Pala Today News – 8/12/25
Written by John Fox on August 12, 2025
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
The family of 14-year old Lily Bennett announced late yesterday that she has been found. They’d asked for public assistance in finding her after she went missing from her grandmother’s home on the La Jolla Reservation over the weekend. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/08/07/news/update-lily-bennett-has-been-found/79539.html
A motorcyclist reportedly traveling at high speed rear-ended a vehicle and was thrown from his ride in the #2 lane of northbound I-15 near the Mission Road exit around 5p yesterday. Paramedics and CHP responded. No one else was injured. The rider’s condition was not disclosed. Traffic was heavily impacted for the evening commute into Temecula. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/08/07/news/motorcyclist-transported-after-crash-on-i-15-near-mission-road/79540.html
The Vista City Council will discuss the future of its downtown Wave Waterpark at tonight’s meeting at city hall. They’ll hear a staff report requested six months ago about the long-term maintenance needs of the existing park along with three potential options for its future including phased restoration, leasing it to a private operator, or repurposing the site for a new use. https://northcountydailystar.com/city-council-to-discuss-the-future-of-the-wave-waterpark/
Oceanside Police are investigating a suspect for a string of small brush fires in the Loma Alta neighborhood after catching that person Saturday morning “while in the act of setting a fire”. Evidence is being examined to potentially connect the unidentified suspect with 14 separate fires northwest of El Camino Real and Oceanside Boulevard beginning on or around July 30. https://thecoastnews.com/suspect-arrested-in-brush-fires-in-oceanside-neighborhood/
The westbound 78 freeway between Sycamore and Mar Vista will be closed again tonight for bridge demolition from 10p to 5a. Two nights of eastbound lanes closure will follow tomorrow and Thursday. There will be a surface street detour. https://www.newsbreak.com/abc-10-news-kgtv-563645/4169167886293-lane-closures-scheduled-for-sr-78-this-week-for-work-on-mar-vista-bridge
Pala will have about three more fairly hot days, then a week in the low to mid 80s beginning Friday. 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 Major League Baseball – The Padres beat the Giants 4-1 yesterday in San Francisco. Freddie Fermin hit a two-run homer and Yu Darvish got the win, pitching five scoreless innings before giving up the game’s only run for the Giants in the bottom of the 6th. The Angels beat the Dodgers in Anaheim 7-4. It’s their fourth freeway series vicotory over the Dodgers this season. That puts the Padres just a game behind the first-place Dodgers. Both series continue today.
Major League Baseball today nixed any repeat of plans they had last year for starting the year’s World Series early if both league championship series ended by Game 5. This year’s Fall Classic will start on October 24 no matter when the American and National League championship series end. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45956287/world-series-begin-oct-24-mlb-drops-plan-start-early
In the NFL – Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has come out against the new style of helmet he’ll have to wear this year. His preference, the Schutt Air XP Pro Q11 LTD is now banned for not meeting new safety standards. He says the new VTD II version of the Schutt line “looks like a damn spaceship.” https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45957271/aaron-rodgers-dislikes-new-helmet-says-looks-damn-spaceship
In the WNBA – Just one game last night. Golden State beat Connecticut in San Francisco 74-57. Tonight, the LA Sparks host New York and Dallas is at Indiana.
In the NHL – The Ottawa Senators are getting closer to building a new arena. They’ve purchased an eleven acre, more centrally-located parcel about 15 miles from their current arena in Kanata, Ontario. Now comes zoning, design and approval steps. This is the second time they’ve tried to move to this location. The first deal fell apart in 2019. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/45945679/senators-agree-land-purchase-inch-closer-new-arena
In Major League Soccer – The Galaxy are in Fort Lauderdale to play Inter Miami FC and LAFC is in Foxboro to play New England this Saturday. San Diego FC plays the Earthquakes in San Jose on Sunday.
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow and S&P 500 each gained a full percent. The Nasdaq was up 1.2%. Gold fell $6.20 on the Comex to $3,398.90 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell 72 cents to $63.25 a barrel.
Inflation data released today gave Wall Street hope that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its next meeting in September. The Consumer Price Index rose to an annualized 2.7% in July. Experts were expecting a tenth more. So-called core CPI, which strips away food and energy prices increased to 3.1% – a tenth more than the experts were predicting. The stock market is now pricing in a 91% likelihood of an interest rate cut next month. Before today’s data, it was 85% likely. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/stock-market-today-live-updates-.html
President Trump extended the trade truce with China that was set to expire today. The implementation of threatened tariffs has now been pushed back to November, easing tension between the world’s two largest economies as negotiations continue. Without the extension, the already high 30% tariff on goods from China would have gone up and China would likely have responded with retaliatory tariffs against products from the the U.S. That breathing room helped today’s stock market. https://apnews.com/article/trump-trade-tariffs-china-deadline-ad2c003e9a709a1dfdfc9a9fd3798baf
Five months after emerging from bankruptcy, Spirit Airlines says it may not survive without raising more cash. The budget air carrier has been trying to market more upscale – in other words, more profitable products, and look for ways to lower costs, including furloughing 270 pilots last month. But weak demand for leisure travel combined with too much capacity in the industry is working against Spirit. The carrier is now looking to sell some aircraft, real estate or airport gates. It it’s latest financial filing, Spirit management says “there is substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within 12 months …” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/12/spirit-airlines-warns-it-might-not-be-able-to-survive-without-more-cash.html
Another company that has doubts about its future viability is one those who people under 30 may not be familiar with. But for older generations, it was ubiquitous as the major way to preserve visual images for over 100 years and the originator of the phrase, “Kodak moment”. Shares of Eastman Kodak Company plunged to just over $5 this morning following yesterday’s announcement by the 133-year old maker of film and cameras that its future is looking dim. Kodak was responsible for one of the first consumer cameras in the 1880s and dominated the manufacture of film for hobbyists and professionals throughout the 20th century. It’s yellow and red film boxes were everywhere. But the company struggled to adapt when digital technology began to take over in the 1990s. The Rochester-based company filed bankruptcy in 2012 and wound up selling off many of its businesses and patents, along with ending the production of cameras. Kodak pivoted to focusing on commercial and packaging printing. It’s now nearing completion on a manufacturing plant to create regulated pharmaceuticals. The reorganized company resorted to cancelling its pension plan last year to reduce debt. But it’s currently still tied to a half-billion dollars in short-term debt with management saying it may have to cease operations. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kodak-going-concern-warning-debt-film-photography/
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Ford announced yesterday that it will to retool its Louisville Assembly Plant to produce a midsize electric pickup truck priced in the $30k range within the next 18 months. That’s not just cheap for an EV. That’s cheap for any pickup truck. Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Chevy’s Silverado EV both start at around $50k. The cheapest Tesla Cybertruck is $62k, and the cheapest Rivian is over $70k. Even a gas-powered Ford Ranger starts at $35k. Ford has yet to see a profit from the F-150 Lightning and the EV industry as a whole is facing an uphill battle as the current administration issues executive orders removing incentives and mandates related to EVs and pulls away from fighting climate change. But at yesterday’s announcement by Ford, the power source wasn’t the news. The word that ruled the day was “affordable”. American manufacturers have yet to crack the code that Chinese automakers already have for an affordable EV that competes on price alone, regardless of tax incentives, and is still profitable. Ford thinks it can open up a whole new market both domestically and internationally at the $30k price point for what is not just a truck model, but also a platform for a potential family of vehicle models. It’s a $5b gamble by Ford, who recently scrapped a large electric SUV project. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5496651/ford-cheap-electric-truck
On this day in music history – August 12,
- 1960, Pete Best auditioned to become the new drummer for The Silver Beatles and was asked to travel to Germany for the band’s next set of dates. Before leaving for Hamburg, the band would change their name to simply, The Beatles.
- In 1964, The Beatles first movie, “A Hard Day’s Night” opened in American theaters to rave reviews. Time magazine later rated it one of the 100 best films of all-time.
- In 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham played together for the first time. For their first live shows, they went by the name The New Yardbirds after Page’s previous group, which had broken up. Problems with ownership of the name led them to rename themselves Led Zeppelin the following month.
- In 1972, Alice Cooper was at #1 with “School’s Out” – his only hit to make #1 outside of the U.S. Cooper said he was inspired to write the song after being posed the question, “What were the greatest three minutes of your life?”
- In 1977, just before anybody had ever heard of them, guitarist Henri Padovani quit The Police, leaving them as a trio. Big mistake.
- In 1978, The Commodores “Three Times a Lady” began the first of two weeks at #1.
- In 1984, as the Summer Olympics came to an end, former Commodore lead singer Lionel Richie performed “All Night Long” for the crowd at the LA Coliseum and a television audience estimated at 2.6b.
- In 1989, the 2-day Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at Lenin Stadium with Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, and The Scorpions. It was the first time an audience in the Soviet Union had been allowed to stand up and dance at a stadium rock concert.
- In 2012, The London Olympics ended with an all-star closing musical act with several decades of the biggest names in British music including the Spice Girls, George Michael, The Who, Madness, Pet Shop Boys, One Direction, Ray Davies, Liam Gallagher, and Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen.
Born on this day …
- In 1927, country music star, Porter Wagoner.
- In 1929, country singer, songwriter and host of TV’s “Hee Haw”, Buck Owens.
- In 1949, Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits.
- In 1954, jazz rock guitarist Pat Metheney.
- In 1961, Roy Hay, guitarist with Culture Club
- In 1963, rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot who had the 1992 #1 hit in praise of gluteus maximus “Baby Got Back”
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=12&month=8
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actor, producer George Hamilton is 86
- Actor, producer Sam J. Jones from Flash Gordon, 10, and the Ted movies is 71
- Among those who’ve passed, actor and comedian Joe Besser who was one of The Three Stooges from 1956 to 1959 was born this day in 1907
- Actress Jane Wyatt was born in 1910
- Actor Cantinflas, who co-starred in “Around the World in 80 Days” and who was known as the Charlie Chaplin of Mexico was born in 1911.
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0812.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (8/13) – breaded pork chops, scalloped potatoes, vegetables and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 89 this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 90 tomorrow … 88 Thursday … 83 Friday … 81 Saturday … 83 Sunday … 85 Monday … overnight lows, about 59 tonight and tomorrow night … 56 Thursday night … about 53 Friday and Saturday night … 55 Sunday night
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FIRE PERMITS
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