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Pala Today News – 1/13/25

Written by John Fox on January 13, 2025

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

San Diego Gas & Electric has once again put Pala and most of inland San Diego County on notice for possible Public Safety Power Shutoffs over the next 48 hours due to the next Santa Ana wind event. Southern California Edison has done the same for much of Southwest Riverside County. The areas affected are mostly the same as last week. Some areas could have winds up to 90 miles an hour.

The Pechanga tribe is donating a half million dollars to fire relief. According to a media release, “”Pechanga will join with the Los Angeles Rams Foundation to contribute a total of $250,000 to three organizations working around the clock to help Los Angeles through this devastating time: American Red Cross Los Angeles Region, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Foundation, and the World Central Kitchen. Pechanga will donate an additional $250,000 to the American Red Cross. https://patch.com/california/temecula/pechanga-tribe-pledges-500k-la-fire-victims-through-local-charity

A woman riding a Vespa moped was killed yesterday on San Pasqual Valley Road. The 40-year old was westbound in the 16100 block when she missed a curve and went off the other side of the road, sustaining major head trauma. She died at the hospital. No other vehicles were involved. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/woman-riding-vespa-dies-in-san-pasqual-area-crash

A 34-year old man was shot and killed in Oceanside early yesterday morning. It happened around 2a at the intersection of College Boulevard and Olive Drive. A suspect is still at large. Oceanside Police are asking anyone with information to contact them. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/man-fatally-shot-in-oceanside

Pala will have a wind advisory and Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service beginning later today. Nights will get down near freezing later this week and there’s a small chance of some light rain this weekend. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

Mass at Pala Mission Church is broadcast live on Rez Radio 91.3 and streamed live on the Rez Radio App every Sunday at 8a. There will be no mass broadcast on 1/19.

SPORTS

In the NFL – On Saturday, Houston stomped the Chargers 32-12 in the first AFC Wild Card game. In the afternoon, Baltimore dominated the Steelers 28-14. The AFC finished up yesterday with Buffalo getting an easy win over Denver 31-7. In the NFC, Philadelphia won its Wild Card game over Green Bay 22-10. The only close game this weekend was Washington over Tampa Bay 23-20. That leaves the Rams hosting Minnesota in Glendale, Arizona today at 5p. The league moved the location out of LA because of the fires. Tonight’s game is on ESPN and ABC.

It’s unlikely Mike McCarthy will return as head coach of the Cowboys next season. His contract expired Wednesday, and in spite of an exclusive negotiating window that expires tomorrow, a source told ESPN there have been no negotiations. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43398409/source-mike-mccarthy-not-expected-return-cowboys-coach

In college football – #8 Ohio State upset #5 Texas in the Cotton Bowl on Saturday. That sets the championship game as Ohio State at Notre Dame one week from today. It’ll be the first CFP championship game in which neither team ranked higher than #7. https://www.espn.com/college-football/schedule/_/week/999/year/2024/seasontype/3

In the NBA – Yesterday’s winners were New York, Denver, Sacramento, Boston, Indiana, Orlando, Oklahoma City, Utah and Phoenix. Both LA teams had home games on Saturday postponed due to the fires. The Lakers are scheduled to make good that game hosting San Antonio tonight. The Clippers are scheduled to host Miami.

In college hoops – Five Top 25 teams all won against unranked opponents yesterday. Almost all of the rest of the Top 25 played Saturday. The only upsets were unranked USC over #13 Illinois 82-72 and Georgia over #17 Oklahoma 72-62.

In the NHL – The Kings edged Winnipeg 2-1 in overtime Friday and lost by the same score to Calgary Saturday. Philadelphia shut out the visiting Ducks 6-0 on Saturday. They bounced back with a 3-2 overtime win at Carolina yesterday. Other winners yesterday were Detroit, Ottawa, Tampa Bay and Vegas.

In Major League Baseball – The league has banned two Yankees fans who grabbed at Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts while be was making a plyt at the fence during the World Series Game 4 on October 29. Betts dropped the ball, but the it was ruled an out due to fan interference. Austin Copabianco and John P. Hansen were ejected from the October 29 game and banned from attending Game 5. The two interfering fans have now been sent letters informing them that they are banned indefinitely from attending any Major League stadiums, offices, facilities and events. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43362055/mlb-bans-two-yankees-fans-interfered-dodgers-betts

In Lacrosse – Friday at Vancouver, the San Diego Seals lost to the Warriors 11-9. Their next game is this Saturday at Henderson.

In golf – At the Sony Open in Honolulu, Canada’s Nick Taylor won on the second hole of sudden death. He and Nico Echavarria had finished the four round tournament tied at 16 under par 264. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – girls’ water polo hosting Chaparral at 5p

Fallbrook – no scheduled games today

Valley Center – no scheduled games today

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow gained 7 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 fell a tenth. The Nasdaq was down 7 tenths. Gold lost 1 ¼%, or $34.60 an ounce on the Comes, trading at $2,680.30. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up $2.37 a barrel $78.94. https://www.marketwatch.com/

President-elect Trump is planning an unprecedented number of executive orders for Day One of the new administration – over 100, dealing with border security, deportations, energy development, school gender policies, vaccine mandates and other policy priorities. The scope and sheer number of executive orders are said by some Capitol Hill observers as a Constitutional challenge, bypassing the Congressional legislative process. https://apnews.com/article/trump-day-one-border-executive-actions-30f78c3c983ae74555f281446fe22710

Ad revenue is key to Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta. It accounts for about 98% of Meta’s nearly $40.6b total revenue. It’s 21% share of the total digital ad revenue in the U.S. is second only to Google. Some marketers are saying Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to end professional fact-checking in favor of crowdsourced community note to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration could cause them to limit ad spending on Meta’s social platforms if it results in the unchecked spread of fake news, harmful content and hate speech. It may come down to how much a company values Meta’s unmatched return on investment for brands that advertise there versus their desired level of risk aversion. www.morningbrew.com

Kohl’s is closing 27 underperforming stores, calling it “real estate changes”. Among the stores scheduled for closures this year are the San Diego store on Balboa Avenue and the one in Encinitas. Kohl’s will also close its San Bernardino e-commerce fulfillment center when the lease is up in May. https://www.today.com/style/kohls-closing-stores-rcna187304

Walmart is updating its logo for the first time in 20 years. A shade the retailers calls “True Blue” is a little bluer than before. The font and six-point asterisk, or “spark” as Walmart calls it are a little bolder. The changes began several months ago. The rollout to the website is happening right now. Additional physical stores will be updated this year. The company says the changes help it build credibility and connection with its customers and present the company as a modern, culturally dynamic brand. https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/01/13/walmart-introduces-updated-look-and-feel-a-testament-to-heritage-and-innovation

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movies, “Den of Thieves” opened in first place with $15.5m in ticket sales – just a little ahead of “Mufasa” The Lion King”, now in its fourth week in theaters. It earned $13.2m. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” was 3^rd with $11m. The only other new movies, “Game Changer” opened on just 800 screens with $2.1m in sales and the 4^th best per-screen average of the weekend. The total for the top ten films was about a third lower than last weekend and the lowest since early November. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W02/

The star of film maker Bruce Brown’s definitive surf movie, “The Endless Summer”, Mike Hynson of Encinitas has died at the age of 82 following a recent illness. In the film, Hynson and Robert August toured the sold in search of the perfect wave. The 1966 film introduced surfing to millions and furthered the picture of California as a destination. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/01/11/endless-summer-star-local-surf-icon-dies-in-encinitas/

On this day in music history – January 13,

1962, Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was back at #1 on the singles chart, the same place it had been in September of 1960. It’s the only song in U.S. chart history to be #1 on two separate occasions.
In 1965, it was the first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home” album. The first songs recorded were “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”.
In 1968, Johnny Cash played a concert for 2k prison inmates that became his “Folsom Prison Blues” album. The title song was an update of his 1956 hit and became one of the most famous recordings of his career
In 1969, Elvis Presley began a ten-day recording session that included his final #1 hit, “Suspicious Minds”. The sessions were at American Sound Studios in his hometown of Memphis.
In 1970, Steel Mill, featuring Bruce Springsteen was on a bill with headliner Boz Scaggs at The Matrix in San Francisco. Scaggs cancelled due to illness and San Francisco Examiner rock critic Philip Elwood ended up writing a highly favorable review about Springsteen’s band instead.
In 1978, one year and one day after first practicing together, The Police with $2,500 borrowed from drummer Stewart Copeland’s brother began recording their debut album “Outlandos d’Amour” including the hits “Roxanne” and “Can’t Stand Losing You”.
In 1979, soul singer Donny Hathaway committed suicide by jumping from a 15^th floor window in New York City. He’d had hits with Roberta Flack including “Where Is the Love”in 1972 and “The Closer I Get” in 1978.
In 1990, New Kids on the Block were at #1 with “Hangin’ Tough”.
In 2003, Diana Ross appeared in court on charges of drunk driving in Tucson at a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.
In 2005, a report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis than any other musical performer – 220.
In 2010, soul singer Teddy Pendergrass died during recovery from colon cancer surgery. He’d been with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes before going solo in 1976. He was 59.
In 2016 Ed Sheeran’s new singles, “Shape of You” and “Castle On the Hill” entered the British singles chart at #1 and 2.

Born on this day …

In 1929, jazz guitarist Joe Pass.
In 1955, drummer with Earth Wind & Fire, Fred White
In 1957, multi-instrumentalist Don Snow from Squeeze
In 1961, lead singer from English ska band Madness, Graham McPherson
In 1962, country star Trace Adkins
In 1963, guitarist Tim Kelly from Slaughter.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=13&month=1

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor Billy Gray who played Bud on TV’s “Father Knows Best” is 87.
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus from SNL, Seinfeld, and Curb Your Enthusiasm is 64.
Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 61.
Actor Patrick Dempsey is 59
Actor Orlando Bloom is 48
Among those who’ve passed, actor Richard Moll, best remembered as “Bull” on TV’s “Night Court” was born in 1943.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2320-date0113.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory and a Red Flag Warning for Pala and most of San Diego County beginning this evening, lasting until Wednesday evening … sunny with a high of 68 and winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour this afternoon … 71 with winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour tomorrow, decreasing by a 5 to 10 miles an hour by afternoon … sunny and 72 Wednesday … 71 Thursday … 64 Friday … a slight chance of rain Friday night into Saturday morning, then mostly sunny and 62 … mostly sunny and 62 Sunday … overnight lows, 36 with winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour tonight … about 38 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 33 Thursday night with a possibility of frost … about 35 Friday and Saturday night

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