Pala Today News – 2/12/26
Written by John Fox on February 12, 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
It was a bad morning for commuters out of Temecula on southbound I-15 this morning. Just after 5:30a, three vehicles collided in the fast lane for unidentified reasons. A Ford F-150, a Toyota Prius and a gray Hyundai Elantra were involved. The first collision sparked a secondary crash just north of Rainbow Valley Road. At least two victims were transported to area hospitals for treatment, while two others were checked out at the initial crash scene. https://patch.com/california/temecula/southbound-i-15-injury-crash-blocks-traffic-temecula-san-diego-county
There was a rollover crash on the same stretch of southbound I-15 a mile north of Highway 76 around 7:45a. The overturned Honda sedan came to rest in the left lane. No word on injuries or if any other vehicles were involved. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/02/05/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanvehicle-overturns-on-interstate-15-near-state-route-76/81179.html
A two-vehicle crash on Reche Road east of Live Oak Elementary School near South Live Oak Park Road in Fallbrook temporarily blocked both lanes yesterday afternoon around 1:15p. No further details released. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/02/05/news/traffic-collision-blocks-reche-road-near-live-oak-elementary/81174.html
Carlsbad’s nightlife areas got a heavy law-enforcement presence this week as a late-night targeted enforcement sweep resulted in the arrests of 11 people. The operation zeroed in on alcohol- and drug-related problems in busy bar areas, with officers working to head off fights, vandalism and other late-night trouble before it escalated. Patrol units joined Carlsbad PD’s vice and narcotics detectives, along with partnered sheriff’s task forces, to carry out the detail. Most of the arrests were for DUI. https://hoodline.com/2026/02/late-night-carlsbad-bar-sweep-hauls-in-11-as-cops-blitz-nightlife-hot-spots/?utm=newsbreak
Nice weather through the weekend with highs in the low 70s. Next week will begin with a fairly big storm that could bring several inches of rain to Pala and snow to the local mountains. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
At the Winter Olympics – The favored team in men’s ice hockey, Canada opened its tournament games with a 5-0 rout of Czechia with goalie Jordan Binnington stopping all 26 shots. Canada’s youngest player, 19-year old Macklin Celebrini scored the first goal. Elsewhere, Switzerland shut out France 4-0 with the New Jersey Devils’ Timo Meier scoring twice. Switzerland plays Canada tomorrow. Team USA is currently playing its first game against Latvia right now. Delayed coverage will be broadcast on NBC in prime time this evening. In the medal count, Italy leads with 16 including 6 gold. Norway is second with 14 including 7 gold. The US is third with 13 including four gold. The US and Austria are tied for silver medals at six apiece. https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2026/medals
In the NBA – In the final game before the All-Star break for most teams, the Clippers beat the Rockets in Houston 105-102. Other winners were Charlotte, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Boston, Indiana, New York, Detroit, Minnesota, Miami, Oklahoma City, Utah, Denver and San Antonio. Three games tonight including the Lakers hosting Dallas. The All-Star Tournament is Sunday on NBC – like they don’t already have enough going on with the Winter Olympics.
The league has suspended Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart for seven games and Jalen Duran for two games, while hitting Charlotte’s Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate with four-game suspensions – all for their part in this week’s on-court fight during the third quarter of the game between the two teams. Stewart got the heaviest penalty for being a repeat offender. He’s been suspended five times, including once for a fight with LeBron James in 2021. He was suspended twice last season. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47898723/nba-suspends-stewart-duren-bridges-diabate-monday-brawl
In the minors – The San Diego Clippers lost 128-116 at South Bay last night. Their next game is after the NBA All-Star break.
In college basketball – Houston shot up five places to #3 in the AP Top 25 after their blowout win at Utah Tuesday. UConn had fallen to #6, but got some help with an 80-70 win over unranked Butler last night. Unranked Virginia Tech knocked off #20 Clemson 76-66. USD beat Portland 71-58.
In women’s NCAA – #1 UConn demolished Creighton 94-44. #2 UCLA beat #13 Michigan State 86-63. San Diego State topped Colorado State 64-61.
In the NHL – The regular season is on hold until after the Winter Olympics.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls play the Condors at Bakersfield tomorrow and host them on Saturday.
In Major League Baseball – Spring training is underway for most MLB teams. The first games of Spring Training are a week from tomorrow.
In soccer – The San Diego Sockers next game is Saturday at Kansas City.
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is this Saturday at Oshawa.
In golf – The Pro Am at Pebble Beach teed off this morning. Rory McIlroy is the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – boys’ basketball at Oceanview Christian at 4:30p
Great Oak – girls’ soccer at the CIF prelims at Aliso Viejo
Fallbrook – no schedule published
Valley Center – Today’s basketball games at Ramona have been cancelled
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down sharply. The Dow was off by 1.3%. The S&P 500 fell 1 ¼% and is on track to turn negative for the year so far. The Nasdaq was down 1 2/3%. Gold plunged $146 on the Comex, trading at $4,959.10 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures dropped $1.94, or 3% to $62.70 a barrel.
The Labor Department reported today that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by about 2% to 227k. Weekly layoff numbers have remained in a historically low range for the past several years. https://apnews.com/article/unemployment-benefits-jobless-claims-layoffs-labor-0dc56ca15d52e7c26b0f64ec96306d4e
McDonald’s reports that its recent focus on value menu items is paying off. The chain cut prices on some combo meals in September. Previously, it had created its McValue menu and brought back the popular Snack Wraps at $2.99, which helped its value image. CEO Chris Kempczingski says the changes helped gain back market share among consumers with incomes of $45k or less, who had been drifting away from the brand. Same stores sales have now been reported as up 5.7% in the final quarter of 2025. Earnings and revenue for the quarter both beat Wall Street expectations. https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-value-earnings-revenue-sales-a3ee1c28f1380300abe057bddc77fe54
The parent company of Burger King and Popeye’s reported equally good earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter today. Same store sales – particularly those outside of the US and Canada did very well – up 6.1%. But Restaurant Brands International said progress on remodeling US Burger King locations slowed last year due to higher costs. Therefore, it’s unlikely the chain will meet its goal of remodeling 85% of them by 2028. That caused shares to fall 6% in afternoon trading. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/restaurant-brands-international-qsr-q4-2025-earnings.html
Sprit Airlines has recalled 500 flight attendants from furlough even as it sold off another 20 of its Airbus planes under bankruptcy reorganization. Most of them were not in service. That brings Spirit’s fleet down to 94 aircraft. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/spirit-airlines-sells-planes-flight-attendants.html
After ticking up slightly for the past three weeks, US mortgage rates are back down to just above 6% for the average 30-year loan as we approach the spring buying season. A year ago, that average rate was 0.8% higher. It’s still not enough to drag home sales out of the deep rut they’ve been in for several years. January sales were down 8.4% from December with the median price up almost a full percent over the past year. Higher prices have been brought on by a shortage of homes, both new and resale, as well as high rates keeping first-time buyers out of the market. https://apnews.com/article/mortgage-rates-housing-interest-financing-home-8078c72e225e45b9298e0bf3e0d2236f https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/january-homes-sales.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Actor James Van Der Beek has died. He’s best remembered as the namesake star of the TV series “Dawson’s Creek” – a must-watch for teens in the early 2000s. He’d been diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer in 2023, which he made public in November of 2024 in an effort to benefit efforts at diagnosis and treatment for others. Social media posts have been coming in from co-stars and friends including Katie Holmes, Ashton Kutcher, Krysten Ritter and Alfonso Ribeiro. A GoFundMe page set up to help the family has raised more than $1.3m as of this morning, including a $25k donation from Guardant Health. The biotech company posted on X that Van Der Beek was their first brand ambassador. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly and their six children. James Van Der Beek was 48. https://www.today.com/health/disease/james-van-der-beek-colon-cancer-rcna258622
Actor Bud Cort died yesterday at the age of 77. Born Walter Edward Cox, he changed to a stage name to avoid confusion with popular 1960s actor Wally Cox. Young Walter began taking acting classes at age 14. After being rejected for acting classes at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, he enrolled instead as a scenic art major. He was discovered in his early 20s by director Robert Altman who cast Cort in two of his movies in 1970 – “M*A*S*H” and “Brewster McCloud” in which Cort played the title role. His best-known role was as the suicide-obsessed Harold in director Hal Ashby’s 1971 dark comedy cult classic “Harold and Maude”. His career was derailed by a near-fatal car accident in 1979 when he hit a car abandoned in lanes of the Hollywood Freeway. He continued to act in television and voiceover film roles. Cort died yesterday in assisted living of pneumonia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Cort
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 59th 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 …
- Children’s author Judy Blume is 88
- Actress Maud Adams is 81
- TV show host Arsenio Hall is 70
- Actor Josh Brolin is 58
- Actress Christina Ricci is 46
- Among those who’ve passed, President Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809
- Basketball great, Bill Russell was born in 1934
- Actor Joe Don Baker was born in 1936
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/february12.html
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 71 this afternoon … 72 tomorrow … 74 Saturday … mostly cloudy and 70 Sunday … an inch or more of rain likely with a high of 63 Monday … 62 with rain continuing Tuesday … partly sunny and 62 with a chance of rain Wednesday … overnight lows, 43 tonight … 40 tomorrow night … about 43 Saturday through Monday night … 40 Tuesday night
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