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Pala Today News – 4/3/26

Written by John Fox on April 3, 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.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

Fire destroyed a home in Valley Center yesterday. The call was received by Valley Center Fire at 3:14p from 30325 Via Valencia across the street from Happy Heart Haven animal sanctuary. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4573517451703-fire-in-valley-center-destroys-residence-crews-knock-down-blaze

A husband and wife pleaded not guilty yesterday to exploiting Filipino immigrant workers at two Escondido senior care facilities. Rolando Solancho Corpuz and Maria Elsabel Sio Corpuz were arraigned on charges of labor trafficking and wage theft, and released on $300k bail. One worker alleges having been paid less than $7 per hour, working around the clock six to seven days a week, living in a patient’s room administering medications and injections with no training or certification. After withholding so-called legal fees and paying out just a small fraction of wages owed, a Department of Industrial Relations audit shows that worker is owned more than $175k in back wages. Two other workers came forward as well. The state has since stepped in to take over care of 20 seniors living at the Rose Garden Vista and Rose Garden Capo homes in Escondido. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/escondido-couple-charged-trafficking-wage-theft-senior-care-north-county/509-d1e99ba5-2182-413e-b73e-48f9e2a9cac2

An overturned 30-foot travel trailer was the cause of a traffic jam on northbound I-215 past Clinton Keith Road in Murrieta Wednesday just before noon. The two right lanes were blocked for about an hour beginning just after 11:30a. There were no injuries and no other vehicles involved. https://mynewsla.com/crime/2026/04/01/trailer-hitched-to-suv-flips-in-lanes-snarling-traffic-on-215-freeway/

San Diego County Public Health officials are warning people not to eat RAW FARM brand raw cheddar cheese because it has been linked to a Shiga-toxin producing E.coli outbreak that has made two people in San Diego sick. On April 2, the company issued a voluntary recall on its raw milk cheddar cheese (original and jalapeno flavored), shredded and block products, sold locally primarily at Sprouts markets. Nine people have gotten sick with Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) in this outbreak. This includes seven in California and two people in Florida and Texas https://www.countynewscenter.com/county-urges-residents-throw-out-cheddar-cheese-linked-to-e-coli-outbreak/

Pala will have sunny, warm and windy weather heading into the holiday weekend with our next chance of rain beginning Wednesday night. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NBA – The Clippers lost to the visiting Spurs 118-99. Oklahoma City demolished the Lakers 139-96. The Spurs had 82 points at halftime. Other winners were Charlotte, Detroit, Cleveland and Portland. Laker, Luka Doncic left the game with a strained left hamstring. He’s having an MRI today. The regular season ends a week from Sunday. The Lakers have clinched a playoff berth. The Clippers will be in the play-in tournament. The only Western Conference uncertainty is between Minnesota and Phoenix over which will clinch the playoffs and which will by a play-in entry. In the East, six teams are competing for the final two playoff spots and all four play-in berths. https://www.espn.com/nba/standings https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48382849/luka-doncic-exits-lakers-game-okc-hamstring-strain

In the college basketball playoffs – NCAA Final Four begins tomorrow with Illinois at UConn at 3p and Michigan at Arizona at 5:45p, both on TBS. Also tomorrow, the College Basketball Crown semifinals – Oklahoma at Baylor at 10:30a and West Virginia at Creighton at 1p, both on Fox.

In women’s basketball – The NCAA Final Four begins tonight with South Carolina at UConn at 4p and Texas at UCLA at 6:30p, both on ESPN.

In the NHL – 14 games last night. The Kings fell to the visiting Predators 5-4 in a shootout. Other winners were Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Florida, Montreal, Detroit, Carolina, New Jersey, Dallas, Minnesota, Edmonton, Vegas, San Jose and Utah. Two games tonight including the Ducks hosting St. Louis.

With less than two weeks left in the regular season, Colorado leads the league and the Central Division with 108 points – six more than second-place Dallas. Carolina also has 102 points and lead the Metro division by ten points over second-place Pittsburgh. Tampa Bay and Buffalo are tied for the lead in the Atlantic division with 100 points each. In the Pacific, Anaheim and Edmonton are tied at the top with 87 points each. The Kings are tied for fourth place with San Jose. Each have 79 points. https://www.espn.com/nhl/standings

Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota and Carolina have all clinched playoff spots. Chicago, Vancouver and the New York Rangers have all been eliminated from the playoff race.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls next game is tonight hosting Bakersfield.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres, Dodgers and Angels all had yesterday off. Just four games played including Atlanta pounding the Diamondback in Phoenix 17-2 and the Giants over the visiting Mets 7-2. Tonight, the Padres open a series in Boston. The Dodgers are in Washington. And the Angels host Seattle.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm opened their season with a 7-5 win at Ontario. Game 2 of 3 is tonight. The Storm’s home opener is Tuesday hosting Rancho Cucamonga. https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/schedule/2026-04?affiliateId=mobile-hp-uhg

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tomorrow at Toronto.

In golf – At the Texas Open in San Antonio, with half the field still on the course in the second round, Robert Macintyre had the lead into the clubhouse at 14-under par thanks to a blistering round of 64 today – the best single round of the tournament so far. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – no races this weekend

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – no games this week during spring break

Great Oak – softball at the Michelle Crew Tournament at Yorba Regional Park today and tomorrow. Marching band is competing in a tournament at Alta Loma tomorrow.

Fallbrook – no scheduled games today

Valley Center – girls’ lacrosse at Helix at 5:30 this afternoon; track & field at the Willie Banks Invitational in Oceanside at 8a tomorrow

BUSINE$$

Wall Street is closed for Good Friday, after hours trading shows stocks mixed and moving in a narrow range. The Dow was down a tenth of a percent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were each up a tenth. Gold plunged $110.40 on the Comex to $4,702.40 an ounce. Oil futures continued to skyrocket with West Texas Intermediate Crude up almost $12 to $112.06 a barrel. Brent crude is near a 3-year high at $109.24 a barrel.

Today’s jobs report from the Labor Department showed American employers adding 178k new jobs last month. That’s about three times as many as economists expected and a huge turnaround from February’s loss of 133k jobs. New jobs were concentrated in the health care and social assistance categories. The unemployment rate dipped a tenth to 4.3%, in part because fewer people were looking for work. In spite of this month’s new jobs added, the percentage of Americans in the labor force dropped to 61.9% last month – the lowest it’s been since November 2021. Wages were up 2 tenths of a percent in March. That’s an annual rate of 3.5% – the smallest gain since May 2021. https://apnews.com/article/jobs-unemployment-economy-trump-war-iran-oil-01c14a0e7ecbfb65925ba66c530f0834

President Trump issued an Executive Order yesterday that could initiate long-threatened tariffs on certain pharmaceuticals of up to 100%. It would affect companies that have not signed a “most favored nation” pricing deal and are actively building manufacturing facilities in the U.S. A senior administration official said companies still have between four and six months before the 100% tariffs kick in. According to a White House insider, 17 pricing deals have been reached, with 13 of them now signed. No word on what companies or drugs those deals affect. Yesterday’s executive order came on the 1-year anniversary of Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” when he introduced import taxes on nearly every country in the world. Those Liberation Day tariffs were overturned by the Supreme Court in February. https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-pharmaceutical-drugs-59ed7821faa5b52e2752c09edbbbf0ca

Some companies are still dealing with the fallout from Liberation Day and its resulting trade war, and it has reshaped how companies, particularly those in retail and autos are modeling economic and policy risk. For one thing, with tariffs and government calls for “Made in America” constantly changing, companies aren’t moving as swiftly as they risk missing a moving target. As a result, a supply chain expert with AlixPartners says overall imports into the U.S. last year were actually higher than in 2024. But that could be due in part to companies pulling forward inventory in the first few months of last year. The retail industry has been disproportionately affected by tariffs, especially smaller businesses. The key is diversification among source countries. Home Deport for example, has a limit of 10% of the company’s purchases coming from any one country outside of the U.S. More than half of what it sells is produced in the U.S. Tariffs cost General Motors $3.1b in 2025. But that’s about 10% less than expected and the company says re-stacking of how tariffs are applied should result in less tariff expense this year. International automakers have announced plans to increase domestic manufacturing and even export vehicles made here to Japan to appease the Trump administration. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/03/trump-tariffs-trade-war-impact.html

Amazon is implementing a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers in the U.S. and Canada who use its fulfillment services. This surcharge is temporary and is being introduced to offset rising operating costs due to increased fuel prices. The surcharge goes into effect April 17. (Digiday)

With fuel prices soaring, commercial air fares haven’t gone up by much. But they will be as current contracts between airlines and supplier expire. www.marketwatch.com

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

New this weekend at the movies, the most-anticipated release of the year so far, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie”. To goose the numbers, the animated action adventure fantasy with the voices of Glen Powell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Pratt and Jack Black was released Wednesday, creating a five-day weekend in which the film has already sold $35m worth of tickets. It’s expected to sell another $150m or more by Monday. Three other films go into wide release today. “Kontinental ‘25” is a comedy-drama mostly foreign-language film set in Eastern Europe. “The Drama” stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. And there’s another European comedy drama titled “Yes” along with six limited releases. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/?ref_=bo_lnav_hm_shrt

On this day in music history – April 3,

In 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on ABC TV’s The Milton Berle Show live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock moored in San Diego performing “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, and “Blue Suede Shoes”.
In 1960, at RCA studios in Nashville, Elvis recorded “It’s Now or Never”, “Fever” and “Are You Lonesome Tonight”.
In 1961, The Marcels began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Blue Moon”.
In 1969, The Doors’ front man Jim Morrison turned himself into the FBI in LA. He was charged with six counts of lewd behavior and public exposure at a concert in Miami a month earlier. He was released on $1k bail.
In 1970, The Temptations scored their second #1 hit with “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)”. It was their final single with Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams in the group.
In 1990, jazz singer Sarah Vaughn died of lung cancer. In her career she recorded over 50 albums.
In 2008, Mariah Carey broke a record set for solo performers by Elvis when she scored her 18^th #1 hit with “Touch My Body”. The Beatles still hold the all-time record for having 20 #1 hits in the U.S.
In 2011, Adele broke Madonna’s record run of 9 weeks with the #1 album in the UK. Madonna set it in 1990 with “The Immaculate Collection” album. Adele began her 10^th week at #1 with her second album “21”, ironically 21 years later.
In 2015, original Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Bob Burns who played on “Sweet Home Alabama”, “Gimme Three Steps”, and “Free Bird” died when the car he was driving ran into a tree in Georgia.

Born on this day …

In 1924, singer and actress Doris Day
In 1928, country singer-songwriter Don Gibson
In 1938, songwriter Jeff Barry who wrote 60s hits including “Da Doo Ron Ron”, “Be My Baby”, and “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy”.
In 1941, Jan Berry from Jan & Dean
In 1942, Wayne Newton
In 1943, Richard Manuel from The Band
In 1944, Tony Orlando
In 1946, bass player Dee Murray, best known as part of Elton John’s band
In 1961, comedian Eddie Murphy who actually sang his way to #3 on the singles chart in 1986, with “Party All the Time”.
In 1968, Sebastian Bach from heavy metal band Skid Row, also known for his acting in TV’s “Gilmore Girls”.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=3&month=4

Other celebrity birthdays today …

Actor Alec Baldwin is 68
Actor David Hyde Pierce from “Frazier” is 67
Actress “Jennie Garth” from the original Beverly Hills 90210 TV series is 54

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0403.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 85 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … continued gusty winds with a high of 88 tomorrow … 82 Easter Sunday … patchy morning clouds and fog, clearing to partly sunny and 83 Monday … sunny and 83 Tuesday … 80 Wednesday … partly sunny and 73 with a slight chance of rain Thursday … overnight lows, about 49 tonight through Sunday night … 47 Monday night … 49 Tuesday and Wednesday night

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