Pala Today News – 1/29/26

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

The owner of Evergreen Nursery in Escondido is suing the state of California in federal court, claiming state agriculture crews are destroying tens of thousands of his plants without compensation.  Mark Collins said state employees began destroying about 32,000 citrus plants at his nursery this week.  He said inspectors discovered the Asian citrus psyllid bug in some trees about five miles away and determined those trees were carrying the devastating disease, citrus greening.  The entire area is under quarantine because of the infestation.  Instead of testing or inspecting his property for the bug and disease, Collins says the state opted to destroy the plants.  Collins estimates his losses could reach up to $3 million, which is why he’s suing the State of California in federal court for reimbursement. Evergreen has operated in Escondido for about 20 years and has been in the plant-growing business locally for roughly 80 years. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/escondido-nursery-owner-sues-california-as-state-destroys-32000-plants/3967949/?amp=1

A suspected drunken driver was arrested Monday night for allegedly causing a spree of traffic wrecks that caused property damage and injured multiple bystanders on Oak Drive near Foothill Drive in Vista, beginning around 7:30p. The 32-year-old man was jailed on 19 counts included suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run causing injury, reckless driving, driving with a suspended license and violating the terms of his probation.. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/27/dui-suspect-jailed-following-string-of-crashes-in-vista/

A petition has already gotten 2k signatures to protest the renewal of a contract between the city of Escondido and ICE to allow federal agents to use the Escondido PD’s firing range.  The city has had contracts with ICE dating back to 2024.  That relationship is being called into question as a result of the shootings in Minneapolis. According to city councilmember Marni von Wilpert, the city council never had an opportunity to vote on the contract. She’s calling for the city to end the contract.  Mayor Dane White says it will be discussed at a February city council meeting.  https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news

There was an injury accident involving a motorcycle and truck on South Mission Road near Albertson’s in Fallbrook this morning just before 8a.  No word on the extent of injuries or if either party had been taken to a hospital. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/22/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanmotorcycle-involved-in-collision-on-south-mission-road/81053.html

A longtime Fallbrook homeless woman identified as Delma Barron was arrested Wednesday morning, after allegedly assaulting an employee at a downtown business near the Promenade Walkway and Ash Street in Fallbrook.  Barron reportedly blocked a delivery truck attempting to exit the driveway of the business with her shopping cart and it escalated into a fight between her and the driver. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/22/news/fallbrook-homeless-woman-arrested-after-assault/81052.html

Pala will have sunny warm days and only moderately cold nights for the next week.  Will the exception of a slightly cooler day Monday, highs will be in the 80s.  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 – The Chargers have hired Western Michigan’s Chris O’Leary as their new defensive coordinator.  He replaces Jesse Minter, who left last week to become the Baltimore Ravens’ new head coach. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47762589/western-michigan-oleary-hired-chargers-defensive-coordinator

In the NBA – Cleveland stomped the visiting Lakers 129-99.  Yesterday’s other winners were Indiana, Atlanta, Orlando, New York, Charlotte, Minnesota, Golden State and San Antonio. 

In college basketball – USD beat Pepperdine 92-88 in overtime.  San Diego State whupped Colorado State 73-50.

In NCAA women’s, #1 UConn is still undefeated with a 97-39 rout of Xavier.  #2 UCLA topped Illinois 80-67. 

In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Columbus, Ottawa, and the New York Islanders.  15 games tonight including the Kings at Buffalo and the Ducks at Vancouver.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost a 4-3 shootout against the visiting Tucson Roadrunners.  Their next game is tomorrow at Coachella Valley.

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tomorrow hosting Philadelphia.

In golf – The Farmers Open teed off at Torrey Pines this morning.  Harris English is the defending champion. 

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – girls’ basketball at Liberty Charter at 4p; boys’ basketball hosting Horizon Prep at 5p

Great Oak – boys’ and girls’ basketball against Temecula Valley beginning at 4p with games on both campuses; girls’ soccer hosting Murrieta Mesa at 4p

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – girls’ water polo at Vista at 4p; boys’ and girls’ wrestling hosting Ramona at 5:30p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down.  The Dow fell a quarter percent.  The S&P 500 was off by 7 tenths.  And the Nasdaq dropped 1.4%.  Gold is once again rallying, up $74.30 to $5,377.90 an ounce on the Comex.  All precious metals are soaring lately, with gold, silver and copper trading at record highs. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained $2.34 to $65.55 a barrel.

The Federal Reserve voted yesterday to keep interest rates where they are in the 3.5% to 3.75% range, a move that was widely expected.  One or two rate cuts are expected later this year.  www.morningbrew.com

Home Depot laid of 800 workers yesterday and mandated that corporate employees return to the office five days a week.  About 150 of the affected employees were at its Atlanta headquarters.  The rest were remote tech positions and other corporate teams.  Home Depot sales have been down as it waits for the real estate market to improve.  It also noted hesitance by consumers to dive into pricier home improvement amid general economic uncertainty.  Even so, Home Depot stock is up 9% so far this year, recovering most of its decline over the past 12 months. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/home-depot-layoffs-return-to-office.html

In yesterday’s earnings report, Tesla revealed its profit dropped 46% compared with a year ago.  That was actually better than many analysts expected.  Other parts of the company, including its energy storage division have made up for Tesla not selling as many cars as it used to.  As part of its self-proclaimed pivot from a car company to a “physical AI company”, Tesla is discontinuing its high-end Model S and Model X vehicles.  There are already far fewer of them being made than Models 3 and Y.  Instead, they’ll focus on the Cybercab, a vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals that will replace existing Teslas in the company’s robocab business.  CEO Elon Musk says the company’s future lies in robotics and AI.  https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5684154/tesla-earnings-2025

Southwest Airlines’ open seating policy officially ended Tuesday.  After marching to its own beat for most of its 54-year history, Southwest is acting a lot more like its rivals in a quest for profitability.  Assigned seating means some passengers will be paying up to $140 extra for roomier front-of-cabin seats as well as more for aisle or window seats.  The changes at Southwest began last year when it eliminated free checked baggage.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/southwest-airlines-luv-4q-2025-earnings.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

At an investor day event in New York City, Starbucks unveiled its latest vision to improve sales and released a long-term forecast.  In his first year as CEO, Brian Nichol’s strategy tweaks have been working so far with transactions in the first fiscal quarter up for the first time in two years even though the company missed its latest earnings estimate.  After years of prioritizing mobile orders and profits at the expense of customers and employees, Starbucks reintroduced small touches like the condiment bar and having baristas write little personal messages on cups.  It also invested in additional store staff and café remodels at $100k each.  The chain is now projecting same store sales will grow at least 3%, revenue will increase at least 5% and per share earnings will increase from $3.35 to $4 over the next two years.  During that time, Starbucks expects to increase net U.S. locations by about 400.  More immediately, it will reintroduce tiers to its loyalty program, add Energy Refreshers to its menu, and install more efficient espresso machines.  Internationally, Starbucks is following McDonald’s and Coca-Cola’s lead by refranchising international restaurants and bottlers, respectively, to cut operating costs and increase earnings.  Starbucks is entering a joint venture with Boyu Capital to run its business in China, the company’s second largest market after the U.S.  So far, investors remain skeptical with Starbucks stock down 12% over the past year and off by 1% in today’s morning trading. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/starbucks-investor-day-updates-brian-niccol-turnaround.html

On this day in music history – January 29,

• In 1961, Bob Dylan achieved his dream of meeting his idol Woody Guthrie while Guthrie was on a weekend release from the hospital where he was being treated for Huntington’s Chorea.  Dylan told him he was a Woody Guthrie jukebox.  Guthrie, who couldn’t speak because of his condition gave Dylan a card which read, “I ain’t dead yet.”
• In 1965, The Who made their first television appearance on “Ready, Steady, Go!”.  The hand-picked audience consisted only of teens dressed in the current Mod fashion.
• In 1968, The Doors appeared at The Pussy Cat A Go Go in Las Vegas.  After the show, Jim Morrison taunted a security guard, resulting in a fight.  The police arrived and arrested Morrison for vagrancy, public drunkenness, and failure to possess valid ID.
• In 1969, Fleetwood Mac had their only #1 hit in the UK.  The instrumental, “Albatross”, composed by Peter Green has the distinction of inspiring a Beatles song – “Sun King” from Abbey Road later that year.
• In 1979 from her home across the street in the Fletcher Hills neighborhood of San Diego, 16-year old Brenda Spencer shot and killed two people and wounded nine others at Cleveland Elementary School with a .22 caliber rifle her father gave her for Christmas.  When asked why, she told police, “I don’t like Mondays”.  The Boomtown Rats wrote and recorded their hit song of the same name based on the event.
• In 1983, The Australian group Men at Work were #1 on both the American and British album and singles charts with “Business As Usual” and “Down Under”.  The last time that had happened was in 1971 with Rod Stewart. 
• In 1992, blues singer and guitarist Willie Dixon died of heart failure.  He wrote songs including “You Shook Me”, “I Can’t Quit You Baby”, “Hoochie Coochie Man”, “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, and “Little Red Rooster” and was a major influence on The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.
• In 2009, former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson made the biggest leap ever to #1 on the US singles chart when “My Life Would Suck Without You” shot from #97 to #1 after selling 280k downloads in its first week of release.
• In 2010, Sly Stone filed a $50m claim against his former manager alleging fraud and 20 years of stolen royalties. 
• In 2014, more than 100k people signed a petition to have Canadian pop idol Justin Bieber deported following his arrest earlier in the month for drunk driving and driving without a license.
• In 2015, poet, singer, songwriter and actor Rod McKuen died at age 81.  He sold 100m records in his career and his songs were performed by a diverse list of singers from Barbra Streisand to Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield and Johnny Cash.
• In 2019 singer songwriter James Ingram died at 66 after a long battle with brain cancer
• In 2021, original guitarist and founding member of The Animals, Hilton Valentine died at age 77.

Born on this day …

• In 1944, manager and music producer Andrew Loog Oldham.  He was the Rolling Stones first manager.  He also either signed, produced or guided Chris Farlowe, Small Faces, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Humble Pie and others.
• In 1947, David Byron from Uriah Heep
• In 1950, Max Carl from Grand Funk Railroad
• In 1952, Tony Ramone from The Ramones
• In 1954 Rob Manzoli from Right Said Fred
• In 1982, Adam Lambert

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=29&month=1

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actor Tom Selleck is 81
• Oprah Winfrey is 72
• Actress Heather Graham is 56
• Actress Sara Gilbert is 51

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0129.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 84 … 85 tomorrow … 86 Saturday … 82 Sunday … mostly sunny and 77 Monday … 82 Tuesday … 85 Wednesday … overnight lows, 48 tonight … about 51 tomorrow and Saturday nights … 47 Sunday and Monday night … 49 Tuesday night

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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.

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