Pala Today News – 4/17/25

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

If you travel Valley Center Road a lot, you’re going to notice a new stoplight that went active today.  It’s at Ridge Ranch Road, the entrance to a high-end neighborhood at the top of the grade between Valley Center and Escondido.  www.valleycenter.com

Thanks to a $10m grant, beginning in June, the Escondido Public Library will undergo repairs and upgrades to its roof and air conditioning systems as well as refreshed interiors.  The facility at 239 South Kalmia will close April 26.  During renovations most library services will temporarily relocate to a storefront inside the North County Mall.  That location will open May 28 and be in operation for about a year.  Due dates after April 26 for materials checked out will automatically be extended to May 30.  Full details are at the library’s website, Escondido.com/162/Library.  https://www.times-advocate.com/articles/library-to-reopen-may-28-at-mall-for-one-year/

Goldenvoice, the promoter for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival has apologized for the traffic problems that created a huge headache for festival-goers and residents of Indio and La Quinta last weekend.  Frustrated event attendees flooded social media with posts last Thursday and Friday that they’d been waiting up to 12 hours to get through the gates and into a campsite and that they had no access to facilities and were running out of gas while stuck in traffic.  One La Quinta city council member was livid about the situation as a representative from Goldenvoice addressed Tuesday’s council meeting.   Goldenvoice’s George Cunningham said people arrived for campsites unexpectedly early this year.  He promised they would take an active approach along with Indio police to get vehicles off city streets more quickly today and tomorrow for weekend #2 and for next weekend’s Stagecoach Festival for country music fans. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/04/16/coachella-2025-goldenvoice-apologizes-for-traffic-disaster-and-maps-out-changes-for-weekend-2/

While the controversy over Galway Downs east of Temecula being dropped from the list of Olympic venues for 2028 continues, LA28 has announced that the Games’ surfing competition will be held at the iconic Trestles Beach in San Diego County, just south of the Orange County line.  The world’s best surfers will compete in a location known for consistent, high-quality waves and which is visited by up to 2 ½ million people a year.  The LA Olympics begin July 14, 2028.  https://www.10news.com/sports/legendary-san-diego-county-beach-to-host-2028-olympic-surfing-competition

Pala will have cool temperatures and a slight chance of light rain through tomorrow … sunny with highs in the 70s beginning this weekend through at least the middle of next week.  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, except for April 13 and Easter Sunday April 20. 

 

SPORTS

In the NBA – The first round of play-ins are complete.  Orlando over Atlanta and Golden State over Memphis on Tuesday.  Last night, Miami beat Chicago and Dallas topped Sacrament.  That sets up tonight’s showdown for the Eastern 8^th seed between Miami at Atlanta at 4p on TNT and the Western 8^th seed between Dallas at Memphis at 6:30p on ESPN.  The playoffs begin Saturday.

At Monday’s WNBA draft, Oceanside’s Te-Hina Paopao was picked in the first round by the Atlanta Dream.  The #18 overall pick was on last year’s National Championship University of South Carolina team. https://www.newsbreak.com/abc-10-news-kgtv-563645/3963247481640-oceanside-s-te-hina-paopao-taken-in-first-round-of-2025-wnba-draft

In the NHL – Last night, Winnipeg topped the visiting Ducks 2-1 in overtime.  That’s Anaheim’s final game this season.  Other winners were Montreal, Detroit, Nashville, Vegas, and Edmonton.  Seven games tonight including the Kings hosting Calgary and that’ll do it for the regular season.  It’s possible a couple of seedings might change.  But which teams are in an which are out is already decided.  The playoffs begin Saturday. https://www.espn.com/nhl/standings

In minor league hockey – The San Diego Gulls next game is tomorrow in Henderson.  They host Coachella Saturday.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres beat the Cubs 4-2.  The Dodgers edged the visiting Rockies 8-7.  San Francisco schooled the Phillies in Philadelphia 11-4.  The Angels lost at Texas 3-1.  The Padres are still a game and a half ahead of the Dodgers and Giants.  The Padres and Dodgers are off today.  The Giants wrap up in Philly and the Angels finish their series in Arlington, Texas. 

In Major League Soccer – This Saturday, San Diego is at Charlotte, the Galaxy is at Austin and LAFC is at Portland.

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals host Albany for Fan Appreciation Night this Friday at Pechanga Arena.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion hosts the Utah Warriors Saturday at 7p in USD Torero Stadium.

In golf – The RBC Heritage Tournament teed off today in Hilton Head, South Carolina.  Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion.  With half the field still on the course for round one, Justin Thomas has a three-stroke lead at ten under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In local high school sports:  

Bonsall – no scheduled games this week

Great Oak – boys’ golf against Chaparral at Rancho California Golf Club at 3p … track & field at Temecula Valley at 3:15p; boys’ tennis against Temecula Valley at 3:15p, varsity hosting, JV away … stunt cheer at Chaparral at 4:30p

Fallbrook – baseball against Oceanside at 4p, varsity hosting, JV away … boys’ lacrosse at Rancho Bernardo at 7p

Valley Center – boys’ golf against Ramona at 3p, varsity hosting at Native Oaks, JV away at San Vicente; swimming hosting Pacific Ridge at 3:30p; boys tennis against Rancho Buena Vista at 3:30p, JV hosting, varsity away; baseball against Ramona at Petco Park at 4p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed.  The Dow fell 1%.  The S&P 500 gained a half percent.  The Nasdaq was just about flat.  Comex gold futures fell $17 to $3,329.40 an ounce.  The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained $2 to $64.47 a barrel. 

Today’s stock gains are being attributed to positive trade talks between the U.S. and Japan.

Mortgage rates have jumped the most in a year and are dragging down home values in some cities.  For the week ended today, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 6.83%, according to Freddie Mac.  That’s up from 6.62% last week and the biggest one-week jump since August.  Mortgage rates and bond yields tend to react inversely to sales of 10-year U.S. Treasury notes. At the beginning of April, investors dumped bonds after several days of tariff escalation.  That cause bond yields to have their biggest one-day gain in decades, with higher mortgage rates following suit. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/04/17/mortgage-rates-surge-tariffs-housing-market/83114174007/

Ford is telling its dealers that prices could go up in June if tariffs remain.  Automotive News broke the story, which was confirmed by Bloomberg.  According to the memo, the MSRP of any vehicle already in stock will not change and the current employee pricing-for-everyone offer will continue as scheduled through June 2.  However, if tariff policy as it stands doesn’t change there will be pricing adjustments with vehicles manufactured beginning in May.  One already active tariff charges 25% of the value of any completed car entering the country from outside of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. https://www.kbb.com/car-news/report-ford-tells-dealers-prices-will-go-up-from-tariffs/

A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that Google is an online advertising monopoly.  That could allow prosecutors to push for a breakup of the company.  Google says they won half the case and will appeal the other half.  Consumer impact, if any is unknown at this point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJzBnEFdiLY

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Disc jockey turned game show host and television producer, Wink Martindale has died at the age of 91.   Winston Conrad Martindale hailed from Jackson, Tennessee and began his career at the local radio station at age 17.  Martindale recorded a million-selling single in 1959 called “Deck of Cards”.  He began doing television hosting a science fiction-themed children’s show, then a teen dance party where a friend he’d made a couple of years earlier made an appearance in 1956 – Elvis Presley.  His first game show hosting gig was in 1964 – “What’s This Song?” on NBC.  His first big television success was hosting the CBS game show, “Gambit” in 1972.  He’s best-remembered as the host of “Tic-Tac-Dough”.  He produced numerous lesser-known game shows for Canadian television, the Travel Channel, and The Family Channel.  Suffering from lymphoma, he passed on Tuesday at a hospital in Rancho Mirage. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wink-martindale-dead-tic-tac-dough-game-show-host-1236191994/

The New York City medical examiner said yesterday that 39-year old actress Michelle Trachtenberg, whose credits included “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Gossip Girl”, and “Harriet the Spy” died of complications from diabetes.  She’d been found unresponsive in her luxury Manhattan apartment in February.  She’d been acting professionally since the age of 8 beginning with Nickelodeon’s “Adventures of Pete & Pete”. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/04/16/michelle-trachtenberg-cause-of-death/

Taco Bell is brining back chicken nuggets for an eight-week run beginning one week from today.  They could become a permanent menu item if they prove as popular as the last promotional run, making Taco Bell a major player in the chicken wars among fast food restaurants.  https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/food/taco-bell-chicken-nuggets-return-date/index.html

An outage at Zoom prevented tens of thousands of online meetings yesterday.  Disruptions peaked at about noon Pacific Time with service fully-restored about two hours later according to DownDetector.com, who received more than 60k outages reports.  Reaction on social media was mixed with some remote workers cheering their unexpected afternoon off.  Zoom is one of the most popular web conferencing tools.  It became popular during the pandemic and has now risen to point of being the generic description for online meetings. https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/tech/zoom-down-outage/index.html

 

On this day in music history – April 17,

• In 1960, while on tour in England, American rocker Eddie Cochran, known for the hit “Summertime Blues” was killed when his taxi crashed into a lamppost.  Gene Vincent and songwriter Sharon Sheeley, who were riding with him survived.  The cab driver was cited, fined, lost his license and was sent to prison for six months.
• In 1970, Santana began recording their second album, “Abraxas” in San Francisco.  Released in the fall, it went to #1 thanks to its hit singles, “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye, Como Va?”
• On the same day, performing at the White House at the invitation of President Richard Nixon, Johnny Cash was asked to perform “Okie From Muskogee”.  He declined, since that was not one of his songs.  It was Merle Haggard’s.  He did perform his own #1 hit, “A Boy Named Sue”.
• In 1971, all four Beatles had solo hits on the charts simultaneously.  Paul McCartney with “Another Day”, John Lennon with “Power to the People”, George Harrison with “My Sweet Lord”, and Ringo Starr with “It Don’t Come Easy”. 
• On the same day, Three Dog Night began the first of six weeks at #1 with “Joy to the World”, a song written by Hoyt Axton.
• In 1973, the Eagles released their second album, “Desperado” which included the hit, “Tequilla Sunrise”.
• On the same day, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” album was certified gold.  It went on to stay on the Billboard album chart for more than 14 years – the longest charting album of all time. It has re-charted several times since then.
• In 1974, guitarist for Sha Na Na, Vinnie Taylor was found dead in a Charlottesville hotel room from a drug overdose.  The novelty act had achieved fame through its appearance at Woodstock, later gaining their own TV show and appearing in the movie Grease as Johnny Casino & The Gamblers.
• In 1975, Elvis Presley bought a former Delta jetliner he re-christened the Lisa Marie after his daughter.  After paying $250k for it, he spent another $600k customizing it with personal quarters, a meeting area and a dance floor.
• In 1981, Vangelis was at #1 with the theme from the movie, “Chariots of Fire”.
• In 1983, record producer and bass player with Mountain, Felix Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife during a jealous rage.  The 43-year old had also produced the Cream albums “Disraeli Gears” and “Wheels of Fire”.
• In 1987, reggae drummer Carlton Barrett from The Wailers was shot outside his home in Jamaica.  He’d originated the one-drop style of percussion and wrote The Wailers hit song, “War”.
• In 1991, in Seattle, Nirvana performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” live for the first time. 
• In 2009, Morrissey walked off the stage at the Coachella Music Festival declaring he could “smell burning flesh”.  The committed vegetarian took offense at nearby barbecues.  Paul McCartney, The Killers, and The Cure also performed at Coachella that year. 

Born on this day …

• In 1934, music publisher, agent and songwriter Don Kirshner who launched the careers of Neil Diamond, Bobby Darin, Carole King, and Neil Sedaka.  He was hired by the creators of the TV show, The Monkees to come up with the hit songs for the show, and created the popular Rock Concert series for late night weekend TV.
• In 1943, Roy Estrada, bass player for Frank Zappa’s group The Mothers of Invention and founding member of Little Feat.
• In 1957 Liz Phair
• In 1974, Victoria Beckham, also known as Posh Spice from The Spice Girls.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=17&month=4

Other celebrities with birthdays today …

• Actor Sean Bean from “Ronin” and the James Bond film “Goldeneye” is 66
• Actress Jennifer Garner is 53
• Actress Rooney Mara, best known as “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is 40
• Among those who’ve passed, Señor Wences, the Spanish ventriloquist best known for frequent TV appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show was born in 1896
• Author, philosopher, scientist, inventor, publisher, diplomat, statesman, and philanthropist Benjamin Franklin was born on this day in 1706.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0414.htm

 

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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (4/18) – egg sandwich, lettuce, potato chips and dessert

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high 66 and possible wind gusts up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … mostly cloudy and 64 with a 20% chance of light rain and continued gusty winds tomorrow … sunny and 75 Saturday … 79 Easter Sunday … 78 Monday … 75 Tuesday … patchy morning low clouds and fog clearing to mostly sunny and 73 Wednesday … overnight lows, 46 with a 20% chance of light rain tonight … 42 tomorrow night … 45 Saturday night … 47 Sunday night … 46 Monday and Tuesday night

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