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Pala Today News – 2/12/25

Written by John Fox on February 12, 2025

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.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

There was a major injury accident on Highway 76 near Pala Fire Department this morning around 10:45a. An SUV with one occupant rolled over off the side of 76. No further details. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/02/06/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spandriver-rescued-after-suv-rolls-over-on-sr-76/78080.html

A woman who claimed she accidentally shot a man in the face while they were “playing around” with a gun Monday evening has been arrested for negligent discharge of a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon. It happened at a residence in the 31000 block of Del Cielo Este in Bonsall just before 11p. The man, belived to be the suspect’s husband was taken to Palomar Hospital where he remains in stable condition. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/02/06/news/update-woman-arrested-after-man-shot-in-the-face-in-bonsall/78079.html

Two pilots were rescued by San Diego Fire Department after a military jet crashed into San Diego Bay near Shelter Island this morning. The pilots were taken to UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest. It happened around 10:15a. Naval Air Station North Island is just across the bay from Shelter Island. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/military-plane-crashes-water-near-shelter-island-san-diego

Oceanside Police are treating the discovery of a body on a dirt lot in the 400 block of Foussat Road around noon yesterday as a homicide. The man’s identity is being withheld pending notification of family. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/man-found-dead-dirt-lot-oceanside

A 36-year old Oceanside man who was a teenager when he fatally shot Oceanside PD officer Dan Bessant in 2006 was resentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole, though it won’t make much actual difference. State law has changed under Proposition 57 since Meki Gaono was first sentenced in 2009. Under the new law, the then 17-year old should have been tried as an adult. Young offenders serving life sentences must now be given parole hearings after 25 years in prison. Gaono will be eligible in seven years. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/11/man-who-gunned-down-oceanside-police-officer-in-2006-resentenced-after-change-in-law/

The Oceanside Planning Commission on Monday agreed to a compromise to get a warehouse opposed by nearby residents for the past two years built near Oceanside Airport. The half-million square foot facility will be built on 32 acres on Eddie Jones Way north of Highway 76 between the airport and the San Luis Rey River. Most of the opponents live north of the river. The number of loading docks at the project will be lowered from 56 to 34. Just last summer, developer RPG had requested as many as 112 truck docks. Another development of restaurants, shops, a hotel and up to 700 homes nearby known as Ocean Kamp was approved in 2022. Both projects will have a significant impact on traffic in the area. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/11/compromise-wins-approval-for-long-opposed-oceanside-warehouse/

Margarita Road southbound from Harveston Way to Winchester Road was closed yesterday for emergency repairs after a water main break Monday evening around 6p. The break is on a major travel route near Chaparral High School and in front of Winco Foods. https://patch.com/california/temecula/margarita-road-emergency-closure-after-water-mainline-ruptures

Residents in flood prone areas are advised to prepare with sand bags. Check with Pala Fire Department and local fire stations in Pala Mesa, Fallbrook and Valley Center.

The predicted big storm has arrived. We can expect rain for the next three days and a flood watch at the peak of the storm tomorrow. Pala could get a total of up to three inches of rain. Over seven inches is possible in the local mountains where it’ll be too warm for snow. The snow level is currently 5,500 feet, rising to 8k feet by Thursday. That’ll make local flooding even more likely. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NFL – After saying during the playing season that he would return for a 13^th NFL season in 2025, the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce is now saying he’ll have to think about it. With just four catches, he was a non-factor in this year’s Super Bowl. In today’s podcast with his brother, Travis he noted that he’s played a lot more football than anybody else in the past six years because of all the post-season games for Kansas City – three extra games per season, and how that’s a lot of extra wear and tear on a body. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43809549/chiefs-travis-kelce-take-decide-playing-future

In the NBA – Last night’s winners were Toronto, New York, Detroit and Memphis. Fifteen games tonight including the Lakers at Utah, looking for a sixth consecutive win, and the Clippers hosting Memphia.

On a free-throw in the third quarter of Phoenix’ loss to Memphis last night, Kevin Durant became the 8^th player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points. The 36-year old forward was recently voted to his 15^th All-Star team. https://apnews.com/article/kevin-durant-30000-career-points-3490b1258402bf87db4dea08778dc5c9

In college hoops – San Diego State came back from 17 points down to beat San Jose State on the road 69-66. The top three-ranked teams, Auburn, Alabama and Florida all won. #5 Tennessee lost at #15 Kentucky 75-64. #20 Michigan upset #7 Purdue 75-73. Unranked Kansas State topped #13 Arizona 73-70. UConn knocked off #24 Creighton 70-66. Five other Top 25 teams including Texas A&M, Iowa State, Michigan State, Kansas and Marquette won against unranked opponents.

In the NHL – The league is now on All-Star break. Winnipeg currently leads the league and is tops in the Central division with 81 points – nine more than second-place Dallas. Washington leads the Metropolitan with 80 – ten more than second-place Carolina. Florida leads the East with 71 points – three more than Toronto. In the Pacific, Edmonton and Vegas are tied for first with 72 points. LA is third with 65. The Ducks are in 6^th place with 54 points. https://www.espn.com/nhl/standings

In minor league hockey – The San Diego Gulls play the second of a two-game series at Abbotsford today. They lost 3-2 to the Canucks last night.

In Major League Baseball – the first full workouts for pitchers and catchers begin today. Full squad workouts begin Monday. https://www.mlb.com/news/spring-training-2025-workout-dates-media-days

The Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw have agreed to a one-year contract for the three-time National League Cy Young award winner to pitch for LA for an 18^th season. He’ll get somewhere between $5m and $10m plus performance bonuses. Kershaw turns 37 next month. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43797792/source-clayton-kershaw-dodgers-agree-new-contract

In Major League Soccer – no games until the 22^nd.

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is Saturday in Buffalo. (Seals media release)

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – boys’ soccer hosting Harvard Westlake at 5p; boys’ basketball hosting AGBU/Canoga Park at 7p; girls’ soccer hosting Eleanor Roosevelt at 7p

Fallbrook – girls’ lacrosse tryouts at 3:30p

Valley Center – no scheduled games today

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down almost a half percent. Home Depot and Caterpillar were two of the major decliners. The S&P 500 fell a quarter percent. The Nasdaq was up less than a tenth. Gold fell $2.40 on the Comex, trading at $2,930.20 an ounce. The benchmark, West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down $1.87 at $71.45 a barrel.

Today’s Consumer Price Index report shows an unexpected jump in inflation, making it even less likely the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates anytime soon. The annualized rate increased to 3% in January – the highest it’s been in almost a year and a half. Core inflation increased slightly to an annualized 3.3%. Shelter, food, and gasoline led the broad rise of 0.5% in consumer prices last month. The Labor Department report indicated businesses were raising prices to even out increased costs last year. https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-consumer-prices-increase-more-than-expected-january-2025-02-12/

Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in a hostile takeover bid for OpenAI, which is currently organized as a non-profit run by Musk nemesis, Sam Altman. OpenAI makes ChatGPT and is considered a leader in artificial intelligence research. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015, but the Tesla CEO and Trump administration insider left the company in 2019. Altman then launched a for-profit branch, allowing it to raise money for large investors like Microsoft. In multiple lawsuits since then, Musk has accused OpenAI of betraying its non-profit roots. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-14382297/Elon-Musk-makes-audacious-100-billion-bid-company-repeatedly-slates.html

Bankrupt fabric retailer, Joann announced in a second filing that it will close 500 of its 850 stores. The company has not yet announced which locations will close, but California is reported to be among the states that will be hit the hardest. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/12/joann-fabrics-closing-stores-bankruptcy/78459650007/

Spirit Airlines has again rejected a merger with Frontier. This is the third takeover bid by rival, Frontier. Spirit, which is the nation’s largest budget airline, filed for bankruptcy protection in November. Larger major airlines have nibbled away at Spirit’s customer base by offering their own bare-bones ticket options. https://apnews.com/article/spirit-frontier-b92f25d3d2ff5432b2c4698b8f54fe3a

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Most revenue for road repairs comes from taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Some Republican senators are now calling for a $1k tax on new EVs to pay for their share of roadwork. Thirty states, including California already put a special annual charge on EVs to make up for lost gas tax revenue. In California, there’s a $108 per year charge that gets added to registration fees on EVs, model year 2020 or newer. According to Cal Trans, that’s expected to add $80m to the road funding budget. In some states, the fee is as high as $200. Anything higher risks alienating some buyers who might be considering purchasing electric for the first time. The most controversial idea for road funding is a road fee based on total miles traveled. It would use GPS information to track a vehicle’s mileage and assess fees accordingly. Problems with that include privacy concerns about the government tracking an individual’s movements, and how to calculate travel on private rural roads not funded by state agencies. But legislators agree that something has to be done to address the roadwork revenue shortfall as taxes tied to fuel purchases decline with gas or diesel-powered vehicles becoming more and more fuel efficient. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-01-12/will-growth-in-electric-cars-degrade-california-roads#:~:text=In%20California%2C%20EV%20owners%20with,the%20California%20Department%20of%20Transportation. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/republican-senators-call-1000-tax-new-ev-sales-pay-road-repairs-2025-02-12/

On this day in music history – February 12,

In 1956, Dean Martin was at #1 for five weeks with “Memories Are Made of This”, his biggest hit. Originally recorded by Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff’s Orchestra, it was later covered by more than a dozen other artists, including Petula Clark, The Everly Brothers, Frank Sinatra and The Drifters. Martin’s version was the most successful.
In 1961, “Shop Around” by The Miracles with Smokey Robinson as lead singer became Motown Records’ first million-selling single and the first of six million-sellers for The Miracles.
In 1964, The Beatles returned to New York City after their show in Washington D.C for two shows at Carnegie Hall. There was now so much demand for tickets that extra seating was added around the stage. Ticket prices ranged from $1.50 to $5.50.
In 1967, 15 police officers raided the home of Rolling Stone Keith Richards with a warrant issued under the dangerous drugs act, confiscating various substances for testing. It was said they waited until after George and Patty Harrison had left the weekend party so as not to arrest the holder of an MBE.
In 1970, John Lennon performed his latest single, “Instant Karma!” on the BBC’s Top of the Pops. It was one of the fastest released songs in pop music history – written, recorded and mixed in one day, then pressed and released the next.
In 1972, Al Green was at #1 with “Let’s Stay Together”, his only chart-topper. It was a hit once again in 1984 for Tina Turner.
In 1977, Blondie, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and The Ramones all appeared on the same bill at the Whisky a Go Go in LA.
On the same day, Pink Floyd released their tenth studio album, “Animals” with the flying pig on the cover.
In 2000, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins died at age 70 after emergency surgery for an aneurysm. A Golden Gloves boxing champion at age 16, was married nine times, had 30 children, and had the hit “I Put a Spell On You” in 1956 – a song that was covered by The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Nina Simone.
In 2003, former Doors drummer John Densmore sued Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Keiger when they reformed the band with former Cult singer Ian Astbury and former Police drummer Stuart Copeland. Densmore said it shouldn’t be called The Doors if anyone other than Jim Morrison was singing.
In 2017, Adele was the big winner at the 59^th annual Grammy Awards, taking home five trophies including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for “Hello”. She also became the first person ever to win all three twice, having done it before in 2012.

Born on this day …

In 1915, Lorne Green. Best known as the star of the TV show “Bonanza”, he had a #1 hit in 1964 with “Ringo” – which in spite of it happening in the middle of Beatlemania, was not about Ringo Starr.
In 1920, session musician Bill Pitman, who played ukulele in the Oscar-winning song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He also played guitar on The Byrds, “Mr. Tambourine Man”, “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys, “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes, and Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”.
In 1939, Ray Manzarek from The Doors.
In 1945, bass player for Three Dog Night, Joe Schermie.
In 1949, Stanley Knight from Black Oak Arkansas.
In 1950, Steve Hackett, guitarist with Genesis before leaving the group in 1977 before they really hit it big.
In 1952, Michael McDonald.
In 1968, Chynna Phillips, daughter of The Mamas and the Papas’ John and Michelle Phillips. She performed in the 90s with Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s two daughters as Wilson Phillips.
In 1970, Jim Creeggan, bass player for Barenaked Ladies.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=12&month=2

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor, Joe Don Baker is 89
Children’s author Judy Blume is 87
Actress Maud Adams is 80
TV show host Arsenio Hall is 69
Actor Josh Brolin is 57
Actress Christina Ricci is 45
Among those who’ve passed, President Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809
Basketball great, Bill Russell was born in 1934

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/february12.html

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – up to a quarter inch of rain likely with a high of 56 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour … up to another inch possible with a high of 59 and continued winds tomorrow … there will be a flood watch tomorrow through tomorrow evening … 60 with winds and rain tapering off Friday, ending Friday evening … a total of up to 3 inches of rain for Pala this week – up to 7 inches in the local mountains – all of it rain – no snow … mostly sunny and 69 Saturday … 74 Sunday … 71 Monday … 72 Tuesday … overnight lows, 46 tonight and tomorrow night … 39 Friday night … about 44 Saturday and Sunday night … 42 Tuesday night

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