Pala Today News – 4/20/26

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

There were a pair of accidents and a vegetation fire along Highway 76 between Via Monserate and Gird Road Saturday.  The road was closed from South Mission to Gird for about an hour.  The fire was first reported around 8:25p in multiple spots along 76 and burned less than an acre total before being brought under control by 9p.  Investigators determined the cause of the fire to be a failing catalytic converter on a passing vehicle.  https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/04/16/news/two-accidents-and-vegetation-fire-close-sr-76/81707.html

What started as a routine traffic stop in Temecula on Saturday ended with a major weapons seizure.  California Highway Patrol officers say they spotted signs of impairment, arrested the driver on suspicion of DUI, then found several rifles, other weapons, and high-capacity magazines during a standard vehicle inventory.  Photos posted online show the seized items laid out on a table. The unidentified driver was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence.  There could also be additional weapons charges. https://hoodline.com/2026/04/temecula-routine-traffic-stop-ends-in-dui-bust-and-gun-haul/?utm=newsbreak

A hot air balloon with 13 passengers made an emergency landing in a Temecula back yard Saturday morning when the wind died and the balloon’s fuel ran low.  There was no property damage and no injuries, other than the pilot’s pride. https://patch.com/california/temecula/hot-air-balloon-makes-emergency-landing-temecula-backyard

A contract has been awarded to complete repairs to the burnt-out end of Oceanside Pier.  Noble Consultants of Irvine got the $516k contract.  Work could begin as soon as next April. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/20/contract-awarded-for-final-plans-to-repair-burnt-oceanside-municipal-pier/

The 103rd season of the Ramona Pageant – California’s official outdoor play kicked off Saturday at Ramona Bowl in Hemet.  It’ll continue for two more weekends.  www.ramonabowl.com

It’s going to be a mostly sunny Spring week in Pala with a slight chance of just a little rain tomorrow night.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In the NBA – in round one of the playoffs, Saturday’s Game One winners were Cleveland, Denver, New York and the Lakers.   Yesterday’s winners were Boston, Oklahoma City, Orlando and San Antonio.  Game 2 today for Toronto at Cleveland at 4p, Atlanta at New York at 5p, and Minnesota at Denver at 7:30p.  All games on Peacock.  The last two will also be on NBC. 

In the NHL – The playoffs began Saturday with Carolina, Minnesota and Philadelphia winning the first games of their Round One series.  Yesterday’s winners were Colorado, Montreal, Buffalo and Vegas.  Game Two today for Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Ottawa at Carolina, and Minnesota at Dallas.  Anaheim opens its series at Edmonton.  All games on ESPN. 

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost 4-1 at Ontario Friday, then finished the regular season with another 6-4 loss Saturday at Coachella Valley. 

In Major League Baseball – The Padres swept the Angels this weekend in Anaheim, winning 8-0 Friday, 4-1 Saturday, and 2-1 yesterday.  The Dodgers lost two out of three in Denver.  That moves San Diego to within a half game of first-place Los Angeles with a record that would put them in first place in any of the other five divisions … 15 wins against 7 losses.  The Padres are off today.  The Dodgers play one more game in Denver and the Angels host Toronto. 

Former Padre and current Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges hit the first run of yesterday’s 8-4 win over the Orioles.  But his biggest moment yesterday was proposing to his girlfriend on the field after the game.  He hit a home run there too. https://apnews.com/article/austin-hedges-engaged-cleveland-guardians-3367a849056705d4ce7a64c5fe408857

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost the final two games of its road trip to Stockton.  The Ports took four out of the six games.  The Storm host Visalia for the first of six games beginning tomorrow.

In the NFL –

In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC lost 4-2 at Real Salt Lake and the Galaxy tied 2-all at Dallas Saturday.  LAFC lost 4-1 to San Jose yesterday at BMO Stadium.  This Wednesday, the Galaxy are at Columbus, San Diego FC is at Houston, and LAFC hosts Colorado.

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals beat Las Vegas 14-12 Friday at Pechanga Arena.     

In golf – At the RBC Heritage Tournament at Hilton Head, South Carolina, Matt Fitzpatrick won in sudden death over Scottie Scheffler.  Both finished the regulation four rounds at 18 under par 266.  https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Tyler Reddick started in the pole position for the fourth time this season.  He regained the lead on the final lap and won the NASCAR Cup race at Kansas City yesterday.  It was his fifth win of the young racing season.  None of the past four NASCAR Cup Series champions won more than four races all season.  https://apnews.com/article/nascar-cup-series-tyler-reddick-94e147ee0ce4a421d50f611497a328a8

Alex Palou won yesterday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach.  It was his 22^nd win, but first ever in Long Beach.

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – boys’ volleyball hosting Calvin Christian at 5p

Great Oak – softball at Temecula Valley at 3:30p; lacrosse against Murrieta Valley at 5:30p, boys’ hosting, girls’ away

Fallbrook – baseball against Poway at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away

Valley Center – boys’ tennis in the Valley League Tournament at Escondido at 2p; baseball against Westview at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down as the end of the Iran cease-fire approaches.  The Dow fell a tenth of a percent.  The S&P 500 down a third of a percent.  And the Nasdaq fell by a half percent.  Comex gold traded down $51.50 at $4,828.10 an ounce.  West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up $5.50 to $89.35 a barrel after the newly re-opened Strait of Hormuz now appears to not be so re-opened.

Iran is becoming a very confusing situation with the U.S. saying it wants to resume peace talks, but seizing an Iranian flagged cargo ship after issuing multiple orders over a period of six hours for it to stop.  On Saturday, India reported that Iran fired on two it its merchant ships in the Strait after letting other ships through.  Result … many shipping companies are now reluctant to resume operations.  The original two-week cease fire ends Wednesday. www.morningbrew.com  

FBI director Kash Patel has filed a $250m defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic after the magazine published a report alleging excessive drinking and absences from work.  It also claimed the 46-year old director had panicked when he was temporarily locked out of his work email account, believing he’d been fired, and that he targeted political or personal adversaries within the bureau.  Patel has fired FBI employees involved in investigations into President Trump.  Several of those former employees have wrongful termination lawsuits pending. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/kash-patel-lawsuit-atlantic-allegations-drinking-absences-rcna341001

Just as EV maker Rivian was preparing a crucial rollout of its new R2 model, a tornado damaged part of its central Illinois plant over the weekend.  The affected area was being used for parts storage and logistics for the model.  No injuries were reported and the assembly line was undamaged.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/20/rivians-factory-damaged-by-tornado-amid-crucial-r2-ev-launch.html

Jersey Mike’s subway sandwich chain has filed for an Initial Public Offering.  A little over a year ago, Blackstone bought a majority stake, valuing Jersey Mike’s at $8b.  With 3k locations nationwide, it’s the second-largest subway chain in the U.S. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/20/jersey-mikes-ipo.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movies, the top two films remained the same for the third week.  “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” sold another $35m worth of tickets.  “Project Hail Mary” was again in second place with $20.5m in sales.  “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” opened in third place with $13.1m on 1k fewer screens than the others.  “Normal” debuted in 7^th place with $2.6m on 2k screens.  That’s half as many as Mario.  “BTS World Tour ‘Arirang” in Japan: Live Viewing” event was 8^th with $1.8m on 1,200 screens.  Total attendance for the weekend’s top ten was down 27% from last weekend and about average for the year so far. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W16/ 

Another Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is in the history books.  Weekend 2 wrapped up yesterday.  During Justin Bieber’s set Saturday, surprises, which are a staple at Coachella included the addition of Billie Eilish, Big Sean, Sexyy Red, and Dijon.  Olivia Rodrigo joined Addison Rae, and Billy Idol and Steve Stevens jumped onstage for Sombr’s version of “Eyes Without a Face”.  While all the infrastructure is still in place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, organizers will hold the annual country music-themed Stagecoach Festival this coming weekend.  Headliners for the three nights are Cody Johnson on Friday, Lainey Wilson on Saturday, and Post Malone on Sunday.  Tickets are still available for Tier 4 and various luxury packages.  www.stagecoachfestival.com

On this day in music history – April 20,

• 1957, Elvis Presley began the first of eight weeks at #1 with “All Shook Up” – the biggest-selling single of that year at 2m copies.
• In 1959, Goldband Records released “Puppy Love”, a song recorded two years earlier by 11-year old Dolly Parton.  It didn’t chart, but did later become a hit in the 1970s for Donny Osmond.
• In 1968, The Beatles’ new company, Apple Music began running ads soliciting tapes from unknown artists and offering financial grants to artists who agreed to release records on the Apple label.  Artists including Badfinger, James Taylor, Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax and Elephant’s Memory signed up.
• On the same day, Deep Purple made their live debut in Denmark.  Ritchie Blackmore had suggested the new name for the group formerly known as Roundabout.
• In 1969, Benny Benjamin, drummer for the Motown house band, The Funk Brothers died.  He and the group played on hundreds of songs by the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and others.
• In 1980, 84-year old actor/comedian George Burns became the oldest person to have a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “I Wish I Was 18 Again”.  His most recent charting recording before that had been a spoken word comedy routine with wife, Gracie Allen in 1933.
• In 1981, John Phillips from The Mamas & The Papas was jailed for five years after pleading guilty to drug possession.  The sentence was suspended after 30 days.
• In 1985, the charity recording “We Are the World” hit #1.
• In 1991, Steve Marriott, leader of Small Faces and Humble Pie died in a fire at his home in England.  Peter Frampton, Midge Ure, Chris Farlow and Humble Pie gave a memorial concert for Marriott exactly 20 years later in 2001.
• In 2002, surviving members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novaselic went to court over who owned the rights to the group’s recordings, claiming Kurt Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love was mentally unstable and that she was “stoned” when contracts were signed. 

Born on this day …

• In 1939, Johnny Tillotson who had 9 Top Ten hits in the early 1960s including “Poetry In Motion” which peaked at #2
• In 1945, original Small Faces keyboard player Jimmy Winston
• In 1948, Craig Frost who played keyboards for Grand Funk Railroad
• In 1948, Rob Stoner, a multi-instrumentalist who played on Don McLean’s “American Pie” and has worked with bands for Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Chuck Berry and Joni Mitchell
• In 1951, singer/songwriter Luther Vandross
• In 1971, Mikey Welsh, bass player for Weezer
• In 1972, Stephen Marley, son of Bob and Rita Marley and a member of brother Ziggy’s band, The Melody Makers
• In 1978, Clay Cook from the Zac Brown Band

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=20&month=4

Other celebrities celebrating birthdays and birthday anniversaries today …

• Actor George Takei from the original Star Trek is 89
• Actor Ryan O’Neil is 85
• Actor Clint Howard, younger brother of actor/director Ron Howard is 67
• Actor Crispin Glover, best known as George McFly from the “Back to the Future” movies is 62
• Among those who’ve passed, jazz musician Lionel Hampton was born about 115 years ago.  The actual year is unclear.
• And born in 1893, Harold Lloyd, who along with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton was one of the Big 3 most popular comic film actors of the silent film era.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0420.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 79 this afternoon and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour the next three days … 76 tomorrow … a 20% chance of a little light rain tomorrow night … mostly sunny and 72 Wednesday … 77 Thursday … 76 Friday … partly sunny and 72 Saturday … 70 Sunday … overnight lows, about 44 tonight through Wednesday night … 47 Thursday through Saturday night

 

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