Pala Today News – 11/12/26
Written by John Fox on November 12, 2026
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
Microsoft 365 is reporting a widespread outage this morning. Tens of thousands of users reported problems accessing Exchange Online mailboxes. The disruption is affecting Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Copilot 365, OneDrive, and Defender XDR. Microsoft says its due to elevated load on a portion of its infrastructure in multiple regions. They’re working to redistribute connection traffic and restore capacity. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/11/12/microsoft-down-outlook-365-outage-reports/92744582007/
The traditional Veterans Day observance on Miller Road in Valley Center was abruptly canceled for this year when San Diego County Counsel issued a sudden cease-and-desist order barring the Valley Center Cemetery District board from conducting official business or hosting events due to a board reappointment dispute. The local nonprofit Roses for Veterans quickly stepped in to organize a grassroots community gathering. Local volunteers placed fresh roses while Daughters of the American Revolution laid flags at the resting places of more than 400 veterans interred at the cemetery, ensuring the community’s fallen heroes were honored on Veterans Day with the dignity, reverence, and gratitude they earned. (Valley Roadrunner FB page)
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters is currently conducting its routine hand count of a random sample of 1% of the mail ballot batches and 1% of vote center ballot batches to compare with the voting system’s reported totals. It’s part of every post-election safeguard process before results are certified 30 days after the election. In this case, on December 3. https://www.countynewscenter.com/county-conducts-routine-1-manual-tally-to-verify-election-results-2/
Local races are still too close to call for the mayoral seats in Encinitas, Vista and Escondido. It looks like Sharon Jenkins will hold on to a slim lead to become Mayor of San Marcos. https://northcountydailystar.com/three-north-county-mayoral-races-flip/
The Palomar Community College District governing board has announced that Dr. Tina Recalde is the new permanent superintendent/president of Palomar. She has been serving that office in the interim since December of last year. Recalde has been with Palomar for four years after having been Dean of Health Sciences and Public Service at Mesa College in San Diego for seven years. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/11/12/news/recalde-named-superintendentpresident-of-palomar-college/83205.html
The Carlsbad City Council on Tuesday denied a four-story mixed use development with seven apartments proposed for the downtown village. The vote was 3-1 against with councilmember Teresa Acosta the lone dissenting vote. Mayor Keith Blackburn recused himself over possible business conflicts. The site at the corner of State and Carlsbad Village Drive currently houses the popular Choice Juicery and a Crackheads restaurant in what were supposed to be temporary structures. The vote leaves the city open to a lawsuit by the developer for denying an affordable housing project – a move which has been successful in other cities. It could also lose the city certain state funding. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/11/11/unpopular-village-development-proposal-denied-by-carlsbad-city-council/
The city of Escondido has agreed to amend ground leases for four parcels at North County Mall as negotiations continue to replace the former Sears store with a Costco. https://thecoastnews.com/escondido-amends-mall-ground-leases-in-preparation-for-costco/
The San Diego Archaeological Center will host a free presentation tomorrow exploring how Kumeyaay people have interpreted the night sky and its significance in their cultural traditions. The “Kumeyaay Cosmology Gallery Talk” will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. at the center at 16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, in Escondido. https://patch.com/california/escondido/how-did-kumeyaay-read-stars-free-escondido-talk-explores-their-history
Today will be the last warm day for a while. A pair of storms will come through Pala beginning tomorrow with chillier weather next week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NFL – The Denver Broncos announced yesterday that they would not be adding Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley to their lineup in exchange for future draft picks, which the Chargers desperately need. Neither team would say why the trade was scuttled. Sources told ESPN that knee issues came up in Henley’s conditional physical yesterday. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50459330/broncos-say-trade-chargers-lb-henley-not-finalized
Week 10 begins tonight with the Giants hosting the Commanders at 5p on Prime Video.
In college football – We’re in the middle of Week 11. The first games involving Top 25 teams this week are tomorrow with #4 UCLA hosting Illinois and #14 Houston at Colorado.
In the NBA – The Lakers win streak extends to seven with last night’s 123-112 win in Milwaukee. San Antonio is hot on the Lakers’ heels. They’ve now won 10 in a row, defeating the Bulls in Chicago 124-119. Other winners were Indiana, Cleveland, Boston, Denver, Brooklyn, Orlando, Houston and Portland.
In college basketball – Seven Top 25 school all won against unranked opponents yesterday including #9 UCLA over Arkansas Pine Bluff by an embarrassing 106-37. #21 USC beat Cal 77-65.
In the NHL – The Ducks lost to the visiting Predators 4-2. Other winners were Tampa Bay, Edmonton, Vegas, Pittsburgh, and the New York Rangers. Eleven games tonight including the Kings hosting the Islanders.
In Major League Baseball – This year’s Cy Young Award winners were Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski in his first full big-league season. He received all of the National League first-place votes. The Yankees’ Cam Schlittler won the American League Cy Young, also in his first full Major League season. San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller and Toronto’s Louis Varland won the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s first-ever Reliever of the Year Awards. Their choice of Miller was unanimous. He had 38 saves and 129 strikeouts, the most of any reliever in baseball this year. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50456772/brewers-misiorowski-yanks-schlittler-unanimous-cy-young-winners
In golf – Longtime NBC sportscaster Dan Hicks died unexpectedly following an acute illness. His career began at CNN. He’d been with NBC as tower announcer for the network’s golf coverage since 1992. His booth partners included Johnny Miller and Rowdy Gaines. He was part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics coverage were he called the US swim team’s stunning comeback that year. He also covered high profile skiing events and Notre Dame football. Hicks was 64. https://www.golfchannel.com/news/news/dan-hicks-legendary-nbc-sports-and-golf-announcer-dies-at-age-64
In racing –
Local high school sports
Bonsall – no scheduled games today
Great Oak – wrestling at Elsinore at 5p
Fallbrook – no scheduled games today
Valley Center – no scheduled games today
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up slightly. The Dow gained a quarter percent. The S&P 500 rose less than a tenth. And the Nasdaq was just about flat. Comex gold futures plunged $112.90 to $3,887.60 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures bounced back $1.58 to $88.11 a barrel.
Embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned and the company’s stock is plunging – down almost 8% as of midday trading. They had been down as much as 14%. The overall market isn’t reacting that badly, but associated businesses are seeing shares decline. Longtime CFO, Colette Kress will be Nvidia’s interim CEO. She was a key architect in the company’s strategy of striking partnerships with and investing in companies that are also customers with so-called “circular financing” deals. Many of those companies’ stocks fell today. The shakeup at the top of the chipmaker with a multi-trillion-dollar valuation is the result of multiple extramarital affairs by Huang, including one with a suspected Chinese spy. While the official company position is that there is no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, an inquiry is looking into all available information. Nvidia is due to report its latest earnings tomorrow. Huang is still the company’s largest shareholder and has an estimated net worth of $150b. https://apnews.com/article/nvidia-jensen-huang-colette-kress-39ea208c040539166e10d8c6f473bc57
Online safety and consumer advocacy groups today sued five of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies to halt further development. They allege that the tech giants are not prepared to prevent their own creations from causing “catastrophic” harm. Named in the suit are Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXSI. The plaintiffs are the Irreplaceable Education Fund, Public Citizen, Heat Initiative, and the Alliance for Secure AI. Congress has stopped short of regulating AI development, but that could change with the new Democratic majority. Some of the companies named in the lawsuit have talked about the need to slow development of AI until safety measures catch up. But until everyone agrees to the level of restraint, business competition dictates continuing the current course. https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-lawsuit-cyberattacks-anthropic-openai-03ece37b96979fe834f60976648504ba
The treasurer and director of Canadian company, CANARX was arrested this week on smuggling and conspiracy charges. John Thomas Howard and his brother Bob, who is president of the company are accused of operating a long-running scheme to illegally import prescription drugs into the U.S. CANARX is what is known as an alternative funding program. AFPs often obtain medications overseas and ship them directly to patients, which U.S. authorities say is illegal and poses safety risks. John Howard is being charged with introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and illegal drug importation. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/11/canarx-official-arrested-drug-importation.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Beginning in March, the immersive entertainment tech company, Cosm will partner with Disney to bring the original “Star Wars” to its dome theaters as part of a multi-year, multi-film collaboration. The showings on the massive concave screens will begin just before the ground-breaking film’s 50th anniversary in May. Previous Cosm collaborations have included “The Matrix”, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” and “It”, as well as various sporting events. Next up, before Star Wars, is “Shrek”, which begins screenings next month. While the films actually only show in a rectangle in the middle of the dome, everywhere seen by your peripheral vision contains effects to complement the original film. The nearest Cosm dome is in Inglewood, adjacent to SoFi Stadium. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/star-wars-cosm-dome-screenings.html
On this day in music history – November 12,
- 1956, Johnnie Ray had the #1 hit with “Walking in the Rain”, a song written four years earlier by two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville.
- In 1965, Toby Tyler changed his name to Marc Bolan and appeared on British TV for the first time performing his first single, “The Wizard” – not the same as the later song of the same name by Black Sabbath. Bolan went on to form the group, T. Rex.
- On the same day, Velvet Underground made their live debut at Summit High School in New Jersey, for which they were paid $75.
- In 1966, The Monkees debut album began the first of 13 weeks at #1, selling 3m copies in 3 months.
- In 1971, Led Zeppelin’s basic international concert tour set list included “Immigrant Song”, “Heartbreaker”, “Black Dog”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, “Rock and Roll”, “Stairway to Heaven”, “That’s the Way”, “Going to California”, “Tangerine”, “Dazed and Confused”, “What is and What Should Never Be”, “Celebration Day”, “Whole Lotta Love”, and “Communication Breakdown”.
- In 1977, The Sex Pistols hit #1 on the British album chart with their debut, “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols.”
- In 1990, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood broke both legs after his car crash on the M4 motorway as he tried to wave other cars past and was run over by one.
- In 1997, the Spice Girls’ second album “Spiceworld” was released. It continued Spicemania at the time with four more singles and total sales of over 20m copies while it remained on the album chart. The following November 12, Spice Girls won best group in the MTV Europe Awards where Madonna won best female artist and album for “Ray of Light.” Natalie Imbruglia won best song for “Torn”.
- In 2000, LeAnn Rimes sued Curb Records to void a contract signed by her parents on her behalf five years earlier. The then-18-year-old singer sought full rights and publishing interests and future profits from Curb.
- In 2001, the three surviving Beatles met for the last time at George Harrison’s hotel in New York. He died two weeks later in LA at the age of 58.
- In 2008, former Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell was found dead in his hotel room. He was 61.
Born on this day …
- in 1943, John Walker, founder of The Walker Brothers and Bryan Hyland, whose hits included “Sealed With a Kiss” and “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”.
- In 1944, Booker T. Jones from Booker T and the MGs.
- In 1945, Neil Young.
- In 1947, Donald Roeser from Blue Oyster Cult.
- In 1948, Errol Brown from Hot Chocolate.
- In 1949, Arthur Tavares, from the disco-era group Tavares.
- In 1952, Laurence Juber, guitarist in Wings.
- In 1955, Les McKeown from the Bay City Rollers.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3782214660/?ref_=bo_ne_nl
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actor and writer Wallace Shawn, from movies including “The Princess Bride”, “Clueless”, as the voice of Rex in the Toy Story movies, and most recently as Dr. Sturgis on TV’s “Young Sheldon” is 83
- Actress Megan Mullally from TV’s “Will and Grace” is 64
- Among those who’ve passed, actor Jack Oakie was born on this day in 1903
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1112.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – Me she miyaxwe tamit? Sunny with a high of 84 this afternoon … increasing clouds with a 30% chance of less than a tenth of an inch of rain tonight … partly sunny and 73 with a 40% chance of up to another tenth of an inch of rain tomorrow … 70 with about a quarter inch of rain likely Saturday … mostly sunny and 74 Sunday … partly sunny and 71 with another storm moving in Monday afternoon … partly sunny and 67 with rain likely Tuesday … 70 with a chance of showers Wednesday … overnight lows, 52 tonight … 50 tomorrow night … about 47 Saturday and Sunday night … 46 Monday night … 43 Tuesday night
FIRE PERMITS
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