight crash in Makiki that left an e-motorcyclist critically injured. Honolulu police say the crash happened just before midnight on Punahou Street near Clark Street. Investigators say the rider was traveling the wrong way in the southbound lanes when a 65-year-old driver made an illegal U-turn causing the collision. The rider was thrown onto the roadway and was not wearing a helmet. The driver was not hurt. Police are still investigating what led to that crash. And if you were caught in heavy traffic on the H1 in Kampale yesterday afternoon, this is why. A 19-year-old motorcyclist remains in critical condition after the crash near the Kalailoa exit. Police say the rider was traveling between two vehicles when the motorcycle collided with a car, ejecting him onto the freeway. The rider was wearing a helmet. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation. On Maui, police are investigating an alleged late-night assault at a Lahaina pool that involved 30 people. MPD tells us seven visitors from California reported that a large group of juveniles allegedly threw chairs and assaulted them around 10 Friday night. A 20-year-old Mukawa man was arrested for assault and was later released pending investigation. An investigation is currently underway. With primary election ballots arriving in mailboxes this week, state election officials spent Saturday making sure every vote can be counted accurately. The Office of Elections held a public logic and accuracy test at the state Capitol where observers watched test ballots run through vote counting machines. This to verify the system was working properly. Machines are accurate. Machines are objective. Anytime you add humans, you've got the element of human error. Everything we do in the counting process is under the watch of official observers who are members of the eyes and ears of the political parties, the public, anybody who wants interested in the elections. It's just organized chaos and we've done it so many years. It's really, we've gotten used to it. Ballots have already started going out to registered voters across the state and should arrive by Tuesday. The Office of Elections reminds voters that completed ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on August 8th to be counted in the primary election. Let's take a look at your first alert weather here on a Sunday, and we're going to take a look at the seven-day forecast. Kind of help you plan ahead. There's not a whole lot of variance in the forecast except for Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, trade wind weather. Those winds are going to be 15 to 20 miles per hour. We get to Wednesday and then we've still got 15 to 20 mile per hour winds. The only exception here is Tuesday. That's because we've got high pressure north of the islands. It'll start to move away on Tuesday, but then another one's going to come and it should strengthen in place. And then we'll continue to get trade wind weather. So once again, really nice weather up ahead, although there's not going to be a whole lot of precipitation today. Maybe some windward and malkus showers, but everything stays kind of in the 10 percent range. Daytime highs across the board are going to be about 88 degrees. In some places, it will feel like 90, 91. Let's get you back to Jonathan. Thank you very much, Billy. It's eight minutes after 7 o'clock. Up next on Sunrise, finding redemption at a truck stop coffee shop. We'll head to the Manoa Valley Theater to see what that's all about. Aloha kakuhiaka. You're watching Sunrise on Hawaii News Now. or whenever it's convenient for you. The HNN streaming app, the easiest way to watch local TV with no fees, no subscriptions. Just great local content. This is Hawaii News Now Sunrise. Aloha mai kakou. The Manoa Valley Theater is wrapping up its season with a play that's equal parts funny, heartfelt, and inspiring us. Enjoying this morning is Jonathan Beck, great name by the way, who stars in Clyde's and is a real-life U.S. Navy executive chef. About to wrap up your tour, but good morning, first of all, Jonathan, for being here. So let's get started right now. Tell me, first of all, you're going to make some sandwiches, but it also pertains to the new play Clyde's. Tell me about that. Yeah, so the ideal of Clyde's is about overcoming adversity. It's coming from a place that you were before and transitioning to something new. And so we follow some inmates that were prior convicts as they all work in a sandwich shop, and they overcome their boss, Clyde. Okay. And then so Clyde, you're playing Clyde, right? No, I didn't play him on trellis. I didn't play what is known as the sublime of the light. Well, Clyde is the black hole, as we call it. Okay. So tell me a little bit about your character. And as you start to compile your sandwich, how does it pertain to what you do in the play? Okay. So my character, he is seen as like the mentor and the sensei, right? So someone who is self-sacrificing, self-giving to those around him. And when he is going through this transition right and he is guiding those around him he actually enables their ability to become better than themselves why Clyde is the ideal of bringing everyone down It's an amazing play, though. Okay, so you're going to start building a sandwich, and as it pertains to what you do, tell me about the sandwich, about the foundations and what it represents as it gets to the redemption part of your story. Okay, so when we think about a sandwich, I think about it as its mini components, right? Sandwiches are unique in the ways just like how humans are. We have all sorts of emotions, love, hate, despair, fear, pain, envy, right? And so the sandwiches are a reflection of ourselves. And when we build these sandwiches, right, they're very just a beautiful work of art compared to our individual experiences of life. And so the sandwiches are a representation of us. Just like onions, they have layers. Okay, and the layers, you're talking about Clyde again. And when you get to the story of the play, the heart of the play itself, what is class ultimately? You already explained some of it, but get to the meat of it, no pun intended. I like that. So the meat of it is to don't go back to where you came from. Be a kind person, right? And I feel as if it's reflective of the world. We all just need a little bit more kindness. You know, I have to totally agree with you there. Kindness and good sandwiches. Tell me about the play when it's coming up, where it's playing at. the dates, times, so people can take advantage of some good sandwiches. Okay, absolutely. So Clyde's is going to be at Manoa Valley Theater. We're running from Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And so we're running at 7.30, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. We have a double matinee on Saturday at 3.30 and at 7.30 and Sunday at 3.30. And this will be our final week for us. So please call it out and give it a try. Okay, so Clyde's again is playing at the Manoa Valley Theater. We have information on our website. And also manoavalleytheater.com is where you can find all the details. Well, Jonathan, you made an incredible sandwich. anything you want to say as we wrap up? And again, congratulations on your tour of duty to Navy. I just want to say thank you all for joining us this morning. You know, it's a blessing to be able to wake up every day and enjoying our lives. Well said, well said. And you know what? We're going to take a real quick check at time. It's 14 minutes after 7. And coming up next, helping cancer patients recover by being creative. That's when we return. We'll take a look at the UH Centers for Using Art to Heal. That's coming up in two minutes. The HNN Streaming App makes it easy to watch TV even without cable or an antenna. Just go to your Roku, Amazon Fire, or Apple TV menu and search Hawaii News now. Download it for free and enjoy news, original documentaries, and local high school sports. You can even binge watch seasons of your favorite local shows like Kitchen Scraps and Hi Now Daily. Watch live or whenever it's convenient for you. The HNN streaming app, the easiest way to watch local TV with no fees, no subscriptions. Just great local content. Now, first alert weather with Billy V. Welcome back. It's an Aloha Sunday. We've got some live video right now. This is Kiloia Volcano. More particulates starting to come out of the volcano. And we're looking for another eruptive episode. But just kind of waiting patiently and seeing how it is with the Kilauea volcano this morning. It's nice. Yeah, here we go. Let's go ahead and take a look at your weather for you. And then we're going to start with the oceans. Smokecraft Advisory, in effect, for portions of Hawaiian waters. You can see those that are highlighted there. Let's take a look at the waves and note that they're a pretty good size today. And we've got some extra numbers on there. Once again, flat to two over on the North Shore, one to three. And that's going to get bigger. and then 2 to 4 and then we'll get to by tomorrow it's going to be 7 to 10 feet. So just kind of a heads up there. I'll fix that later. Here we go. 78 degrees outside, partly cloudy skies, northeasterly winds 3 miles per hour. And as we take a look at the winds, those winds are going to be 10 to 20 miles per hour with some nice conditions today and more sunshine as we get to the afternoon hours. Let's go over to Hawaii Island for a couple of moments traffic wise and show you what we've got. This is over in Kona. No problems right now as you're going through Kailua, Kona. We get up towards Waimea. Hamakua coastline as you're getting into the Hilo side with no stalls, no accidents, no slowdowns. We get towards Volcano, Ka'u, Pahala, down to Hawaiian Ocean View. Once again, nice traffic happening right now on all the islands. Let's get you back to Jonathan. It really helps heal me. I'm healed by expressing myself. For Lenny Acosta Knight, art became a path to healing, and yesterday she helped others discover that for themselves. Knight was one of the three featured artists at the UH Cancer Center's Healing Through Art event where nearly 200 cancer patients, caregivers and supporters took part in workshops designed to encourage healing through creativity. As a cancer survivor, I know what it's like to go through fear and pain and anxiety. Art doesn't really erase your pain, but it gives you the sanctuary to go in and express your feelings and emotions without any judgment. As mentioned, Knight was one of the three featured artists leading the event, sharing how creativity helped her through her journey. And the Healing Through Art program is held quarterly with the next event focused on physical activity that is scheduled for October Now more than a decade after the ice bucket challenge took over social media the awareness and the funding is turning into real breakthroughs for ALS as new clinical trials are showing real promise Aging Untold's Tisha Powell has a story of one patient in a groundbreaking trial. If you've ever watched someone rock climb, you know it takes planning, patience, and grit, one move at a time. For people living with Parkinson's, that kind of determination can matter well beyond the wall. When you have Parkinson's, your world becomes smaller and you make smaller movements. Jonathan Lesson, a retired physician, was diagnosed with Parkinson's more than 20 years ago. When he wanted to try climbing, he says gym after gym told him no, until one finally said yes. I called this one and I found Molly. Gosh, it's crazy to me that people said no to him. Molly Donilon Kupka doesn't accept no. The then director of Sport Rock Climbing Center in Alexandria, Virginia, started climbing with Jonathan twice a week. Aging Untold expert Catherine Ambrose says climbing pushes the body to practice what Parkinson's can take away. Bigger movement, coordination, focus and trust. Well, you can see that cognitively he's being stimulated and he's having to think through and balance and really work his whole entire body, his core, his hands, his feet, everything. Just getting a tremendous workout. Ambrose says another program called Rock Steady Boxing is an activity that's helped some Parkinson's patients. And there's something about the boxing and the movement that helps people stay steady on their feet longer. I found the one he has. As for Jonathan, the one yes grew into a nonprofit, Upending Parkinson's, which connects people with Parkinson's to climbing programs designed to help them keep moving. Tisha Powell, Hawaii News Now. And Aging Untoad airs right here on KGMB weekdays at 4 p.m. Find more resources on the Aging Untoad homepage at hawaiinewsnow.com. 22 minutes after 7 o'clock, National Ice Cream Month got a delicious celebration. the brain-freezing battle to see who could eat the most ice cream. Three blocks of our Kaka'ako came alive for the Honolulu Night Market. We'll take you to the free event showcasing local food, shopping, live entertainment, and island artists. Stay with us. We'll be right back. Join news, original documentaries, and local high school sports. You can even binge watch seasons of your favorite local shows like Kitchen Scraps and Hi Now Daily. Watch live or whenever it's convenient for you. The HNN streaming app, the easiest way to watch local TV with no fees, no subscriptions. Just great local content. This is Hawaii News Now Sunrise. And a happy Sunday to you at 725. Kaka'ako was the place to be last night as thousands turned out for one of Honolulu's biggest community events. The Honolulu Night Market transformed three blocks of our Kaka'ako into a celebration of local culture featuring island food, shopping, live music and art. The free event brought together local businesses, makers, artists and entertainers giving residents and visitors a chance to support Hawaii's creative community while enjoying an evening on the neighborhood. It's such a beautiful event. We just walked around and there's a lot of people actually. And I'm so blessed to even get this opportunity to be out here showcasing my brand, which is from Maui. And so it's just been an amazing turnout. This year's night market also featured cultural experiences, fashion, hula and performances by local musicians, all celebrating their creativity and community that make Kaka'ako unique. And if you thought eating ice cream too fast was a bad idea, those contestants turned brain freeze into a competition. That countdown kicked off Wet n Wild's Hawaii's eighth annual ice cream eating contest. It celebrates National Ice Cream Month. 10 competitors had seven minutes to power through tubs of ice cream in a race against the clock. When the brain freeze settled, Michael Eckhart of Waianae claimed the title. He ate 60.25 ounces of ice cream. He won a $100 Visa gift card, four platinum passes, and a standard cabana. Hope he's defrosting as we speak. Well, it's 27 minutes now after the 7 o'clock hour. We're going to take a real quick live shot look at the outside and see what it's like down in beautiful Waikiki. You're watching Sunrise here on Hawaii News Now. Stay with us. A lot more to come for this Sunday morning. The HNN streaming app makes it easy to watch TV even without cable or an antenna. Just go to your Roku, Amazon Fire, or Apple TV menu and search Hawaii News Now. Download it for free and enjoy news, original documentaries, and local high school sports. You can even binge watch seasons of your favorite local shows like Kitchen Scraps and Hi Now Daily. 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