Pala Today News – 1/15/26

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

At about 6:15p, a fire was reported outside at a residence near Valley Center Road and Molly Ann Court.  Fire crews had it contained by 7p.  Both directions of Valley Center Road were closed and traffic diverted for several hours.  (Valley Roadrunner FB post)

Murrieta homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a body at an apartment complex on Jackson Avenue Tuesday morning.  Though no details have been released, initial evidence in the death of 30-year old Aaron Parr from Murrieta indicates foul play.  Murrieta Police are asking anyone with information to call 951 461 6453.  https://patch.com/california/murrieta/murrieta-mans-death-homicide-detectives-investigating

Work continued this morning on repairs to a sinkhole that opened up on Overland Road near Costco and Olive Garden in Temecula yesterday afternoon.  All lanes were closed on Overland at Margarita beginning just before 4p yesterday.  It was expected to reopen this morning after 9a. https://patch.com/california/temecula/sewer-repairs-underway-overland-margarita-seek-alternate-routes

A motorcycle and vehicle collided this morning just before 7:30a at South Mission and Ammunition Roads in Fallbrook.  The injured rider was transported to Palomar Medical Center.  No other details were released. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/08/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanvehicle-crash-with-motorcycle-sends-one-person-to-the-hospital/80925.html

Carlsbad’s city council has voted to give itself, the city clerk and treasurer 4% pay raises thanks to a voter-approved measure from 2020 requiring such compensation to be considered annually.  The opposition in the 4-1 vote came from Councilmember Melanie Burkholder who asked for a separate vote for council compensation.  With the increase, the mayor’s base salary is now $31,351.  Councilmembers get $30,151.  The clerk and treasurer each get $15,203.  There are also meeting stipends and car allowances plus health and insurance benefits. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/14/carlsbad-city-council-gives-itself-city-clerk-and-treasurer-4-pay-raises/

Amtrak service between San Diego and Los Angeles will return to pre-pandemic levels with the addition of a 13^th Pacific Surfliner roundtrip between the two cities starting January 26.  The additional schedule is funded through a $27.1m grant from the Federal Railroad Administration Restoration and Enhancement Grant Program. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/amtrak-add-13th-roundtrip-surfliner-between-los-angeles-san-diego

About 400 SDG&E customers lost power in southern Carlsbad and La Costa this morning just after 9a.  It’s expected to be restored by 4:30p this afternoon.  https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake, later downgraded to 4.1 struck 4 miles west of Holtville, in the Imperial Valley just before 2a this morning.  There were noticeable fore and aftershocks.  It was widely felt throughout the valley. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/08/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanmagnitude-44-earthquake-strikes-near-holtville-swarm-shakes-imperial-valley/80924.html

Pala will have sunshine and warmer than normal temperatures through the Martin Luther King holiday.  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 NFL – Sources say John Harbaugh is talking with the New York Giants to make him their next head coach.  Let go by the Ravens after they missed the playoffs on a failed field goal attempt at the buzzer of this season’s final game, Harbaugh would replace Brian Daboll.  The Ravens did get to the playoffs 12 times in Harbaugh’s 18 seasons in charge including a Super Bowl win in 2012.   https://apnews.com/article/giants-coach-john-harbaugh-5c5cbcbc90bf90c06ed36cd36643ea44

In the College Football Playoffs – #1 Indiana faces Miami Monday in the CFP National Championship game at Miami Gardens, FL at 4:30p on ESPN

In the NBA – Last night’s winners were Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, New Orleans, Denver, Sacramento, and the Clippers over the visiting Capitals 119-105.

In college basketball – Details were released today by federal prosecutors about a betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games involving 26 people, including more than a dozen college players.  It all began with two games in the Chinese Basketball Association in 2023.  Attempts to fix games happened as recently as last season in the NCAA.  Of the defendants in the case, 15 played in Division I of the NCAA last season.  Five played the season before.  Former NBA player Antonio Blakeney played in the CBA in 2022-23.  The other five defendants, described as “fixers” recruited players and placed bets. https://apnews.com/article/college-basketball-betting-charges-bribery-ncaa-4a558591ffedcd9bbf8450e602ebc99a

In the NHL – Vegas beat the Kings 3-2 in overtime in Los Angeles.  Other winners were New Jersey, Buffalo and Ottawa who routed the Rangers 8-4.  In that game, Brady Tkachuk scored his 200^th career regular-season goal. https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/401803088/senators-rangers

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost 5-3 to Abbotsford last night at Pechanga Arena.  Their next game is tomorrow, again hosting Abbotsford.

In Major League Baseball – Clayton Kershaw may be done pitching for the Dodgers, but he’s not done pitching.  He agreed today to play in this year’s World Baseball Classic – a tournament he’d wanted to be part of in 2023 but couldn’t because of insurance issues.  He had a $20m contract with the Dodgers that year. The US team roster also includes catchers Cal Raleigh and Will Smith, outfielder Aaron Judge, third baseman Alex Bregman and DH, Kyle Schwarber.  The team’s first game is March 6 against Brazil in Houston.  https://apnews.com/article/kershaw-us-world-baseball-classic-31745f0a26ac2613ec4b8ef0d6f156af

In soccer – The governing body for international soccer, FIFA says it has already received more than 500m ticket requests for this year’s World Cup, hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada.  The most requests came from fans in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia.  The most requested match was the one featuring Columbia vs. Portugal on June 27 at Miami Gardens.  Notifications to those who’ve applied for tickets will begin after February 5. https://apnews.com/article/fifa-2026-world-cup-tickets-2047bf2d46cd4de549b7b6d853fbb770

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tomorrow at Vancouver.

In golf – The Sony Open teed off this morning in Honolulu.  Nick Taylor is the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – boys’ basketball at Chula Vista Learning at 3:30p; girls’ basketball hosting Health Sciences at 4:30p

Great Oak – boys’ and girls’ soccer against Murrieta Valley, girls’ hosting, boys’ away; boys’ and girls’ basketball against Temecula Valley beginning at 4p with games on both campuses

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – boys’ and girls’ wrestling hosting San Pasqual at 5:30p; girls’ water polo against Canyon Crest at Del Norte at 6:30p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up.  The Dow gained 8 tenths of a percent.  The S&P 500 rose 7 tenths.  And the Nasdaq was up 9 tenths.  Gold fell $13.70 on the Comex, trading at $4,621 an ounce.  West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures plunged $2.70 to $59.35 a barrel. 

Beginning yesterday afternoon, tens of thousands of Verizon customers experienced an outage that left them without voice and data services through the evening.  Some customers reported on social media that their phones were stuck in SOS mode.  Others reported total loss of service.  Verizon said today it will provide customers with a $20 credit redeemable through the Verizon app.  The most-impacted cities were New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston and Dallas.  This is the latest in a number of high-profile tech outages over the past year.  An even bigger AT&T outage in 2024 prompted a Federal Communications Commission investigation. https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/tech/verizon-outage-impacting-tens-of-thousands

President Trump today unveiled a broad outline of a healthcare plan the White House claims will lower drug prices and insurance premiums.  This comes as Congress is debating extending key credits from the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which expired last month.  Trump’s so-called “Great Healthcare Plan” notably leaves out an extension of the ACA subsidies, which Democrats have demanded be part of any healthcare deal.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/trump-congress-aca-subsidies-health-care.html

Amazon has filed an objection to Saks Global’s bankruptcy financing plan, saying it could harm creditors and push Amazon further down the repayment pecking order.  Amazon invested $475m into the 2024 acquisition of Neiman Marcus by Saks – a stake it says is now “worthless”.  The tech company may seek the appointment of an examiner or trustee if the issue isn’t resolved. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/amazon-says-saks-investment-is-worthless-after-bankruptcy.html

According to Land Report, Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke is now the nation’s largest private landowner.  At 2.7m acres, his holdings are equal to about 2m football fields.  Kroenke bought nearly a million acres of New Mexico ranchland in December.  The purchase of Singleton Ranches, named after the late founder of Teledyne, Henry Singleton was the largest land transaction in more than a decade and brought Kroenke’s holdings to 2.7m acres.  Investing in U.S. farmland has become a popular hedge against inflation and stock market volatility for the wealthy.  According to the Department of Agriculture, farmland values after inflation have increased 2% per year since 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/stan-kroenke-largest-private-us-landowner.html

Mortgage rates are currently at their lowest level in over three years.  The average 30-year fixed rate dropped ten basis points over the past week to 6.06%. https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/mortgages/article/mortgage-refinance-interest-rates-today-thursday-january-15-2026-110024861.html

On this day in music history – January 15,

• 1961, The Supremes signed with Motown records and the rest is history.  They became the label’s most commercially successful group with 12 chart-topping singles on the Billboard Hot 100. 
• In 1965, The Who released their first single, “I Can’t Explain”.  On it, session musician, Jimmy Page plays guitar and The Ivy League sing backup. 
• In 1967, Ed Sullivan demanded that The Rolling Stones change the title lyrics of their current hit “Let’s Spend the Night Together” before performing it on his show.  His exact words were, “The song goes or you go”.  Mick Jagger sang “time” instead of “night”, rolling his eyes each time it came up in the song and managed to sneak in “night” once.  If you listen closely, the prerecorded backing track still sounds like “night.”  It was the second time they got banned from the Sullivan show.  But like the first, they ended up coming back anyway. 
• In 1972, “American Pie” began the first of four weeks at #1.  It chronicles the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, calling it “the day the music died”.  It was a radio programmer’s nightmare at 8 ½ minutes, but disc jockeys loved it for bathroom breaks.   A few years ago, the original recording was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its “cultural, historic, or artistic significance”. 
• Also In 1972, Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” debuted on the singles chart, topping out at #15. 
• In 1977, the Eagles had the #1 album with “Hotel California”. 
• In 1983, Men at Work had the #1 single with “Down Under”.  Anyone for a vegemite sandwich?
• In 1992, former bass player with Elton John’s band, Dee Murray died after suffering a stroke at age 45.  Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson had also been members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s. 
• In 1994, Harry Nilsson died in his sleep of heart failure.  Back in 1968, both John Lennon and Paul McCartney told reporters Nilsson was their favorite American artist. 
• In 2018, Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan died unexpectedly while in London for a recording session. 

Born on this day …

• in 1941, Don Van Vliet – better known as Captain Beefheart. 
• In 1942, Edward Bivens from The Manhattans. 
• In 1946, Bobby Bloom who’s best known for the 1970 hit “Montego Bay”. 
• In 1948, Ronnie Van Zant from Lynryd Skynyrd. 
• In 1951, Motels lead singer, Martha Davis. 
• In 1952, Melvyn Gale, cellist with Electric Light Orchestra. 

https://www Ivy.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=15&month=1

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Charo is 85
• Comedy actress and writer Andrea Martin is 79
• Actor comedian Mario Van Peebles is 69
• Rapper and actor DJ Jazzy Jeff is 61
• Among those who’ve passed, actor Lloyd Bridges, father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges was born in 1913
• Martin Luther King Jr. was born this day in 1929

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0115.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 84 this afternoon … 83 tomorrow through Sunday … 80 Monday … 78 Tuesday … 76 Wednesday … overnight lows, about 50 tonight through Monday night … 47 Tuesday night

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