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Pala Today News – 3/23/26

Written by John Fox on March 23, 2026

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.

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

Following credible allegations of sexual abuse by farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, Cal State San Marcos has removed the statue honoring him from its campus. Several other state universities have done the same. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/cal-state-san-marcos-removes-cesar-chavez-statue-from-campus-after-sexual-abuse-accusations-are-made

A Murrieta woman is accused of hiring a hit man to kill her ex-boyfriend, and investigators say others may have been involved in the alleged plot. 40-year old Ignacia Cadaos Perkins is facing three murder-related charges in connection with the death of her ex-boyfriend, 30-year-old Aaron Parr of Murrieta. Parr’s body was found January 13 inside an apartment in the 24000 block of Jackson Avenue. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ex-girlfriend-enmeshed-socal-murder-010637018.html

Four Carlsbad massage parlors were shut down last week following a six month-long prostitution investigation. Ocean Mist Massage, Happy Shiatsu Spa, Imperial Massage Spa and King Spa were all accused of operating illegal services, resulting in seven arrests. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/4-massage-parlors-shut-down-in-carlsbad-after-prostitution-investigation

A vehicle fire was reported Saturday afternoon on I-15 near the Mission Road exit in Fallbrook, prompting a response from emergency crews. The incident was reported at approximately 3:30p according to California Highway Patrol logs, with callers initially reporting a white SUV with heavy white smoke coming from the engine while the vehicle was pulling over to the center divider. Authorities later confirmed that all occupants, as well as animals inside the vehicle, were able to exit safely before the fire fully developed. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/03/19/news/vehicle-fire-on-interstate-15-near-mission-road-in-fallbrook/81502.html

It’ll be hotter than normal in Pala for the first full week of Spring, but nothing like last week. Pala hit the century mark on Friday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NBA – On Saturday, the Lakers edged Orlando 105-104 and the Clippers beat Dallas 138-131 in overtime. Yesterday’s winners were Denver, Sacramento, New York, Minnesota and Phoenix. Ten games today including the Lakers in Detroit and the Clippers hosting Milwaukee.

Luka Doncic will play for the Lakers tonight after the league rescinded his 16^th technical foul, issued during Saturday’s win in Orlando. That’s the threshold for an automatic one-game suspension. He reached a 16^th technical in two different seasons during his time with the Dallas Mavericks, only to have #16 rescinded on appeal both times. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48281598/luka-doncic-avoids-suspension-16th-tech-rescinded

In the minors – The San Diego Clippers beat the Valley Suns 131-115 Saturday at Frontline Arena in Oceanside. Their next game is this Thursday hosting Stockton.

In college basketball March Madness – In second round action yesterday, top seeds Iowa, Arizona, Purdue, Iowa State and UConn won the first five games of the day. Tennessee upset #3 Virginia79-72. St. Johns edged #4 Kansas 67-65. #4 Atlanta won its second-round game. In the NIT, the winners were Tulsa, New Mexico, Wichita State and St. Joseph’s. No games today. NIT quarterfinals are tomorrow and Wednesday. The NCAA Sweet 16 begins Thursday.

In women’s NCAA – San Diego State won its second-round game against McNeese 56-41 yesterday. Top-seeded UConn plays #9 Syracuse, #1 UCLA plays #8 Oklahoma State, and #1 South Carolina plays #9 USC today.

In the NHL – Five out of nine of yesterday’s games were decided in overtime including the Ducks over the visiting Sabres 6-5 and the Kings at Utah 4-3. Other winners were Winnipeg, Colorado, Carolina, Nashville, Vegas, Calgary and the New York Islanders.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls won a pair of home games over the weekend, beating Bakersfield 7-4 Friday and Calgary 5-4 yesterday. Their next game is Saturday at Abbotsford.

In Major League Baseball Pre-Season – The Padres got routed by the Diamondbacks 11-1. Walker Buehler took the loss. The Dodgers beat the Angels 13-5.

MLB Auctions yesterday sold the jersey Shohei Ohtani wore during Japan’s 13-0 win over Chinese Taipie in the World Baseball Classic on March 6 for a record $1.5m. In that game, Ohtani hit a grand slam home run and batted in five runs. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48285317/shohei-ohtani-wbc-jersey-goes-record-15m-auction

In soccer – The San Diego Sockers beat the St. Louis Ambush 5-4 in overtime yesterday at Frontline Arena. Their next game is Friday at Kansas City.

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals lost 9-8 to Buffalo Saturday at Pechanga Arena.

In golf – Matt Fitzpatrick won the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor, Florida With an 11 under par 273. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Tyler Reddick won his fourth NASCAR Cup race of the season yesterday at Darlington.

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – No scheduled games

Great Oak – boys’ golf hosting Murrieta Mesa at 3p; freshman softball at Temecula Valley at 3:30p; lacrosse against Murrieta Mesa at 5:30p, boys’ hosting, girls’ away

Fallbrook – No scheduled games

Valley Center – No scheduled games today

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks that had rallied after President Trump posted there had been “good talks” with Iran, gave back some of the gains when Iran denied it. The Dow was up 1.8%. The S&P 500 rose 1 ½%. The Nasdaq gained 1.6%. Gold plunged more than 3 ½%, or $162.40 to $4,412.50 an ounce on the Comex. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures dropped more than $9 to $89.07 a barrel.

President Trump issued an ultimatum to Iran Saturday calling for the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz or face the obliteration of Iran’s power grid. Iran state media says the talks never happened and called it a ploy to manipulate markets. Meanwhile Trump insists the talks involving special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, and facilitated by Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey did occur and that Iran wants a deal “badly”. Wall Street has term for seems to be happening yet again … TACO. Coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong last Spring, it’s an acronym for Trump Always Chickens Out. It refers to the President’s habit of making catastrophic threats causing the market to panic then reversing course before anything bad happens. The market has come to recognize it as an opportunity to buy the dip and make a financial killing. TACO began with the tariff trade war, where prohibitively high tariffs gave way to more reasonable actual deals. Then came Greenland, where Trump threatened seizure but settled for a vague agreement. Analysts wonder if the Iran war will be different, since it won’t be as easy to simply declare victory, walk away and expect oil prices to simply return to normal. https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/trump-taco-iran-markets-rally-sp-500-crude-oil-peace-talks/

Federal immigration agents will begin helping with airport screenings by guarding exit lanes and checking passenger IDs unless Congress agrees to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security. TSA agents working without pay are increasingly quitting or not showing up for work. Others working without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding last month include the Secret Service and Coast Guard. President Trump is tapping border czar Tom Homan to lead the new airport security effort. For security reasons, the list of airports where ICE will be deployed has not been made public. https://apnews.com/article/ice-tsa-airport-security-shutdown-mullin-lines-772fd0e633c5d069bfa41b24a6c1481a

High oil prices kept the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates last week. https://apnews.com/business

CBS News has laid off 6% of its staff and closed its radio news division. www.cnn.com

Nexstar says it has acquired competitor Tegna, consolidating and concentrating single-company ownership of television stations in dozens of US markets including San Diego. KFMB channel 8, KSWB channel 69 and KUSI channel 51 will now be under the same ownership. State Attorneys General are suing to block the merger. www.cnn.com

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

About one in every eight U.S. adults is currently taking a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic or Zepbound, according to the KFF Health Tracking Poll conducted from October 27 to November 2. That number doesn’t include consumers who have discontinued their use of the drugs. Almost one in five said that they have taken a GLP-1 medication at some point. Those numbers are expected to keep climbing. But the shift also presents an opportunity for restaurants and food and beverage companies. New protein- and fiber-rich options are some of the ways many businesses are hoping to win over GLP-1 consumers and calm investors’ concerns about how the treatments will affect their bottom lines. According to one food industry analyst, “Whether it is labeling as GLP-1 friendly, decreasing the serving size, emphasizing protein content, or even when you shift over to the beverage world, because hydration is certainly a concern, there are a number of players that are starting to react to this.” About half of GLP-1 users report consuming fewer calories while taking the medications. But the effects aren’t showing up evenly across the food industry with certain categories are more impacted than others. Snacking, once one of the fastest-growing grocery segments, has taken the biggest hit. About 70% of GLP-1 users who report consuming fewer calories said that do it by snacking less, according to a survey conducted by EY-Parthenon last spring. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/21/glp-1-diets-restaurants-protein-fiber-weight-loss-drugs.html

On this day in music history – March 23,

1956, Elvis Presley’s self-titled debut album was released by RCA Victor. It became the first rock & roll album ever to top the charts where it stayed for ten weeks and was the first million-seller of the genre.
In 1964, John Lennon’s book of verse and rhyme, “In His Own Write” was published.
In 1972, the film of “The Concert for Bangladesh” premiered in New York City. The concert featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton was the first benefit concert of its size in history. The original concert raised about a quarter million dollars which was administered by UNICEF. Sales of the album and DVD continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.
In 1977, Elvis Presley did a show at Arizona State University in Tempe. It was the first in a 49-date US tour, which would be his last.
In 1985, former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty hit #1 with his third solo album, “Centerfield”. It was his first album in nine years – most of it spent in legal battles with the band.
On the same day, Billy Joel married supermodel Christie Brinkley. They divorced eight years later.
In 1991, R.E.M. was at #1 with the album “Out of Time” which included “Shiny Happy People” and their highest-charting hit “Losing My Religion”. The video for that won two Grammys and six MTV awards.
In 2008, Neil Aspinall, who ran the Apple Corps music empire for The Beatles from 1970 through 2007 died of cancer. He’d been their road manager as far back as 1961 before becoming their personal assistant. He even occasionally played instruments on Beatles songs including “Magical Mystery Tour”, “Within You Without You” and “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”.
In 2011, The Who’s Pete Townsend told Uncut magazine he regretted ever forming the band, saying that even though he’s a good gang member and a trooper on the road, he’s bad at creative collaboration.

Born on this day …

In 1948, singer, songwriter, musician and producer Ric Ocasek from The Cars.
In 1953, singer Yvette Marie Stevens, better known as Chaka Kahn, lead singer for 70s funk band, Rufus.
In 1967, John Stohm from The Lemonheads

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=23&month=3

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Comedian and actor Bert Berdis is 87
Actress Barbara Rhoades from movies including “The Goodbye Girl” and “Harry and Tonto” is 80
Actresses Amanda Plummer and Teresa Ganzel are both 69
Actress Keri Russell is 50
Among those who’ve passed, Comedian Marty Allen from the team of Allen and Rossi was born this day in 1922
Comedian Louie Anderson was born in 1953
Comedian John Pinette was born this day in 1964

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0323.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 89 this afternoon … 91 tomorrow … 92 Wednesday and Thursday … 93 Friday and Saturday … 90 Sunday … overnight lows, about 54 tonight through Thursday night … 56 Friday and Saturday night

FIRE PERMITS

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PALA

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