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Pala Today News – 6/19/26

Written by John Fox on June 19, 2026

The following items are part of the award-winning “Pala Today” newscast heard this day at noon on PALA REZ RADIO™ 91.3 FM in Pala.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A brush fire sparked by a roadside vehicle fire on northbound I-15 threatened structures near Stewart Canyon and Horse Creek Ranch Roads yesterday afternoon. The Mission 2 Fire began around 1p. It was contained at less than 7 acres about an hour later. Evacuations were ordered for homes and schools east of the freeway between Mission Road and Highway 76. Pala Park on Old Highway 76 was the temporary evacuation point. Those orders were quickly lifted. Freeway ramps were closed for a time as well. Northbound I-15 traffic was heavily impacted for the rest of the day, with backups into Escondido well into the evening commute. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/brush-fire-burns-near-i-15-fallbrook-threatens-structures

Jake Lopez Lawrence pleaded not guilty yesterday to felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter charges for the deaths of an ER nurse and a former Marine on I-15 at about 4a on June 11. 21-year old Lawrence had been drinking with friends at a club in Hillcrest several hours earlier. His blood alcohol level was still double the legal limit at the time of the crash. The two victims had stopped to help after Lawrence rear ended a minivan on I-15 north of Highway 76. Another car struck Lawrence’s, pushing it into ER nurse Nery Benitez and former Marine Gary Tillman, both of whom were killed. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/dui-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-after-two-good-samaritans-killed-on-i-15/509-43420f66-073a-4b1b-8e16-d9d7ea347ace

Pala will have a cooler than normal weekend, with daytime highs warming to about 90 by mid-week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – The Padres, Dodgers and Diamondbacks had yesterday off. The A’s shut out the Angels 5-0 in Sacramento. Today, San Diego opens a series in Arlington against the Rangers. The Dodgers host Baltimore. Arizona hosts Minnesota. And the Angels continue their series against the A’s. With less than a month until the All-Star Break, the Yankees lead the AL East by three games over Tampa Bay. The White Sox and Guardians are tied for first in the AL Central, 4 ½ games ahead of the Twins. The Mariners lead the AL West by a game and a half over the A’s. In the National League East, Atlanta lead by seven games over Philadelphia. Milwaukee leads the NL Central by 5 ½ over the Cardinals. The Dodgers lead the NL West with the current best record in baseball by 9 games over the Padres. https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm won 7-1 at San Jose last night. Game 4 of 6 is tonight.

In World Cup Soccer – Yesterday’s winners were Switzerland, Canada, and Mexico. Czechia and South Africa tied at one. Today, Scotland plays Moroco in Foxborough, Brazil against Haiti in Philadelphia, Turkey against Paraguay in Santa Clara, and the U.S. plays Australia in Seattle at noon on Fox. https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/date/20260618/league/fifa.world

In the NBA – More than a million fans celebrated in the streets of New York during the Knicks’ victory parade. It was their first championship in 53 years. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49108942/jalen-brunson-slams-skeptics-knicks-revel-nba-championship-parade

NBA Europe is on track to debut in October of 2027. Bids to have a team in the new league are due the end of this month. 12 winning bids will be announced for permanent European teams in the next 60 to 90 days. They will be in Rome, Milan, London, Manchester, Paris, Lyon, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Athens and Istanbul. Applicants will need to invest in new stadiums. NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum noted that there are currently only two or three world-class basketball arenas in all of Europe, and that basketball is the second-most popular sport in Europe, but gets “less than 1% of the commercial market share there.” The NBA is working out how to intermingle NBA Europe teams with existing U.S. teams, and also pitched the idea of a Basketball Africa League. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/18/nba-europe-bids-mark-tatum.html

In the WNBA – Atlanta beat Indiana 108-101. Three games tonight. The LA Sparks next game is Sunday hosting New York.

In the NHL – Three-time Stanley Cup winner Jonathan Toews announced his retirement today. The 38-year old center also has two Olympic Gold medals and goes out on top after a comeback season with Winnipeg. He’s best known for his 15 seasons with Chicago. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49117735/jonathan-toews-3-stanley-cup-champion-announces-retirement

In golf – At the U.S. Open in Southampton, New York, Wyndham Clark has a four stroke lead into the clubhouse after today’s second round. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – NASCAR Cup this Sunday at the Naval Base on Coronado. Pala Casino is the main sponsor for Tyler Reddick’s car. https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule

Also Sunday, Grand Prix racing at Road America in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained a tenth of a percent. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%. And the Nasdaq was up 1.9%. Gold futures continued to fall on the Comex, down another $73 to $4,172.90 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 94 cents to $77.54 a barrel.

In announcing Wednesday’s decision to keep interest rates the same, half of the 18 Federal Reserve governors said they’d support a rate hike later this year. Six said they’d support two or more quarter-point increases. That’s a major change from March, when none supported a rate hike and the overall forecast was for one cut in 2026. This month’s statement, the first under new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh was unusually brief and reflected his influence. Warsh had previously criticized the Fed for commenting too broadly on the economy. Nevertheless, it’s a disappointment for President Trump, who appointed Warsh and has pushed the Fed to lower rates. The fact that even with leadership changes, things are going the opposite direction suggests increased concern by Fed officials about inflation. https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-kevin-warsh-interest-rates-103325df845d2d6bde63dfa4b8093d35

Apple CEO Tim Cook says iPhone prices will be rising due to a global shortage of computer memory and storage chips. In his words, “I’ve never seen anything like it in any area in over 40 years.” Cook compared the shortage to a “hundred-year flood.” Though he did not disclose pricing, the tech research firm TechInsights estimates the price of the soon-to-be-released iPhone Pro 19 will go up more than $200 to about $1,299. A Morgan Stanley expert explained that PC and smartphone manufacturers are feeling the pinch of “chipflation”, when memory stop getting cheaper over time and become more expensive and harder to get. https://abcnews.com/Business/tim-cook-prices-apple-devices-jump-amid-memory/story?id=133996174

Abercrombie & Fitch’s Hollister brand is partnering with Target to begin selling home and dorm décor for the first time. The collaboration will launch online, in most Target stores and select Hollister locations June 28 with an initial 60 items. The Hollister brand focuses on shoppers age 13 to 22 and has had strong growth the past year. The back-to-college shopping market totaled about $88.8b last year. According to the National Retail Federation, that’s about $1,325 per person going back to school. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/18/hollister-partners-with-target-to-sell-dorm-bedding-apparel.html

California diners are losing the remaining locations of a longtime Tex-Mex restaurant chain as On The Border continues to shrink after filing for bankruptcy and shutting down most of its U.S. operations. On The Border’s financial troubles ultimately resulted in a dramatic reduction of its restaurant footprint. Earlier this month, the company closed all 60 remaining company-owned restaurants nationwide, leaving only a handful of franchised locations in operation. https://www.newsbreak.com/the-coconut-mama-317784482/4720520087433-popular-tex-mex-chain-closes-remaining-california-locations-following-bankruptcy-struggles

That summer job for teens isn’t so easy to come by anymore. Federal data shows about one third of 16 to 19-year olds had a job last summer. That’s down from a peak of 60% in the late 1970s. Last year alone, about one quarter fewer teens found summer jobs than the year before. According outplacement firm, Challenger, Gray and Christmas, this summer is expected to have the lowest hiring total for teens since the Labor Department began tracking that statistic in 1948. Traditionally, teens most commonly worked in food preparation and serving jobs, and sales. But high minimum wages have eliminated many entry-level jobs and first-time teen job hunters are now competing with more experienced candidates for the remaining ones. https://apnews.com/article/teens-summer-jobs-unemployment-economy-5415ea134061119e6450b9de15300ba2

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

New at the movies this weekend, “Toy Story 5”, the fifth in the series of Pixar animated comedy drama adventures with all the usual voices – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and others. “O Horizon” is a sci-fi comedy drama with Maria Bakalova and David Straithairn about a neuroscientist who encounters a new technology that reconnect her with her recently deceased father. And “The Death of Robin Hood” is an action adventure with Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer. There are also about a dozen limited releases including music documentaries on Gregg Allman and British pop star, producer, and manager Peter Asher. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/?ref_=bo_nb_we_tab

During the four-month Strait of Hormuz closure, over 1.1b barrels of crude oil failed to make it to their destination countries and refineries, according to analytics firm Kpler. The International Energy Administration’s strategic reserve is at its lowest level in 36 years. The U.S. reserve is at a 43-year low. Storage facilities around the world are nearing a tipping point. President Trump told the G7 meeting in Versailles on Wednesday that “We run out of reserves in about four weeks.” While the trading markets have reacted with joy to the announcement of a peace deal with Iran, experts aren’t so sure there’s that much to celebrate and that the solution may not have come soon enough to avoid trouble. They say prices are overreacting to the news without taking into consideration how long it’s going to take to clear out backlog of ships in the Persian Gulf, get them to market, get oil storage tanks restocked, and begin refining the stuff. An analyst at RBC Capital Markets said, “The market has jumped 7 steps ahead of where we are now.” Translation: pump prices and the cost over everything requiring crude oil – which is just about everything, could go back up again … and soon. https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/business/oil-price-supply-inventories

On this day in music history – June 19,

1961, Pat Boone had the number one song in America with “Moody River”.
In 1965, The Four Tops were at #1 with “I Can’t Help Myself”. Unhappy with the day’s sessions, lead singer Levi Stubbs was promised he could do it again the next day. That session never happened and what was released was the group’s second take from the first day.
In 1968, The Rolling Stones were at #1 with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. That was the name Keith Richards called the gardener at his country house.
In 1971, Carole King began the first of five weeks at #1 with the double single “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel the Earth Move” from her million-selling album, “Tapestry”.
In 1973, Edgar Winter’s #1 hit “Frankenstein” earned a gold record for sales. The instrumental song earned its name because of all the cuts and patches in the original studio tape.
In 1987, Guns N’ Roses made their British debut to a sold-out theater on the strength of their American club reputation and one four-song EP. Their debut album, “Appetite for Destruction” wouldn’t be released for another month.
In 1990, Prince played the first of 12 sold-out nights at Wembley Arena in London. Less than nine years earlier and mostly unknown, he’d been booed off stage at the LA Coliseum when he opened for the Rolling Stones in a lineup that also included George Thorogood and the J. Geils Band.
In 2006, 16-year old Taylor Swift released her debut single, “Tim McGraw” from her self-titled first album. It peaked at #40 on the Hot 100.
In 2007, lawyers for Britney Spears forced a Florida radio station to remove billboard ads for their morning show picturing Spears with a shaved head and the captions, “Total Nut Jobs”, “Shock Therapy”, and “Certifiable”. Spears had been photographed earlier in the year shaving her own head at a California salon.
In 2011, Amy Winehouse was booed by crowds in Belgrade, Serbia for being too drunk to perform. It was the first of 12 shows on a European tour. Concert-goers had paid as much as $70 for tickets in a country with some of the lowest wages on the continent.
In 2013, yodeling country singer, songwriter and country & western musician Slim Whitman died at the age of 90. He’d sold over 120m records in his career.
In 2014, Gerry Goffin, former husband and songwriting partner of Carole King died at the age of 75.

Born on this day …

In 1930, Tommy Devito from The Four Seasons
In 1939, soul singer Al Wilson, whose hits included “Show and Tell” and “The Snake”.
In 1942, Elaine McFarlane from 60’s pop group Spanky and Our Gang. She joined the re-formed Mamas and the Papas in 1982, replacing the late Cass Elliot.
In 1950, Ann Wilson, lead singer from Heart
In 1963, singer, songwriter, dancer and choreographer Paula Abdul.
In 1983, rapper Macklemore

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=19&month=6

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actress Phylicia Rashad from The Cosby Show is 78
Actress Kathleen Turner is 72
Among those who’ve passed, Moe Howard from The Three Stooges was born on this day in 1897
Actor Pat Buttram, known as Gene Autry’s movie sidekick and as Mr. Haney on TV’s “Green Acres” was born in 1917
In 1956, after years of nightclub shows and 16 films together, the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis split up, not speaking to each other for several decades.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0619.htm

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Pala Weather – gradual clearing with a high of 80 this afternoon … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to mostly sunny and 79 tomorrow … 80 Sunday … 84 Monday … 88 Tuesday … 90 Wednesday and Thursday … overnight lows, 53 tonight through Sunday night … 55 Monday night … 64 Tuesday and Wednesday nights

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