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Pala Today News – 1/7/25

Written by John Fox on January 7, 2025

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

SDG&E has sent notification that Public Safety Power Shutoffs are possible for Pala and surrounding areas any time after 4p today through this Friday at 4p. Click this link for updates and further information about PSPS. Many Riverside County residents served by Southern California Edison including areas south and east of Temecula have received the same notification. Here’s Edison’s PSPS page link.

The winds caused the cancellation of planned visit by President Biden to commemorate the creation of Chuckwalla National Monument near Thermal in eastern Riverside County. The monument is the fifth-largest in the continental US. The event is being rescheduled for next week. About half of California’s lands are federally owned and managed. Those that are recognized National Monuments are protected from development. President Biden has created six new monuments and expanded four others during his presidency – more than any other US President in a single term, aside from Jimmy Carter. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/07/president-joe-biden-to-create-national-monument-in-riverside-county/

The Pechanga and Agua Caliente tribes have joined with five other gaming tribes in a lawsuit against about 80 California cardrooms over a new law that took effect January 1. At the center of it is SB 549, originally sponsored by the Viejas tribe, which gives all tribes in the state a three-month window to sue for the exclusive rights to table games given to them by California voters years ago. Being sovereign governments, before SB 549, tribes had no legal standing to sue anyone infringing on that right. The outcome of today’s lawsuit could have a major impact on some cities. Nearly two thirds of the city budget for Hawaiian Gardens and about half for the City of Commerce come from local cardrooms. Both cities are in southern Los Angeles County. The Lake Elsinore Casino, in operation for about 60 years employs over 260 people and contributes $7m a year to that city’s budget. https://patch.com/california/temecula/pechanga-joins-tribal-lawsuit-against-california-cardrooms

There’ll be a major freeway ramp closure beginning this weekend in Temecula as the northbound I-15 French Valley Parkway project continues on the Temecula-Murrieta border. This Sunday, the northbound on ramp from Winchester Road will be closed until Friday, February 14. Crews will be finishing work on retaining walls and the widening of the ramp’s bridge over Santa Gertudis Creek. Once that’s done, the loop ramp from eastbound Winchester to the northbound 15 will close for one month, reopening March 14. Motorists are advised to avoid Winchester Road at the 15 for the next two months in favor of Rancho California or Murrieta Hot Springs Roads. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/07/15-freeway-ramp-closures-in-temecula-start-this-weekend/

The winds have begun. We’re already seeing gusts over 20 miles an hour in Pala. It’s likely to get worse tonight. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NFL – The Las Vegas Raiders have fired Antonio Pierce after his first full year as head coach. They’re keeping general manager Tom Telesco, who was also hired last year. Team limited partner Tom Brady is expected to be part of the team interviewing new head coaching prospects. The Raiders finished this season at 4 and 13. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43324313/source-raiders-fire-antonio-pierce-finishing-4-13

In an opposite move, the Tennessee Titans have fired their GM and kept their head coach after a 3 and 14 season, earning them the #1 pick in the 2025 draft. General Manager Ran Carthon is out, but Brian Callahan will continue as head coach. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43321495/titans-fire-gm-ran-carthon-brian-callahan-remain-coach

In college football –The Orange Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal is Thursday with #7 Notre Dame at #6 Penn State. The other semifinal is Friday – #8 Ohio State is at #5 Texas. The winners of those games meet Monday, January 20 in the championship game.

Boise State running back and Heisman Trophy runner up Ashton Jeanty has declared for the 2025 NFL draft. Over this year’s 14 games, Jeanty rushed for 2,601 yards – the second-highest in FBS history behind Barry Sanders. He made 29 touchdowns, averaged seven yards per carry on each of 374 runs. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43325414/boise-state-star-rb-ashton-jeanty-declares-nfl-draft

In the NBA – The Timberwolves edged the visiting Clippers 108-106 thanks to Anthony Edwards’ 37 points. Sacramento beat Miami 123-118 in double overtime. Other winners included Detroit, Phoenix, Indiana, Orlando, Milwaukee, Chicago and Memphis. The Clippers are now in 7^th place in the Western Conference, just a half-game behind the 5^th place Lakers. Oklahoma is in first place, leading the conference by seven games over both Houston and Memphis. In the East, Cleveland has the best record in the NBA at 31 and 4. They lead the Celtics by 5 ½ games. https://www.espn.com/nba/standings

In college hoops – Just a few games yesterday. #12 Houston easily beat TCU 65-46. #1 Tennessee plays #8 Florida today at 4p. Most of the Top 25 teams have games today including #22 UCLA hosting #24 Michigan.

In the NHL – Just four games last night. Buffalo beat Washington in a shootout. Vancouver over Montreal 5-4 in overtime. Florida topped Colorado 3-1. And New Jersey beat the Kraken in Seattle 3-2. Ten games tonight including the Ducks hosting Calgary.

In Major League Baseball – The Dodgers have traded Gavin Lux to Cincinnati for a draft pick and an outfield prospect. The team’s moving Mookie Betts to shortstop last season and recently signing Korean infielder Hyeseong Kim made 27-year old Lux available for trade. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43313895/reds-acquire-infielder-gavin-lux-dodgers

In Soccer –

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is this Friday in Vancouver.

In golf –

In racing –

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – no scheduled games today

Fallbrook – no schedule available

Valley Center – boys’ soccer hosting Orange Glen at 4p; girls’ basketball hosting Vista at 5:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow fell 4 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 was off by 1.1%. And the Nasdaq dropped 1.9%. Comex gold gained $15.70 an ounce to $2,663.10. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 86 cents to $74.42 a barrel.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that it will end its fact-checking program for social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, and adopt a community-driven system similar to that on X. Fact-checking was introduced in 2016 in order to get control over misinformation. It was alleged at the time that Facebook heavily spread false claims about the 2016 presidential election. Meta will continue to moderate content regarding drugs, terrorism, child exploitation, frauds and scams, according to a Meta officer. Its Community Notes program will be rolled out over the next two months and be fine-tuned through this year. No longer will content be demoted after being fact-checked by users and found wanting. Instead there will be a less-obtrusive label pointing readers to additional information. Today’s announcement came one day after former UFC executive Dana White was tagged to join Meta’s board of directors. Meta and other major tech companies have been trying to repair relations with the incoming Trump administration. Meta had banned Trump from Facebook following the January 6 attack on the Capitol. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-facebook-instagram-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg/

The Washington Post has laid off about 100 staff members, mostly in its business division. That’s about 4% of its staff. A spokesperson said the cuts did not affect the newsroof. The newspaper company has been in financial straits since owner Jeff Bezos blocked an endorsement of Kamala Harris in last November’s election. Several star journalists quit in protest and several top candidates pulled their names from consideration for the Post’s executive editor job. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/media/washington-post-layoffs/index.html

At ___ minutes after the hour, here is today’s consumer report from Consumer Affairs dot com …

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

It is now Girl Scout cookie season. Two flavors are being retired this year – “S’Mores” and “Toast-Yay!”. Two years ago, the cancellation of “Raspberry Rally” caused a frenzy on eBay with boxes of that cookie flavor going for up to $30 each. The regular price of a box of Girl Scout cookies is going up a dollar this year to $7. They were $6 the last two years and had been $5 from 2015 through 2022. Cookie sales booths will begin to appear this week offering the popular Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs and others. Cookies will also be available at the GSUSA website February 21 through April. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/food/discontinued-girl-scout-cookies/index.html

Yet another story of how self-driving vehicles still aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. An LA tech entrepreneur recently posted video of the Waymo taxi he’d taken to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix in which the car drove in circles in a parking lot for five minutes – a total of eight laps. He didn’t have to rat out his driverless vehicle to Waymo. They can be heard contacting him in the video saying the car “might be experiencing some routing issue.” You think? First, the rep told their passenger they couldn’t control the car and need him to use the app to resolve the issue. Then the rep said they were trying to pull the vehicle over, at which point two screens in the car said it was “temporarily pausing” the ride and “finding a spot” to pull over. There have been reports of robotaxies driving into poles, getting confused by puddles of water, and braking due to nearby birds. Waymo, the driverless car division of Google parent company Alphabet has had multiple recalls and been part of a federal investigation over erratic driving behavior. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/business/waymo-circles-delay/index.html

Peter Yarrow, of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at the age of 86. He co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff, the Magic Dragon”. Along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, the group had six Top 10 singles, two #1 albums and won five Grammys. Yarrow had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/07/peter-yarrow-of-folk-music-trio-peter-paul-and-mary-dies-at-86/

With (more) environmental news, here are today’s editions of Climate Connections, Bird Note and the historical audio feature, Sound Beat …

With ___ minutes left in the trading session, here are the numbers from Wall Street …

On this day in music history – January 7,

1955, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and his Comets first entered the British music charts. 50’s American rock and roll’s popularity the UK is what set the stage for the 60s British music invasion of America.
In 1964, The Beatles recorded a seven-song appearance for the BBC Radio show Saturday Club. The episode was broadcast on February 15, while the group was in the middle of their first visit to the U.S. including their grand debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1971, Black Sabbath released their second album, “Paranoid” which included their biggest hit single, “Iron Man”.
In 1972, David Bowie released the single, “Changes”. It was the last song Bowie performed live on stage before his retirement at the end of 2006.
In 1980, Pink Floyd released the single “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”. It was their first and only #1 hit single.
In 1981, The Police played the first night of their North American tour supporting the album “Zenyatta Mondatta” at the University of Montreal in Quebec.
In 2003, The Beatles Book Monthly closed down after 40 years of publishing. Magazine editor Sean O’Mahoney explained there was nothing more to say as the former Beatles were doing less and less as the years wore on.
In 2006, Pink married her motocross racer boyfriend Carey Hart on a beach in Costa Rica. She’d proposed to him during one of his races at Mammoth Lakes by holding up a sign that read “Will You Marry Me?” Hart pulled out of the race to say yes.

Born on this day …

in 1937, Paul Revere, keyboardist and leader of The Raiders.
In 1942, Danny Williams who sang the British hit version of the song “Moon River” which had been introduced by Audrey Hepburn in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. It was Andy Williams (no relation) who sang the U.S. hit version.
In 1948, Kenny Loggins.
In 1959 Kathy Valentine from The Go-Go’s. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=7&month=1

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actress Erin Gray from both the TV and movie versions of “Buck Rogers in the 25^th Century” is 75
The late Dustin Diamond who played Screech on TV’s “Saved By the Bell” was born in 1977.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0107.htm

Here are some other things that happened On This Day in History …

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny and 72 today with wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour … a National Weather Service High Wind Warning will be in effect from 4p today through tomorrow evening – possible blowing dust and wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour, otherwise sunny with a high of 71 … a Red Flag Fire warning will be in effect tomorrow and Thursday when the winds will calm down and it’ll be sunny and 74 … 72 Friday … 70 Saturday and Sunday … 69 Monday … overnight lows, 44 tonight … 39 tomorrow night … 40 Thursday night … about 37 Friday and Saturday night … 35 Sunday night

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