Pala Today News – 4/6/26
Written by John Fox on April 6, 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
Fire burned 33 acres near Callaway Vineyard & Winery yesterday evening. Fire crews contained the blaze, called the Serena Fire after about five hours by 7:40p. https://patch.com/california/temecula/brush-fire-burns-several-acres-near-callaway-vineyard-winery
A brush fire near Cal State San Marcos forced evacuations yesterday afternoon. It began around 3p in the 500 block of La Moree Road. Residents were evacuated to Mission Hills High School. The fire was controlled at 2 acres a little over an hour later. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/vegetation-fire-san-marcos-prompts-evacuations-nearby-residences/4005600/
North County Fire Protection put out a solar panel fire on Ranchrook Road in Fallbrook last evening. Fire officials said the eight unpermitted panels seemed suspicious and called in Sheriff’s deputies for back up. There were no injuries. The fire and nearby structure are being investigated. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4577663567513-crews-knock-down-suspicious-solar-panel-fire-in-fallbrook
The Springs Fire which began Friday between Moreno Valley and San Jacinto is now 95% contained at 4,176 acres. (Cal Fire incident page)
The body of 61-year old Robyn Gonzalez from San Diego was found in a field along the southbound side of I-215 in Perris yesterday. The discovery came around 1a near the offramp for Highway 74. No other details released. The incident is under investigation. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/coroner-ids-body-found-near-i-215-early-easter-sunday
Sheriff’s deputies in Vista have arrested 26-year old Arturo Garcia Morales in connection with the murder of Jose Garcia Ramirez in that city. An autopsy performed on Ramirez last Wednesday showed head trauma that may have caused a brain bleed. Morales was arrested Friday. https://www.newsbreak.com/abc-10-news-kgtv-563645/4577523563177-suspicious-death-in-vista-prompts-homicide-investigation
In news just released yesterday, actress Tori Spelling and seven children were taken to a hospital following a car crash in Temecula last Thursday. All were treated for cuts, bruises and possible concussions. The 52-year old star of TV’s “Beverly Hills 90210” was driving with seven kids in the vehicle – four of hers and three of their friends when another driver allegedly sped through a red light, striking Spelling’s vehicle on Rancho California Road, west of I-15. The other vehicle appeared to have much more damage. https://www.newsbreak.com/gma-560760/4577374207252-tori-spelling-and-children-taken-to-hospital-after-temecula-car-crash
Pala weather will enter a typical Spring pattern with night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to highs in the low 80s this week. Rain is likely on Saturday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NBA – The Lakers lost at Dallas 134-128. The Clippers routed the Kings in Sacramento 138-109. Other winners were Boston, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Charlotte, Orlando, Oklahoma City, and Dallas.
In the college basketball playoffs – In Saturday’s Final Four, Michigan tromped Arizona 91-73 and Connecticut topped Illinois 71-62, setting up tonight’s championship game between UConn and Michigan at 6p on TBS. In the College Basketball Crown semifinals, Oklahoma beat Baylor 82-69 and West Virginia put away Creighton 87-70. Yesterday’s champion game went to overtime, with West Virginia beating Oklahoma 89-82. The NIT championship game also went to overtime with Auburn beating Tulsa 92-86.
North Carolina plans to hire former NBA coach Michael Malone as their next basketball head coach. He’ll replace Hubert Davis, who was fired last month after the Tar Heels’ first-round loss to VCU. Malone was the coach for the Denver Nuggets for ten years including their only NBA championship in 2023. They fired him last April. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48413287/unc-hire-ex-nba-coach-michael-malone-hc-sources-say
In women’s basketball – UCLA is the national champion for the first time.
In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Ottawa, New Jersey, St. Louis and the New York Rangers.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls beat Bakersfield 6-3 Friday at Pechanga Arena. Their next game is tomorrow at San Jose.
In Major League Baseball – The Padres took two out of three games in Boston, winning 8-6 yesterday. Jeremiah Estrada got the win – Mason Miller the save. The Dodgers swept the Nationals in Washington with a combined 31 runs for the series. The Angels won two out of three in Seattle including two extra innings games. Today, the Dodgers are in Toronto, the Angles host Atlanta and the Padres are at Pittsburgh.
In the minors – After winning its season opener, the Lake Elsinore Storm lost the other two games in Ontario on Friday and Saturday. Their home openers is tomorrow hosting Rancho Cucamonga.
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals lost 7-5 Saturday at Toronto. Their next game is Sunday in Duluth, Georgia.
In golf – At the Texas Open in San Antonio, JJ Spaun emerged the winner at 17 under par 271, one stroke ahead of three other golfers he’d been tied with through much of yesterday’s final round. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – no scheduled games today
Great Oak – boys’ golf at the Riverside Poly Invitational all day; lacrosse against Vista Murrieta at 5:30p, girls’ hosting, boys’ away
Fallbrook – boys volleyball at Mater Dei at 4:30p
Valley Center – no scheduled games today – Valley Center High is on spring break
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were slightly positive. The Dow gained a small fraction. The S&P 500 was up a tenth of a percent. The Nasdaq was up two tenths. Gold gained $7.30 on the Comex, trading at $4,687 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up $2.14 to $113.68 a barrel.
United Airlines has increased its checked baggage fee by $10 because of increased fuel costs. And the cost of flying by private charter is up 20%. Some private operators are also tacking on war risk premiums for flights in the Persian Gulf. Private flight contracts have always included variable fuel cost clauses. Larger jet operators are slower to pass along fuel costs in the form of ticket price increases because they buy in bulk and need to avoid alienating customers. Most private flight customers can absorb the extra costs, though they may seek smaller, less expensive planes. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/03/private-jet-travel-costs-rise-fuel-prices.html
It’s a great time to be a plastics manufacturer. Not so great if you use plastics, which is just about everybody. Plastics companies like Dow Chemical are running factories flat out and will continue to do so as long as there’s supply chain disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. Natural gas is an essential part of making plastics. American plastics manufacturers don’t have to worry about natural gas shipments. We have lots of it domestically. Thanks to decreased output from foreign manufacturers, Dow has raised the price of polyethylene by 30 cents per pound. That’s the soft, flexible material used in sandwich bags, most liquid bottles and food service gloves. Polypropylene, the denser material used in car parts, bottle caps and medical supplies is now in demand overseas, creating a new export market for domestic manufacturers, like Houston-based LyondellBasell. After two years of decline, their stock is up 84% this year. But everyone who uses plastics is taking a hit that will eventually have to be passed on to consumers. And experts say that even if the Strait of Hormuz opened up immediately, it could take nine months for supply chains to return to baseline. www.morningbrew.com
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Over the weekend at the movies, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” did blockbuster business as predicted. Since its release last Wednesday, it has sold $130m worth of tickets in this country and $372.5m worldwide – the biggest opening weekend for any movie so far this year. Its 2023 predecessor finished its initial run as the highest-grossing video game movie ever with $1.26b in ticket sales worldwide. “Project Hail Mary” dropped to second place in its third week in theaters. “The Drama” opened in third with $14.3m on 1,200 fewer screens than Mario. The faith-based “A Great Awakening” opened in 6th place with $2.1m on 1,200 screens. The total for this weekend was double that of last weekend and the biggest movie-going weekend so far this year with the top ten films collectively selling $192m worth of tickets. Two thirds of that was Super Mario Galaxy. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W14/
Samsung is discontinuing its texting app as of July. Many owners of Samsung phones have already received a message recommending that they switch to Google Messages, “to maintain a consistent messaging experience on Android.” Instructions send you to Google Play to download and install the new app which is promised to retain and remember everything from the user’s Samsung account. Samsung says the change will give users the latest AI features from Google’s Gemini and the ability to share higher quality photos between Android and Apple iOS devices through RCS-enabled messages. https://apnews.com/article/samsung-android-messages-google-gemini-823b3eb598611b127e66008ee4390da6
With astronauts on the way to the moon for the first time in 54 years, there are some differences. For the first time, there are four astronauts in the capsule. Apollo 17, and all previous Apollo moon launches had three. All the computing power on board the last moon shot would now fit in your wrist health wearable. This is the first time smart phones are being allowed in space. They didn’t exist 50 years ago, nor did TikTok, Instagram or the internet for that matter. The Artemis II mission is also the first time NASA is allowing the public to track the mission using this link. By the way, earlier today, Artemis II broke a record set by Apollo 13 fifty-six year ago as humans traveled farther from Earth than ever before. The current mission beat the old record of 248,665 miles by about 4,100 miles. Today’s wakeup call for the astronauts included a message from late Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who said “Welcome to my neighborhood … don’t forget to enjoy the view.” https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20260404&instance_id=173590&nl=the-morning®i_id=95033868&segment_id=217727&user_id=69c872dd14574befc57c2e10ec8317c7
On this day in music history – April 6,
- 1965, The Beach Boys began recording “California Girls” at United Western Recorders studios in Hollywood. It was written by the group’s Brian Wilson and Mike Love.
- In 1966, The Beatles began their first recording sessions for their “Revolver” album at EMI Studios.
- In 1967, the first master tape of The Beatles new album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was created. The song order on side one was different than what was finally released.
- In 1968, Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett officially left the group, suffering from psychiatric problems and drug addiction.
- On the same day, Simon and Garfunkel hit #1 on the album chart with the soundtrack to the movie, “The Graduate”. The strength of the hit single, “Mrs. Robinson” from the movie boosted the folk-rock duo’s profile in the music and film industry.
- In 1971, The Rolling Stones launched their own record label, “Rolling Stones Records” under the umbrella of Atlantic Records. They’d originally been with Decca Records.
- In 1974, Cal Jam 1 took place at California’s Ontario Speedway. Over 200k people came to see the Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Earth Wind & Fire, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Black Oak Arkansas and others.
- In 1987, Roger Waters’ lawyers issued a statement that Waters believed himself to be the creative driving force behind Pink Floyd. Therefore, he would contest the use of the name by anyone else including former members of Pink Floyd.
- In 1998, Wendy O. Williams from The Plasmatics died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was known for wild stage theatrics and near nudity. She was once acquitted of obscenity charges for simulating sex on stage wearing only shaving cream.
- On the same, day, country music star Tammy Wynette died at the age of 55. “Stand By Your Man” was the best known of her 12 hit singles.
- In 2006, Eminem filed for divorce from wife Kim less than three months after they’d remarried. The high school sweethearts first married in 1999. He’d fantasized about her death in his 2000 song “Kim”. That led to their first divorce the following year.
- In 2016, on his 79th birthday, county star Merle Haggard died of pneumonia. He and Buck Owens were the two artists most responsible for the Bakersfield sound combining a Fender Telecaster mixed with traditional country steel guitar. Haggard scored ten #1 country albums in his career.
Born on this day …
- In 1937, Merle Haggard
- In 1941, session guitarist Louis Shelton from The Wrecking Crew. He played on The Monkees’ “Last Train to Clarksville”, The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back”, Lionel Richie’s “Hello”, Boz Scaggs’ “Lowdown” and dozens more.
- In 1947, Tony Conner from Hot Chocolate
- In 1951, Ralph Cooper, drummer for Air Supply
- In 1965, Frank Black, guitarist and singer for The Pixies, an 80s alternative rock band that influenced bands like Nirvana, Radiohead and Weezer
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=6&month=4
Other celebrities celebrating birthdays today …
- Actor, comedian, writer and director Barry Levinson is 84
- Actor, John Ratzenberger, best known as Cliff on TV’s “Cheers” is 79
- Actress, Marilu Henner from the sitcom “Taxi” is 74
- Actor, Paul Rudd is 57
http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0406.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 82 this afternoon … night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 82 again tomorrow … 83 Wednesday … 81 Thursday … mostly sunny and 78 with a slight chance of rain Friday afternoon … 70 with rain likely Saturday … a chance of continued showers Sunday morning, clearing to partly sunny and 70 … overnight lows, 45 tonight … about 49 tomorrow through Friday night … 47 Saturday night
FIRE PERMITS
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PALA
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