Wet weather due Sunday with warm temperatures
Keep the extra sweaters and blankets handy at least until tomorrow. Then bring out the umbrellas.Temperatures are expected to remain in the low to mid-60s, said Roy Matsuda, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service. But he said wind chill will not be as much of a factor.
Matsuda blames a cold front that swept through the islands earlier this week for the cool temperatures.
Rain is expected on Oahu as early as Sunday. "As we get another shower system here, it will warm up to the upper 60s and touch 70," Matsuda said.
"It will be beautiful up to that point," he added.
Mayor signs bill banning smoking in restaurants
Mayor Jeremy Harris signed into law yesterday an ordinance to ban smoking in restaurants, less than 24 hours after the City Council approved the measure by a 7-2 vote.That means most indoor restaurants will be nonsmoking starting July 1. Indoor bars attached to restaurants will go smoke-free June 30, 2003. Smoking is allowed in outdoor sections of restaurants under certain conditions. The bill does not apply to stand-alone bars.
Harris said he vetoed a restaurant smoking ordinance in 1995 hoping that the industry would regulate itself. But that has not happened, he said.
"In this case, I don't think that the private sector stepped up to the plate and took care of it as they could have," the mayor said.
The industry's worries about the potential for lost restaurant patrons because of the bill are "real concerns," Harris said, but "the only way we'll know is to see how it works."
Harris noted that the issue is an emotional one for him because both his parents were smokers and died of lung cancer.
Hawaii-born sumo star may marry in the spring
TOKYO >> Hawaii-born Konishiki, one of the first foreign stars in Japanese sumo, will marry this spring, Japanese news media reported.The 38-year-old Konishiki, born Salevaa Atisanoe of Nanakuli, Hawaii, is set to wed 26-year-old Chie Iijima, a medical clinic employee, the Sankei Sports newspaper and other media reported.
Eiji Ushijima, a spokesman for Konishiki's talent agency, KP Co. Ltd., said that the two were "seriously involved" but had not yet decided to tie the knot.
It would be the second marriage for Konishiki, who retired from sumo in 1997 and has had a successful career in Japan's entertainment business since then.
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>> Siaosi Manutulila beat Anthony Sanza in a Feb. 5 boxing match. Boxing results on Page B7 Friday incorrectly said Sanza was the winner and incorrectly spelled his name as Souza. Corrections and clarifications
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
HONOLULU
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Police seek man who stole laser sculptures
CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department request the public's assistance in identifying the suspect who burglarized Laser Sculpture of Hawaii in Ala Moana Center between 11 p.m. Jan. 21 and 6 a.m. Jan. 22.Police said the suspect stole 125 pieces of internally etched laser sculptures worth an estimated $12,000.
The suspect is described as of medium height and build with dark hair and possible balding on top.
He was last seen wearing a red, white and blue windbreaker jacket, dark long pants and white athletic shoes.
Anyone with information about this case may call Detective David Lock at 547-7214, or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
HPD looking for suspect in Waikiki Rolex robbery
Honolulu police want to question Markes Kealoha Rapoza, 34, about a Jan. 18 robbery at Bailey's Antiques, 517 Kapahulu Ave.
Police said the suspect in the robbery entered the store armed with a silver handgun and demanded jewelry. The suspect then fled after receiving two antique Rolex watches.
Besides being wanted for questioning in this case, police said Rapoza is also wanted on a traffic warrant.
Police said the traffic warrant lists Rapoza's name as Markes Rapozo.
Rapoza is also known as John Karl Rapoza, Marcus Rapozo and Mark Rosen.
He is described as 5 feet 2 inches, 105 pounds, with a slim build, black hair and green eyes.
Police believe Rapoza is using a white, 1992 Hyundai, four-door sedan with Hawaii license plates FDE 292, and is known to frequent the Kaimuki area.
Anyone with information on Rapoza's whereabouts is asked to call CrimeStoppers or the Honolulu Police Department.
Police arrest man, 38, in assault on girlfriend
A 38-year-old Wahiawa man was arrested this morning after he allegedly broke his girlfriend's nose during an argument.Police said the man and his 37-year-old girlfriend were heading home from Kalihi about 1:30 a.m. when they got into an argument. Police said the man punched his girlfriend in the nose and left arm. The woman got out of the car at Liliha Bakery, but the man chased after her and pulled her back into the car. While on the freeway, police said, the woman convinced the man to drop her off at Wahiawa General Hospital.
Hospital staff called police, who located the man at his home and arrested him for second-degree assault and kidnapping.
Infant's head injuries prompt HPD probe
Honolulu police opened an attempted-murder investigation after a baby girl was brought to Kapiolani Medical Center earlier this week with what police call "extensive head injuries."Police had no further information on the case except that the infant was brought to Kapiolani at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
No arrests have been made.
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Wahiawa man, 43, dies from Feb. 11 beating
A 43-year-old Wahiawa man who was found beaten on a sidewalk on California Avenue on Feb. 11 died yesterday afternoon at Queen's Medical Center.Police issued a public appeal this week for anyone with information on the beating to come forward. Mark Mehr was assaulted in front of an apartment building at 329 California Ave. before 9:23 p.m.
Since the attack, Mehr has been in critical condition at Queen's Medical Center. He is described as 5 feet 8 inches, 175 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with any information is asked to call Detective Ted Coons at 529-3053 or Detective Larry Tamashiro at 529-3083.
Homicide Lt. Bill Kato said Mehr worked in construction and was a sergeant major in the U.S. Army Reserve.
