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Pala Today News – 4/13/26

Written by John Fox on April 13, 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

An accident on northbound Old Highway 395 near North Mission during this morning’s commute resulted in one person transported to Palomar Medical Center and the temporary closure of Old 395. It happened around 8:15a. First responders found at least one vehicle down an embankment. The vehicles involved were a gray Honda Civic and a gray Scion. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/04/09/news/1-injured-in-crash-near-old-hwy-395/81653.html

There was a crash on northbound I-15 near Camino Del Rey overpass just after midnight last night. It was cleared in about 20 minutes. No other details released. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/04/09/news/traffic-collision-on-interstate-15-in-bonsall-cleared-after-brief-response/81651.html

Suspected fuel thieves in Fallbrook yesterday allegedly drilled into the tank of a U-Haul parked on West College Street, sending gasoline spilling across the street and towards the creek beside Pico Promenade Trail. That forced a haz-mat response closing West College for several hours. https://hoodline.com/2026/04/gas-thieves-turn-fallbrook-u-haul-into-late-night-hazmat-mess/?utm=newsbreak

Two people were rescued from the waters of the Oceanside Harbor entrance this weekend after their sailboat capsized. Oceanside Fire Department and lifeguard personnel responded shortly before 9p Saturday to reports of an overturned sailboat up against the jetty. One person was taken to a hospital in stable condition. https://www.newsbreak.com/newsradio-600-kogo-562159/4589140149633-two-rescued-from-oceanside-boating-accident

Weather Forecasters are sounding the alarm that the return of El Niño this year could be one of the worst in California’s history if it develops as many meteorologists have recently predicted. The return of this year’s climate phenomenon is being dubbed Super El Niño, and in some cases, Godzilla El Niño, which could trigger weather-related disasters and extreme heatwaves in California during the 2026-2027 weather season. Strong El Niño years have historically seen torrential winter storms, flooding and coastal erosion in California. The phenomenon is 62% likely to arrive within a month or two. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/meteorologists-sound-alarm-worst-el-nino-140-years

The tail end of yesterday’s storm is passing through Pala this afternoon. It’ll be sunny with highs in the 70s the rest of the week. Mid 80-s this weekend. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NBA – It their final game of the season, the Lakers beat the Jazz 131-107 with LeBron James scoring 18 in just the first half of the game. The Clippers also finished with a win, 115-110 over the visiting Warriors. Yesterday’s other winners were Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Miami, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Toronto, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, Phoenix, Denver, and Portland. Final standings for the regular season – in the Eastern Conference, it was Detroit in first place, followed by Boston, New York, Cleveland, Toronto, and Atlanta. In 7^th through 10^th place, the play-in teams are Philadelphia, Orlando, Charlotte, and Miami. In the Western Conference, with the best record in the league, it was Oklahoma City, followed by San Antonio, Denver, the Lakers, Houston, and Minnesota. The play-in teams are Phoenix, followed by Portland, the Clippers and Golden State. The play-ins begin tomorrow with Miami at Charlotte at 4:30p and Portland at Phoenix at 7p, both on Prime Video.

Word is the Milwaukee Bucks will not be having Doc Rivers back as coach next season after missing the postseason this year. www.apnews.com

In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Washington, Montreal, Boston, New Jersey, Calgary, and Vancouver over the Ducks in Anaheim 4-3 in overtime. The Kings are at Seattle tonight.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls split a pair of games at Bakersfield Friday and Saturday. Their next game is at home against Tucson Wednesday.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres had a second straight walk-off win over the Rockies on a 3-run homer by Gavin Sheets in the bottom of the 9^th Friday. Final score 5-2. They won again Saturday and completed the sweep in Denver yesterday with a 7-2 win. The Dodgers took two out of three from the visiting Rangers, losing yesterday 5-2. The Angels won two out of three in Cincinnati including yesterday’s 9-6 win. The Padres and Angels have today off. The Dodgers host the Mets. The Padres five-game win streak puts them 1 ½ games behind the first-place Dodgers. Arizona is 2 ½ off the pace in the NL West. The Dodger have the most wins in MLB so far this season with 11. The Padres and Braves each have 10. https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm completed their first homestand of the season beating the Quakes 14-6. The two teams split the 6-game series three games apiece. The Storm will be at Stockton for the first of six games beginning tomorrow.

In the NFL – The Department of Justice is launching an investigation into anticompetitive tactics by the NFL that are allegedly making watching games on broadcast, cable and streaming platforms unnecessarily expensive for consumers. The government probe comes as the NFL is looking to renegotiate media rights deals with networks earlier than previously planned. With its shorter game schedule, the NFL has the largest concentration of games on broadcast television of any major sport. CBS currently pays the league $2.1b a year. CNBC is reporting that the NFL is seeking more than $3b for its next deal. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/doj-investigating-nfl-media-rights-antitrust.html

In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC opened its season with a 2-1 loss to the visiting Minnesota United. The Galaxy beat Austin FC 2-1. LAFC lost to Portland 2-1. San Diego and the Galaxy are on the road this Saturday. LAFC hosts San Jose Sunday.

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals beat The Swarm in Duluth, Georgia yesterday 9-7. Their next game is Friday hosting Las Vegas.

In golf – At the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Rory McIlroy was the repeat champion with a 12-under par 276, one stroke ahead of Scottie Scheffler. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Ty Gibbs won the NASCAR Cup race yesterday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – lacrosse against Temecula Valley at 5:30p, girls’ hosting, boys’ away

Fallbrook – baseball hosting Westview at 4p

Valley Center – varsity boys’ tennis hosting San Marcos at 3:30p; baseball against Vista at 4p, varsity hosting, JV away; varsity softball hosting San Dieguito Academy at 4p; boys’ lacrosse at Westview at 7p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained less than a tenth of a percent. The S&P 500 rose almost a half percent. And the Nasdaq was up 7 tenths. Gold fell $20.20 on the Comex to $4,767.20 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up $2.67 to 99.24 a barrel as President Trump’s blockade of Iran’s ports takes effect.

A federal judge dismissed President Trump’s $10b defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The judge said Trump failed to prove malicious intent, but left the door open for him to file an amended complaint. On Truth Social, Trump proclaimed that a “win”. https://apnews.com/article/trump-murdoch-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-40e7aba7731db9e8800488038cb92a66

More than 1k major Hollywood players published an open letter proclaiming their absolute opposition to the $111b merger of Paramount with Warner Bros. Discovery. The letter, posted on BlockTheMerger.com says it will result in fewer creative opportunities, fewer jobs, higher costs and less choice for audiences by “reducing the number of major U.S. film studios to just four.” https://apnews.com/article/paramount-warner-open-letter-hollywood-30b8aa703141cec1fa7ea06a2c17dd50

Ineos Automotive, a startup vehicle manufacturer founded by British chemical mogul James Ratcliffe has its sights set on expansion of its American sales. With 35k off-road SUVs and pickups produced since its beginning in 2022, ambitious growth plans call for up to 35% year-over-year growth as it announces record sales for its gas and diesel-powered Grenadier 4x4s today. The flagship model begins at $71k. The top-of-the-line Grenadier Detour goes for $157k. Ineos is currently selling vehicles in 50 countries. But it hopes to make the U.S. its main market with up to 250k per year by 2030. Manufacturing is currently at a former Mercedes-Benz plant in France. They’re looking into adding a factory in the U.S. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/ineos-automotive-grenadier-suv-james-ratcliffe.html

Eastman Kodak, once one of the most-ubiquitous companies in the world was on the brink of bankruptcy a dozen years ago. Plans were afoot to close its acetate factory – the main ingredient in movie film. Thanks to a conversation with director Chris Columbus in 2019 on the first day on the job for CEO Jim Continenza, that plan was cancelled. Along with astute refinancing several times, things are successfully turning around for the 138-year old company. Multiple Oscar-winning movies last year were shot on Kodak film. Its stock has doubled in the past year. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/11/kodak-film-business-ceo-jim-continenza.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, the top three most popular films remained the same as last week – “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie”, followed by “Project Hail Mary” and “The Drama”. Mario sold another $69m worth of tickets, making its first ten-day domestic total $308m. “You, Me & Tuscany” debuted in fourth place, selling $8m in tickets. The live event, “BTS World Tour …” placed 6^th with $2.4m in sales. In 8^th place, the limited release of “Exit 8”, which had the third-best per-screen average of the weekend. “Faces of Death” bombed in its debut with $1.3m – good for 9^th place. The total for this weekend’s top ten films was a third below the three-day Easter weekend, but still way above the average for the year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W15/

On this day in music history – April 13,

1962, The Beatles made their third and final trip to Hamburg as a struggling bar band with a 48-night residency at The Star Club, during which they had only one day off.
In 1965, The Beatles recorded the song, “Help!” at an evening session at EMI Studios. John Lennon later told Playboy magazine the song was a subconscious cry for help because the whole Beatles thing had gotten so out of control.
In 1967, Frank Sinatra and daughter Nancy were at #1 with the duet “Something Stupid”. The song was written by folk singer C. Carson Parks who recorded it the previous year with his wife, Gaile.
In 1971, The Rolling Stones released “Brown Sugar” from their latest album, “Sticky Fingers”. It was the first album released on their own Rolling Stones label and introduced the licking tongue and lips logo.
In 1973, Bob Marley and The Wailers released “Catch a Fire” – their first album on the Island label.
On the same day, David Bowie released his 6^th studio album, “A Lad Insane” containing two songs that had already become hit singles, “The Jean Genie” and “Drive-In Saturday”.
In 1974, Elton John was at #1 with “Bennie and The Jets”. Elton had not wanted it released as a single, believing it would fail.
On the same day, Paul McCartney’s album “Band on the Run” hit #1 on the album chart.
In 1996, Rage Against the Machine appeared on Saturday Night Live. Their performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers.
In 2003, Madonna struck back at websites offering pirated downloads of her new album, “American Life” by flooding the networks with decoy files and holding back promotional copies to journalists until just before the official release.
In 2007, Julian Lennon sold a “significant” stake of his share in the songs his father, John wrote for The Beatles.
In 2009, 68-year old music producer Phil Spector was convicted in his retrial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. The first trial two years earlier ended with a hung jury.
In 2012, five of Tom Petty’s guitars were stolen from a soundstage in Culver City where the group had been rehearsing for an upcoming world tour. Petty offered a no questions asked reward of $7,500 for information leading to their return.

Born on this day …

In 1934, Tim Field from the British trio The Springfields, whose other members were Dusty Springfield and her brother, record producer Tom Springfield.
In 1942, composer and conductor Bill Conti, who had the 1977 #1 hit “Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)”
In 1944, Jack Casady, bass player for Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna
In 1945, songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer Lowell George from Little Feat
In 1946, soul singer Al Green
In 1951, drummer from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and the house band on the Conan O’Brien show, Max Weinberg, and R&B singer-songwriter Peabo Bryson
In 1954, Jimmy Destri, keyboardist with Blondie
In 1955, Louis Johnson from The Brothers Johnson
In 1957, Wayne Lewis from Atlantic Starr
In 1962, Hillel Slovak from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
In 1966, Marc Ford, guitarist with The Black Crowes

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=13&month=4

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Peter Davison, the fifth actor to play Dr. Who in the long-running British TV series is 75
Among those who’ve passed, Don Adams, who played Agent 86 on TV’s “Get Smart” was born in 1923
Lyle Wagoner from The Carol Burnett Show was born in 1935
Tony Dow, who played Wally on TV’s “Leave It To Beaver” was born in 1945.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0413.htm

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Pala Weather – partly sunny with a high of 64 and winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour this afternoon … 50% chance of less than a tenth of an inch of rain … sunny and 71 tomorrow with continued winds up to 20 miles an hour … mostly sunny and 76 Wednesday … cloudy in the morning, then sunny and 74 Thursday … 80 Friday … 85 Saturday … 84 Sunday … overnight lows, about 44 tonight and tomorrow night … 46 Wednesday through Friday night … 48 Saturday night

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