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Pala Today News – 5/2/25

Written by John Fox on May 2, 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.

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

The Felipe Fire, east of Julian closed Highway 78 briefly yesterday. It was 80% contained at 50 acres as of 8a this morning. One firefighter was injured and transported to a hospital with minor injuries. The Fire began around 2p near Scissors Crossing – the intersection of Highway 78 and San Felipe Road. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/east-county-news/brush-fire-east-of-julian-forces-sr-78-to-close-near-san-felipe-road

Oceanside Police said Wednesday the at-risk 14year old Oceanside boy reported missing Monday was found. Visually-impaired Andrew Hernandez had gone missing Monday evening. No further details released. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/teen-considered-at-risk-reported-missing-in-oceanside-042925

San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 200 block of W. Clemmens Lane in Fallbrook around 1:30p yesterday after receiving a report of a man with a knife making criminal threats against his mother. The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Justin Montano, had fled the scene by the time deputies arrived. Deputies, aided by the Sheriff’s ASTREA helicopter, searched the area until about 5p without success. Montano remains at large. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/05/01/news/deputies-search-for-felony-suspect-in-fallbrook-following-domestic-violence-call/78735.html

Tomorrow and Sunday are the 50^th annual Cupa Days in Pala. This celebration has been held every year since 1974 the first weekend of May. It’s a commemoration of the tragic removal of the Cupeño people from their ancestral village of Cupa – now known as Warner Springs – in May 1903. Cupa Days features traditional performances from a wide variety of Indigenous groups. The event also features arts and crafts vendors and food booths. Those scheduled to offer song and dance include: Inter-Tribal Birdsingers – Wayne Nelson, the Pima Basket Dancers – Annette Ramirez, the Mira Copa Birdsingers – Lynwood Vest, the Cloud Seasonal Singers and Dance Group – Delvin Toya, the Kumeyaay Bird singers, the Powwow Drum & Dance Group and Navajo Ribbon Dance Group – Sherman Indian School, the Aztec Dancers – Mario Aguilar, the Kupa Song & Dance Group – Diane Duro, the Pal Atingva Kupa Singers – Elijah Duro, the Tradition Cahuilla Birdsingers – Kim Marcus, the Choctaw Group and Ute Bear Dancers – Sherman Indian School, the Yaqui Deer Dancers – Xavier Flores, the Kupa Pala Birdsingers – Guy Trujillo, the Black Mountain Birdsingers – CJ Martin, the Parker Boys – Lorenzo Tahbo, the Traditional Cahuilla Birdsingers – Will Madrigal. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for 10a tomorrow. Peon games all night tomorrow night with George Zuniga organizing. Chris Nieto will organize the shinny games Sunday morning. Cupa Days is free and open to everyone. Rez Radio will broadcast live from the event at Pala Mission and Pala Temecula Roads beginning at 10a tomorrow and noon Sunday. (Cupa Cultural Center release)

Expect a cool, Spring day today in Pala. Cool and windy tomorrow for Cupa Days. Cloudy with a slight chance of less than a tenth of an inch of rain Sunday morning. Warming to the mid-80s late 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.

SPORTS

In the NBA playoffs – The Clippers forced a deciding Game 7 in their Western first round series by beating the visiting Nuggets 111-105 last night. Game 7 is at Denver tomorrow at 4:30p on TNT. In yesterday’s other game, the Knicks eliminated the Pistons four games to two with a 116-113 win in Detroit. Tonight, it’s Game 6 for Houston at Golden State with the Warriors leading three games to two. The semifinals begin Sunday with Indiana at Cleveland.

In the NHL playoffs – Three first round series were decided last night. Toronto moves on to the next round after beating Ottawa 4-2 last night. Vegas eliminated Minnesota with a 3-2 win. The LA Kings beat the Oilers in Edmonton 6-4 to win that series four games to two. The Avalanche fought back to tie its series with Dallas at three games apiece. The deciding game in that series is tomorrow at 5p on ABC.

In the never-ending game of head coaching musical chairs, the New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan to replace Peter Laviolette, who took the Rangers to the Eastern Conference final last year. The team failed to make the playoffs this year. Sullivan had been let go by Pittsburgh a few days ago. He’d coached the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 2016 and ’17.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres took two from the Giants at Petco Park – 7-4 Tuesday and 5-3 Wednesday. But the Dodgers are riding a five-game win streak and remain a game and a half ahead of San Diego in the NL West. San Francisco is now in third place, a game behind San Diego after losing yesterday to the Rockies. Meanwhile, the Angels are sinking further into last place in the AL West. They’ve lost their last six games. They host Detroit today. The Padres open a series in Pittsburgh. The Dodgers are at Atlanta. And the Giants play game 2 of their series hosting Colorado.

The Angels’ Mike Trout is back on the injured list because of a bone bruise to his surgically-repaired left knee. https://apnews.com/article/mike-trout-angels-injured-list-knee-4556d54458e05dd6f759610dbf416aff

In Major League Soccer – Tomorrow, San Diego hosts Dallas and LAFC hosts Houston Dynamo. On Sunday, the Galaxy are at Sporting Kansas City.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion lost 38-31 Wednesday at Utah. Their next game is Sunday hosting NOLA Gold at USD Torero Stadium.

In golf – At the Byron Nelson Classic in McKinney, Texas, Scottie Scheffler had yesterday’s best round with a ten under par 61. He was at 12 under par early in today’s round 2. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – The first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby is tomorrow at Churchill Downs. It’s America’s longest continuously held sporting event. This will be the 151^st running. The combination horse race and fashion show will draw about 150k fans to watch 20 horses run the 1 ¼ mile race. As of this morning, Journalism is the 3 to one favorite. The race begins at 3:57p Pacific time with plenty of pageantry and ceremony beforehand on USA network and Peacock streaming. There’s a 90% chance of rain. https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-derby-guide-626276aa4ff6b6032b774abc4db2e890

NASCAR Cup racing Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – baseball against Temecula Valley at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV and freshmen away; softball against Murrieta Mesa at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV away; boys’ varsity volleyball at Mission Viejo at 6p

Fallbrook – softball against Valley Center at 4p, varsity hosting, JV away; boys’ volleyball at Coronado at 4p; swimming hosting the Valley League Finals at 4:30p; Tomorrow – baseball against Mission Vista, varsity hosting at 9a, JV away at 10:30a

Valley Center – swimming at Fallbrook at 4:30p; boys’ volleyball hosting Ramona at 4:30p; boys’ lacrosse at Sage Creek at 5p; Tomorrow – boys’ tennis CIF championships at Canyon Crest at 2p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks had significant gains on all three major U.S. indexes. The Dow and S&P 500 were each up about 1 ½%. The Nasdaq gained 1.8%. Gold was up, trading $20.30 higher on the Comex at $3,242.50 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down almost a dollar at $58.26 a barrel.

A healthy April jobs report is likely to keep the Federal Reserve on hold as far as interest rate changes anytime soon. The Labor Department says U.S. employers added 177k jobs last month – down from the 185k in March, but better than expected. Manufacturing jobs declined by 1k. But they had been expected to decrease by 5k. The unemployment rate was 4.2% – the same as last month. https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-jobs-report-april-2025

A bunch of tariffs went into effect today. The de minimis loophole, which allowed shipments of good worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free ended last night. It’s what allowed all those cheap Chinese-made goods to be sold online and at low-end retailers. The baseline tariff as high as 145% will now potentially double the cost of those items. When President Trump closed the de minimis exemption for goods from Hong Kong and China earlier this year, chaos followed. USPS briefly stopped delivering parcels from China and the huge amount of de minimis packages – nearly 4m per day suddenly had to go through extensive customs inspections – something U.S. Customs wasn’t prepared for. Consumers are already reporting that online retailers like Temu and Shein are now unaffordable. Temu says it’s trying to find more U.S.-sourced products to sell now that Chinese goods are unaffordable, but that in some categories they don’t exist. A 59% majority of U.S. consumers surveyed last week say Trump’s policies have worsened U.S. economic conditions. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/de-minimis-packages-tariff

Wendy’s needs you to buy more Baconaters. Sales at its restaurants are down and costs are rising. The fast food chain has lowered its earnings forecast for the year and sales in the first quarter were down a little over 1%. Worldwide sales are expected to be either stagnant or decline up to 2% – an about-face from an earlier forecast of 2-3% growth this year. https://finimize.com/content/wendys-lowers-earnings-forecast-as-burger-traffic-slows

A year ago, California enacted a big jump in the minimum wage for fast food workers – $20 an hour for large chains. How’s that going so far? Workers are earning more. But many say their hours have been cut. Employers acknowledge limiting hours and enacting a hiring freeze to offset the cost of higher wages. Employment at California fast food restaurants is down 3.1% since March 2024. That’s 22,600 jobs lost – and not all of them fell under the new higher wage policy. Some economists say it’s too soon to blame the FAST Act for those lost jobs, but there are signs of negative costs associated with the wage hike. Others say California’s population loss and slower economic growth are to blame. Minimum wage for other jobs in California is currently $16.50 an hour. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/business/california-fast-food-wage-hike-one-year-high-prices-jobs

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Just one new wide release this weekend at the movies. “Thunderbolts” is a comic book-based superhero action flick. Six other films open in limited release. “Another Simple Favor” debuted yesterday on Prime Video. The comedy/mystery sequel once again stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively and Elizabeth Perkins. https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/may/2025?view=list

President Trump has signed an order seeking to end federal funding for National Public Radio and PBS, calling them not only “outdated and unnecessary, but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.” The order says that “Unlike in 1967, when the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options.” Trump and loyalists including Elon Musk have long complained that NPR and PBS are biased and left-wing. Three of the five CPB board members were removed by email a few days ago. The Trump administration has repeatedly blocked NPR and PBS reporters from covering news at the White House and Pentagon. Lawsuits by CPB are likely. (Disclosure – Rez Radio is not an NPR member and does not receive any funding from CPB.) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-signs-executive-order-stop-federal-funding-npr-pbs-rcna204375

Ruth Buzzi, best known as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking 1960s sketch comedy show, “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” has died at age 88. Her credits include over 200 other TV appearances. Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/05/02/ruth-buzzi-obit/

On this day in music history – May 2,

1963, The Beatles had their first #1 hit on the British music charts with “From Me to You”. It was the first of 11 consecutive British #1 singles by the Fab Four. Their first U.S. hit single wouldn’t enter the charts for another eight months.
One year later, in 1964 the Rolling Stones self-titled debut album began the first of a 12-week run at #1 on the UK charts. Also on that day the Stones’ first U.S. single, “Not Fade Away” entered the U.S. singles chart at #98.
In 1969, Led Zeppelin played the first of two nights at the Pasadena Rose Palace.
In 1970, one-hit wonder Norman Greenbaum was at #1 with “Spirit in the Sky”.
In 1972, Bruce Springsteen auditioned for CBS records A&R man, John Hammond in his New York office. Hammond was so impressed, he arranged a real audition that night at the Gaslight Club for other Columbia execs to see “The (not-yet) Boss”. Springsteen passed the audition.
In 1981, Scotland’s Sheena Easton began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Morning Train”, which had originally been titled “9 to 5” but was changed to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton’s hit by the same name in the same year.
In 1992, a little-known British duo sued the Seattle band, Nirvana, claiming they’d been using the name since 1968. It was settled out of court in the British group’s favor.
In 2005, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce got together for the first of four nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall, 36 years after their group, Cream had split up. It’s said Clapton agreed to the gig at the time because of the failing health of the other two. Baker survived another 14 years, passing in 2019 at the age of 80. Bruce passed away in 2014 at age 71.

Born on this day …

In 1933, John Leon “Bunk” Gardner from The Mothers of Invention
in 1935, Shawnee rock guitarist and vocalist Link Wray, who invented the fuzz guitar sound and popularized “the power chord” with his 1958 hit, “Rumble”. Wray passed away in 2005 at the age of 76.
In 1936, Welsh pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck.
In 1939, Lyricist Tony Asher, who co-wrote eight Beach Boys songs including “God Only Knows” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”.
In 1945, The late Randy Cain from the Delfonics
In 1950, Lou Gramm, lead singer for Foreigner
In 1954, Prescott Niles, bass player for The Knack

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=2&month=5

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor Lou Felder from “Midnight Run”, “Mask” and “Bruce Almighty” is 94
Among those who’ve passed, Manfred Von Ricthoven, better known as German flying ace The Red Baron from World War I who shot down 80 enemy aircraft was born in 1892
Comedy writer and (usually) off-screen actor Lorenzo Music was born in 1937. He was the voice of Carlton the Doorman on TV’s “Rhoda” and of “Garfield” the cat in 12 animated TV specials.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0502.htm

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The kitchen is closed today. Pala seniors’ lunch menu for Monday (5/5) – beef kielbasa, brown rice, vegetables and dessert

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 71 this afternoon … mostly cloudy and 68 with winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour tomorrow … 30% chance of less than a tenth of an inch of rain overnight through Sunday morning, otherwise cloudy and 61 … 20% chance of light showers Monday afternoon with a high of 64 … mostly sunny and 72 Tuesday … 79 Wednesday … 84 Thursday … overnight lows, 50 tonight … 46 tomorrow night … 46 with a 20% chance of light rain Sunday night … about 48 Monday and Tuesday night … 51 Wednesday night

FIRE PERMITS

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