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Pala Today News – 3/25/26

Written by John Fox on March 25, 2026

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A multi-vehicle traffic collision with one fatality blocked all northbound lanes of I-15 near Main Street in Lake Elsinore yesterday afternoon. Four people were reported to have been transported to a local hospital and one required extrication from a vehicle. The crash was first reported at approximately 3:54p involving as many as six vehicles. That was later corrected to four vehicles. Early reports indicated all lanes were blocked, with motorists using the shoulder to get around the accident. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/03/19/news/fatal-multi-vehicle-crash-triggers-sigalert-on-i-15-north-in-lake-elsinore/81506.html

Riverside County supervisors voted unanimously yesterday to terminate the contract with organizers of the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival over $76k in unpaid bills. That ends any chance of there being a festival this year at Lake Skinner and puts the future of the event in question. Riverside County Sheriffs and Fire Departments have also gone unpaid for services rendered. Dates previously reserved for this year’s festival are now available to campers at the county-owned lake. Events.com had purchased the Balloon & Wine Festival in 2025 and operated it as an all-country music venue last summer. The company’s website and Facebook page have been silent since August. This morning, the city of Temecula issued an open letter withdrawing all support for the festival until all money owed by Events.com is repaid. A spokesperson for the TVWBF said today that the festival is attempting to pay its debts with “final payouts scheduled to be completed by April.” https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-valley-balloon-wine-festival-contract-may-be-terminated-2026-what-know https://patch.com/california/temecula/away-temecula-valley-balloon-wine-festivals-contract-canceled-officials-respond

San Diego County Animal Services seized seven severely malnourished dogs from a property in Bonsall yesterday. They’d gained entry Monday night with the assistance of Sheriff’s deputies and determined that the animals which were huddled in the dark should be fed and watered, then collected in the morning. Evidence collected at the uninhabited property will be evaluated for possible legal action. The dogs are being medically evaluated and treated at the county’s Bonita animal shelter. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-county-caring-for-abandoned-malnourished-dogs-found-in-bonsall/509-fbafb368-6fab-466e-915e-b07343a77e22

The San Diego County Water Authority and Western Municipal Water District have signed a long-term water supply agreement to provide the Riverside County agency with water while generating consistent revenue for the San Diego agency. Under the agreement, Western Water will receive a minimum of 10,000 acre-feet of water annually over the next 21 years — enough to supply about 30,000 Southern California households each year. The agency, which provides water, wastewater and recycled water services to nearly 1 million people across 527 square miles in western Riverside County, also agreed to purchase about 30,000 acre-feet of water for future delivery at a cost of nearly $40m. https://thecoastnews.com/county-water-agency-secures-long-term-supply-deal-with-riverside-district/

Smoke from March Air Reserve Base along I-215 this morning was from a controlled burn, scheduled to be finished by 3p today. https://patch.com/california/temecula/see-smoke-near-march-air-reserve-base-heres-why

Pala will warm back into the 90s this weekend, then drop about 20 degrees by Tuesday with our next chance for rain. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NBA – Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 42 points in last night’s 126-131 win over Orlando. Other winners were Charlotte, New York and Denver. Twelve games tonight including the Lakers at Indiana and the Clippers hosting Toronto.

The league’s board of governors has unanimously approved the possibility of expanding to 32 teams with new franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle. NBA commissioner Adam Silver will hold a news conference this afternoon to discuss the next steps towards soliciting proposals from those interested in starting up the new teams. The bidding process is expected to generate offers in the $7b to $10b range for each team. They could begin play in the 2028-29 season. Las Vegas already has or will have NFL, NBA and MLB teams. Seattle has been without an NBA franchise since the Supersonics moved to Oklahoma City and renamed themselves the Thunder. The NBA last expanded in 2004 with the Charlotte Hornets. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48304338/sources-nba-votes-explore-vegas-seattle-expansion-bids

In the minors – The San Diego Clippers next game is tomorrow hosting Stockton.

In the college basketball playoffs – In yesterday’s NIT quarterfinals, Tulsa beat Wichita State and St. Josephs’ routed New Mexico. Today it’ll be Illinois State at Dayton and Nevada at Auburn. The NCAA tournament Sweet 16 round begins tomorrow.

In the NHL – Lots of games yesterday. Anaheim beat the Canucks in Vancouver 5-3. The Kings fell to the visiting Flames 3-2 in a shootout. Other winners were Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Florida, Chicago, Columbus, Colorado, Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Nashville, New Jersey, Winnipeg and Edmonton.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls next game is Saturday at Abbotsford.

In Major League Baseball – In the final pre-season games for this year, the Dodgers and Angels tied in this year’s freeway series with the Angels winning yesterday 3-0. They’d tied on Monday after the Dodgers won the first game Sunday. The regular season starts tonight with the Yankees at San Francisco at 5p on Netflix. The Padres home opener is tomorrow hosting Detroit.

In the NFL – The league competition committee has finalized a series of rule changes to account for the growing possibility of a work stoppage as tense collective bargaining negotiations continue with the NFL Referees Association. The rules would create more centralized officiating, with reliance on the GameDay Central command center in New York if there is a referee work stoppage. Owners will discuss and vote of the possible changes at their annual meeting in Phoenix next week. The current CBA is set to expire Mary 31. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48298693/nfl-consider-rule-proposals-case-ref-work-stoppage

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

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals are off until April 4.

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – softball at Escondido at 5p

Great Oak – girls’ beach volleyball in a tournament at Hemet at 11:30a; track & field at Chaparral at 3:15p; boys’ volleyball at Murrieta Valley at 5p; boys’ lacrosse at Liberty Winchester at 5:30; cheer hosting Murrieta Mesa at 7:45p

Fallbrook – no scheduled games today

Valley Center – varsity boys’ tennis hosting Fallbrook at 3:30p; boys’ lacrosse hosting Rancho Buena Vista at 6:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow and S&P 500 each gained three fourths of a percent. The Nasdaq was up a full percent. Gold recovered some of the losses from the last several sessions, rising $150.80 to $4,552.80 an ounce on the Comex. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $1.69 to $90.66 a barrel.

President Trump is hinting of an end to the Iran war including the release of a list of 15 negotiating points. Iran denies that there are any talks about it. www.apnews.com

A New Mexico jury has ruled against Meta in a child exploitation case and ordered the media giant to pay $375m in the landmark trial. The state attorney general had accused the operator of Facebook and Instagram of failing to protect kids who use its apps from child predators. The case came about following an undercover operation involving a fake social media profile of a 13-year old girl that became “inundated with images and targeted solicitations” from child abusers. Jury deliberations began Monday with the panel deciding yesterday that Meta willfully violated the state’s unfair practices act and misled people about the safety of its apps. Meta plans to appeal yesterday’s verdict. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/jury-reaches-verdict-in-meta-child-safety-trial-in-new-mexico.html

Meanwhile in another landmark test case in Los Angeles, a jury found that Meta and Google were negligent and failed to warn users of the addictive dangers associated with its social media platforms. Compensatory damages were set at $3m with Meta assigned 70% and YouTube the remaining 30%. Deliberations had been ongoing since March 13 to decide whether the defendants put certain features into their apps that contributed to the social media addiction of a young woman identified only as KGM, or Kaley. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/meta-youtube-los-angeles-california-verdict.html

Delta Airlines has suspended its airport escorts and red coat services for members of Congress and their staff, citing the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. One week ago, Delta CEO Ed Bastian blasted Congress for failing to authorize pay for TSA agents during the suspension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/delta-airlines-congress-dhs-shutdown-tsa.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Doordash has announced an emergency relief program to ease the unexpected spike in fuel costs for its drivers. Through the end of next month, Doordash will offer 10% cash back to drivers, with higher payouts to those who drive more than 125 miles a week. It’s similar to efforts in 2022 when fuel prices shot up after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Drivers note that the temporary gesture won’t help a lot since many drive for multiple services. Many say they’ll more easily deal with the cost of fuel by only accepting orders that pay well or are close by. The freelance delivery business has been squeezing drivers for years, making them ever more reliant on tips. For example, DoorDash dropped its minimum base pay to $2 per order in 2021, setting off protests by drivers. In 2024, the company said the median order value was about $30 across the platform, with 75% of orders below $43 in value. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/24/nx-s1-5757447/gas-prices-doordash-drivers-uber-food-delivery

On this day in music history – March 25,

In 1966, The Beatles took part in the photo shoot for the infamous “butcher cover” photo for the front of their next album, “Yesterday and Today” at Bob Whitaker’s studio in London. Public reaction to the photo of the four in white coats covered with raw meat and mutilated and butchered dolls was so bad that Capitol Records recalled 750k copies in order to replace the covers at a cost of $250k, wiping out initial profits from the release. All previous Beatles albums had immediately turned a profit. The few butcher cover albums that were sold or distributed to disk jockeys and reviewers, and even the ones that were recalled, covered over and re-distributed are now worth a lot of money.
In 1967, The Turtles began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Happy Together”, a song that had been rejected by a dozen other acts before being offered to The Turtles.
On the same day, The Who and Cream made their U.S. concert debut at 58^th Street Theater in New York City as part of a rock & roll revue presented by New York radio disc jockey, Murray the K.
In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their week-long bed-in at the presidential suite of The Amsterdam Hilton in Montreal. They held daily press conferences from their bed and also recorded the hit single, “Give Peace a Chance” in the room.
In 1972, “Horse With No Name” by America began the first of three weeks at #1.
In 1983, Motown Records celebrated its 25^th anniversary with a concert in Pasadena featuring The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Jr. Walker, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and The Jackson 5 … wow, what a show!
In 1989, Madonna was at #1 with “Like a Prayer”. The highly controversial music video was voted “Most Groundbreaking Music Video of All Time” by MTV viewers in 2005
In 2000, NSYNC set a new world record by selling one million tickets in one day for their upcoming concert tour, netting them $42m.
In 2006, country music legend Buck Owens died. He pioneered the Bakersfield sound and had 20 #1 hits on the Billboard Country Music charts.
In 2009, Dan Seals from England Dan & John Ford Coley died at the age of 61. He began a solo career in country music after the duo split. He was the younger brother of Jim Seals from Seals & Crofts.

Born in this day …

In 1934, rockabilly singer-songwriter Johnny Burnette who had the 1961 hit, “You’re Sixteen”.
In 1938, singer-songwriter and actor Hoyt Axton who wrote songs for Elvis, Three Dog Night, John Denver, Ringo Starr and Glen Campbell. He played the father in the 80s movie, “Gremlins”.
In 1942, Aretha Franklin.
In 1947, Sir Elton John
In 1966, Guns ‘N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer, who’d also been with The Psychedelic Furs
Also in 1966, Canadian guitarist and singer Jeff Healy, who you may remember from the movie, “Roadhouse”.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=25&month=3

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Domino’s Pizza founder and former Detroit Tigers owner Tom Monaghan is 89
Actor, director and puppeteer Frank Oz, who is also the voice of Muppets, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear is 82
Actress, comedienne Mary Gross is 73
Actress Marcia Cross from Knots Landing and Desperate Housewives is 64
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 61
Actor, comedian Alex Moffat, formerly from SNL is 44
Actress, comedienne and creator of Marcell the Shell, Jenny Slate is also 44
Former SNL cast member Chris Redd is 41
Among those who’ve passed, sportscaster, commentator, lawyer Howard Cosell was born this day in 1918

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0325.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 86 this afternoon … 87 tomorrow … 91 Friday … patchy morning low clouds and fog clearing to partly sunny and 93 Saturday … 92 Sunday … mostly cloudy and 85 Monday … partly sunny and 75 with a slight chance of rain Tuesday … overnight lows, 48 tonight … 52 tomorrow night … 54 Friday night … 56 Saturday night … 53 Sunday night … 51 Monday night

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