Pala Today News – 2/27/26
Written by John Fox on February 27, 2026
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
A Feather Alert has been issued for 17-year old Anna Urtia from the Pechanga tribe. She’s been missing since the day after Christmas. Anna 5 foot nine, about 200 pounds with brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a black shirt, gray sweat pants and carrying a pink backpack in the Wildomar area near Sexton and Union Streets. Anyone who sees here should call 9-1-1. https://patch.com/california/temecula/missing-pechanga-teen-sought-feather-alert-have-you-seen-anna
A collision between a Kia Niro, a parked North County Fire Protection District truck and a pickup truck on Highway 76 at Olive Hill Road in Bonsall this morning resulted in at least three people being transported to a hospital. They included the Kia driver, a baby in a rear-mounted car seat in the Kia and a North County Fire battalion chief. It happened just after 9a when the Kia allegedly hit the parked fire vehicle, then hit an F250 pickup head-on. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/02/26/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanncfpd-battalion-chief-kia-driver-infant-transported-after-vehicle-strikes-north-county-fire-apparatus/81323.html
Traffic was backed up for miles yesterday on southbound I-5 near the San Onofre truck scales following a fatal accident involving a big rig. Three of the four lanes were closed for much of the afternoon.
22-year old Alexander Tito Oroz pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. He’s expected to be sentenced next month to 12 years and eight months in state prison for the April 27, 2024 crash in Escondido that killed 13-year old Rodrigo Tapia Jr. The victim was a passenger in Oroz’s car, which was said to be doing between 90 and 120 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour zone. https://thecoastnews.com/man-pleads-guilty-to-escondido-dui-crash-that-killed-13-year-old-boy/
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters has mailed more than 2 million postcards to registered voters outlining voting options for the June 2 gubernatorial primary election. Every registered voter will receive a mail ballot, which can be returned postage-free by mail, placed in an official Registrar ballot drop box or cast at any vote center beginning in May. Ballots are scheduled to begin arriving the week of May 4, giving voters nearly a month to return them by Election Day. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/county-sends-2m-postcards-registered-voters-ahead-june-2-primary
The 55-acre Flower Fields east of the 5 freeway in Carlsbad will open to the public this year beginning Sunday. The popular tourist attraction with 13 colors of giant tecolote ranunculus now includes an expanded butterfly encounter inside a 1k square foot greenhouse. Hours are 9a to 6p daily through Mothers Day. Tickets must be purchased in advance online. Basic admission is $27 with discounts for seniors, military and children ages 3-10. www.theflowerfields.com
The heat wave will peak today and tomorrow in Pala, cooling a little on Sunday, settling into the upper 70s next week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NBA – Last night’s winners were Charlotte, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Antonio, Houston, Portland, Sacramento, New Orleans, Minnesota over the Clippers 94-88, and Phoenix over the visiting Lakers 113-110.
Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel set a rookie record last night for the most 3-pointers. He connected on five of them in the first half, then set the rookie record at 207 in the third period. He was 8 for 12 on the night and finished with 209 3s – best in the NBA. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48048750/hornets-kon-knueppel-sets-rookie-3-point-record-207th
In the minors – The San Diego Clippers next games are tonight and tomorrow at Santa Cruz. https://sandiego.gleague.nba.com/
In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Boston, Detroit, Florida, Pittsburgh, Carolina, Philadelphia, St. louis, Nashville, Minnesota, Calgary, Edmonton and the New York Islanders. Four games tonight including Anaheim hosting Winnipeg.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls next game is tonight at Texas.
In Major League Baseball Pre-Season – The Padres got edged by the Reds 11-10. Dodgers beat the White Sox 7-6. Ben Casparius got the win and Jordan Weems got the save. The Angels beat the Cubs 5-4. Sam Aldegheri got the win. Mitch Farris got the save.
The sale of the Padres is expected to set a record for an MLB franchise at somewhere north of $2.5b. There are currently five bidders including Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob. There is optimism that a deal could be announced by Opening Day. https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/san-diego-padres-sale-expected-to-break-mlb-record
In soccer – The San Diego Sockers next game is tonight hosting Tacoma.
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tonight at Denver.
In golf – At the Cognizant Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Nico Echavarria is the current leader halfway through the second round at 9 under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – The 2026 Indycar season begins Sunday in the streets of St. Petersburg. NASCAR action Sunday as well at Circuit of the Americas. https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – baseball hosting Hamilton and softball hosting Valley Center at Jim Banks Sports Park in Pala at 3:30p
Great Oak – boys’ tennis at a tournament at Poly and girls’ JV beach volleyball at a tournament at Pearce Sports Center all day; baseball at Etiwanda at 3p; boys’ lacrosse at Arnold Beckman at 5p; Tomorrow – softball at the Upland Spring Tournament and boys’ volleyball at a tournament at Rancho Verde all day; JV baseball at Clairemont at 10:30a; freshman baseball at Mt. Carmel at 10:30a; varsity baseball at the SoCal Showdown Tournament at 11a
Fallbrook – girls’ lacrosse hosting La Jolla Country Day at 5:45p; boys’ varsity volleyball at the Sweetwater Tournament at 3p today and 8a tomorrow; Tomorrow – baseball against Elsinore at 10:30a, varsity hosting, JV away
Valley Center – JV softball hosting Orange Glen at 3:30p; varsity boys’ tennis at Classical Academy at 3:30p; swimming hosting Escondido Charter at 4p; varsity boys’ volleyball at Guajome Park at 4:30p; wrestling a the California State Tournament at Bakersfield today and tomorrow; Tomorrow – varsity baseball at Maranatha at 10:30a; JV baseball hosting Chaparral at 10:30a; varsity softball against Central at the tournament at Kit Carson Park at 3p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow fell 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 8 tenths of a percent. The Nasdaq was off by 1 ¼%. Gold gained $56.30 on the Comex, trading at $5,250.50 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up $1.79 to $67 a barrel.
Today’s stock decline was likely triggered by news that wholesale inflation was worse than expected in January. The core Producer Price Index increased at a seasonally-adjusted 0.8% – more than double what economists expected and up from the 0.6% figure in December. Over the past year, core wholesale prices have risen 3.6% – far above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal. Prices in the service sector led the increase. The price of overall goods actually fell slightly, though the price of core goods increased 0.7%. Core numbers exclude volatile food and energy prices. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/ppi-january-2026-.html
Netlfix has pulled out of the deal it had with Warner Bros. to buy its studio and streaming business, declining to up its offer to compete with Paramount’s proposed takeover of the entire company. Warner Bros. Discovery’s board announced yesterday that Paramount’s offer of $31 per share for the entire company was better than the deal it struck with Netflix in December. It gave Netlfix four days to up its offer. But Netflix instead responded less than two hours later, saying it was no longer interested at that price. The now-pending deal with Skydance-owned Paramount still needs investor and regulatory approval. The deal would bring HBO Max, Paramount+, CNN and CBS news all under the same roof. https://apnews.com/article/warner-paramount-netflix-5ddba4049473903b35b65e62e37d66bf
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
New this weekend at the movies, the latest in the Scream horror series, “Scream 7”, the wide release of the musical documentary, “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert”, the adventure-comedy “The Napa Boys”, the comedy-drama “K-Pops!”and the comedy romance “Pillon” with Alexander Skarsgard. Limited releases this weekend for independent drama “A Body to Live In” and the music documentary “Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imangined” on IMAX. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/
On this day in music history – February 27,
- 1964, 21-year old former hairdresser and cloakroom attendant at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, Cilla Black had her first #1 hit in England with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song “Anyone Who Had a Heart”. The British music scene had really taken off by this time. It was the first time ever the UK Top Ten featured all-UK acts.
- In 1968, 25-year old Frankie Lymon, lead singer for The Teenagers died of a heroin overdose in his grandmother’s home in New York. Lymon was on leave from a Georgia Army post and was scheduled at Roulette Records recording studios the next day. He’d first hit the charts a dozen years earlier when he was in The Teenagers, though just barely a teenager himself with the 1956 hit “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”.
- In 1971, five months after her death, Janis Joplin began the first of nine weeks at #1 with her second and final solo album, “Pearl”. Joplin sang on all tracks except “Buried Alive in the Blues” which remained just an instrumental by her backup, the Full Tilt Boogie Band because she died before recording the vocals for it.
- In 1980, winners at that year’s Grammy Awards included The Doobie Brothers for Song of the Year with “What a Fool Believes”; Billy Joel for album of the year, “52nd Street”; Rickie Lee Jones for best new artist; and Gloria Gaynor for best disco record, “I Will Survive”.
- In 1988, George Michael, formerly of Wham! scored his 6thS. #1 single with “Father Figure”.
- In 1991, James Brown was paroled after spending two years of a six-year prison sentence for resisting arrest after a two-state car chase.
- In 1993, Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” became the longest-ever chart topper at 14 weeks.
- In 2004, a worker at a supermarket in Aspen, Colorado alerted police to a man in the store wearing a mask. Police arrived and identified the man as Michael Jackson who was in town on holiday with his kids. Remember when wearing a mask was considered weird?
- In 2015, Madonna said she suffered whiplash as a result of her accident performing at that year’s Brit Awards. The 56-year old was pulled backwards off stage and down a flight of steps by a cape, which was supposed to fall from her shoulders.
- In 2019, drummer Doug Sandom died one day after his 89th Never heard of him? He was the drummer for The Who before Keith Moon. No recordings of Sandom with the band were ever released.
Born on this day …
- In 1927, Guy Mitchell who had a #1 hit in 1957 with “Singing The Blues”.
- In 1947, musical arranger and keyboard player Louis Clark who conducted the orchestra and choir on six of ELO’s albums beginning with “Eldorado”.
- In 1948, Eddie Gray from Tommy James & The Shondells.
- In 1954, Neal Schon from Santana, and later, Journey.
- In 1957, Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden.
- In 1971, Rozonda Thomas, better known as Chilli from TLC.
- In 1981, Josh Groban.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=27&month=2
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress Joanne Woodward is 96.
- Actor Adam Baldwin is 64
- Actor Brandon Beemer from TV’s “The Bold and the Beautiful” is 46
- Actress Kate Mara is 42
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 93 today … 91.3 tomorrow … 87 Sunday … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to mostly sunny and 75 Monday … 77 Tuesday … 79 Wednesday … 78 Thursday … overnight lows, 59 tonight … 55 tomorrow night … 49 Sunday night … 45 Monday night … about 47 Tuesday and Wednesday nights
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