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Pala Today News – 5/5/25

Written by John Fox on May 5, 2025

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

Rain was spotty over the weekend and mostly stayed away from inland North County. It continued through this morning in some areas. Fallbrook, Rainbow, Bonsall, Valley Center, Escondido, Lake Henshaw and others didn’t report any measurable rain. Pala had a tenth of an inch yesterday and 6 hundredths so far today. Carlsbad and Vista each had about a quarter inch. Oak Grove had a tenth of an inch. Temecula, La Cresta and Lake Skinner each had about two tenths.

A fire was reported around 1:15p on Friday on Harris Truck Trail in DeLuz. The site was hard to access with no water available on the property. North County Fire and CalFIre had to shuttle-in water. FPUD was also on the scene. Three trailers were destroyed. No injuries were reported. There appeared to be multiple people living on the property as a “hip camp” as it was labeled on a sign. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/05/01/news/fire-starts-at-alleged-hipcamp-in-deluz/78738.html

The driver of a Honda Civic died Saturday night after leaving the scene where he’d crashed into a tree on North Santa Fe near North Paseo Marguerite in Vista around 6p. The vehicle was abandoned when first responders arrived. Reportedly another vehicle had stopped to help the driver and a passenger. The victim was found by authorities an hour later at a home on Apollo Drive, unconscious and suffering from a punctured lung. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/04/man-dies-after-crashing-into-tree-in-vista-and-leaving-scene/

Well over 500 SDG&E customers in southern Escondido lost power this morning just after 10a. Power is expected to be restored by 4p. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

Pala weather will range from wintry today to summer-like by the end of the 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 – Golden State’s Buddy Hield sank nine 3-pointers and contributed 33 points, and Steph Curry contributed most of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Warriors beat the Rockets 103-89 in Game 7 of their first-round series. They now advance to the Western semifinals against Minnesota tomorrow. Denver eliminated the Clippers in a first round Game Seven Saturday 120-101. In yesterday’s first semifinal game, Indiana beat Cleveland 121-112. Tonight, it’s New York at Boston and Denver at Oklahoma City – both on TNT.

In the NHL playoffs – Dallas won its series against Colorado with a 4-2 Game Seven on Saturday. Winnipeg outlasted St. Louis to win its Game Seven in double overtime yesterday 4-3. Tonight, it’s the first game of the Eastern Conference second round between Florida at Toronto.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres swept a three-game series in Pittsburgh and are now riding a five-game win streak. The Dodgers took two out of three in Atlanta. The Giants took three out of four from the visiting Rockies. The Dodgers and Padres currently have the two best records in baseball with the Dodgers a half-game ahead of San Diego in the NL West. The Giants are tied with Mets and Tigers for third-best record and are a game behind San Diego in third place in the division. Today, the Padres begin a series in New York with the Yankees. The Dodgers are in Miami and the Giants play the Cubs in Chicago. The Angels lost two out of three to the Tigers including a 13-1 rout yesterday. They get today off.

In Major League Soccer – San Diego routed Dallas 5-0 and LAFC shut out Houston Dynamo 2-0 Saturday. Yesterday, the Galaxy lost 1-0 at Sporting Kansas City.

In the NFL – One week after reaching an agreement for a new D.C. stadium, the Washington Commanders have apparently secured the hosting duties for the 2027 NFL draft. https://apnews.com/article/nfl-draft-commanders-trump-15860d4e1d55f9bc8428d75e9dda0d44

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion beat NOLA Gold 45-36 yesterday at USD Torero Stadium. Their next game is Saturday hosting Houston.

In golf – At the Byron Nelson Classic in McKinney, Texas, Scottie Scheffler ran away with it, winning by 8 strokes over Erik van Rooyen and tying the PGA record for 72 holes at 31 under par, 253. The only drama in yesterday’s final round was whether he might break that record. He missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have given him the record. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – At the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, Sovereignty was the winner, edging out the favorite, Journalism on a very soggy track. Sovereignty took home over $3m of the $5m purse for the race between 19 horses. Meanwhile in the stands, Churchill Down concessions sold over 120k mint juleps at $22 each. That’s $2.64m right there. https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/44985951/sovereignty-outduels-journalism-win-151st-kentucky-derby

In NASCAR Cup racing yesterday at Texas Motor Speedway, Joey Logano had his first win of the season.

Alex Palou won the Grand Prix of Alabama.

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – softball hosting Bayfront Charter at 4p

Great Oak – JV softball hosting Temecula Valley at 3:30p; baseball against Murrieta Mesa at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV and freshmen away

Fallbrook – varsity boys’ tennis individual CIF play at 2p; JV softball at San Diego High School at 4p

Valley Center – JV softball at Sweetwater at 3:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow was up a quarter percent. United Health and McDonald’s were big gainers. The S&P 500 fell 2 tenths. And the Nasdaq lost a third of a percent. Gold shot up $76.20 on the Comex to $3,319.50 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $1.22 to $57.07 a barrel.

President Trump posted yesterday on social media that he was authorizing the Commerce Department to immediately begin setting up a 100% tariff on movies “produced in Foreign Lands”. Today, a White House spokesman appeared to possibly be walking back the idea, saying “the administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again.” The statement really only added to the confusion. It’s unclear whether tariffs would apply to movies on streaming services or in theaters or both and whether they would be calculated on production cost or box office revenue. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/05/trump-announces-tariff-on-foreign-films/83452190007/

Skechers is going private. Private equity firm 3G Capital will pay $63 a share – about $9b. That’s about a 30% premium over market valuation at the time. According to sources, 3G isn’t concerned about tariffs in connection with the shoemaker who has considerable overseas exposure in its supply chain. Shares in Skechers shot up about 25% today. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/skechers-to-be-acquired-by-3g-capital.html

At the end of this year, Warren Buffett plans to step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. When he does, he’ll be 95 years old. But he’ll still be chairman of the board. For several years, the investment company has let it be known that Greg Abel, the vice chairman of Berkshire’s non-insurance business would be Buffett’s eventual replacement. Nevertheless, shares in the company fell 7% at market open, recovering some it over the next few hours. Buffett has a loyal following and has been the key force in building Berkshire Hathaway into a trillion-dollar company. His investment philosophy has been unique and it has been spectacularly successful. An investment in Berkshire Hathaway under Warren Buffett’s 60-year tenure earned over 5m%. https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/05/05/berkshire-hathaway-stock-plunges-warren-buffett/

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Thunderbolts” opened big, selling $76m worth of tickets on 4,330 screens. “Sinners” continued to do good business in second place, selling another $33m of tickets in its third weekend in theaters. “A Minecraft Movie” moved up to third place. It has now earned almost $400m over five weeks. The only other new releases, “HIT: The 3^rd Case”, “Guru Nanak Jahaz”, and “The Surfer” placed 8^th through 10^th, each on fewer than 1k screens with very modes per-screen averages. Total movie attendance for the top ten films has remained fairly consistent over the past several weeks. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W18/

Record numbers of federal student loan borrowers with a payment due are currently seriously delinquent on those payments – over 20%. Just before the start of the pandemic, it was 11.5%. The current portion in default among sub-prime borrowers is over half. Payments were suspended during Covid. But that ended in September of 2023. Research suggests a combination of inability to pay, not realizing payments are due, or simply deciding not to pay. Delinquency on student loans can drop a borrower’s credit score up to 200 points. The Department of Education has vowed to start collecting on defaulted student loans beginning today. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/business/student-debt-collections-delinquent

On this day in music history – May 5,

1956, Elvis Presley scored his first #1 single and album with “Heartbreak Hotel”. It was also his first million-seller and the best-selling single by anyone that year.
In 1962, the soundtrack from “West Side Story” became the #1 album. It remained in that spot for just over a year.
In 1963, based on a recommendation, the head of A&R at Decca Records went to see an unsigned young band named The Rollin’ Stones at London’s Crawdaddy Club. Within a week the group signed with Decca. The person who recommended them was George Harrison.
In 1966, Manfred Mann were at #1 in England with “Pretty Flamingo”. The recording included future Cream bass player Jack Bruce who was briefly with the group. In presenting the hit single live on Top of the Pops, lead singer Paul Jones performed while standing on one leg … “like a flamingo”.
In 1968, Buffalo Springfield split up. Richie Furay formed the new band, Poco. Stephen Stills and David Crosby teamed up with Graham Nash from The Hollies to form Crosby, Stills and Nash.
In 1969, The Beatles’ “Get Back” single was released. John Lennon later said that Paul McCartney looked at Yoko Ono, who was sitting in the studio during the recording every time he sang the words, “Get back to where you once belonged”.
In 1973, David Bowie had his first #1 album with “Aladdin Sane”, the follow-up to his breakthrough “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars”.
In 1974, The Stilettoes who later changed their name to Blondie, played their first show at CBGB’s in New York City.
In 1979, Peaches and Herb began the first of four weeks at #1 with “Reunited”.
In 1984, Duran Duran were at #1 for the final time with “The Reflex” from their third album “Seven and the Ragged Tiger”.
On the same day, Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr married The Pretenders lead singer, Chrissie Hynde in a horse drawn carriage in New York’s Central Park. They divorced six years later.
In 1996, The Sport newspaper issued a public apology and made a $12,750 donation to the Warchild charity after running a story that Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan performed at a show in Hamburg without wearing any underwear.
On the same day, Rage Against the Machine had the #1 album with “Evil Empire” – the term used by former President Ronald Regan to describe the former Soviet Union. It won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance for that year.
In 2000, Rod Stewart had a benign growth removed from his thyroid.
On the same day five years later, Justin Timberlake had an operation to remove nodules from his throat.
In 2016, The Rolling Stones told Donald Trump to stop using their songs in his presidential campaign. 1969’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” was a particular favorite of the campaign.

Born on this day …

In 1937, Johnnie Taylor who had the 1976 hit “Disco Lady”.
In 1942, country music star Tammy Wynette
In 1948, Bill Ward, drummer for Black Sabbath.
In 1951, Rex Goh, guitarist for the Australian soft rock band Air Supply
In 1959, singer/songwriter Ian McCulloch from Echo & the Bunnymen.
In 1962, Kevin Paul Mooney, bass player for Adam and the Ants.
In 1988, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. The first female singer to simultaneously have three singles in the Top Ten of the Hot 100
In 1989, singer songwriter and actor Chris Brown. At age 20 he pleaded guilty to felony assault of his then-girlfriend, singer Rhianna.

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

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Michael Palin from Monty Python is 82
Actress Tina Yothers from the TV sitcom Family Ties is 52
Among those who’ve passed, actress, comedienne and voice of Ursula in the animated version of “The Little Mermaid”, Pat Carroll was born in 1927.
In 1930, the first Mickey Mouse newspaper cartoon strip was published
In 1952, “I Love Lucy’s” classic Vitameatavegamin episode aired for the first time.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0505.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly cloudy with a high of 67 this afternoon … partly sunny and 71 with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour tomorrow … mostly sunny and 78 Wednesday … sunny and 86 Thursday … 90 Friday … 92 Saturday … 89 Sunday … overnight lows, 49 tonight and tomorrow night … 52 Wednesday night … 57 Thursday night … about 60 Friday and Saturday night

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