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Pala Today News – 6/18/26

Written by John Fox on June 18, 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.

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A manhunt is underway in Fallbrook for an armed and dangerous suspect. Emergency alerts were given this morning to residents near Pico Trail. The suspect is a Hispanic male, about 25 years old, with short hair, 5 foot 7, weighing about 180 pounds, and last seen wearing a black long sleeve shirt and blue shorts. The search was ongoing as of noon in the downtown area behind Albertsons and around Pico Promenade and Ash Street. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/06/11/news/manhunt-underway-in-fallbrook-for-armed-and-dangerous-assault-suspect/82154.html

Helicopters were buzzing Vail Lake east of Temecula last evening as part of night-time training for Cal Fire pilots. It began an hour after sunset until midnight with flights out of Hemet-Ryan Fire Attack Base and included flights close to the Glenoak Hills Community. FAA requirements include proficiency training for night flights by pilots engaged in commercial and public safety operations. https://patch.com/california/temecula/cal-fire-aerial-firefighting-training-planned-june-17-near-temecula

Cal Fire responded to a fire in the gymnasium of Cornerstone Church in the 26000 block of Girard Street in unincorporated Hemet this morning around 9:30a. A vacation Bible School was just beginning when the fire was reported. The two-alarm fire was contained to just the gymnasium and controlled by 11a. One civilian was treated for a minor medical complaint and refused further medical care. The cause is being investigated. https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/rivco-cornerstone-church-gymnasium-catches-fire

San Diego County public health officials are warning parents and caregivers to stop using Nara Organics Whole Milk Infant Formula after it was linked to a multi-state infant botulism outbreak. The company has recalled all lots of the formula sold through Target and at its own Nara.com website. All supplies should have already been removed from shelves. Symptoms can appear up to 30 days after exposure and include, constipation, poor feeding, weak crying, loss of head control and trouble swallowing. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/san-diego-county-issues-warning-after-infant-formula-recall-linked-botulism

After months of investigation, Carlsbad Police announced charges against 21-year old Angel Renteria of Oceanside in connection with a March 1 stabbing in the 300 block of Grand Avenue in Carlsbad that sent an unidentified man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The victim survived. Renteria was already in custody on June 9 for an unrelated case when detectives added charges of assault with a deadly weapon, mayhem and participating in a criminal street gang for the March 1 stabbing. https://patch.com/california/carlsbad/oceanside-man-charged-march-stabbing-carlsbad

Escondido Police announced that three arrests were made and 58 citations issued during a recent bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operation. Five of those cited were cyclists. The three arrests were for drug and weapons charges as well as an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license. https://patch.com/california/escondido/58-citations-3-arrests-made-north-county-bicycle-pedestrian-safety-operation

The petition for the proposed Billionaire Tax has gotten enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot unless Gov. Newsom and other opponents reach a deal with initiative backers to remove it. www.NYTimes.com

Pala weather will be nice through the weekend. It’ll begin warming up next week with high temperatures in the 90s by Wednesday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – The Padres thumped the Cardinals in St. Louis 6-1. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill each drove in two runs. Padres starting pitcher Griffin Canning got the win for his 4 ½ innings pitched including giving up the only St. Louis run. The Dodgers edged the visiting Rays 5-4. Freddie Freeman hit the two-run go-ahead homer. Shohei Ohtani got the win, pitching 6 innings, but giving up all four Tampa Bay runs. The Diamondbacks routed the visiting Angels 8-1. The Padres, D-backs and Dodger are off today. The Angels play the A’s in Sacramento.

Major League Baseball today proposed an international draft as part of its negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union. It would be restricted to players who are at least 18 years old and consist of 12 rounds with an initial signing bonus pool of $200m for 360 amateur players outside the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The first draft would between the fall of 2027 and early 2028. Under the current system, players have been getting drafted as young as 16. But teams have been doing handshake deals with players as young as 10 or 11, especially in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, with sometimes dangerous results. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49107139/sources-mlb-proposes-international-draft-part-cba-talks

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm won 7-5 at San Jose last night. Game 3 of 6 is tonight.

In World Cup Soccer – Yesterday, Portugal and Congo battled to a 1-1 tie, England beat Croatia 4-2, Ghana over Panama 1-0, and Columbia topped Uzbekistan 3-1. Among today’s games, Canada plays Qatar in Vancouver. The United States team’s next game is tomorrow against Australia in Seattle. https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/date/20260617/league/fifa.world

In professional basketball – Washington Wizards’ star Trae Young is declining his $49m option for next season to become a free agent. Multiple teams are interested. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49103130/sources-wizards-trae-young-decline-option-free-agent

In the WNBA – Minnesota beat the LA Sparks 99-83. The Sparks are in 9^th place, just out of playoff contention. Other winners yesterday included Washington, New York, Golden State, Las Vegas and Portland.

In the NHL – The league has cleared Mike Babcock to coach again. That clears the path for Edmonton to hire him. He’d been under investigation by the league after he resigned from the Columbus Blue Jackets in September 2023 before he ever coached a game for them. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49108060/nhl-clears-mike-babcock-return-coaching

In golf – The U.S. Open teed off late this morning due to foggy conditions in Southampton, New York. J.J. Spaun in the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained almost a half percent. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%. And the Nasdaq was up 1.6%. Comex gold futures plunged $143 to $4,238.40 an ounce. The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $1.62 to $75.17 a barrel.

Lloyd’s List Intelligence said today that ships are beginning to move through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in 110 days. They didn’t say how many, but confirmed that they included tankers owned by Grimaldi Group, Cocso, Knutsen, and NYK. Lloyd’s estimates that 550 merchant ships need to prepare to exit the Persian Gulf, including 160 tankers. Vice President JD Vance says the Navy has lifted its blockade of the Strait, allowing some ships into Iranian ports. https://apnews.com/article/strait-of-hormuz-iran-us-shipping-war-01c1335e69e40f2ee921e25e59a18a71

Columbia Business School reports that even if the deal to end the war holds, it’ll take time for prices on everything to come down, if they ever do. The experts there say it’s unclear if anything has been achieved by the Iran war that makes the American consumer better off, and that in fact, “the world is worse off as a result of this attack.” Fuel prices are likely to decrease. They already have, some. It’ll take longer on the West Coast where refining capacity is strained. Don’t expect air fares to go down anytime soon. Airlines buy their fuel on long-term contracts and adjust schedules and prices gradually. The removal of fuel surcharges by some airlines should be the first indication air fare prices are easing. It’ll take months for food prices to go down, if they ever do. Manufacturers are hesitant to lower prices when the future is uncertain. Higher shipping costs and some items being out of stock are likely to last at least through the end of this year. https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-prices-gasoline-groceries-flights-9c413bc111efcfa9bac53b20e9057738

Yum Brands announced Tuesday that it will sell Pizza Hut to private equity firm, LongRange Capital for about $1.5b. That doesn’t include the mainland China portion of the 68-year old pizza chain. That will be purchased by Yum China Holdings for $1.2b. Yum Brands, which also owns KFC and Taco Bell has been looking to sell its money-losing Pizza Hut division since November. Pizza Hut had just under 20k restaurants worldwide at the end of last year. Yum announced in February that it was closing 250 of them in the U.S. Pizza Hut was founded by two brothers in Wichita, Kansas in 1958. The familiar red roof was adopted in 1968 and by 1971, Pizza hut was the top pizza chain in the world by total sales. It was overtaken by Domino’s in the 1980s with their 30-minute delivery guarantee. Connecticut-based LongRange Capital previously engineered a turnaround for Arby’s. https://apnews.com/article/yum-brands-pizza-hut-348bb9ea9f68e559aba6663f2b9e45ac

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Actress Daveigh Chase, star of The Ring and the voice of Lilo in “Lilo and Stich” has died at the age of 35. The cause was meningitis and a blood infection, leading to sepsis. She’d been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month suffering from malnutrition. Some of her other credits included “Donnie Darko”, “Beethoven’s 5^th”, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”, “ER,” and “Mercy”. https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/17/daveigh-chase-dead/

The nationwide average price for a gallon of regular gas is back below $4 by less than a penny. That’s down more than 50 cents in the past month, but still 25% higher than this time last year. Today’s average price in San Diego County is $5.65. In Riverside County, it’s $5.46. The lowest local price is $4.79 at Horizon Fuel in Valley Center. In southwest Riverside County, it’s $5.14 at Murrieta Costco. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=33.36830911326369&lng=-117.03732225543753&z=11

Even if you don’t do your own oil changes on your vehicles, you’ve probably noticed the cost of oil changes has been rising. You’d assume it had to do with the crude oil bottleneck in the Middle East and its effect on world oil and fuel prices. But even with the current peace deal being signed with Iran, the cost of mechanical lubricants isn’t going down anytime soon. The base oil used to blend now widely-used synthetic motor oil has tripled in price. And even though the U.S. is a net-exporter of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, we are a net-importer of the refined base oil used in synthetic motor oil. According to market insight firm, Independent Commodity Intelligence Services, the U.S. has the largest trade deficit in the world for “group III base oil” used to make synthetic motor oils. 45% of our imports of it come from the Middle East. Although South Korea is also a major supplier of Group III base oil, they are also dependent on the Middle East for the crude oil from which it’s made. So, it’s currently in short supply there too. U.S. refineries could switch from making Group II base oil, which is used in conventional motor oil. But they’re not making much of that because diesel is more profitable right now. So, conventional motor oil is also currently very expensive. While supplies might even-out a year from now, expect prices on motor oil to get worse before they get better. And that’s on top of tariffs causing the prices of oil filters and other car parts to increase significantly this year. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-5847024/motor-oil-iran-war

On this day in music history – June 18,

1948, Columbia Records pressed the first mass-produced 33 1/3 RPM Long Play or LP vinyl record. The new format could hold a maximum of 23 minutes per side versus the three minutes that fit on the old 78 RPM format.
In 1955, “Unchained Melody” became a British hit after a version of the song written for the film “Unchained” hit #1 for Jimmy Young. The Righteous Brothers covered it ten years later and although released as a B side, it went to #4 in the U.S.
In 1964, The Beatles played at Sydney Stadium in Australia. It was Paul’s 22^nd He celebrated by hosting 17 girls who won a local newspaper contest.
In 1977, Fleetwood Mac was at #1 on the singles chart with “Dreams”. Incredibly it was their only #1 hit.
In 1983, the Swiss band Yello released the first three-dimensional picture disc complete with 3-D glasses to look at it.
In 1993, A & M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert left the company they’d founded 30 years earlier, selling the label to Polygram Records for a half billion dollars. The label was home to The Police, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp, Joan Baez, Bryan Adams, and of course, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
In 2010, John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” sold at Southeby’s Auction in New York for $1.2m.
In 2015, Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, Toby Keith, and posthumously, Gerry Garcia along with the Grateful Dead’s lyricist Robert Hunter were inducted in to the Song Writers Hall of Fame.

Born this day …

In 1942, Sir Paul McCartney, the most successful rock music composer of all time. Along with John Lennon, he and The Beatles made 21 #1 hits plus 30 solo Top 40 singles. He has written and co-written 188 charted songs, 91 of which reached the Top 10, 33 of which made it to #1 totaling 1,662 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
On the same day, also in 1942, Carl Radle, bass player with Derek and the Dominoes.
In 1953, Jerome Smith, guitarist with KC and the Sunshine Band.
In 1961, singer songwriter Alison Moyet.
In 1971, Nathan Morris from Boyz II Men
In 1976, country singer Blake Shelton

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=18&month=6

Other anniversaries today …

Actress Carol Kane is 74
Among those who’ve passed, actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald was born in 1903
Big bandleader Kay Kyser was born in 1905
Composer, lyricist and songwriter Sammy Cahn was born in 1913.
In 1980, “The Blues Brothers” movie starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd premiered in New York City

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0618.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 80 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … cloudy through mid-morning, then clearing to sunny and 80 tomorrow … 79 Saturday … 81 Sunday … 84 Monday … 89 Tuesday … 91.3 Wednesday … overnight lows, 54 tonight … 52 tomorrow and Saturday night … 53 Sunday night … 57 Monday night … 61 Tuesday night

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