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‘Surreal’: Flood victims near UH Manoa prepare for third storm
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Anxiety ran high in Manoa ahead of Wednesday’s impending storm, which comes about two weeks after a second Kona low flooded 14 residential units along Koali Road.
It was not the first time the homes were swamped in recent months.
Last November, a water main break overflowed the same ground-level units near UH Manoa, causing extensive damage.
Now, as tenants clean up and repair their homes after the latest storm, they are bracing for yet another storm expected to hit Wednesday.
“It sounds like a movie, it sounds a little surreal, a little not real,” Koali Road resident Carlos Jimenez said.
Jimenez, whose home was flooded both times, recalled the recent one, which covered his home in about two feet of water, describing the deluge as “a little bit above knee high.”
The damage to Jimenez’s unit went beyond the floor, too, because of the heavy rain.
“The ceiling got water-damaged. From what I saw, it was soaking water, sagging, and it was about to collapse,” Jimenez said.
Fortunately, crews repaired his roof days before the third storm could send another round of downpours.
Outside, both of Jimenez’s vehicles sat damaged and dead.
After all that he has seen at his Koali Road home, Jimenez said he would take the new storm seriously.
“Get ready, you know, with my mother. She lives with me. She’s 87,” Jimenez said.
After witnessing the devastation in the neighborhood, Jimenez’s neighbor, Dario Aricala, whose home was spared, is not taking it for granted during this week’s wet weather.
“The last storm, we almost got flooded. We are hoping for the best that this storm is not such bad,” Aricala said.
Click here to donate to Jimenez’s GoFundMe page.
In the meantime, other residents have been staying elsewhere during cleanup and repairs, and the property manager said he has been helping them.
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Martin Scorsese Wants ‘Goodfellas’-Style on His Hawaii Mob Movie, Script 95% Done, Might Shoot in 2027 — World of Reel
I wrote last week about new “60 Minutes” boss Nick Bilton, who is balancing his contentious new job while also writing a Martin Scorsese movie starring DiCaprio and Dwayne Johnson, which is apparently still a go at 20th Century/Disney.
Now, sources are telling Page Six Hollywood that Bilton has been working on the script for the last four months and is actually “95% done” — he got a ton of notes from Scorsese on this one.
“Marty wanted it to be more voice-over-y, more ‘Goodfellas,’” said an insider. “Those were the marching orders Nick was given, and he spent the last four months implementing the notes, fully knowing that his job [at ‘60 Minutes’] would be starting.”
“He sold the movie to Disney a year ago and spent about eight months working on a draft,” said an insider. We hear that “everyone was ecstatic,” including “the Disney team, The Rock and Emily [Blunt].”
The last time Scorsese made a “Goodfellas”-type movie is “The Wolf of Wall Street,” released 13 years ago.
Page Six has been hearing conflicting things about Scorsese’s Hawaii-set mob movie. One rumor is that the film would shoot this October. However, sources tell the outlet it ain’t so and that the movie won’t begin filming until next year — or even later, depending on the latest draft.
The film tackles the rise and fall of ‘70s underworld gangster Wilford ‘Nappy’ Pulawa, the first and only Hawaiian mob boss in the state’s history. The cast includes Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Emily Blunt.
Scorsese is currently in post-production on the DiCaprio/Jennifer Lawrence-starring “What Happens at Night” at Apple. There have been rumors that he would shoot another film this fall, which is probably why some speculated that the Hawaii mob movie would be shot in October. However, it’s quite possible that it might be another project. Stay tuned.
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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for June 09, 2026 | Big Island Now
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
| Shores | Tonight | Tuesday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| East Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 |
| South Facing | 6-8 | 6-8 | 6-8 | 6-8 |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers. | |||||
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| Low Temperature | Around 70. | |||||
| Winds | North winds around 5 mph. | |||||
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| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers. | |||||
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| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | |||||
| Winds | Northeast winds around 10 mph. | |||||
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| Sunrise | 5:41 AM HST. | |||||
| Sunset | 6:58 PM HST. | |||||
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
| Shores | Tonight | Tuesday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| West Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| South Facing | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 |
| Weather | Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. | ||||||||
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| Low Temperature | In the lower 70s. | ||||||||
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight. |
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| Weather | Partly sunny. Isolated showers. | |||||||
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| High Temperature | In the mid 80s. | |||||||
| Winds | Southwest winds around 5 mph. | |||||||
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| Sunrise | 5:45 AM HST. | |||||||
| Sunset | 7:02 PM HST. | |||||||
A series of southern hemisphere swells will continue through the week with the largest due to arrive this weekend. Currently, a building long-period south swell is overlapping a fading medium-period south swell. The bulk of the new swell energy was aimed east of Hawaii, which leaves uncertainty in resulting surf heights. Expect south shore surf to rise to around seasonal average tonight and Tuesday, and then decline Wednesday, followed by a smaller pulse of south-southwest swell Thursday and Friday.
A much larger south-southwest swell will arrive Saturday night and Sunday. A storm just southeast of New Zealand is producing a fetch of seas in excess of 40 feet aimed at Hawaii, and there is growing confidence that south shore surf will well exceed High Surf Advisory levels during the peak Sunday into early next week, with High Surf Warning conditions possible. This swell will coincide with the peak monthly tides and will likely lead to significant wave runup and impacts to coastal infrastructure.
Small west-northwest is possible over the next few days, while rough east shore surf slowly declines below seasonal average. Surf along east facing shores will decline further later this week.
NORTH EAST
am
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Semi choppy with ESE winds 5-10mph in the morning increasing to 10-15mph in the afternoon.
NORTH WEST
am
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean in the morning with ESE winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting W 5-10mph.
WEST
am
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with NNW winds 5-10mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the WNW.
SOUTH EAST
am
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with NE winds 10-15mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com
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Hanalei homicide suspect caught after hours-long ocean manhunt
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Kauai Police Department has taken William “Billy” Sinclair into custody after an active pursuit in Kapaa.
Monday morning, just before 8 a.m., officers located Sinclair near the Kapaa Public Library.
A foot pursuit ensued, during which Sinclair entered the ocean behind the library.
Officers negotiated his surrender, and he was taken into custody at 9:55 a.m.
Just before 1 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a suspicious death in Hanalei. The investigation revealed the victim’s death was a homicide.
Then, at about 4:45 a.m., police responded to gunshots in the Kilauea area. Police said an area resident sustained minor injuries after being grazed by a bullet and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
KPD said Sinclair was identified as a person of interest in both investigations.
Police were then alerted that Sinclair may have been at a residence in the Kilauea area, prompting a manhunt on Sunday into Monday morning.
Police ask the public to continue to stay out of the area near the library to allow officers to work safely and efficiently.
- Kauai police in active pursuit of homicide suspect, avoid area behind Kapaa Public Library
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