News

Pala Today News – 1/26/26

Written by John Fox on January 26, 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.

In any emergency, knowledge is power. Use our resources to leverage your family’s safety. Email 91.3@palatribe.com to subscribe to our daily M-F e-newsletter. Follow us at www.facebook.com/rezradio and www.twitter.com/rezradioFM. Additional resources at Palatribe.com

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A strike by 31k Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care professionals began today at facilities in California and Hawaii. They say management has refused to bargain in good faith over a contract that expired several months ago, leading to a five-day walkout at that time. Negotiations have been ongoing since last May. During the current walkout, non-urgent appointments and elective surgeries may have to be rescheduled. https://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/kaiser-nurses-strike-rivco-due-unfair-labor-practices

A mobile home in the Juniper Trailer Park on East Mission Road in Fallbrook was destroyed by fire last evening around 8:15p. It was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived. No one was hurt. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/22/news/residential-fire-reported-on-east-mission-road/81044.html

A power outage left Fallbrook’s Mercantile Center which includes Major Market along with nearby traffic lights dark Saturday afternoon. Affected businesses had to close. Power was not fully restored until evening. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/22/news/power-outage-shuts-down-fallbrook-mercantile-center-snarls-traffic/81032.html

The city of Oceanside first adopted ordinances regulating e-bikes in 2024. But complaints about their unsafe use more than doubled last year to over 900. The city council is now considering amendments to the ordinances that would allow police to confiscate e-bikes from offenders. According to police, the biggest offenders are older teenagers, which is why the city isn’t considering simply banning riders under 12. The two hot spots for reckless e-bike behavior are Mance Buchanon Park and the Strand along the city’s main beach. Under proposals for a temporary policy of confiscation, riders would get their bikes back after completing a safety course and would not incur any impound fees. Final approval for the amendment by city council is expected this Wednesday. https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2026/01/23/oceanside-eyes-e-bike-seizures-following-sharp-rise-in-safety-complaints

The country of Denmark, with a population of almost 6m, has collected more than 287k signatures to an online petition to buy California. It’s a satirical response to President Trump’s threats to acquire Greenland. Recent escalation about potentially taking the mostly autonomous territory from Denmark by force have caused a rush of new signatures over the past week or two. The petition says its crowdfunding goal is $1 trillion “give or take a few billion”. It goes on to day, “Trump isn’t exactly California’s biggest fan.” “We’re pretty sure he’d be willing to part with it for the right price.” https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/lets-buy-ca-petition-dates-acquire-golden-state-picks-momentum-again

Most local areas had no measurable rainfall from the recent storm that has moved east and is now causing problems from Texas to New England and as far south as the Carolinas. Pala had 4 hundredths of an inch of rain. Lake Wohlford had 9 hundredths. Escondido, Vista and Fallbrook each had just 1 hundredth. Mesa Grande had 28 hundredths. Five hundredths at La Jolla. Eight hundredths each at Santa Ysabel and Warner Springs. Just one hundredth at Lake Henshaw and over most of Palomar Mountain.

Sunny afternoons with afternoon high temperatures in Pala warming into the 80s this week. 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 – Conference championship weekend gave us a pair of close games. New England topped the Broncos in Denver 10-7 even though snowy conditions often favor the home team. The Broncos only managed to score once. It was in the first quarter. The Patriots answered with a game-tying touchdown in the second quarter, moved ahead with a field goal in the 3^rd and held on for the next 25 minutes for the win. In the NFC game, Seattle struck first and stayed a field goal or more ahead of the Rams for the rest of the game. LA rallied in the third, but in spite of Matt Stafford’s 374 yards passing, didn’t manage any additional points in the fourth quarter. Final score Seahawks 31, Rams 27. Just like 11 years ago, it’ll be Seattle and New England in the Super Bowl, Sunday, February 8 on NBC. Next week is the Pro Bowl at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Since Drake Maye and the Patriots have advanced to Super Bowl 60, Cleveland’s Shedeur Sanders will replace Maye on next week’s Pro Bowl roster. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47735804/source-shedeur-sanders-named-pro-bowl-games-replacement

The Chargers have hired former Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47735344/chargers-officially-hire-mike-mcdaniel-offensive-coordinator

Former quarterback Phil Rivers has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head coaching job with Buffalo. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47734503/reports-philip-rivers-withdraws-bills-coaching-search

In the NBA – The Lakers topped the Mavericks in Dallas 116-110 on Saturday. Yesterday, the Clippers routed Brooklyn 126-89. Other winners were Detroit, Golden State, Toronto, New Orleans, and Miami. Two games were postponed due to weather – Denver at Memphis and Dallas at Milwaukee. Seven games scheduled today including the Lakers at Chicago.

In college basketball – On Saturday, #11 Illinois upset #4 Purdue 88-82. #12 Texas Tech took #6 Houston 90-86. #22 North Carolina surprised #14 Virginia 85-80. The upsets continues with unranked Auburn beating #16 Florida 76-67 and unranked Tennessee edging #17 Alabama 79-73. Irvine edged UCSD 61-59. Santa Clara beat USD 85-73. UCLA thumped Northwestern 71-64.

In women’s NCAA play – UConn continues to be unbeaten after their 92-52 rout at Seton Hall Saturday. #2 South Carolina whupped #5 Vanderbilt 103-74 Sunday. #3 UCLA stomped Northwestern 80-46.

In the NHL – Anaheim beat the Kraken in Seattle Friday 4-2. The Kings topped St. Louis in a shootout Saturday. And Anaheim won again yesterday, this time 4-3 in overtime at Calgary with Rookie Beckett Sennecke scoring the winning goal and getting his first NHL hat trick. Yesterday’s other winners were Colorado, Seattle, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, and Florida. Anaheim’s road trip continues tonight at Edmonton. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47731131/beckett-sennecke-hat-trick-put-ducks-flames-ot

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost 3-1 Saturday and fought to a scoreless tie yesterday at Abbotsford. Their next game is Wednesday hosting Tucson.

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals won 9-7 at Philadelphia on Friday. Their next game is this Friday hosting Philadelphia.

In golf – At the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Scottie Scheffler ran away with it, beating four other golfers by four strokes with a 27 under par 261. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing –

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – no scheduled games today

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – girls’ basketball at Madison at 5p; girls’ water polo at Monte Vista at 5p

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 and Nasdaq were each up about 6 tenths. Gold soared to another record-high, up $119.70 to $5,099.40 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 11 cents to $60.96 a barrel.

Another federal government shutdown is looming for the end of this week. 18 days after the killing of Renee Good, Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis shot and killed 37-year old intensive care unit nurse from city city’s VA hospital, Alex Pretti as he assisted a protester who’d been pepper-sprayed by agents. Analysis of bystander video appears to completely contradict the story posted on X by Homeland Security that Pretti had been the aggressor. Faced with two deaths in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents, Congressional Democrats have vowed to oppose Homeland Security funds, risking another partial federal shutdown, and are demanding the impeachment of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem. Half of the dozen annual spending bills in the current budget are still awaiting action in the Senate. Some Democratic support is necessary to achieve the required majority. If Senators fail to act by midnight this Friday, funding will lapse for a number of agencies including Homeland Security. www.apnews.com

New Target CEO, Michael Fiddelke told employees at the Minneapolis-based retail giant that “violence and loss of life in our community is incredibly painful,” but stopped short of mentioning President Trump or his administration, nor did he call for any specific policy changes. Corporations and CEO’s have been mostly silent during the raids in Minneapolis. But now, in addition to Target, leaders of 3m, Cargill and UnitedHealth are speaking out, although with restraint. More than 60 Minnesota companies including those mentioned have signed a letter released by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Minnesota is home to 17 Fortune 500 companies and ranks fifth in Fortune 500 concentration per capita. Even before Saturday’s shooting of Alex Pretti, a New York Times/Siena public opinion poll showed 61% of Americans think ICE’s tactics go too far. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/alex-pretti-shooting-target-incoming-ceo-fiddelke.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Mercy” opened in first place, selling $11.1m worth of tickets on 3,500 screens. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” dropped to second place for the first time in six weeks with $7m in additional sales. “Zootopia 2” and “The Housemaid” were once again #3 and #4. “Return to Silent Hill” debuted in 7^th place with $3.2m on 2k screens. The total for the top ten films was $44m – the lowest so far this year and well below average for the past year. Weather had a lot to do with lack of moviegoing in the Midwest and East. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/?ref_=bo_nb_we_secondarytab

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says air travel should be back to normal by about Wednesday. Thousands of flights were cancelled over the weekend by the same storm front that brought Southern California light rain last week. The rest of the country has been hit much harder. More than 15k US flights were cancelled over the weekend, with yesterday being the largest single flight cancellation day since 2020. 98 flights were cancelled just at San Diego International. About 4k more cancellations were planned nationwide today along with nearly 10k delayed flights. Only 48 flights have been cancelled for tomorrow. Airlines routinely cancel flights ahead of major storms to ensure that passengers and crew don’t get stranded. All the major airlines have waived cancellation fees for customers who rebook. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/winter-storm-flight-cancellations.html

On this day in music history – January 26,

In 1956, Buddy Holly recorded his first single – “Love Me”, which was released with the B-side “Blue Days, Black Nights” which was mentioned in the lyrics of ELO’s “Telephone Line” twenty years later. Both Holly songs were later included on his third album, which was his first with a major recording label – Decca.
In 1961, Elvis was at #1 with “Are You Lonesome Tonight”, a song written in 1926 and previously a top 20 hit by the Blue Barron Orchestra in 1950.
In 1965 during a concert in Australia, Rolling Stone Keith Richards had his shirt torn off when 50 fans rushed the stage in Brisbane.
On the same day, “Downtown” by Petula Clark was at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. A young Jimmy Page was session guitarist on the track, making it technically his first #1 hit.
In 1968, Pink Floyd played their first show without Syd Barrett. The opening act was Marc Bolan’s group, Tyrannosaurus Rex – later shortened to T Rex.
In 1974, Ringo Starr was at #1 with his version of the Johnny Burnette 1960 hit, “You’re Sixteen”.
In 1975, British TV aired a documentary about David Bowie, which chronicled his cocaine addiction the previous year.
In 1977, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green was committed to an asylum following an incident in which he threated his agent with an air rifle when the agent tried to deliver a royalty check to Green.
In 1980, Prince made his television debut on American Bandstand. After his performance, he froze when asked questions by Dick Clark.
In 1986, Allen Collins, one of the surviving band members from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1977 plane crash was paralyzed in a car accident that also killed his girlfriend.
In 2003, Billy Joel was airlifted to a hospital after his Mercedes crashed into a tree in The Hamptons, New York.
In 2007, The Rolling Stones topped the US richest musicians list after earning $150m the previous year. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were second at $132m.
In 2008, Alicia Keys had the #1 album, “As I Am”.

Born on this day …

In 1934, Huey “Piano” Smith
In 1948, Corky Laing, drummer for Mountain
In 1949, Derek Holt from the Climax Blues Band
In 1951, David Briggs from The Little River Band
In 1957, Eddie Van Halen
In 1958, Anita Baker
In 1963, Andrew Ridgely, who along with George Michael were the group, Wham!

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=26&month=1

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Among those who’ve passed, supporting actor Charles Lane was born this day in 1905
Political cartoonist Jules Feiffer was born in 1929
Actor, comedian, baseball announcer and former MLB catcher Bob Uecker was born in 1934

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0126.htm

Programming on Rez Radio 91.3 is made possible in part by the Pala Band of Mission Indians and donations from listeners like you. Call 760 742 4200 or email 91.3@palatribe.com for details on contributing to community radio in Pala.

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 seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (1/27) – chili rellenos, pinto beans, Spanish rice, vegetables and dessert

The Pala Band of Mission Indians has employment opportunities including full time and part time. For a list, go to the Palatribe dot com website.

Go to Facebook.com/RezRadio for community events and news affecting, or of interest to Pala and inland North County.

Listen to Rez Radio just about anywhere and access all of our assets with the free Rez Radio App, available at Google Play and the Apple App Store.

A transcript of this newscast will be available at our website, Rez Radio dot FM and on the Rez Radio App an hour or two after broadcast.

WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 75 this afternoon … 76 tomorrow … 79 Thursday … 82 Friday … mostly sunny and 83 Saturday … 80 Sunday … overnight lows, 41 tonight … about 44 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 46 Thursday night … 49 Friday and Saturday 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

The Pala Band of Mission Indians has a number of part-time and full-time employment opportunities.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Friend/like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RezRadio

Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/rezradiofm

LISTEN TO REZ RADIO

Rez Radio Website – Listen to Rez Radio 91.3 through your browser at RezRadio.fm.

iHeartRadio Website – Listen to Rez Radio 91.3 through your browser at iHeart.com.

iHeartRadio Apps – Download the free iHeartRadio music app for iOS, Android, Windows, and participating car, home, and portable devices. Once the app has been downloaded, search for “Rez Radio” and save us as your favorite.

TuneIn Website – Listen to Rez Radio 91.3 through your browser at Tunein.com.

TuneIn Apps – Download the free TuneIn music app for iOS, Android, Windows, and participating car, home, and portable devices. Once the app has been downloaded, search for “Rez Radio” and save us as your favorite.

AudioNow – Provided by AudioNow, listen to Rez Radio 91.3 anywhere there is phone service by dialing (712) 775-5748. There is no cost for the service, but calls will use mobile plan minutes. If you’re calling from a landline, normal long distance charges will apply.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

The Community Events and Casino Corner portions of this newsletter can be heard three times daily Mon-Sun on Rez Radio, at 7:25a, 12:25p (in Pala Today M-F), and at 5:25p as the “Pala Community Calendar”. Submit items for the calendar to 91.3@palatribe.com at least a week before the event.

You can view the events on the Calendar page.

SHOWS

You can find a wide-range of Pala Rez Radio programming on our Shows page.

RESOURCES

The Pala Band of Mission Indians and Rez Radio gathered this list of resources as a courtesy and offers no guarantee of accuracy. Please contact us if you find an error or if any link needs to be updated.

Check out the list of information on our Resources page.