Pala Today News – 3/14/25
Written by John Fox on March 14, 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
No rain in Pala since midnight when the skies were clear and the full Blood Moon eclipse was clearly visible. While the current storm hasn’t been the March Miracle that made up for another extremely dry winter a few years ago, it’s been a big help. This week’s storm total is 1.54 inches for Pala so far. There’s only been a tenth or two of inch of additional rain elsewhere since yesterday afternoon. 72-hour totals as of 11a this morning include:
- 72 inches in Oceanside
- 63” in Vista
- 51” in Carlsbad
- 58” inches in Fallbrook
- 68” inches in Rainbow
- 77” in Bonsall
- 17” in Couser Canyon
- 82” in Pauma Valley
- 74” in Valley Center
- 77” at Lake Wohlford
- 76” in Escondido
- no report from Deer Springs
- 47” inches at Rincon
- The snow equivalent of 1.54” inches at Birch Hill
- The snow equivalent of 1.88” at Palomar observatory
- 39” inches at Lake Henshaw
- no report for La Jolla
- 74” inches at Mesa Grande – some of it as snow equivalent
- 18” inches at Santa Ysabel
- 32”at Warner Springs
- 91” at Oak Grove
- .25” at Borrego Springs
- 61” at Temecula
- 00” at French Valley
- 10” at Lake Skinner
- 46” at La Cresta
- 42” at North Lake Elsinore
All roads that had been closed yesterday due to flooding have been reopened. East Grade and South Grade on Palomar Mountain, and Sunrise Highway on Mount Laguna still required chains as of this morning. Snow accumulation above 4,500 feet is between 2 and 4 inches. More at higher elevations. https://gis-portal.sandiegocounty.gov/arcgis/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?data_id=dataSource_2-RoadClosures_PublicPopUp_5782%3A230&id=bb6771decc70434a99b986a4766e1d92
The Spencer Valley School District in Santa Ysabel had to cut classes short yesterday due to snow. Large hail was reported in Vista and San Marcos around 2p. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/13/last-big-storm-of-winter-slows-traffic-to-a-crawl-sends-students-home-early-and-pelts-san-diego-county-with-hail/
Several school districts in San Diego County are closed today. They include Julian, Mountain Empire and Spencer Valley. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/inclement-weather-prompts-some-school-closures-san-diego-county
Riverside Sheriffs have announced stepped up patrols for drunk drivers in Temecula, among other areas this Monday for St. Patrick’s Day. Additional officers will be on patrol from 4 to 10p. Funding for increased patrols comes from a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-drivers-warned-ramped-dui-patrols-st-patricks-day
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Diego federal court alleges canned tuna giant, Bumble Bee Seafoods has known for years that fishing vessels in its fleet used forced labor, but did nothing to stop it. The suit was brought by four men from rural Indonesian villages who were promised good jobs on tuna boats, but encountered physical abuse, inadequate food, and denial of medical care, while being subject to fees and paycheck deductions that left them destitute. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/03/12/first-of-its-kind-lawsuit-alleges-human-trafficking-by-san-diegos-bumble-bee-seafoods/
There was a 4.6 magnitude earthquake at the south end of Salton Sea this morning at 10:26a. It was lightly felt as far away as Tijuana and Rancho Cucamonga. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew18467_8741/executive
The current storm should be over by midnight. It’ll be a nice weekend in Pala. Another small storm coming Monday, then sunshine the rest of next week. 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 – Milwaukee topped the visiting Lakers 126-106 in spite of Luka Doncic’s 45 points. That broke a three-game losing streak for the Bucks. Washington beat the Pistons in Detroit 129-125. Chicago over Brooklyn 116-110. Orlando routed the Pelicans in New Orleans 113-93. And Golden State over Sacramento 130-104, winning for the 6th consecutive time. In that game, Steph Curry sank his four thousandth career 3-pointer. He’s the first player in NBA history to reach that milestone. https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401705523
In college hoops – Local tournament play continues. The five Top Ten teams that played all won against unranked opponents. #17 BYU upset #12 Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals 96-92. Unranked Texas topped #14 Texas A&M 94-89 in double overtime at the Southwestern Conference Tournament. Boise State beat San Diego State 62-52 in the Mountain West quarterfinal.
In the NHL – The LA Kings shut out the visiting Washington Capitals 3-0. Other winners were Florida, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Vegas, New Jersey, San Jose, the New York Rangers in overtime, and Philadelphia in a shootout. Six games tonight including the Ducks hosting Nashville.
In minor league hockey – the San Diego Gulls next game is tonight hosting Colorado.
In Major League Baseball – exhibition games, the Royals edged the Padres 6-5. The Angels and Dodgers didn’t play. The Dodgers are on their way to Japan for the season opener two-game series against the Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC hosts Columbus and LAFC hosts Austin tomorrow. 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 – Free agent quarterback Gardner Minshew joined the Chiefs on a one-year deal yesterday. He was released by the Raiders Wednesday. He’ll replace Carson Wentz as backup to Patrick Mahomes. Wentz is now a free agent. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44240609/gardner-minshew-joins-chiefs-back-patrick-mahomes
Veteran wide receiver, 31-year-old Tim Patrick has re-signed with Detroit. He was a big part of the Lions’ unexpected success last year, winning a franchise record 15 games. Patrick had 33 receptions for 394 yards last season after missing the previous two with Denver due to knee and Achilles injuries. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44250422/veteran-wide-receiver-tim-patrick-re-signs-lions
In golf – At the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, halfway through Round 2, Min Woo Lee had the lead into the clubhouse at 11 under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – NASCAR Cup at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Christopher Bell has won every Cup race so far this season. Sunday would be number four. https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule
In local high school sports: weather permitting …
Bonsall – no scheduled games today
Great Oak – baseball at Vista Murrieta at 3:30p; softball against Vista Murrieta at 3:30p, freshman and JV hosting, varsity away; Tomorrow – boys’ volleyball at Hemet at 8a; freshman and JV baseball hosting El Camino beginning at 10a; varsity baseball at Los Osos at 11a
Fallbrook – boys’ volleyball at Del Lago today at 4p and tomorrow at 8a; boys’ lacrosse at Hilltop at 6p today; Tomorrow – girls’ lacrosse at a tournament at Valley Center all day; track & field at Rancho Bernardo at 9a; baseball hosting Mar Vista at 10:30a
Valley Center – swimming & diving hosting Rancho Buena Vista at 3:30p; Tomorrow – varsity girls’ lacrosse hosting a tournament beginning at 8a; track & field at Rancho Bernardo at 9a; varsity baseball at Kearny at 10:30a
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks gained back some of this week’s losses. The Dow was up 1.4%. The S&P 500 gained 1.8%. The Nasdaq was up 2 ¼%. Comex gold gained $6.40 an ounce to $2,997.70. It was briefly above $3k for the first time ever. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 52 cents to $67.07 a barrel.
The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index plunged to 57.9 in the latest report, released today. That’s down from 64.7 one month ago and is now at its lowest since November 2022 – about the time consumer inflation peaked. Those surveyed are anticipating inflation climbing to an annual rate of 4.9% during the next year. They also feel inflation will be a long-term problem with prices increasing at an annual rate of 3.9% in the next five to ten years. The Federal Reserve’s goal for inflation is half that much. Uncertainties over the current trade war and the possibilities of the cost of tariffs being passed on to consumers are the main driver of the current decline of the index. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/consumer-sentiment-confidence-report-march-2025-tariffs-inflation-trump/
The Senate will vote this afternoon to prevent a government shutdown at midnight. Democrats are against the House-authored bill which they feel gives President Trump too much discretion on spending decisions. At this point, the alternative is to let government funding lapse at midnight. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer outraged many in his party by making it clear he will not allow a government shutdown, saying it “would allow DOGE to shift into overdrive.“ The bill requires at least 60 of the 100 Senators to vote in favor. Eight Democrats need to cross the party line to hit that threshold. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-gop-chuck-schumer-86385e644239a3dc1558b37d13094234?user_email=404e3e1e190f5ed2319fc8d5eee050b4c80fb0c39e672c5bb56b123adccff703&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_14%20Mar_2025&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers
President Trump’s administration is expected to move ahead with a second wave of mass firings and budget cuts across the U.S. federal government even as two federal judges ordered it to reinstate thousands of federal workers. One of those rulings was handed down yesterday in San Francisco. https://www.reuters.com/
The Postmaster General has come out in favor of DOGE’s efforts and plans to cut 10k workers and billions of dollars from the US Postal Service budget. In a letter to Congress yesterday, Louis DeJoy said he’ll work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the US General Services Administration to achieve “further efficiencies.” DeJoy’s agency has a $78b annual budget and has been struggling to stay solvent in recent years, largely because of the decline in first class mail. USPS currently employs about 640k workers. The announced cut of 10k will be done through an early retirement offer. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/03/14/us-postal-service-doge-agreement/
iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba autonomous vacuum cleaner says it may go out of business in the next 12 months if it doesn’t find a buyer. The company’s stock tanked by 36% when the news hit. Amazon was going to acquire the company three years ago for $1.7b. But the deal fell apart under regulatory scrutiny. Since then, the company CEO resigned and iRobot has laid off more than half of its workforce. www.morningbrew.com
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
New this weekend in movie theaters, three new wide releases. “Black Bag” with Cate Blanchett, Naomie Watts and Michael Fassbender is a spy thriller. “Novocain” is an action thriller about a man with a congenital total insensitivity to pain. And “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” is an animated kids adventure starring classic cartoon characters Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/march/2025?view=list
On this day in music history – March 14,
- In 1962, Bruce Channel began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Hey! Baby”.
- In 1972, soul singer Linda Jones died at the age of 26 after collapsing into a diabetic coma following a performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She had a #21 hit in 1967 with “Hypnotized”.
- In 1973, ABBA released the title track of their debut album, “Ring Ring”. It was their first #1 in their homeland of Sweden and made the Top 10 in Australia.
- In 1981, Eric Clapton was hospitalized with bleeding ulcers, causing a US concert tour to be cancelled.
- In 1982, Metallica made their live debut at Radio City in Anaheim. They’d formed in late 1981 after drummer Lars Ulrich posted a classified ad in LA’s The Recycler looking for other musicians to jam with. Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner from the band Leather Charm answered the ad.
- In 1983, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alex John Such formed Bon Jovi.
- In 1985, Dead or Alive, who had the #1 hit “You Spin Me Round, Like a Record” were kicked off the lineup for a British music TV show when they admitted they were incapable of performing live – something that was a requirement for musical groups on British TV at the time.
- In 1991, songwriter and blues singer Doc Pomus died of lung cancer at age 65. He was the lyricist, who along with Mort Shuman wrote hits including “A Teenager in Love”, “Save the Last Dance For Me”, “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”, “Little Sister”, “Suspicion”, and “Viva Las Vegas”.
- In 1995, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a #1 album (“Me Against the World”) while serving a prison sentence.
- In 2001, Peter Blake, who designed The Beatles’ classic Sgt. Pepper album cover sued EMI records for more money. He didn’t get it. Blake had been paid about $340 for his work in 1967 and was upset that EMI never kicked in more for what became one of the most famous album covers of all time.
- In 2006, U2 topped Rolling Stone magazine’s list of money earners for the previous year at $154.2m, followed by the Rolling Stones and the Eagles.
- In 2016, Sony STV Music Publishing announced it would buy out Michael Jackson’s share of the joint music publishing venture for $750m, giving Sony the rights to about 3m songs including those by The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift – but not Jackson’s master recordings.
- In 2021, the 63rd Grammy Awards were held at the LA Convention Center – a month and a half after originally scheduled because of Covid. Beyonce won four awards. Billie Eilish won her second consecutive Record of the Year for “Everything I Wanted”, and Taylor Swift won her third Album of the Year for “Folklore”
Born on this day …
- In 1933, producer, composer and conductor Quincy Jones
- In 1945, singer songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, who had the 1975 hit “Wildfire” before he started using his middle name.
- Also in 1945, Walt Parazaider, saxophonist with Chicago – and James O’Rourke from John Fred & His Playboy Band who had a 1968 #1 hit with “Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)”, a play on the title of The Beatles’ hit, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
- In 1946, Jim Pons from The Turtles
- In 1970 Kristian Bush from Sugarland
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actor Michael Caine is 92
- Comedian Billy Crystal is 77
- Actor Adrian Zmed is 71
- Actress Betsy Brandt from TV’s “Breaking Bad” is 52
- Actress Grace Park from TV’s “A Million Little Things” is 51
- Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles is 28
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for Monday (3/17) – the Seniors’ St. Patrick’s Day luncheon in the Admin building
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – higher temperature of 53 with winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour and up to another half inch of rain this afternoon … sunny and 65 tomorrow … 74 Sunday … partly sunny and 69 with a slight chance of afternoon showers Monday … sunny and 67 Tuesday … 74 Wednesday … 73 Thursday … overnight lows, 38 tonight with a 50% chance of up to a tenth of an inch of rain … 39 tomorrow night … 45 Sunday night … 39 with a chance of showers Monday night … 39 again Tuesday night … 41 Wednesday night
PROGRAMMING
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FIRE PERMITS
Call the Pala Fire Department at (760) 742-1632 before starting any open fires to get the day’s Cal Fire and APCD recommendations. Fire Department permits are required for any burning on Pala tribal land.
PALA
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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