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Pala Today News – 1/14/25

Written by John Fox on January 14, 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 through tomorrow with the next Santa Ana wind event expected to peak today and tonight. 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.

SDG&E did shut off power yesterday to about 900 East County customers in the mountain communities from Julian to Campo, including the Campo and La Posta reservations. Those shutdowns were mainly prompted by a small brush fire yesterday in Ramona that briefly threatened a home. That fire was quickly put down. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/01/14/sdge-shuts-off-power-to-nearly-900-customers-as-santa-ana-winds-pick-up/

Among new, smaller fires yesterday was one in the Santa Ana River basin near Jurupa Valley. It burned about an acre, threatening homes for time before its progress was stopped. Portions of the Bradford Street neighborhood were put on an evacuation warning. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/13/crews-attack-brush-fire-in-the-santa-ana-river-bottom-in-jurupa-valley/

The largest of the devastating LA fires – the Palisades and Eaton fires are being held in check as firefighters prepare for another bout of Santa Ana winds predicted for later today and tonight.

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

Amid concerns all over Southern California about wildfire safety, the Riverside County Planning Department held a director’s hearing for the rezoning request from applicant Beresford Properties, LLC, yesterday to develop a portion of the hills west of Temecula. The request is to change the zoning of 29 De Luz parcels from rural mountainous to commercial retail and “estate density residential” which would be a minimum lot size of two acres. The targeted area includes the Walker Basin surrounding the Cross Creek Golf Club on Glen Meadows Road. The area is north of Sandia Creek Drive, east of Carancho Road, south of Tenaja and Clinton Keith Roads, and west of Temecula. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/400-rural-acres-above-temecula-murrieta-eyed-development

Pala is under a wind advisory and Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service through tomorrow evening. 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 – Last night at Glendale, Arizona, the Rams routed the Vikings 27-9 to win the final NFC Wild Card game. Minnesota’s Sam Darnold passed for 36 more yards than Mike Stafford, but only connected for one touchdown and threw one interception. The Vikings had two total turnovers and four more total first downs. Stafford had two TDs and no interceptions. The game had to be relocated away from SoFi Stadium due to the LA fires. This weekend’s divisional games begin with Houston at Kansas City and Washington at Detroit on Saturday.

It’s unlikely that 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 today, a source told ESPN there have been no negotiations. Word is, Deon Sanders is a possible replacement candidate. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43398409/source-mike-mccarthy-not-expected-return-cowboys-coach

In college football – Next Monday’s College Football Championship game will be Ohio State at Notre Dame. 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 – The Clippers beat the visiting Heat last night 109-98. The Lakers lost to the visiting Spurs 126-102. Jalen Green had the high score in the league yesterday with 42 points as Houston topped Memphis 120-118. Other winners were Minnesota, Detroit and Toronto over Golden State.

In college hoops – Following former #1 Tennessee’s spectacular first loss of the season, the next four teams all moved up one place and Florida moved up three to #5 as Tennessee now becomes the #6 ranked team. Marquette debuts on the list at #7. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

In the NHL – Edmonton shut out the Kings 1-0. Philly topped Florida 4-3. And Calgary beat the Blackhawks in Chicago 5-2.

In Major League Baseball – Star Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki plans to sign with either the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres or Toronto Blue Jays at some point over the next week or so according to ESPN. The New York Yankees, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers were told they are out of the running, leaving the two favorites from the beginning — Los Angeles and San Diego — along with a surprise entrant in Toronto. 23-year-old Sasaki, whose 100-mph-plus fastball and devastating split-fingered fastball made him among the best pitchers in Japan, was posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in December, opening a 45-day window for him to sign. Because Sasaki is under 25, he must sign as an international amateur. The new international signing period opens Wednesday, though Sasaki is not expected to sign until near the end of the posting window, January 23. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43401000/yankees-rangers-added-clubs-sasaki-join

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is this Saturday at Henderson.

Everything fades with age. But some of the medals presented to athletes at last summer’s Paris Olympics are already losing their shine. The French mint told The Associated Press today that it is replacing a number of medals from the 2024 Paris Games and Paralympics after athletes complained that they have already deteriorated — with some posting pictures on social media. The Monnaie de Paris declined to say how many medals have been returned, but French website La Lettre put the number at over 100. Contacted by the AP, the French Olympic committee and the IOC also would not reveal figures. In total, the French mint produced 5,084 medals for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-damaged-medals-eff39f926cd8499d9dfa444d4feb9e53

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – boys’ basketball hosting The Cambridge School at 5:15p

Great Oak – no scheduled games today

Fallbrook – no schedule available

Valley Center – girls’ soccer hosting San Pasqual at 4p; boys’ soccer at San Marcos at 4p; boys’ basketball against Rancho Bernardo beginning at 5:30p, JV hosting, varsity away; girls’ basketball against San Marcos at 7p, varsity hosting, JV away

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained a half percent. The S&P 500 was up 3 tenths. The Nasdaq gained 2 two tenths. Comex gold was up $7.40 at $2686 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $1.24 to $77.54 a barrel.

Nearly seven years ago, Starbucks began allowing non-paying guests to come in, use the restroom, log into its internet wifi or just be there to meet someone or sit for while. Yesterday, the chain closed that open-door policy. New signs will begin going up at Starbucks locations in the U.S. outlining this new code of conduct, including the requirement that you buy something to use the facilities. It also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of outside alcohol, smoking, vaping, drug use, and panhandling. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/14/starbucks-open-door-policy-changes/77689669007/

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Elon Musk, who is among many who’ve criticized LA officials for underfunding firefighting is putting his money where his mouth is, providing free temporary internet service to devastated fire areas in Los Angeles.

On this day in music history – January 14,

1963, drummer Charlie Watts played his first concert with The Rolling Stones at a club in London’s Soho district. He’d previously been with Blues Incorporated.
In 1964, The Beatles arrived in Paris for an 18-day run at the Olympia Theatre. John, Paul & George were met by about 60 fans. Ringo arrived the next day along with roadie Neil Aspinall. Less than a month later, the group would arrive in New York City to a cheering crowd of thousands.
In 1966, David Jones changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from The Monkees. He chose Bowie because he liked that “big American bear-killin’ knife”.
In 1967, over 25k people attended The Human Be-In: A Gathering of The Tribes in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The forerunner of what would soon become a flood of outdoor music festivals worldwide featured music by Bay Area bands, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Big Brother and the Holding Company.
In 1970, Diana Ross did her last performance as part of The Supremes at The Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. In it, she introduced her replacement, Jean Terrell, who would lead the group to seven more Top 40 hits including “Up the Ladder To the Roof”, and “Stoned Love” later that year.
In 1978, The Sex Pistols played their last show at the Winterland Ballrooom in San Francisco. It was also bassist Sid Vicious’ last performance with the group.
In 1984, Paul McCartney’s “Pipes of Peace” hit #1 in England, making him the first artist ever to have #1 hits in a group (The Beatles), in a duo (with Stevie Wonder), in a trio (with Wings), and as a solo artist.
In 1992, drummer Jerry Nolan from The New York Dolls died from a stroke at the age of 45.
In 1996, Oasis was at #1 on the album chart with “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory”.
In 2005, a $100k statue honoring the late Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone was unveiled by his widow at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Johnny died from prostate cancer the previous year at age 55. Tommy, the only surviving Ramone was in attendance. Dee Dee and Joey had passed away in 2002 and 2001.
In 2007, Amy Winehouse began two weeks at #1 with the album “Back to Black”. It has gone on to sell over 20m copies.
In 2010, guitarist Jimmy Page was honored with the first-ever United Nations “Pathways to Peace Award”.
In 2014, Justin Bieber was questioned by police over the egging of his neighbor’s house in Calabasas.

Born on this day …

In 1936, soul singer and guitarist Clarence Carter who had a #4 hit in 1970 with “Patches”.
In 1938, Allen Toussaint, singer songwriter and producer who worked with Paul Simon, Joe Cocker, The Band, The Neville Brothers and others.
In 1948, drummer for The Foundations, Tim Harris, and T-Bone Burnett
In 1959, Chas Smash, horn player for Madness
In 1968, rapper LL Cool J
In 1969, Dave Grohl from Nirvana and Foo Fighters
In 1982, Caleb Followill, lead singer with Kings of Leon.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=14&month=1

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Drag racing legend, Don Garlits is 93
Actress Faye Dunaway is 84
Actress Holland Taylor from TV’s “Bosom Buddies” and “Two and a Half Men” is 82
Former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Gene Washington is 78
Actor Jason Bateman is 56
Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang and Little Rascals movie producer Hal Roach was born this day in 1892
Actor William Bendix, best remembered for “The Life of Riley”, the radio version of which is still heard Friday night at midnight on Rez Radio was born in 1906
Actor Carl Weathers was born in 1948. He passed away last February.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2020-date0114.htm

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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (1/15) – teriyaki chicken, egg rolls, vegetables and dessert

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – The National Weather Service Wind Advisory and a Red Flag Warning for Pala and most of San Diego County continues through tomorrow evening … sunny with a high of 71 and winds gusting up to 45 miles an hour this afternoon … 72 with calm winds tomorrow … sunny and 72 Thursday … 63 Friday … a slight chance of rain Friday night into Saturday morning, then mostly sunny and 61 … mostly sunny and 63 Sunday … 66 Monday … overnight lows, 36 with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour tonight … about 37 tomorrow night … 32 Thursday night with a possibility of frost … about 37 Friday with a slight chance of rain … 33 Saturday night … 31 Sunday night

FIRE PERMITS

Call the Pala Fire Department at (760) 742-1632 before starting any open fires to get the day’s Cal Fire and APCD recommendations. Fire Department permits are required for any burning on Pala tribal land.

PALA

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