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Pala Today News – 3/26/25

Written by John Fox on March 26, 2025

by John Fox – 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 and worldwide online … click here to listen live or call 712 775 5748. Listen on a smart speaker by asking it to “play KPRI”. Some portions of today’s newscast are only available in the live broadcast and not included in this transcript which is also available an hour or two after broadcast at www.RezRadio.FM . In any emergency, knowledge is power. Use our resources to leverage your family’s safety. Email 91.3@palatribe.com to subscribe to our daily M-F e-newsletter. Follow us at www.facebook.com/rezradio and www.twitter.com/rezradioFM . Additional resources at Palatribe.com

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

An Escondido man has been arrested in connection with the baseball bat attack in Oceanside that left a 20-year-old man critically injured on Saturday. 23-year-old Hunter Meyer was arrested at his place of work Monday and booked into San Diego Central jail for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/man-arrested-oceanside-baseball-bat-attack

Southern California Edison Customers including those in Temecula Valley will see a $56 credit that will automatically lower their April bill. Southern California Gas Company customers will get an $86.60 credit. SDGE customers will get about $81 in electric credits and $54 for natural gas thanks to the same California Climate Credit, which takes money from the state’s cap and trade program where polluting businesses buy permits on the carbon pollution they produce. It’s administered through the California Public Utilities Commission. The credits are distributed twice a year. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/03/25/utility-customers-getting-142-in-electric-gas-bill-credits-in-april/

Among the dozen San Diego area schools being recognized by the California Distinguished School program this year are La Paloma Elementary and Live Oak Elementary in the Fallbrook district. 336 schools were selected for honors statewide. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/12-san-diego-county-schools-among-2025-ca-distinguished-schools

The Temecula City Council gave its blessing at last night’s meeting to a bike lane improvement project for the city’s three main traffic corridors. Green pavement markings will be added to bike lanes along Winchester Road from Ynez to Rustic Glen; Rancho California Road from Moraga to Butterfield Stage; and Temecula Parkway from Wabash to Butterfield Stage. The green pavement improves road safety by making bike lanes more visible and making drivers and cyclists more aware of each other. https://patch.com/california/temecula/temeculas-3-main-traffic-corridors-are-getting-safety-upgrades

Temecula’s newest splash pad at the Community Recreation Center pool at Ronald Reagan Sports Park opened last week just in time for that mini-heat wave we had a couple of days ago. Typical hours for the water feature with brightly colored fixtures and splashing fountains will be 9a to noon and 1p to 6p Monday through Saturday. It’s located at 30875 Vista Road. https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-crc-splash-pad-opens-rave-reviews-what-know

A little rain snuck in this morning. Pala had 2 hundredths of an inch. Other places including Oceanside, Vista, Rainbow and Valley Center had about the same. Other local communities including further inland and all of Southwest Riverside County either had none or just a trace. Beginning today, we settle into at least a week of typical Spring weather. 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 – Eight games last night. The winners were Orlando, Detroit, Miami, New York, Houston, Memphis, Cleveland, and Oklahoma City, who’ve now won their 60^th game this season against just 12 losses. Six games tonight including the Clippers at New York and the Lakers at Indiana. The Lakers have fallen to 5^th place and are looking to break at three-game losing streak. The Clippers are tied for 7^th with Minnesota, but have a statistical advantage because they’ve played two fewer games than the Timberwolves.

In college hoops – In the NIT, Chattanooga edged Bradley 67-65. And North Texas over Oklahoma State 61-59. Purple Invitational semi-final winners were Illinois State and Cleveland State who will play each other today for the championship. NIT quarterfinals continue today. The NCAA tournament resumes tomorrow.

In the NHL – The Kings won their 9^th game out of their last ten, beating the visiting Rangers 3-1. Vegas remained atop the Pacific Division, ahead of the second-place Kings. They beat Minnesota 5-1. Other winners were Buffalo, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg, Colorado and Calgary.

In minor league hockey – the San Diego Gulls next game is tonight hosting San Jose.

In Major League Baseball – The Dodgers won the freeway series two games to one, beating the Angels in Anaheim 4-1 last night. Twelve other teams played their final pre-season games yesterday. The regular season began with two Dodgers/Cubs games last week in Tokyo. It resumes for them and begins for everyone else tomorrow. The Padres will host Atlanta. The Dodgers host Detroit. The Angels are in Chicago for the season opener with the White Sox. The White Sox had a record-breaking 121 losses last season. And although betters think this year’s team won’t repeat that dubious distinction, they still believe the 2025 White Sox will be one of the worst teams in 35 years. Some sports books have opened with the Sox expected to win fewer than 50 games this year. https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/44414982/sportsbooks-set-historically-low-white-sox-season-win-total

In Major League Soccer – San Diego hosts LAFC this Saturday at Snapdragon Stadium. The Galaxy will host Orlando.

In the NFL – Anonymous sources say former Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson has agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Giants. The deal is worth up to $21m with half of that guaranteed. Wilson is 36 years old and been to the Pro Bowl ten times. This will be his fourth team in five years. The Giants have missed the playoffs 11 of the last 13 years. Signing Wilson allows the Giants a chance to win right away while potentially developing a rookie quarterback. Shedeur Sanders could fill that role if the Giants draft him. They have the #3 overall pick in the next draft. https://apnews.com/article/russell-wilson-new-york-giants-dcc91318bb1bab84927233f367bc5b8a

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is Saturday at Rochester.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is Saturday against Houston. https://stats.majorleague.rugby/fixtures/

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – softball at Borrego Springs at 3:30p

Great Oak – baseball at Centennial at 3:30p; softball against Murrieta Valley at 3:30p, freshmen and JV hosting, varsity away; boys’ volleyball at Temecula Valley at 5p

Fallbrook – boys’ JV golf hosting San Pasqual at Pala Mesa at 3:30p; gymnastics at Poway at 3:30p; baseball against Canyon Crest at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; softball against Morse at 4p, varsity hosting, JV away; boys’ varsity golf against San Pasqual at The Vineyard at 4p; boys’ tennis at Rancho Buena Vista at 4p; boys’ lacrosse at Sage Creek at 7p

Valley Center – JV softball hosting Orange Glen at 3:30p; boys’ tennis against San Marcos at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV away; baseball against Vista at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; varsity softball at San Dieguito Academy at 4p; boys’ volleyball hosting S.E.T. at 4p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow fell a half percent. The S&P 500 lost 1 ¼%. The Nasdaq was off by 2.1%. Gold futures fell $2.60 on the Comex to $3,023.30 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained 64 cents to $69.64 a barrel.

The President will announce new tariffs on auto imports at a media conference today at 1p. It’s been hinted that those new tariffs could go into effect before April 2 when reciprocal tariffs on all countries that have their own import duties on U.S. goods go into effect. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/trump-could-sign-new-auto-tariffs-as-soon-as-wednesday-white-house-says.html

Dollar Tree is getting rid of its Family Dollar division, selling it to a pair of private equity companies for a fraction of what it paid a decade ago. Pending regulatory approval which is expected next quarter, the Family Dollar chain will be sold for $1b. Dollar Tree paid $9b for it in 2015. Family Dollar has about 8k locations. They announced the closure of more than 900 stores when the chain was put up for sale last year. Dollar Tree is the smaller of the two chains at about 4,200 stores. Tariffs, competition from big box stores, and the budget struggles of its targeted customers have caused problems for Dollar Tree, Dollar General and the entire discount sector. After 30 years of selling items for one dollar, Dollar Tree raised base prices to $1.25 in 2021. Now it’s saying it may have to raise that base again. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/business/family-dollar-sale-dollar-tree/index.html

US Border agents are seizing more than twice as many chicken eggs coming in from Mexico at the San Ysidro and Otay crossings as they did at the same time last year. Facing more than $8 per dozen prices here in the US, cartons are available south of the border for as little as $2. Most people willingly surrender them to agents, not realizing the Department of Agriculture bans such imports due to the possible spread of disease. Those who try to hide them when crossing do get fined. Back in the 70s and 80s when fuel prices soared above a dollar for the first time in this country, people would go to Mexico and tank up at a Pemex station for 20 to 25 cents per gallon – even less for diesel. The egg problem may soon resolve itself. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins said last week that wholesale egg prices fell 50% this month to just over $4 per dozen compared to more than twice that much in February. www.morningbrew.com

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

President Trump today signed an executive order to extensively overhaul elections in the U.S. It includes requiring documented proof of citizenship to register and vote in federal elections and a demand that all ballots be received by Election Day. 18 states, including California accept mail ballots after Election Day as long as they’re postmarked by then. The order calls on states to work with federal agencies to share voter lists and prosecute election violations, and would pull federal funding from states where election officials don’t comply. Trump has often claimed elections were rigged, even before the results were known, and has only somewhat moderated his objections to voting by mail, claiming it’s not secure and invites fraud. Today’s order will likely face court challenges because states have broad authority to set their own election rules. Voting rights group, the Brennan Center for Justice estimates that 9% of voting age citizens don’t have readily available proof of citizenship. There are also concerns that married women who change their name won’t be able to register or vote because their birth certificates list their maiden names. https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022

On this day in music history – March 26,

1965, Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, and Bill Wyman all received electric shocks from a faulty microphone on stage during a concert in Denmark. Wyman was knocked unconscious for several minutes.
In 1969, Marvin Gaye was at No.1 with “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”. The song was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a Top 40 million seller in 1967 for Gladys Knight and the Pips. A version by Creedence Clearwater Revival gave the song a third appearance in Top 40 the following year.
In 1970, Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary pleaded guilty to ‘taking immoral liberties’ with a 14-year-old girl in Washington D.C. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail. Just days earlier, the trio had won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children for their album, ‘Peter, Paul and Mommy’.
In 1977, Hall and Oates started a three-week run at No.1 on the Hot 100 with ‘Rich Girl’, their first US No.1 hit. Hall and Oates have sold an estimated 40 million records, making them the third-bestselling music duo of all time.
In 1985, radio stations in South Africa banned all Stevie Wonder records after he dedicated the Oscar he’d won at the previous night’s Academy Awards to Nelson Mandela.
In 1995, rapper, producer, and record executive Easy-E died of AIDS at the age of 31.
In 1996, “The Woman in Me”, the second studio album by Shania Twain was at No.1 on the Country chart. It went onto become her biggest-selling recording to date, selling 4 million copies by the end of the year. “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” was the first single from the album.
In 2000, Santana started a two-week run at No.1 with “Supernatural.” The album went on to win eight Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Smooth”.
In 2004, Jan Berry of Jan and Dean died at the age of 62. He’d had health problems ever since a major car crash in 1966. The duo had a #1 hit in 1963 with “Surf City”, co-written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson. At the height of their popularity, they hosted “The T.A.M.I. Show”, one of the all-time great pop music shows.
In 2006, readers of Total Guitar magazine voted Jimmy Page’s solo in Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” as the greatest guitar solo of all time.
In 2016, Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its “cultural, historic, or artistic significance.”

Born on this day …

In 1917, R&B, funk, soul and blues singer Rufus Thomas whose biggest hit was “Walking the Dog” in 1963.
In 1944, Diana Ross
In 1948, Steven Tyler from Aerosmith
Also in 1948, keyboard player for the Electric Light Orchestra, Richard Tandy.
In 1949, bass player for Boston, Fran Sheehan
In 1950 soul singer Teddy Pendergrass who had hits with Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes and later on his own.
In 1968, county singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born-on-this-day/

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor, producer Ernest Thomas, best known as Raj on TV’s “What’s Happening Now!!” is 76
Actress, singer, comedienne Vicki Lawrence is also 76
Actor, comedian Martin Short is 75
Actress Leslie Mann is 53
Actress Amy Smart is 49
Actress Keira Knightly is 40
Among those who’ve passed, radio actor, comedian and one half of the team of Bob and Ray, Bob Elliott was born in 1923
Actor Leonard Nimoy, best remembered as TV’s Mr. Spock on “Star Trek” was born in 1931
Actor James Caan was born in 1940.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0326.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 72 this afternoon … partly sunny and 72 tomorrow … 67 Friday … 68 Saturday … 70 Sunday … 73 Monday … 74 Tuesday … overnight lows, about 46 tonight and tomorrow night … 44 Friday night … 42 Saturday night … 44 Sunday night … 46 Monday night

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