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Pala Today News – 3/13/25

Written by John Fox on March 13, 2025

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.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

U.S. District Judge William Alsup yesterday found the firings in the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury didn’t follow federal law and required immediate offers of reinstatement be sent. The order from the San Francisco-based judge came in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions and organizations as the Republican administration moves to dramatically downsize the federal workforce. https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/ca-judge-orders-trump-reinstate-workers-let-go-mass-firings

A 37-year-old Argentine national who sexually assaulted a Lake Elsinore girl multiple times over a nearly six-year span was convicted Tuesday of 10 felony charges. A Murrieta jury deliberated less than a day before finding Martin Ancamil guilty. Jurors acquitted him of four related charges. He’s being held without bail at French Valley jail. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/03/12/argentine-man-37-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-lake-elsinore-girl/

Pala has had just over three quarters of an inch of rain since midnight. The storm total for Pala so far is 1.17 inches. 72-hour totals elsewhere as of 11a this morning include:

64 inches in Oceanside
56” in Vista
44” in Carlsbad
58” inches in Fallbrook
61” inches in Rainbow
70” in Bonsall
08” in Couser Canyon
65” in Pauma Valley
61” in Valley Center
52” at Lake Wohlford
51” in Escondido
no report from Deer Springs
38” inches at Rincon
The snow equivalent of 1.7” inches at Birch Hill
The snow equivalent of 1.94” at Palomar observatory
39” inches at Lake Henshaw
no report for La Jolla
13” inches at Mesa Grande – some of it as snow equivalent
79” inches at Santa Ysabel
15”at Warner Springs
85” at Oak Grove
.24” at Borrego Springs
53” at Temecula
.96” at French Valley
.98” at Lake Skinner
46” at La Cresta
3” at North Lake Elsinore

The San Diego County Department of Public works reports the following road closures and restrictions due to weather as of 9a this morning:

Huffstatler Street in Rainbow from 5^th to 2^nd Streets closed due to flooding
Country Club Drive near Harmony Grove Road in Escondido closed due to flooding
Sandia Creek Road from Santa Margarita Preserve to Rock Mountain Road closed due to flooding
A large section of De Luz Road closed due to flooding
De Luz Murrieta Road closed from De Luz Road to the Riverside County line due to flooding
Chains required on East Grade Road from Highway 76 to Canfield Road
Chains required on South Grade Road from Highway 76 to East Grade Road
Chains required on Sunrise Highway from Highway 79 to Old Highway 80
Chains required on Chihuahua Valley Road between mile markers 3 and 7

No flooding on Cole Grade Road in Pauma Valley

We’ll have a couple more days of rain, thunderstorms and high winds, then a nice, Spring weekend. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NBA – Nine games last night. The Clippers bounced back from a loss in New Orleans the previous evening to beat the Heat in Miami 119-104 last night. Other winners last night were Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Toronto, Houston, Memphis, San Antonio, Minnesota and the Knicks over the Trail Blazers 114-113 in overtime in Portland. Mikal Bridges hit a three-pointer at the buzzer for the win. https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401705519

Five games tonight including the Lakers at Milwaukee.

In college hoops – In the Big 10 Tournament, USC beat Rutgers in double overtime 97-89. In the Big 12 Tournament, #12 Iowa State topped Cincinnati 76-56.

In the NHL – Utah edged the visiting Ducks 3-2. Detroit routed Buffalo 7-3. Seattle over Montreal 5-4 in overtime. And the Canucks beat the Flames in a shootout 4-3.

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

In Major League Baseball – exhibition games, the Rockies stomped the Padres 13-2. The Angels and White Sox tied at 1. The Dodgers had the day off.

The Tampa Bay Rays announced this morning that they are backing out of a deal that would have built a new $1.37b stadium for them in St. Petersburg. The team had until the end of this month to demonstrate that they could come up with $700m for their part of the deal. The team’s lease at the hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field ends after the 2027 season. They’ll play this year’s home games at the Yankees’ spring training facility as repairs to Tropicana move forward. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/mlb-s-rays-bail-on-deal-for-new-ballpark-in-st-petersburg?srnd=homepage-americas

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 Pittsburgh Steelers have signed quarterback Mason Rudolph to a 2-year contract. That brings him back to the team that drafted him as their 2018 third round pick after a season with Tennessee. Rudolph was starting quarterback for Pittsburgh late in the 2023 season. The Steelers are still waiting on a decision by Aaron Rodgers on his future with the team. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44236023/qb-mason-rudolph-reaches-2-year-deal-steelers-sources-say

In golf – The Players Championship teed off today in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Lucas Glover had the lead into the clubhouse at 6 under par with about half the field still on the course for round one. Scott Scheffler is the defending champion. He was still on the front nine as of noon.

In local high school sports: weather permitting …

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – boys’ JV volleyball hosting Hamilton at 4p; lacrosse against Temecula Valley beginning at 5:30p, girls’ hosting, boys’ away

Fallbrook – swimming & diving hosting El Camino at 3:30p; boys’ tennis at Oceanside at 3:30p; girls’ lacrosse at San Dieguito Academy at 5:30p

Valley Center – boys’ tennis against San Marcos at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV away; girls’ lacrosse at Rancho Bernardo at 5:30p; boys’ lacrosse hosting Mission Hills at 7p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were once again plunging. The Dow was down 1.3%. The S&P 500 fell 1.4%. And the Nasdaq was off by 2%. Gold gained over 1 ½% with futures trading up $44.90 on the Comex at $2,991.70 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude was down 96 cents at $66.72 a barrel.

Treasury yields fell as the tariff war intensified and the Senate refused the House’s bill to avert a government shutdown. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer announced yesterday that most Democratic Senators will not support the House bill to fund the federal government through September. The House of Representatives is now on recess until March 24. So, it’s up to the Senate to decide whether or not the government will be funded after tomorrow. Although Republicans hold a 53-47 advantage in the Senate, 60 votes are required to support the spending bill which narrowly passed the House Tuesday on a 217-213 vote. https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/us-news/government-shutdown-likely-friday-night-after-schumer-says-senate-dems-will-block-gop-funding-bill/

The President’s latest tariff threat is a 200% tax on European alcohol in response to the European Union’s retaliation against the 25% US tariff on European aluminum and steel which went into effect yesterday. The EU announced tariffs on $28b worth of a wide variety of US goods including agricultural products and bourbon. On his Truth Social Account, President Trump called the EU “the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the world.” According to the president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the US, the US-EU spirits sector had been a model of fair and reciprocal trade with no tariffs on either side since 1997. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5327141/trump-european-alcohol-tariff

Walmart is using its size as the world’s largest retailer to mitigate the effect of tariffs on Chinese goods. It’s been predicted that tariffs on foreign-sourced goods will ultimately result in higher prices for US consumers. Walmart has retail business in China, but it’s less than 3% of its total sales. They’re also heavily invested in a Chinese supply chain, having committed six years ago to either build or upgrade at least ten logistics centers in that country over the next decade or two. 60% of Walmart’s shipments for US consumption came from China in 2023. Walmart has historically had strong bargaining power over its Chinese suppliers and has usually gotten its way. All of that was taken into a meeting Tuesday between Walmart executives and China’s Ministry of Commerce in which China took exception to the retailer pressuring local suppliers to absorb the tariff hikes. The Wall Street Journal reported that Walmart offered to “find ways to avoid damaging the interests of the parties involved.” Walmart had no official comment. https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/trump-tariffs-walmart-china?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=AxiosNews/magazine/Donald+Trump

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

A new Reuters poll finds most Americans think President Trump is too closely aligned with Russia. It also revealed they don’t like his expansionist agenda as he talks about acquiring Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal. 56% say he’s too close to Moscow – a position that has traditional US allies thinking they may need to plan their own defenses and not count on help from the US. Only 1% of those surveyed think expanding US territories should be an administration priority. 61% think the priority should be fighting inflation, and 13% say Trump should focus on shrinking the size of federal government. 80% are against making Canada the 51^st state. 69% say the US should not take over Greenland. 60% say we should not take over the Panama Canal, which we owned until 1979 and controlled until 1999. Yet amid all this, the President’s approval rating has held steady at 44% for the past several weeks. That’s higher than either he or Joe Biden’s rating as 45^th and 46^th Presidents. The survey of almost 1,500 Americans was taken last week. The results were closely aligned with the stated political party of the respondents. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-worry-trump-too-closely-aligned-with-russia-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-03-13/

On this day in music history – March 13,

1961, The Temptations, then known as The Elgins first auditioned for Motown Records. They went on to become one of the most successful groups in history, selling tens of millions of records and influencing the evolution of R&B and soul music.
In 1964, just a month after their first arrival in America, Billboard reported that sales of Beatles records accounted for 60% of the U.S. singles market as their first American album, “Meet the Beatles” reached a then-record 3.5m copies sold.
In 1965, Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds over musical differences. The band wanted to pursue more commercial hits like “For Your Love”. Eric wanted to play the blues. On the same day, The Beatles began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Eight Days a Week” whose title Paul said came from a conversation with a chauffeur, who when asked “How’s it going?” answered, “Oh, working hard … eight days a week.”
In 1971, Brewer and Shipley’s only hit single entered the charts. “One Toke Over the Line” featured Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on steel guitar. It peaked at #10 in spite of being banned from many radio stations for its drug reference. Brewer and Shipley insisted that “toke” referred to token, or ticket, hence the lyric “waitin’ downtown at the railway station, one toke over the line”
In 1976, The Four Seasons began the first of three weeks at #1 with their comeback hit, “December 1963, (Oh What a Night)”.
In 1977, Iggy Pop kicked off a world tour in Montreal with David Bowie in his band playing keyboards, and a then little-known Blondie as opening act.
In 1993, Eric Clapton began the first of three weeks at #1 on the album chart with “Unplugged”. It won two Grammies and remains the best-selling live album ever, having sold 26m copies.
In 1999, more than 30 years after her early days with then-husband Sonny Bono, Cher began the first of four weeks at #1 with “I Believe”. At age 53, she was then the oldest woman to ever top the Hot 100. It went on to sell 11m copies.
In 2006, the surviving Sex Pistols refused to attend their own induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also inducted were Blondie, Black Sabbath and Herb Alpert, whose A&M Records had 29-years earlier, cancelled the Sex Pistols recording contract after six days with the label.
In 2014, two people were killed and 23 injured when a drunk driver crashed through barricades at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. Two more later died at the hospital.

Born on this day …

In 1933, songwriter Mike Stoller, who along with Jerry Lieber wrote hit songs for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Coasters, The Monkees and Cliff Richard.
In 1939 singer, songwriter Neil Sedaka who had over 30 Top 40 hits in the 50s through the 70s.
In 1953, Rusty Allen from Sly & the Family Stone
In 1960, Adam Clayton from U2

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=13&month=3

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor William H. Macy, who’s famous for playing downtrodden characters like the one in the movie “Fargo” is 75. He’s married to actress Felicity Huffman.
Actress Dana Delaney, best-known for TV’s “China Beach” and “Desperate Housewives” is 69
Annabeth Gish, who’s acting breakthrough was the movie “Mystic Pizza” is 54
Danny Masterson, best known as Steven on TV’s “That 70s Show” is 49

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/march13.html

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory and a Flood Watch through this evening … high temperature of 54, winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour and up to a half inch of rain today … another tenth of an inch possible tonight with winds dying down slightly … 80% chance of up to another quarter inch of rain tomorrow afternoon with a high of 52 and winds up to 20 miles an hour … mostly sunny and 65 Saturday … 74 Sunday … partly sunny and 69 Monday … 67 with a slight chance of rain Tuesday … sunny and 72 Wednesday … overnight lows, 37 tonight … 39 tomorrow night … 40 Saturday night … 44 Sunday night … about 40 Monday and Tuesday night

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