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Pala Today News – 3/11/25

Written by John Fox on March 11, 2025

by John Fox – 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 and worldwide online … click here to listen live or call 712 775 5748. Listen on a smart speaker by asking it to “play KPRI”. Some portions of today’s newscast are only available in the live broadcast and not included in this transcript which is also available an hour or two after broadcast at www.RezRadio.FM . In any emergency, knowledge is power. Use our resources to leverage your family’s safety. Email 91.3@palatribe.com to subscribe to our daily M-F e-newsletter. Follow us at www.facebook.com/rezradio and www.twitter.com/rezradioFM . Additional resources at Palatribe.com

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

Potentially the most productive set of storms so far this year are on the way beginning today. The county and Cal Fire are offering driving tips and free sandbags to residents and businesses in unincorporated areas. Pala tribal members and community residents can get bags and sand at the Pala Fire Station on Lilac Extension. Avoid driving in the heaviest downpours. But if you must, slow down and turn on your headlights to make it easier for other drivers to see you. Drive closer to the center of the road to avoid puddles near the shoulder and the chance of hydroplaning. Test your brakes after splashing through deep water before you actually need them. Turn around, down drown. Never drive through an area where the water is so deep you can’t see the pavement. Give vehicles in front of you extra distance. The spray they kick up hampers your vision and you will need more room to stop on wet roads. Fire stations in North County offering free sand and bags include De Luz Fire Station #16 at 39431 De Luz Road, Pala Mesa Fire Station #4 off Old Highway 395 north of Highway 76. Rincon Fire Station #70 on Highway 76 in Pauma Valley, Valley Center Fire Station #2 on Lake Wohlford Road, Sunshine Summit Fire Station #59 on Highway 79 west of Warner Springs, and Palomar Mountain Fire Station #79 on Crestline Road. Bags only are available at stations in Warner Springs, Borrego Springs, Ocotillo Wells, and the Miller Fire Station #15 on W. Lilac Road. https://www.countynewscenter.com/the-rain-is-coming-here-are-driving-tips-and-sandbag-locations/

The County of San Diego is seeking public input on its budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1. Residents can take a survey now through March 28 at Engage.SanDiegoCounty.gov to indicate priorities for government spending including emergency preparedness, criminal prosecution and detention, access to food and housing for vulnerable people, health programs including food and restaurant inspections, elections and other areas. Next year’s budget will be made public May 1 when you can review and share your thoughts online at the same website. https://www.countynewscenter.com/help-shape-the-countys-budget/

San Diego County supervisors today are considering an unsafe camping ordinance to try to prevent wildfires caused by homeless encampments in unincorporated county areas. Several recent fires have been found to have started in such encampments. The county currently uses a “services first” approach to connect homeless people with shelter, food, and where needed, substance abuse and mental health treatment. At issue is modifying existing ordinances to immediately eliminate the threat of out-of-control campfires in times of weather emergency. The board voted 4-0 last month to advance a proposal authored by 5^th district Supervisor, Jim Desmond to clear encampments during Red Flag, or high fire warnings. https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/03/11/county-supervisors-to-consider-unsafe-camping-ban-to-prevent-wildfires

Former three-term Democratic Representative from Irvine, Katie Porter has announced her bid for Governor of California in the 2026 election. She’s the 7^th candidate to officially announce including Republican Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is considering joining the race and is expected to announce by the end of summer. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/03/11/former-rep-katie-porter-announces-bid-for-california-governor/

Rain likely beginning this afternoon and continuing on and off through Friday as two separate storm fronts pass through. Up to two inches possible in Pala with the heaviest rain expected Thursday when the snow level will drop to 3,500 feet. All local mountains could see significant snowfall. Expect some road closures. 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.

SPORTS

In the NBA – The Lakers fell to the Nets in Brooklyn 111-108. They didn’t lose any ground to the first-place Thunder who lost to the Nuggets in Oklahoma City 140-127. Last night’s other winners were Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Toronto, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, Dallas, Golden State and New York. Just four games tonight including the Clippers at New Orleans.

In college hoops – #19 St. Mary’s beat Pepperdine 74-59. That was the only Top 25 game.

In the NHL – Buffalo edged Edmonton 3-2. Ottawa over Detroit 2-1. The Avalanche shut out the Blackhawks in Denver 3-0. And Toronto won a shootout over the Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City 4-3.

In minor league hockey – the San Diego Gulls next game is Friday hosting Colorado.

In Major League Baseball – exhibition games yesterday, the Angels routed the Rockies 12-3. The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks 6-2. And the Padres lost to the Reds 9-3. Spring training games may not mean anything once the regular season begins, but the Padres haven’t won very many of them. In fact, San Diego has the worst spring training record of any Major League team at 4 and 12. The Giants are tops in exhibition games at 11 and 3 with the Cubs close behind at 11 and 4.

Ace pitcher for the Yankees, 34-year old right-hander, Gerrit Cole will have Tommy John surgery on his right elbow today. It had been giving him trouble in his second pre-season start Thursday. That’ll keep him out for the season. Another New York starting pitcher, American League Rookie of the Year Luis Gil will be out for at least three months with a muscle strain. https://apnews.com/article/cole-yankees-elbow-7f336c070a860bfb4d9c1ea09c60e729

In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC hosts Columbus this Saturday and LAFC hosts Austin. The LA Galaxy are in Portland Sunday.

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is Sunday hosting Las Vegas with a Native American Heritage tribute.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is hosting Miami, Saturday, March 22 at USD’s Torero Stadium. https://stats.majorleague.rugby/fixtures/

In the NFL – The Minnesota Vikings have picked up former Washington Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen. He’d been released last week to save salary cap. They’ve also agreed to terms with former Indianapolis guard Will Fries. Fries will get $88m over five years and Allen will get $60m for three years. Javon Hargrave, who had been informed by the 49ers that he will be released, is planning on signing with Minnesota as well. The Vikings already had one of the best defenses in the league last year. They ranked 5^th in points allowed and 10^th in yards per play allowed. https://apnews.com/article/vikings-free-agency-jonathan-allen-17bd6b3bf04a8fc34eac99bfe23cd212

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no schedule available

Great Oak – boys’ golf against Murrieta Mesa at Cross Creek at 3p; baseball hosting Carlsbad at 3:30p; swimming & diving at Liberty Winchester at 4p; girls’ lacrosse at Chaparral at 5:30p; boys’ varsity lacrosse hosting Yorba Linda at 6p

Fallbrook – boys’ golf hosting El Camino at Pala Mesa at 3:30p; JV baseball hosting Poway at 3:30p; JV softball at San Ysidro at 3:30p; boys’ tennis at Ramona at 3:30p; boys’ volleyball hosting Point Loma at 4:30p; girls’ lacrosse at Sage Creek at 6p; boys’ lacrosse hosting Mission Hills at 7p

Valley Center – varsity boys’ golf in a tournament at Native Oaks all day; JV baseball at Chaparral at 3:30p; girls’ lacrosse at San Ysidro at 3:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, the market continued yesterday’s plunge. The Dow was off by 1 2/3%. The S&P 500 fell 1.4%, putting it in correction territory. The Nasdaq was down 1.2%. Gold bounced back, trading up $23.10 on the Comex at $2,922.50 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 23 cents at $66.26 a barrel.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 900 points at market close yesterday over concerns about the administration’s economic policy and remarks by President Trump suggesting there could be a recession. It had been down as much as 1,100 points in the afternoon. Both the Dow and S&P 500 had their worst day this year. The Nasdaq had its biggest single-day decline since September 2022. Bitcoin values stumbled as well and the “fear gauge” hit its highest level this year. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/investing/us-stocks-drop-after-trump-says-he-wont-rule-out-a-recession/index.html

Today, the President further escalated the trade war by saying he would double steel and aluminum tariffs against Canada and again said Canada should become part of the United States. www.NYTimes.com

Elon Musk pushed disproven theories about Social Security fraud yesterday and continue to maintain the program is “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time”. He suggests that $500b to $700b in waste needs to be cut. That’s almost ten times the figure that Social Security’s inspector general says was made in improper payments from 2015 through 2022. President Trump has promised to defend Social Security from cuts. Meanwhile, some of the agency’s offices are being shut down. www.apnews.com

Social Security’s Office of Transformation employees were put on administrative leave effective February 24. Those working in the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity were put on leave the following day. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/03/06/news/social-security-streamlines-its-services/78274.html

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter went dark for many users several times yesterday in what may have been a massive cyber-attack. More than 40k people reported problems with the site. Owner, Elon Musk posted that it was a cyber-attack by either a large, coordinated group or a country. Although not confirmed, the hacking group Dark Storm Team is said to be taking credit for it. www.morningbrew.com

Airlines say ticket sales are down as the result of two recent crashes which have escalated the public’s fear of flying. Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian made that pronouncement this morning. He didn’t say how much ticket sales have slowed. But yesterday, Delta cut its expected revenue growth expectations for the first quarter by half. The two crashes were among the worst in North America in 25 years. Bastien pointed out, that’s a whole generation of people traveling that didn’t realize these things can happen. Uncertainty about the economy and falling consumer confidence are also hurting airlines. https://www.wlfi.com/news/fear-of-flying-is-pushing-ticket-sales-down-in-the-wake-of-multiple-crashes-airlines/article_284cc2b8-79eb-59fc-bfea-eead34dbabd7.html

Struggling Nissan, whose proposed merger with Honda has been called off today appointed a new CEO. Ivan Espinoza had been working with their global product planning since 2010 and headed the department since last year. He was chosen today by Nissan’s board of directors and will succeed current CEO Makoto Uchida on April 1. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64144261/nissan-new-ceo-ivan-espinosa/

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Southwest Airlines announced today that it will begin charging a fee to check baggage unless you’ve reached the upper tiers of its rewards program, bought a business class ticket, or have a Southwest credit card. Flying with up to two free checked bags was a perk that differentiated Southwest from the other budget airlines. It was not announced what the new baggage fee would be, but it will begin with flights booked on May 28. Last year, Southwest announced it would do away with open seating – a 50-year tradition with the Dallas-based airline. Assigned seating on Southwest is expected to begin next year. https://apnews.com/article/southwest-airlines-checked-bags-fee-free-463d2b0e1176fed222a11cf244648f1a

40,500 residents of Greenland who are eligible to do so are voting today with independence a key campaign theme. The former Danish colony and territory of Denmark since 1953 has had the right to declare independence since 2009, but hasn’t out of concern living standards would fall without economic support from Denmark. President Trump has said he wants control of the mineral-rich country because it’s vital to US security. Greenland is a huge island, but has a total of only about 57k residents. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-election-tests-independence-ambitions-us-interest-looms-2025-03-11/

On this day in music history – March 11,

In 1965, Welsh singer Tom Jones had the first of his 16 British Top 40 hits with “It’s Not Unusual”. Success in America would soon follow.
In 1966, the entire episode of that week’s “Ready Steady Go” British TV show was devoted to the music of U.S. soul singer James Brown.
In 1968, Otis Redding’s “(Sittin” On) The Dock of the Bay” was certified gold, three months after Otis died in a plane crash. Recorded just days before his death, it was the first posthumous #1 single on the Hot 100.
In 1970, “Déjà vu”, the first Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young album was released. It contained three hit singles, “Teach Your Children”, “Our House” and “Woodstock”.
In 1971, Doors lead singer Jim Morrison moved to Paris, never to return to America. He died there four months later.
In 1972, Neil Young was at #1 with his fourth solo album, “Harvest”, featuring the hit “Heart of Gold”. On the same day, Harry Nilsson was at #1 with a song written by Peter Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger, “Without You” – considered by many to be the first “power ballad”.
In 1978, Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album began the first of 416 weeks on the British album chart. That’s 8 years.
In 2005, the front door of Ozzy Osbourne’s childhood home in Birmingham, England was put up for sale because the home’s current owner was fed up with fans defacing it. Proceeds from the eBay auction went to charity.
In 2008, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Ventures, The Dave Clark Five, and Madonna were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2015, a jury ruled that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got To Give It Up” in their 2013 single “Blurred Lines”. Marvin’s estate was awarded $7.3m in damages.
In 2016, keyboardist Keith Emerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He’d been with The Nice in the 1960s and then founded supergroup, “Emerson, Lake & Palmer” in the 70s.
In 2019, drummer Hal Blaine died at his Palm Springs home at the age of 90. He was a member of the Wrecking Crew – a group of LA studio musicians who played on hundreds of Top 40 hits in the 1960s and 70s.
In 2024, Eric Carmen died at the age of 74. The singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist led The Raspberries with a #5 single, “Go All The Way” in 1972 and had a #2 solo hit in 1976 with “All By Myself”.

Born on this day …

In 1944, Ric Rothwell, drummer for The Mindbenders who had a #1 hit in 1965 with “Game of Love” and a top ten follow up the next year with “Groovy Kind of Love”.
In 1947, keyboards and lead vocal for Vanilla Fudge, Mark Stein.
In 1948, guitar and vocalist for Dutch group, Golden Earring, George Kooymans.
In 1950, jazz acapella vocalist and conductor Bobby McFerrin who had the 1988 #1 hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – Song of the Year and Record of the year at the ’89 Grammys.
In 1961, Bruce Watson from the Scottish band, Big Country.
In 1964, Vinnie Paul, drummer and co-founder of Pantera.
Also in 1964, singer Lisa Loeb, who became the first artist without a recording contract to have a #1 hit. The song was “Stay, I Missed You” from the film “Reality Bites” in 1994.
In 1969, Rami Jaffee, keyboardist for Foo Fighters and the Wallflowers.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=11&month=3

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Publisher, Rupert Murdoch is 94
Actor Mark Metcalf, best known as Neidermeyer in the movie, “Animal House” is 76
Actress and children’s author, Susan Richardson from TV’s “Eight is Enough” is 70
Actor Johnny Knoxville is 51
Among those who’ve passed, “Shemp” Howard from The Three Stooges was born this day in 1895
Bandleader Lawrence Welk was born in 1903.
Child actress, Anissa Jones who played Buffy on TV’s “Family Affair” was born in 1958. She died at the extremely young age of 18 back in 1976.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0311.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – a high of 61 with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour, rain and possible thunderstorms up to a half inch this afternoon … up to another quarter inch likely overnight … 65 with continued gusty winds and up to a tenth of an inch of rain tomorrow … up to a half inch of rain tomorrow night … the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch tomorrow night through Thursday when the heaviest rain is expected … a high of 55 with winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour and up to an inch of rain possible Thursday when the snow level will fall below 3,500 feet … partly sunny and 58 with a slight chance of showers Friday … mostly sunny and 65 Saturday … 73 Sunday … partly sunny and 67 with a chance of rain Monday … overnight lows, 44 tonight … 42 tomorrow night … 36 Thursday night … about 41 Friday and Saturday night … 44 Sunday night

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