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Pala Today News – 3/9/26

Written by John Fox on March 9, 2026

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A natural gas line was cut outside a Fallbrook home Saturday, forcing emergency evacuations for some and shelter-in-place orders for other neighboring homes. The leak was reported at 2664 Sugar Pine Lane. The visible plume of gas and dirt was likely caused by someone digging into the line. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/03/05/news/natural-gas-line-rupture-forces-evacuation-shelter-in-place-orders/81382.html

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond surprised many by filing last week to run for Congress as Representative for the 48^th District. Current Rep. Darrell Issa has now announced that he will not run for reelection the 48^th District and is endorsing Desmond for the position. Issa has served nearly 24 years in Congress. The 48^th is one of five districts redrawn following the passage of Proposition 50. It now includes the cities of Escondido, Temecula, Vista, San Marcos, Hemet, Palm Springs, Oceanside, Indian Wells and unincorporated areas including Pala, Pauma, Fallbrook, Valley Center and Rincon. Desmond becomes one of at least nine candidates who’ve announced they’ll run for the 48^th. California primary election will be held June 2. https://thecoastnews.com/issa-wont-seek-re-election-in-48th-district-backs-desmond/

The discovery of an unattended suspicious package at the Camp Pendleton main gate forced the closure of that gate and two I-5 off ramps in Oceanside for several hours Friday. The item was found at the base of the concrete main gate monument sign around 5a. Military personnel deployed a robot to inspect the object. The main gate and freeway offramps were reopened by 11:45a with no information released about the object. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/main-gate-to-camp-pendleton-closed-due-to-law-enforcement-activity-030626

A juvenile was taken into custody Friday following the discovery of a ghost gun during a traffic stop in San Marcos. Four juveniles were in the vehicle when stopped around 2p near Autumn Drive and Tiger Way. One had a loaded, unregistered and unmarked pistol in their waistband. Illegal substances and a large amount of cash were discovered as well. https://thecoastnews.com/juvenile-suspect-with-ghost-gun-arrested-in-san-marcos/

Legoland in Carlsbad opened Galaxy land to the public on Friday including three new rides in what the company says is its biggest in-park investment to date. The centerpiece is Galacticoaster, the park’s first indoor roller coaster. Riders can digitally customize their ride vehicle. https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/exploring-san-diego/lego-galaxy-land-opens-at-legoland-california-with-90m-investment-and-new-roller-coaster

Pala will have two more days of perfect Spring weather before a major heatwave begins to build. It’ll be near 100 by Friday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NBA – The Lakers beat Indiana 128-117 Friday. The Clippers won at Memphis 123-120 Saturday. Yesterday’s winners were Boston, Miami, Toronto, New Orleans, Orlando, San Antonio, Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix and the Lakers over New York 110-97. Five games tonight including the Clippers hosting New York.

In the minors – The San Diego Clippers next game is Wednesday hosting Rip City at Frontline Arena in Oceanside.

In college basketball – #1 and #2 Duke and Arizona won their games over the weekend. On Saturday, unranked Marquette upset #4 UConn 68-62. Unranked BYU surprised #10 Texas Tech 82-76. UCLA topped USC 89-68. Yesterday, #3 Michigan topped #8 Michigan State 90-80.

In women’s NCAA – #1 UConn demolished Creighton 100-51. #2 UCLA topped #9 Iowa 96-45. #4 Texas beat #3 South Carolina 78-61.

In the NHL – St. Louis shut out the Ducks in Anaheim yesterday 4-0. Other winners were Colorado, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Dallas, Detroit and Edmonton. Five games tonight including the Kings at Columbus.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls played two games over the weekend hosting Rockford, losing 3-2 Friday and playing to a scoreless tie Saturday. Their next game is Wednesday at San Jose.

In Major League Baseball Pre-Season – The Padres took batting practice on the Reds, beating them 14-3 yesterday. Logan Gillaspie got the win for San Diego. Using split squads, the A’s beat the Dodgers 11-7 and the Angels 7-4.

At the World Baseball Classic, Team USA stomped Great Britain 9-1 Saturday. Yesterday, Mexico routed Brazil 16-0. The US plays Mexico in Houston today at 5p on Fox. Both teams have two wins and no losses so far.

In the NFL – Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III is signing with the Kansas City Chiefs for three years at just over $43m. He’s been with Seattle for the four years since being drafted #41 in 2022. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48153654/source-super-bowl-mvp-kenneth-walker-agrees-sign-chiefs

In soccer – The San Diego Sockers shut out the Empire Strikers Thursday in Ontario, then lost at home to the Baltimore Blast 5-4 yesterday. Their next game is Saturday at Kansas City.

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is Saturday at Saskatchewan.

In golf – At the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Akshay Bhatia was the winner in the first hole of sudden death against Daniel Berger. Both finished the four-round tournament at 15-under par 273. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Arizona was the center of racing this weekend. Josef Newgarden won the Grand Prix of Phoenix on Saturday. Ryan Blaney broke Tyler Reddick’s three-race win streak by taking the checkered flag yesterday’s NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix. https://www.espn.com/racing/results/_/series/indycar

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – baseball at Julian at 3:30p; softball at San Diego Academy at 4p

Great Oak – baseball hosting Etiwanda at 3:30p; boys’ volleyball at Corona at 5p; girls’ lacrosse hosting Heritage at 5:30p

Fallbrook – no scheduled games today

Valley Center – varsity softball at a tournament at Palomar College this afternoon; boys’ lacrosse hosting Rancho Buena Vista at 6:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2/3 of a percent. The S&P 500 fell a quarter percent. The Nasdaq was up a tenth. Gold plunged $42.70 on the Comex, trading at $5,116 an ounce. Oil spiked to its highest level in four years early today with the international standard, Brent Crude going to almost $120 a barrel before falling back below $100. The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up just $3 today at $93.90 a barrel as of midday. The Group of Seven major industrialized powers have decided against dipping into strategic oil reserves to stabilize the oil market … at least for now.

Fuel prices are soaring because of the war in Iran. Nationwide, the average price for a gallon of regular has shot up 54 cents so far this month to $3.47. In San Diego County, it’s gone from $4.60 to $5.18. In Riverside County, the average price is about 10 ten cents less than San Diego. Today’s lowest local price is $4.39 at Horizon Fuel in Valley Center. In southwest Riverside County, it’s $4.69 at Murrieta Sam’s Club, Costco and Vons on Winchester at Murrieta Hot Springs Road. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=33.540375263333395&lng=-117.15490001386718&z=13

Soaring fuel prices aren’t the only result of nothing currently being shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf is also the dominant source of the world’s fertilizers. With no fertilizer coming from the Middle East, farmers around the world will have to use less on Spring crops, if they can get any at all. What there is will be a lot more expensive. The price of urea in Egypt is already up by one third. Either way, food prices will go up and there may be shortages. www.nytimes.com

The soaring cost of fuel combined with Friday’s weak jobs report creates what economists call “stagflation” – the mix of a stagnating economy with high inflation. Friday’s report showing U.S. retailers made less money in January than Wall Street expected suggests that spending by U.S. households, which has been the main engine of the economy the last couple of years, may be at its limit. https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-oil-iran-1f7bf89b783a9ba731f4b25564bf80f8

Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over its anti-trust case. Ticketmaster will have to unwind some of its exclusivity agreements with certain musical artists, pay $280m in civil penalties and offer a standalone third-party ticketing system for outside companies like SeatGeek to use its technology. The DOJ also expects Live Nation to divest at least 13 of the amphitheaters it owns and not require artists to use Live Nation products tied to its venues. Live Nation says it hasn’t agreed to that, since some of the venues are only rented. The deal has to be approved by the court and the 20 states that filed the 2024 suit. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/ticketmaster-parent-live-nation-doj-antitrust-settlement.html

Anthropic has sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies after the White House moved to eliminate it throughout government and have it designated as a supply chain risk. The dispute began when Anthropic sought to impose guardrails on the military’s use of its AI model, Claude. The company wanted assurance from the Pentagon that Claude would not be used to spy on US citizens or power lethal autonomous weapons. The two sides failed to reach a resolution by the February 27 deadline. CBS reports that the Pentagon was still using Claude as recently as last week. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthropic-pentagon-supply-chain-risk-lawsuit/

Alhiser-Comer Mortuary of Escondido has announced the acquisition of Allen Brothers Mortuary’s Vista and San Marcos Chapels. Allen Brothers has been around since 1964. Alhiser-Comer dates back to 1893, making it the oldest continually operating business in Escondido and the oldest family-owned funeral home in San Diego County. https://connectingdirectors.com/72695-alhiser-comer-mortuary-acquires-allen-brothers-mortuary

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, the new Disney animated feature “Hoppers” debuted in first place, selling $46m worth of tickets on 4k screens. The “Scream 7” audience dropped by 72% as it earned $17.3m – good for second place. “The Bride!” opened in third with $7.2m. The weekend’s top ten films sold 13% fewer tickets than last weekend. That was about average for the year so far. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W10/

Actress Jennifer Runyon died Friday at the age of 65. Her career began in the early 1980s on the daytime TV drama “Another World.” She also appeared on “Who’s the Boss?”, “Magnum P.I.”, and “Murder She Wrote”. Her movie work included “18 Again” and “Ghostbusters”. No cause of death given. But an Instagram post noted that she passed away surrounded by family after a “long and arduous journey.” (ABC7 post)

On this day in music history – March 9,

1964, The Beatles finished six days of filming train scenes for their first movie, “A Hard Day’s Night”. They traveled a total of 2,500 miles those six days getting all the scenes shot. On the same day, Capitol Records released a song called “Letter to The Beatles” by The Four Preps. In it, a boy laments having lost his girlfriend to the Fab Four. It entered the charts at #85 and looked like it would be a hit. But the song included several bars from “I Want To Hold Your Hand” which were used without permission, forcing the label to recall the single to avoid a lawsuit.
In 1966, The Beach Boys began recording “God Only Knows”. Though a top five hit in many other countries, it only made #39 in the U.S. because it was only released here as the B-side of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, which went to #8.
In 1968, Bob Dylan’s “John Wesley Harding” album peaked at #2 in spite of a near total lack of publicity. After three electric instrument albums, this was his first return to acoustic music.
In 1970, Black Sabbath made their live debut at The Roundhouse in London. Up until then, their group name was Earth.
In 1981, five months after Led Zeppelin ended following the death of John Bonham, lead singer Robert Plant played a secret gig at Keele University in England with his new band, The Honey Drippers.
In 1985, REO Speedwagon began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Can’t Fight This Feeling”.
In 1987, U2 released their fifth studio album, “The Joshua Tree” which included the singles “Where the Streets Have No Name” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. It became their first #1 album in the U.S., set sales records in England, became the first CD to sell a million copies there, and spent 201 weeks on the UK album chart.
In 1997, rapper Notorious BIG was gunned down and killed as he left a party at LA’s Peterson Automotive Museum. He was 24.
In 2005, Molly Hatchet original lead singer Danny Joe Brown died at age 53 of complications from diabetes.
In 2007, lead singer for Boston, Brad Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning by lighting two charcoal grills in the sealed bathroom of his New Hampshire home.
In 2012, Jerry Lee Lewis got married for the 7^th time at the age of 76 to his caregiver, Judith Brown.

Born on this day …

In 1934, Lloyd Price who had hits in 1959 with “Stagger Lee” and “Personality”.
In 1936, country star and honkytonk proprietor, Mickey Gilley who had a 1980 hit on the soundtrack from “Urban Cowboy”.
In 1942, John Cale from the Velvet Underground, and Mark Lindsay, lead singer with Paul Revere & The Raiders.
In 1944, Trevor Burton, founding member of The Move, which after he left became the Electric Light Orchestra
In 1945, guitarist Robin Trower from Procol Harum, who also had success going solo in 1973. And Ron Wilson, drummer for The Surfaris.
In 1948, lead singer for Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Chris Thompson, and soul singer Jeffrey Osborne
In 1958, lead singer for British pop band ABC, Martin Fry

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=9&month=3

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actress Joyce Van Patten whose credits include the movies “The Bad News Bears”, “St. Elmo’s Fire”, and “I Love You, Alice B. Toklas” along with guest appearances on dozens of TV shows is 92
Actor, Conrad Dunn from TV’s “Days of Our Lives” and “Alien Nation” and the movie “Stripes” is 76
Actor, Emmanuel Lewis, best known as TV’s “Webster” is 55
Among those who’ve passed, Vaudevillian and stage actor, Eddie Foy was born this day in 1856.
Character actor, Fred Clark was born in 1914
Actor, comedian Marty Ingels was born in 1936
Actor, Raul Julia was born in 1940.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0309.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 76 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … 74 tomorrow … 87 Wednesday … 97 Thursday … 99 Friday … 94 Saturday and Sunday … overnight lows, 44 tonight and tomorrow night … 53 Wednesday night … 58 Thursday night … 56 Friday night … 53 Saturday night

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