Pala Today News – 3/16/26
Written by John Fox on March 16, 2026
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
A multi-vehicle traffic collision late yesterday afternoon forced a hard road closure and required a significant emergency medical response on Cole Grade Road in Valley Center. Initial reports from the scene were conflicting, indicating between two and three vehicles were involved. Dispatchers noted a maroon Nissan Frontier and a gray Honda Accord were part of the collision, along with reports of a blue SUV and another unidentified sedan. No further details released. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/03/12/news/multi-vehicle-collision-forces-hard-closure-on-cole-grade-road-in-valley-center/81440.html
The extensive report from an investigation into the artillery shell that exploded over I-5 in Camp Pendleton in October concluded it was a rare ordinance malfunction. Shrapnel from the live-fire demonstration landed on a CHP vehicle and motorcycle that were part of the security detail for Vice President JD Vance, who attended the event with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in honor of the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th birthday celebration. That section of freeway was closed to traffic at the time of the October 18 incident. The investigation found no evidence of operator error and concluded that there could have been undetermined secondary causes for the pre-mature detonation. The Marine Corp is reviewing the findings and may adjust procedures for future demonstrations near public infrastructure. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/rare-malfunction-caused-shrapnel-incident-at-camp-pendleton-in-october
The parents of the two young girls who died in a mobile home fire in Murrieta in December have been arrested and criminally charged for their deaths. 43-year-old Adam Keenan and 46-year-old Stacey Hales have been charged with two counts each of reckless burning causing death, reckless burning of an inhabited structure, child endangerment, animal cruelty for the pets lost in the fire, and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Hales is out on bail. Keenan will appear in court tomorrow where the Riverside County DA will formally file charges. https://mylolowcountry.com/crime/parents-charged-after-two-young-daughters-died-in-a-fire-that-engulfed-their-mobile-home-just-days-before-christmas/
Poll workers are needed for the June 2 primary election. The San Diego Registrar of Voters is now hiring and especially interested in bi-lingual speakers. Federal law requires the Registrar to provide bi-lingual materials and speakers fluent in Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese and Chinese. State and county rules require some vote centers to have workers fluent in 11 other languages. Poll workers are needed at vote centers for either four or eleven days during the two weeks leading up to Election Day. Pay is $145 per day with a bonus on Election Day due to the long hours. You must be a US citizen and registered to vote in California or lawfully admitted for permanent US residency, have reliable transportation, complete two paid days of training, and be available during the two weeks leading up to June 2. Applications are available at www.SDVote.com or call 858 565 5800. https://www.countynewscenter.com/poll-workers-needed-for-june-2-gubernatorial-primary-election/
There’s a Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service in effect for all of Southern California now through Friday for an anticipated record-setting heat wave. Pala will be in the 90s for the next two days, then exceed the century mark for three days before cooling a little for the weekend. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NBA – The Clippers beat the visiting Bulls 119-108 Friday. It took the Lakers overtime to take care of Denver 127-125 Saturday, while the Clippers lost to the visiting Kings 118-109. Yesterday’s winners were Oklahoma City, Dallas, Toronto, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, New York, and Sacramento. The Lakers are in third place the Western Conference, 10 ½ games behind first-place OKC and a half game ahead of Houston. The Clippers are positioned for the second of four play-in spots. https://www.espn.com/nba/standings
In the minors – The San Diego Clippers lost 128-106 on the road at Texas Saturday. Their next game is tonight in Texas.
In college basketball – tournament play, #1 Duke topped #10 Virginia 74-70. #2 Arizona over #5 Houston 79-74. #3 Michigan beat #23 Wisconsin 68-65. #4 Florida lost to #22 Vanderbilt 91-74. The NCAA first four games are tomorrow and Wednesday. Round 1 begins Thursday.
In women’s NCAA – Bracket play begins one day after the men’s.
In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Seattle, and the Ducks over the Maple Leafs 4-3 in Montreal. Five games tonight including the Kings at the New York Rangers.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls split a pair against Colorado at Pechanga Arena, losing 6-3 Friday and winning 2-1 yesterday. Their next games are tomorrow and Wednesday ant Colorado.
In Major League Baseball Pre-Season – The Padres and Diamondbacks played to a 4-4 tie, the Angels edged he Rockies 6-5, and the Dodgers beat the Cubs 14-8.
At the World Baseball Classic, the United States made it to the finals through the back door, beating the Dominican Republic 2-1 yesterday on a controversial called strike three in the bottom of the 9th. US teammate Aaron Judge says the WBC, which was created in 2006 is now the top baseball event, surpassing the World Series. He may have a point since the starting lineups for yesterday’s game featured a total of 17 All-Stars with 56 selections among 20 starters. They included five MVP award winners, one Cy Young, five Rookies of the Year and three batting title winners. USA will play the winner of today’s game between Venezuela and Italy on Tuesday in Miami. https://apnews.com/article/wbc-us-dominican-522c2d881f9834a5fc98e4dcd29359ea
In the NFL – The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired a new backup for quarterback Patrick Mahomes. They’ll send a 2027 round six draft pick to the New York Jets for 27-year old Justin Fields. The Jets will pay $7m of Fields’ $10m guaranteed salary this year. The Jets traded with the Raiders last week for their new starting QB, Geno Smith using a similar salary split. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48223114/jets-set-trade-qb-justin-fields-chiefs-sources-say
In soccer – The San Diego Sockers split a pair of games at Kansas City, winning 6-5 in overtime Saturday and losing 8-6 yesterday. Their next game is Sunday hosting St. Louis
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals lost 10-9 Saturday at Saskatchewan. Their next game is this Saturday hosting Buffalo.
In golf – At the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Cameron Young was the winner by one stroke over Matt Fitzpatrick with a 13 under par 275. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – Denny Hamlin was the winner at yesterday’s NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kyle Kirkwood was the winner at the Grand Prix of Arlington.
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – baseball at Liberty Charter at 4p
Great Oak – varsity baseball at a tournament at 3p; lacrosse against Chaparral at 5:30p, girls’ hosting, boys’ away
Fallbrook – softball at Madison at 4p
Valley Center – boys’ golf at San Pasqual at 3p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks recovered some of last week’s losses with the market having its best day since the Iran war began. The Dow was up 9 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 gained 1.1%. And the Nasdaq rose 1.4%. Gold continued to fall, down another $54.30 on the Comex at $5,007.40 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $3.83 to $94.88 a barrel.
Mortgage rates spiked last week. The average 30-year fixed rate loan hit 6.41% on Friday. Two weeks ago, it had dropped to match a more than two-year low at 5.99%. It’s the result of bond yields moving higher due to the Iran war. Though Spring demand and that sub-6% rate had started a surge in new applications, that trend is expected to reverse over the next couple of weeks. For the nationwide-average $400k home with 20% down, the rate increase over the past two weeks means a $115 higher monthly payment. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/mortgage-rates-7-month-high.html
The retail industry could soon be taking a hit from the war due to disruption of the global supply chain. Economic analysts say its too early to tell exactly what items might become more expensive, but they’re certain that shelf prices will have to rise if either the war doesn’t end or the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t reopen to shipping very soon. Fertilizers, metals, gas and other fuel are the most-impacted so far. Iranian leaders have said closing the shipping lanes is a “tool to pressure the enemy”. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/iran-war-retail-prices.html
The US, Canada and Mexico are set to begin talks about renewing the 2020 US-Mexico-Canada Agreement President Trump negotiated with our neighboring countries in the final year of his first administration. The US will demand changes with Trump saying he’ll pull us out of the pact if he doesn’t get what he wants. It’s also possible separate deals could be reached with the other two participating countries. Talks begin with Mexico today. https://apnews.com/article/trump-usmca-mexico-canada-trade-tariffs-7a838812f96da25af9f7975461421ed2
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Hoppers” remained the #1 film, selling another $28.5m worth of tickets. “Reminders of Him” debuted in second place with $18.2m on 600 fewer screens. “Undertone” opened in 3rd with $9.3m on 2,500 screens. “Scream 7” fell to 4th in its 3rd week of release. A pair of re-releases, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service” placed 8th and 9th. The weekend’s top ten fell 12% short of last weekend, but still about average for the year so far. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W11/
For movies that have been out a little longer, last night at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater was the center of the entertainment universe with the 97th Academy Awards ceremonies. “One Battle After Another” won Best Picture and five other awards including Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Directing for Paul Thomas Anderson, and the first-ever Oscar for Best Casting. “Sinners”, with a record 16 nominations had a fairly big night, taking home four Oscars including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan and for his role playing twins, Smoke and Stack. Sinners’ Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history as the first-ever female to win Best Cinematography. “Frankenstein” earned three Oscars and “KPop Demon Hunters” took home two. The “In Memoriam” segment began with a moving tribute to Rob and Michelle Reiner by longtime friend and collaborator Billy Crystal and ended with an appearance of about two dozen leading actors from Reiner’s films. “In Memoriam” ended with Barbra Streisand singing a verse of “The Way We Were” to her late co-star, Robert Redford. Because the ceremonies tend to run almost four hours, host Conan O’Brien left a surprise under guests’ seats before the show began. The box containing snacks included a signed note along with a sketch of the comedian. It read, “I hope you enjoy this Conan O’Brien ‘Moderately Happy Meal.’ These snacks may not look like much, but in any movie theater they would run you $85. Good luck tonight, have fun, and remember that loud, enthusiastic laugher is good for your health and my ego.” https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/live/oscars-2026-winners-and-recap-one-battle-after-another-named-best-picture-jessie-buckley-and-michael-b-jordan-take-home-acting-awards-140057491.html
On this day in music history – March 16,
- In 1959, 25 years after its first popular recording by the Paul Whiteman orchestra, the Jerome Kern song “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” became a #1 hit for The Platters.
- In 1964, with Beatlemania now at full boil in America, the group set a record for advance sales with 2.1m copies ordered for their new single, “Can’t Buy Me Love”. When questioned by journalists about the song’s meaning, Paul McCartney took offense at suggestions that it was about a prostitute.
- In 1968, “(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding began the first of five weeks at #1. Otis had died in a plane crash three months earlier, less than a week after he’d recorded it. He never did record the final verse. That’s why it ends with his whistle solo.
- In 1970, Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumor at the age of 24. She had collapsed into Marvin Gaye’s arms on stage during a 1967 concert duet.
- In 1971, winners at that year’s Grammys included Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the year. The Carpenters won Best New Act and Best Vocal Performance for “Close to You”.
- In 1974, Elvis Presley played the first of four nights at Midsouth Coliseum in Memphis – his first performance in that city since 1961.
- In 1991, seven members of singer Reba McEntire’s band and her road manager along with three others were killed when their private jet crashed just south of the border in Tijuana. McEntire, who had given a private concert for IBM employees in San Diego the night before was not on the plane.
- In 1992 trouble broke out at a Metallica concert in Orlando Arena including fans dangling an usher by his ankles from a balcony. The band was charged $38k for cleanup and repairs for damage done by the audience.
- In 2010, a rare bootleg recording of Led Zeppelin at their November 16, 1971 show in Ipswitch, England showed up at a garage sale. It was purchased by a fan for 2 or 3 pounds sterling and was apparently recorded by someone standing right down front as you could hear Robert Plant talking off-mic to the crowd at the foot of the stage.
- In 2015, Andy Fraser, songwriter and bass player for Free died of a heart attack at the age of 62. He co-wrote the band’s biggest hit “All Right Now” along with Paul Rogers. He also wrote songs for Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Chaka Kahn, and Rod Stewart.
- In 2019, the King of Surf Guitar, Dick Dale died at the age of 81. His band appeared in the 60’s movie, “Beach Blanket Bingo”. His hit “Misrlou” was featured in the opening credits of Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”.
Born on this day…
- In 1942, country music singer and songwriter, Jerry Jeff Walker who wrote “Mr. Bojangles”, a hit for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
- In 1954, Nancy Wilson from Heart
- In 1959, Flavor Flav from Public Enemy
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=16&month=3
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress Lauren Graham from TV’s “Gilmore Girls” is 59
- Among those who’ve passed, comedian Jerry Lewis was born on this day in 1926
- Game show host Chuck Woolery was born in 1941
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0316.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory now through at least Friday. It’ll be sunny with a high of 93 this afternoon … 98 tomorrow … 101 Wednesday … 100 Thursday … back to 101 Friday … 95 Saturday … patchy morning lows clouds and fog, clearing to partly sunny and 89 Sunday … overnight lows, about 60 tonight through Wednesday night … 62 Thursday night … 59 Friday night … 55 Saturday night
FIRE PERMITS
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