Pala Today News – 3/12/26

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A 27-year old woman from Palm Desert died in a crash just after 7a yesterday on Highway 371 south of Cary Road in Anza.  Her vehicle hit a Toyota Tacoma with two people in it. The 56-year old driver and an 11-year old were taken to a nearby hospital with moderate injuries. https://patch.com/california/temecula/coroner-ids-rivco-woman-victim-wednesday-crash-east-temecula

A collision at the Roberto’s drive-through on South Mission in Fallbrook last evening sent four people to the hospital including a pregnant woman.  It happened around 11:30p at 1382 S. Mission Road.  All victims were taken to Palomar Hospital for evaluation. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/03/05/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanvehicle-collision-in-robertitos-drive-through-sends-four-to-hospital/81396.html

BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse on Haun Road in Menifee is temporarily banned from selling alcohol after investigators determined its staff served a minor three alcoholic drinks before a serious crash in November of 2023 less than two miles from the restaurant.  The 25-day suspension began February 17.  https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/popular-southwest-rivco-restaurants-alcohol-license-suspended-after

A dead crow found recently in the North Park neighborhood in San Diego has tested positive for West Nile Virus.  It’s the first case detected this year.  Though primarily a bird disease, it can be transmitted to people by mosquitoes.  In 2015, 44 San Diego County residents tested positive for West Nile.  Six of them died.  Health officials recommend dumping all standing water to prevent mosquito breeding, use mosquito repellant containing DEET, oil of lemon or other active agents.  And report possible mosquito sources and dead birds to the County Vector Control at 858 694 2888.  https://www.countynewscenter.com/crow-in-north-park-area-tests-positive-for-west-nile-virus/

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Carlsbad State Beach are the two San Diego County nominees this year in the second annual California State Parks Foundation poll.  The state park system includes 280 locations.  1,300 people voted in last year’s inaugural poll.  Voting runs now through April 11 at www.CalParks.org.  https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/exploring-san-diego/anza-borrego-carlsbad-beach-on-ballot-for-californias-best-state-parks

Looks like we’re going to skip Spring this year.  There’s a National Weather Service Heat Advisory for Pala and much of Southern California today and tomorrow and will likely be another one next week as we jump straight into Summer with record-setting high temperatures.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In the NBA – Last night’s winners included the Clippers 153-128 over Minnesota with Kawhi Leonard scoring 45 points.  Other winners were Orlando, New Orleans, New York, Denver, and Charlotte.  Nine games tonight including the Lakers hosting Chicago.

In the minors – The San Diego Clippers beat Rip City last night 128-118.  Same two teams meet again tonight at Frontline Arena in Oceanside.  

In college basketball – UCSD beat Cal Poly 72-69. 

In the NHL – Just two games yesterday.  Montreal edged Ottawa 3-2 and the Flyers over the Capitols in Philadelphia 4-1. 

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost 4-1 last night at San Jose.  Their next game is tomorrow hosting Colorado at Pechanga Arena.

In Major League Baseball Pre-Season – The Padres and Dodgers had yesterday off.  Angels beat the White Sox 8-4.  Tyler Bremmer got the win.

At the World Baseball Classic, no games today.  The Quarterfinals begin tomorrow with Korea against Dominican Republic in Miami and the US playing Canada in Houston.  https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47900058/world-baseball-classic-odds

In the NFL – All-Pro rusher Maxx Crosby will be staying with the Las Vegas Raiders after the Ravens backed out of a trade for him following his physical.  Instead, they’re going to get Trey Hendrickson from Cincinnati.  28-year old Crosby had knee surgery in January after the Raiders took him out of the lineup for the final two games of the season with knowledge of his knee problems.  His agent says recover is ahead of schedule and he’s on track to return to off-season training with the team. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48181105/maxx-crosby-commits-nixed-trade-ravens-raider

In soccer – The San Diego Sockers next game is Saturday at Kansas City.

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

In golf – At the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Maverick McNealy was the early leader into the clubhouse at 5 under par 67.  Rory McIlroy is the defending champion.  He was still on the front 9 as of noon. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – baseball at Tri-City Christian at 3p

Great Oak – boys’ golf hosting Vista Murrieta at Temecula Creek at 3p; boys’ tennis against Vista Murrieta at 3:15p, varsity hosting, JV away; softball against Vista Murrieta at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV and freshman away; baseball hosting Temecula Valley at 3:30p; swimming & diving hosting Elsinore at 4p; boys’ volleyball hosting Vista Murrieta at 5p; lacrosse against Vista Murrieta at 5:30p, boys’ hosting, girls’ away

Fallbrook – softball hosting Classical Academy at 4p; girls’ lacrosse hosting Chaparral at 4:30p

Valley Center – track & field hosting Oceanside and Sage Creek at 3:15p; golf against Ramona at 3:30p, JV hosting, varsity away; varsity boys’ tennis hosting Oceanside at 3:30p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down sharply today as the war in Iran intensified.  The Dow fell 1.3%.  The S&P 500 was down 1 ¼%.  The Nasdaq was off by 1 ½%.  Gold continued to follow stocks, down $58.70 to $5,120.40 an ounce on the Comex.  The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up $7.88 to $95.13 a barrel.  Average retail fuel pump prices are up almost 50 cents a gallon since one month ago, with prices climbing the most at stations that buy on the spot market.

In a rare bipartisan effort, the US Senate today passed a bill to reduce regulations, regulate corporate investors and expand how housing money can be used to build affordable homes and rentals.  It now goes to the House, which passed a similar bill earlier this year.  Consideration there is uncertain.  And President Trump has said he won’t sign any new legislation until Congress acts to require voters to show proof of citizenship and end most mail-in balloting.  The Senate is set to consider that bill next week.  But passage is unlikely since all Democrats oppose it. https://apnews.com/article/affordable-housing-congress-bipartisan-8c15c9600bf0bd40e2420785aa5af20c

After a month of testimony, the jury is now hearing closing arguments in the California trial over whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children from the use of their platforms.  The remaining defendants are Meta and Google, owners of Facebook/Instagram and YouTube respectively.  TikTok and Snap were originally also defendants.  But they both settled before the trial began.  The outcome of this and two other cases are expected to influence how thousands of similar lawsuits against social media companies are likely to play out. https://apnews.com/article/meta-instagram-facebook-trial-social-media-addiction-0e99c9ba6159421720d616f9facd10f0

YouTube is now the world’s biggest media company.  Its $62b total revenue last year surpassed Disney’s $60.9b.  That doesn’t include Disney’s park revenue.  YouTube’s video platform earns $40.4b in ad revenue.  That’s more than Disney’s, Paramount’s, NBC Universal’s, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s combined.  It shows how advertisers have pivoted to meet cord cutters where they live. www.morningbrew.com

Home sales rebounded slightly in February.  But supply growth heading into the Spring house hunting season is sluggish.  Sales of existing homes were up 1.7% from January, but fell 1.4% last month compared to February 2025.  The median price nationwide was $398k – up just 3 tenths of a percent from a year ago.  There is currently a 3.8-month supply of homes for sale. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/february-home-sales-see-small-rebound-but-supply-growth-is-sluggish.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

One thing about the rich, they can afford to stay two steps ahead of attempts to tax them.  Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced yesterday that he’s retiring to Miami, which a lot of people do.  But he’s a billionaire and announced his intent to move the same day that his and Starbucks’ home state of Washington passed a new 9.9% tax on household incomes over $1m.  It’s expected to pass the state Senate and be signed into law by the governor.  Schultz has purchased a $44m penthouse in Surfside, Florida, just a stone’s throw from Indian Creek Island, the private island home of former Seattle resident Jeff Bezos, Ivanka Trump and Mark Zuckerberg who recently defected from California.  Washington is not the first to pass a millionaire tax.  Massachusetts did it in 2022.  Virginia and Rhode Island are attempting to follow that blueprint.  California has a ballot measure in the upcoming November election, that if passed, would retroactively tax billionaires 5%.  It’s prompted many of the rich to say they’ll move.  That’s where the retroactive part comes in. www.morningbrew.com

On this day in music history – March 12,

• 1955, jazz virtuoso and composer Charlie Parker died of a heart attack.  He was 34.  He was both alcoholic and a drug addict, leading the coroner to estimate his age at between 50 and 60. 
• In 1967, the album “The Velvet Underground & Nico” was released by Verve Records.  It was a commercial failure and largely ignored by critics.  Yet it is now recognized as one of the most influential albums in pop music history.
• In 1968, The Rolling Stones began recording “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” with new producer Jimmy Miller in London. Keith Richards says the song was written when Mick Jagger was staying over at his country home and they were both awakened one morning by the sound of gardener, Jack Dyer.  When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards replied, “Oh that’s jumpin’ Jack”.
• In 1969, The Temptations became the first Motown act to win a Grammy for “Cloud Nine”, Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance.  It peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 and was the first to feature lead singer, David Ruffin’s replacement, Dennis Edwards.  It was also the first Temps song produced by Norman Whitfield.  On the same day, Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at a registrar’s office, then went off to Abbey Road studios to work.
• In 1970, James Brown’s backing band, The J.B.’s were formed after most members of his previous band walked out over a pay dispute.  The J.B.’s original lineup included brothers William “Bootsy” Collins and Phelps “Catfish” Collins who went on to work with Parliament / Funkadelic. 
• In 1971, The Allman Brothers played the first of two nights at the Fillmore East.  Recordings from both shows became “The Allman Brothers” live double album, which was the band’s commercial breakthrough.
• In 1974, John Lennon, on a drinking binge with Harry Nilsson at the Troubadour Club in LA hurled insults at The Smothers Brothers on stage and punched their manager before being forcibly removed.
• In 1977, another club fight – this one involving the Sex Pistols just a day after their inauspicious contract signing party where the band trashed the place and insulted label executives.  The fight was at London’s Speakeasy Club and ended with a BBC engineer needing 14 stiches in his head.  When his boss’s lawyer contacted A&M Records, the decision was made to halt production of the band’s first single, “God Save the Queen” and cancel the band’s contract.
• In 1983, Welsh singer, Bonnie Tyler had a #1 hit with a song written by Meat Loaf’s producer, Jim Steinman, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”.
• In 1988, Rick Astley began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Never Gonna Give You Up”.
• In 1994, Swedish group Ace of Base began the first of six weeks at #1 with “The Sign”.
• In 2001, a poll by the Recording Industry Association of America proclaimed Judy’ Garland’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as Song of the Century.
• In 2007, Amy Winehouse made her U.S. television debut on The David Letterman Show performing “Rehab” which went on to win three Grammys. 

Born on this day …

• In 1917, Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records, home to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and Jimmy Reed among others.
• In 1940, Al Jarreau
• In 1946, Liza Minnelli
• In 1948, James Taylor
• In 1949, Bill Payne, pianist and co-founder of Little Feat – and Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins.
• In 1956, bass player for Iron Maiden, Steve Harris
• In 1957, Jackson 5 brother Marlon Jackson

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=12&month=3

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actress Barbara Feldon, best known as Agent 99 on TV’s “Get Smart” is 93
• Jon Provost who played Timmy on TV’s Lassie is 76
• Actor, producer Samm Levine who played Neal on TV’s “Freaks and Geeks” is 44
• Among those who’ve passed, author Jack Kerouac was born this day in 1922

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0312.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 97 this afternoon … 95 tomorrow … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 89 Saturday … 93 Sunday … 99 Monday … 101 Tuesday … 100 Wednesday … overnight lows, 57 tonight … 55 tomorrow night … 50 Saturday night … 54 Sunday night … 58 Monday and Tuesday night

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