Pala Today News – 1/19/26
Written by John Fox on January 19, 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 fatal accident on northbound I-5 near the Aliso Creek Rest Area around 2:30p Saturday caused the closure of the two left lanes until about 6p. No other details available. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sig-alert-issued-for-i-5-after-fatal-traffic-accident/3962916/?amp=1
A suspected drunk driver led Vista deputies on a slow speed chase, then allegedly grabbed a deputies gun during a struggle to flee on foot. The Ford Ranger was first observed speeding and weaving at 800 North Santa Fe just after 9p. When a traffic stop was initiated, the vehicle slowed but didn’t stop for over a mile. The driver failed to comply with commands given by deputies and attempted to flee on foot. A struggle followed with the suspect eventually being tased and taken into custody. 28-year old Efrain Bernardino Gomez was booked into Vista jail on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. https://www.newsbreak.com/times-of-san-diego-555715/4448806296467-drunk-driver-chased-through-vista-then-grabs-deputy-s-gun
About an hour later, a high-speed pursuit ended with the apprehension of two robbery suspects. A call came in from a taco stand on South Santa Fe at Smilax Road about a robbery at 10:15p. A license plate was obtained for the suspect vehicle. A little over an hour later, Vista Police spotted the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop. A 47-minute pursuit through much of North County followed ending in the 300 block of Richmar Avenue in San Marcos. Two people were arrested and booked into Vista jail. No one was injured in the robbery, chase or arrest. https://www.newsbreak.com/abc-10-news-kgtv-563645/4448649416235-robbery-suspects-arrested-after-high-speed-pursuit
A classic white Ford Bronco rolled over into a ditch at Olive Hill Road and Aqua Hill Road in Fallbrook late last evening. Emergency crews responded around 10:50p. No details given on driver injuries. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/15/news/driver-survives-after-classic-bronco-rolls-into-ditch-in-fallbrook/80984.html
Today is Martin Luther King Day, honoring the late civil rights leader who was assassinated in Memphis in 1968. Federal, state, and local government offices, banks, post offices, public schools and courts are closed today. Most retail businesses are open. There is no mail delivery except for Priority Mail Express.
There will be a water shut off on a large portion of the Pala reservation this Wednesday, January 21 from 6a to 9a. The shut off will affect everything east of Pala Temecula Road to the east end of the reservation. Plan your water usage for this Wednesday outside of those hours and store up any you might need Tuesday night or before 6a Wednesday. (Chairman Smith)
About 500 SDG&E customers lost power in southern Vista this morning just after 8:30a. It was restored by 11:30a. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map
There were a pair of small earthquakes north of Fontana yesterday afternoon. The first was 2.5 magnitude near Lytle Creek and wasn’t very noticeable to anyone. The other one came around 5:21p, measuring 3.0 about three miles south of the first. It was felt mainly in the Inland Empire. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41161791/executive
The winter heatwave is just about over. Pala will have more seasonable temperatures beginning Wednesday. 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.
SPORTS
In the NFL – Two of the weekend’s four divisional championship games went to overtime. On Saturday, Denver topped the visiting Buffalo Bills 33-30. And yesterday, the Rams, led by Matt Stafford, staged a final drive that ended in a game winning overtime field goal as they beat Da Behrs 20-17 in Chicago. In between, New England topped Houston 28-16 and the 49ers got embarrassed in Seattle 41-6. That sets up next Sundays’ championship games with New England at Denver at noon on CBS in the AFC game, and the Rams at Seattle for the NFC game at 3:30 on Fox.
In the College Football Playoffs – #1 Indiana faces Miami today in the CFP National Championship game at Miami Gardens, FL at 4:30p on ESPN
In the NBA – The Clippers won an overtime game at Toronto Friday, while the Lakers lost on Saturday at Portland and won yesterday against the visiting Toronto Raptors. Yesterday’s other winners were Memphis, Chicago, Houston, Charlotte, and Portland.
In college basketball – All of the Top Ten teams won Saturday except former #1 Iowa State who lost to unranked Cincinnati, and #10 Vanderbilt, who lost to #19 Florida. UCSD beat Cal State Bakersfield 83-62. USD demolished Bethesda 113-67. San Diego State topped New Mexico 83-79.
For the first time ever, Arizona is the unanimous choice for #1 in the AP Top 25. They are one of only three remaining undefeated teams. They take over the spot from Iowa State, who lost their last two. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47661874/arizona-unanimous-no-1-first-ap-top-25
In women’s NCAA play – unranked Mississippi State upset #7 Kentucky 71-59.
In the NHL – Anaheim edged the Kings in LA 3-2 in a shootout Friday night, then beat them again 2-1 in overtime the following night in Anaheim. Just three games yesterday. The winners were Tampa Bay, Edmonton and Detroit in overtime over Ottawa.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls beat Abbotsford 1-0 Friday at Pechanga Arena and got shut out 4-0 Saturday at Coachella Valley. Their next game is tomorrow at Tucson.
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals won 11-9 at Vancouver Friday. Their next game is this Friday at Philadelphia.
In golf – At the Sony Open in Honolulu, Chris Gotterup won it yesterday with a 16 under par 264 total – two strokes ahead of Ryan Gerard. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – no scheduled games today
Great Oak – no scheduled games today
Fallbrook – girls’ basketball against Granite Hills at El Cajon Valley at 3p
Valley Center – varsity boys’ basketball at Foothills Christian at 4p
BUSINE$$
The stock market is closed today in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The Comex is trading today with gold futures up $86.30 to $4,681.70 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures are up 10 cents to $59.54 a barrel.
Five years into the company created by Fiat-Chrysler and France-based automaker Groupe PSA, things aren’t going well. Stock in Stellantis has declined 43% over that time. Top executives are initiating plans for a turnaround, mainly centered on Jeep and Ram truck brands. And they have not ruled out shrinking the company’s vast portfolio of brands, including Fiat and Alpha Romeo. About 200 company executives will meet next month to hear the full strategic plan. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/19/stellantis-stock-stla-five-year-anniversary.html
There is a new “investment” market operating parallel to traditional stocks. It’s the prediction market on venues like Kalshi and Polymarket where investment literally are bets. They include the outcomes of political races, who will be Time Magazine’s person of the year, most-searched person on Google … even whether President Trump would say “drill baby drill” in an upcoming press conference. True believers in this real-time outcome of world events are seen by those who participate as being part of yet another financial craze like meme stocks that is a way to “stick it to the man.” Those who are able to successfully predict the outcomes of bets are making up to six figures per month in the win-some, lose-some world of prediction markets. But even the mainstream is beginning to embrace it. CNN and CNBC have struck deals to include Kalshi into their news coverage. The Wall Street Journal’s owner, Dow Jones, and the Golden Globes have partnered with Polymarket. A Wall Street watchdog says they’re really no different from FanDuel, DraftKings, your corner bookie, or a Las Vegas casino. Except that in prediction markets, you’re not playing against the house. In Kalshi, anyone can propose a so-called “strike”. That means the thing that’s being bet on. Kalshi staff then pick the terms for both sides of the bet. Kalshi’s institutional partners front the cash to prime the strike. Because traders are then competing with other traders on topics non-affiliated individuals first proposed, Kalshi argues that there is no “house” to play against. That’s an important distinction, because in traditional gambling, the house always wins. While the Biden administration sought to rein in predictions markets, Trump’s regulators are encouraging it by removing barriers. Kalshi now has $2b traded each week – ten times what it had in the Biden years. Polymarket was forced to shut down in the US in 2022 for being an unlicensed betting site. The Trump administration has since given its blessing for a re-launch with Donald Trump Jr. on the company’s board of directors. He’s also a “strategic advisor” to Kalshi. The President’s social media site, Truth Social is planning to launch its own prediction market called Truth Predict. https://www.npr.org/2026/01/17/nx-s1-5672615/kalshi-polymarket-prediction-market-boom-traders-slang-glossary
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” maintained its crown as the #1 film for the fifth week, barely ahead of new release, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”. Avatar earned another $13.3m. Bone Temple debuted with $13m. The re-release of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” placed 7th with $3.5m on half as many screens as the top six films. Third through fifth place went to “Zootopia 2”, “The Housemaid”, and “Marty Supreme”. The weekend total was down 21% from last weekend and about half the attendance of New Year’s Day weekend. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W03/
Disney dominated in movie theaters last year – about 27 ½% of all ticket sales were for Disney movies with the most popular ones being sequels including “Avatar”, “Zootopia” and “Lilo and Stitch”. Disney’s closest rivals were Warner Bros. Discovery with 21% of the domestic market, and Universal with just under 20%. Nine of this year’s ten biggest movies were from existing intellectual properties. That’s showbiz-speak for sequels. Expect more in the coming year including another Star Wars Mandalorian feature, “Toy Story 5”, and additional Moana and Avengers films from Disney. Disney and Sony will jointly release another Spider-Man film. Sequels coming from other studios include “Supergirl”, “Dune: Part Three”, “Minions 3”, and new Super Mario, Hunger Games and Jumanji features. Overall box office business in the US and Canada rose 4% last year to $9.05b in ticket sales. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/disney-dominated-2025-box-office.html
Academy Award voting ended Friday. This year’s nominees will be announced Thursday. https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/anonymous-oscars-nomination-ballots-2026-surprises-1236633595/
On this day in music history – January 19,
- 1967, The Beatles began recording “A Day In The Life” at EMI studios on Abbey Road in London. According to John Lennon, the inspiration for the song was the death of Tara Browne, 21-year old heir to the Guinness fortune, who’d crashed his Lotus Elan one month earlier. They did four takes of the song this day.
- On the same day, The Monkees were at #1 in England with the Neil Diamond song, “I’m a Believer”. The song had over 1m advance orders and is one of less than forty singles to ever sell more than 10m physical copies.
- Also, that night in 1967, Pink Floyd and Scottish band, Marmalade played at The Marquee Club in London. Neither had any hit records yet. Floyd would score with “See Emily Play” later than year and Marmalade would have a hit with a cover of The Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da” in ’68 and their original composition, “Reflections of My Life” in 1970.
- In 1971, tracks from The Beatles’ “White Album” including “Helter Skelter” were played in the courtroom of the Sharon Tate murder trial attempting to prove the songs influenced Charles Manson and his followers to kill the 8 ½ months’ pregnant actress and four others in her Hollywood Hills home shared with husband, director Roman Polanski.
- In 1980, The Pretenders had their first hit with “Brass in Pocket”. It and the band’s self-titled debut album both made #1 this day in the UK.
- In the US, Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” began the first of 15 weeks at #1 on the album chart. It sold 23m copies that year. It is still the 3rd largest-grossing album ever, behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and The Eagles’ “Greatest Hits”.
- In 1988, Bon Jovi and Motley Crue manager Doc McGhee pleaded guilty to importing 40k pounds of marijuana from Columbia into the U.S. He got a five-year suspended sentence, was fined $15k and was ordered to set up an anti-drugs foundation.
- In 1993, Fleetwood Mac reformed to play at President Clinton’s inauguration. Their song “Don’t Stop” had been his campaign theme song.
- In 1998, singer songwriter Carl Perkins died of throat cancer at age 65. He wrote “Blue Suede Shoes”. His songs were recorded by Elvis, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and others. Paul McCartney has said, “If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.”.
- In 2001, Paul McCartney became the world’s first pop star billionaire.
- In 2006, soul singer Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack at the age of 64. He had 15 Top 40 singles including “Mustang Sally” and “In the Midnight Hour”.
- In 2007, Denny Doherty from The Mamas and the Papas died at the age of 66 following a brief illness.
- In 2008, John Stewart, a member of The Kingston Trio and author of The Monkees’ hit “Daydream Believer” died in San Diego after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was 68.
- In 2018, the LA medical examiner announced that Tom Petty’s death was accidental mixed drug toxicity. He was on numerous opioids and sedatives for medical problems including emphysema, knee problems and a fractured hip. It was believed that he accidentally overdosed due to unbearable pain.
Born on this day …
- In 1929, soul singer Shirley Ellis
- In 1939, Phil Everly from The Everly Brothers
- In 1942, British actor and singer Michael Crawford, known for his 80s stage hit as The Phantom, “Music of the Night”.
- In 1943, Janis Joplin
- In 1946, Dolly Parton
- In 1947, early Deep Purple lead singer, Rod Evans
- In 1949, Robert Palmer
- In 1957, Mickey Virtue, keyboardist with UB40
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=19&month=1
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress and singer Shelley Fabares is 82
- Desi Arnaz Jr. is 73
- Actress Katey Sagal is 72
- Actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez is 71
- Among those who’ve passed, author Edgar Allan Poe was born this day in 1809
- Actress Jean Stapleton, best known as Edith on TV’s “All in the Family” was born in 1923
- Actor/director Nicholas Colasanto, best known as Coach on TV’s “Cheers” was born in 1924
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0119.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 81 this afternoon and again tomorrow … partly sunny and 77 Wednesday … 71 Thursday … 69 Friday … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog Saturday, clearing to mostly sunny and 72 … 75 Sunday … overnight lows, about 48 tonight through Wednesday night … 45 Thursday through Saturday night
FIRE PERMITS
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