Pala Today News – 1/30/25
Written by John Fox on January 30, 2025
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
In a marathon session Tuesday evening, the Temecula school board discussed two policies to replace the parent notification and flag policies it rescinded in December. The first would require school employees to send students who want to discuss their gender or sexuality to the principal or a school counselor. The other calls for classrooms to be “neutral” places and for instruction to avoid “sensitive topics”. The first policy will now go to subcommittee. The neutral classroom policy will have to be negotiated with the Temecula teachers’ union. It was introduced to the board by newly elected members Emil Barham and board president Melinda Anderson. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/29/temecula-school-board-discusses-neutral-classrooms-policy/
Then yesterday, President Trump signed executive orders promoting parental choice in the selection of schools for their children and ending federal funding for schools that teach critical race theory or other “anti-American” ideologies including those involving gender. The two actions were among Trump’s campaign promises and will likely face immediate court challenges. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-orders-school-choice-antisemitism-white-house-says-2025-01-29/
The Oceanside City Council has delayed a final vote on the 73-unit, six-story apartment complex at the entrance to Oceana until April 23. Staff will take the next two moths to review the possible safety and environmental concerns raised by neighbors in the seniors-only community to the project. The project qualifies for increased housing density and other waivers by virtue of providing a portion of the units as affordable housing. https://thecoastnews.com/oceanside-delays-vote-on-6-story-vista-bella-project/
A 63-year old employee at a Murrieta daycare has been arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse. The investigation of Marvin Ulloa from Ulloa Family Daycare began over three weeks ago involving a child who had previously attended the facility. Murrieta Police are continuing the investigation and looking for possible additional victims to step forward. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/29/murrieta-daycare-employee-arrested-suspected-of-sexual-abuse-of-a-child/
A 32-year old Moreno Valley man has been charged with threatening public officials. Jesse William Wykel is accused of posting a message to online platform, WeTip threatening to kill officers and claiming city council members were “infiltrating his phone”. Specific potential targets have been identified as a Moreno Valley councilmember, the captain of the Moreno Valley sheriff’s station, and the mayor of Murrieta. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/29/threats-to-moreno-valley-councilmember-murrieta-mayor-lead-to-arrest/
The Oceanside Fire Department says it is investigating last night’s fire at the Regal Cinema downtown on Mission Avenue as arson. Firefighters first responded at about 10:20p. The fire was contained to the point of origin at a plastic drainpipe on the building’s front wall. A storage room on the other side of the wall was heavily smoke-damaged. No suspects had been identified as of this morning. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/oceanside-fire-department-investigating-possible-arson-at-regal-cinema
Investigators have released a photo of the truck involved in a fatal hit and run Saturday in the area of Rock Springs Road and Coral Glen in San Marcos. Anyone with information on the dark-colored, possibly green pickup truck should call the Oceanside CHP office at 760 643 3400. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/chp-seeks-fatal-hit-run-driver-in-escondido-releases-pictures-of-truck
Sunny with mild temperatures for the next couple of days. Warming to the mid-70s this weekend. Then a chance of rain to start next 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. There will be no mass broadcast on 1/19.
SPORTS
In the NFL – This year’s Pro Bowl game is Sunday at noon on ESPN and ABC.
In the NBA – The Clippers beat the Spurs in San Antonio 128-116. Other winners included Brooklyn, Indiana, Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas in 137-136 squeaker over New Orleans, Minnesota and Golden State. Among five games tonight, the Lakers are at Washington.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said yesterday that he’d like to shorten games to 40 minutes, by going from 12-minute quarters to 10. He notes that the NBA is the only basketball league around the world that plays 48 minutes. With breaks and timeouts, the average NBA game this season takes a total of two hours sixteen minutes. That’s within a minute of the average for the past fifteen seasons, according to ESPN. Cynics have always said it’s only the last two minutes of a basketball game that matter anyway. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43617073/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-floats-idea-shortening-games-10-minute-quarters
In college hoops – Unranked Maryland upset #17 Wisconsin 76-68. Five other Top 25 teams won against unranked opponents. #4 Alabama prevailed over #14 Mississippi State 88-84. Tonight, USD hosts Pepperdine. UCSD is at Hawai’i. And UCLA hosts #16 Oregon.
In the NHL – Last night’s winners were Minnesota, Florida, New Jersey, Vancouver and Pittsburgh 3-2 in overtime at Utah.
In Major League Baseball – Ha-Seong Kim will not be wearing a Padres uniform this season. He’s signed a two-year $29m deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. Kim is recovering from shoulder surgery and could be playing as soon as May. The 29-year old from South Korea won a Golden Glove and finished #14 in national MVP voting in 2023. His statistics were down across the board last season, but he was still a fan favorite up to his shoulder injury in August. San Diego has three other potential shortstops. So, it was expected that Kim would leave as a free agent this year.
In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is Saturday hosting Saskatchewan.
In golf – The Pebble Beach Pro-Am teed off this morning. Wyndham Clark is the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – no scheduled games today
Great Oak – no scheduled games today
Fallbrook – boys’ soccer hosting Mt. Carmel at 4p; wrestling hosting Del Norte at 4p; girls’ soccer at Rancho Bernardo at 4:30p; boys’ basketball against Escondido, JV hosting at 5:30p, varsity away at 7p
Valley Center – girls’ water polo hosting Mission Hills at 3:30p; soccer at 4p, boys’ hosting San Marcos, girls away at San Pasqual; boys’ wrestling at Ramona at 5:30p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a quarter percent. The S&P 500 gained two tenths. The Nasdaq was down a tenth. Comex gold shot up $52.20 to $2,845.70 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 25 cents at $72.87 a barrel.
UPS stock suffered its worst day ever following the announcement that it would cut its business with its largest single customer, Amazon in half. CEO Carol Tomé explained that the move was part of a plan to focus on profitability rather than volume. She said that because the Amazon contract was up for renewal this year, it was time to reassess their nearly 30-year relationship. Amazon accounts for a little under 12% of the shipping company’s total revenue. UPS has been short of its quarterly revenue estimates the past year and has warned revenue would decline this year. Its stock was down 17% at midday today. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250130196/ups-to-cut-its-amazon-business-by-more-than-50-heres-why
President Trump yesterday singed a settlement agreement to end his lawsuit against Meta for suspending his account following the January 6 attack on the Capitol. It reportedly requires Meta to pay about $25m including $22m to a fund for the upcoming Trump Presidential library. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/business/trump-meta-settlement/index.html
Chili’s is hot. The restaurant chain just completed its third consecutive quarter of double-digit sales growth. Its parent company, Brinker International’s stock was up 16% today on the news. And they did it by not raising prices, but instead increasing foot traffic. Visits to Chili’s restaurants open at least a year increased by 20% in the 4th quarter. It’s one of the most successful restaurant turnarounds in history. Viral videos promoting Chili’s mozzarella sticks and Triple Dipper platter of those sticks along with egg rolls and chicken wings have won over younger customers who thought Chili’s was just a place their parents went. Its $10.99 Big Smasher burger and $6 margaritas have also fueled the comeback enough so that Applebee’s is copying with its own $9.99 Really Big Meal Deal. Applebee’s and Denny’s had announced major store closings recently, while Red Lobster and TGI Friday’s filed for bankruptcy last year. But opportunities are there for fast casual restaurants as customers reach their breaking point with increasing prices at McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/business/chilis-brinker-international-stock/index.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
British pop star, muse to the Rolling Stones and all-around 1960’s “it” girl, Marianne Faithful has died at the age of 78. She was a celebrity by 17, homeless in her mid-20s and an inspiration to younger artists in her 30s. She inspired one of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ first hits, “As Tears Go By”, recording a version of it herself in just two takes. She also inspired or otherwise contributed to “Let’s Spend the Night Together”, “Sister Morphine” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. Faithful and Jagger were one of the most glamourous couples of “Swinging London” in 1966. Faithful was married three times. In her life, she battled addictions, anorexia, hepatitis, breast cancer and other problems and wrote a totally uncensored autobiography in 1979. https://apnews.com/article/marianne-faithfull-obit-rolling-stones-broken-english-54e9ba7a549142d2a40bea6d88e68a38
Riverside County health officials today urged people who come in regular contact with chickens and cows to take extra precautions. The latest strain of bird flu has been found at 25 local dairies and poultry farms including one backyard coop. Risk to the general population is low. But measures are needed to prevent the spread of disease, which requires the destruction of all chickens in any farms where it’s found. Human symptoms of bird flu include red eyes, coughing, sore throat, clogged sinuses, diarrhea, vomiting, body aches, fatigue, trouble breathing, and fever. Federal health officials say there is no record of any person-to-person transmission of the virus. As many as five dozen people have reported the illness and one has died from it. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/01/30/dairy-cows-chickens-in-riverside-county-test-positive-for-bird-flu/
A report published today by the non-profit advocacy group, Common Sense Media says fake content is increasingly misleading teens. The group surveyed a thousand teenagers between 13 and 18 about media made with AI tools. One third said they’d been deceived by fake online content. Forty-one percent said they found content that was real, yet misleading and 22% say they’d shared information that turned out to be fake. A different CSM study last fall found 70% of teenagers had at least tried generative AI. A July study by Cornell, the University of Washington and the University of Waterloo found that the leading artificial Intelligence models are still prone to what the industry calls AI hallucinations – meaning platforms like ChatGPT still sometimes create false information out of thin air with no basis in fact. Today’s study concluded that teens’ current perception of the accuracy of online content signals a distrust in digital platforms, and that tech companies need to prioritize transparency and develop features to improve credibility. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/american-teens-are-increasingly-misled-by-fake-content-online-report-shows/ar-AA1y7KSl
On this day in music history – January 30,
- In 1956, Elvis Presley began recording what would become his first album at RCA Studios in New York City.
- In 1961, The Shirelles became the first all-girl black group to have a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”
- In 1964, The Searchers were at #1 in England with their version of the Sonny Bono song, “Needles and Pins”. It had previously been recorded by Jackie DeShannon
- In 1969, The Beatles with Billy Preston on keyboards played their famous lunchtime concert on the roof of the Apple building on Savile Row in London. Lasting just over 40 minutes, it was the last time the four Beatles performed live together in public. Songs included “Get Back”, “Don’t Let Me Down”, “I’ve Got a Feeling”, “The One After 909”, and “Dig a Pony”. John Lennon’s final comment at the end of the show was “I’d like to say ‘Thank You” on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.”
- In 1970, Edison Lighthouse was at #1 with “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” … their one and only hit. Lead singer Tony Burrows is only the person ever to appear on the BBC’s “Top of the Pops” fronting three different acts in the same show – Edison Lighthouse, White Plains, and The Brotherhood of Man.
- In 1972, Paul McCartney wrote and recorded his protest song, “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” within 24 hours of Bloody Sunday, when 13 Catholics were killed by British paratroopers.
- In 1973, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss performed for the first time as Kiss at a club in Queens, after having changed their name from Wicked Lester.
- In 1975, the Bee Gees recorded their second chart-topper, “Jive Talkin”.
- In 1988, Tiffany was at #1 with her cover of “I Think We’re Alone Now”, which had been a hit for Tommy James & The Shondells in 1967.
- On the same day, in a court case involving lead singer Holly Johnson and ZTT Records, it was revealed that only session musicians played on Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s hit “Relax”.
- In 1999, Britney Spears began two weeks at #1 with “Baby One More Time”. Her debut album hit #1 on the same day.
- In 2015, Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested for murder in connection with a fatal traffic accident.
- In 2016, David Bowie’s final album, “Blackstar”, released two days before his death twenty days earlier went to #1 on the U.S. album chart.
Born on this day …
- In 1941, Joe Terranova from doo wop and early rock and roll vocal group, Danny and the Juniors who had a #1 hit in 1958 with “At the Hop”.
- In 1942, singer, songwriter and one of the founding members of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, Marty Balin.
- In 1943, Sandy Deane from Jay and the Americans, who had top ten hits in 1964 with “Come a Little Bit Closer” and in 1968 with “This Magic Moment”.
- In 1947, Steve Marriot from Small Faces and Humble Pie
- In 1949, William King who played trumpet with The Commodores
- In 1951, Phil Collins
- In 1961, Jody Watley
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/on-this-day-in-music-january-30/
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actor Gene Hackman is 95
- Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 88
- Comedienne Brett Butler from TV’s “Anger Management” and “Grace Under Fire” is 67
- Actor Christian Bale is 51
- So is actress Olivia Coleman
- Actor Wilmer Valderrama, best known as Fez from “That 70s Show” is 45
- Among those who’ve passed, President Franklin Roosevelt was born in 1882
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 63 this afternoon … 68 tomorrow … 73 Saturday … patchy morning fog clearing to sunny and 77 Sunday and Monday … 70 Tuesday with a slight chance of rain … 67 with a continued chance of rain Wednesday … overnight lows, 35 tonight … 41 tomorrow night … 43 Saturday night … 45 Sunday night … about 43 Monday and Tuesday nights
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