Pala Today News – 1/8/26
Written by John Fox on January 8, 2026
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
A suspect is in custody following an armed robbery of a patron at the Oceanside Regal Cinemas last night. Oceanside PD recovered a loaded firearm and returned the stolen property. The suspect was booked on multiple felony charges. https://www.crimevoice.com/2026/01/08/suspect-in-custody-following-armed-robbery-at-regal-cinemas/
A vehicle fire on southbound I-15 near Old Highway 395 caused slowing in this morning’s commute to Escondido and San Diego. An SUV pulled onto the shoulder with flames already visible around 7:20a. Fire crews quickly arrived and had it out about 15 minutes later. There were no injuries. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/01/news/vehicle-fire-briefly-disrupts-traffic-on-i-15-near-old-highway-395/80859.html
Yesterday’s evening commute was affected by a collision between a motorcycle and a white sedan on northbound I-15 just past Cal Oaks Road just after 4p. The motorcycle had been lane splitting and went down in the center divider where the sedan also pulled over. The rider was transported to a hospital with apparent minor injuries. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/01/news/motorcyclist-injured-in-i-15-crash-regional-traffic-snarled-by-hazards/80857.html
A group of Carlsbad residents have filed a third lawsuit against San Diego County, claiming environmental law violations at McClellan Palomar Airport. This time, it’s over United Airlines reintroducing service out of Carlsbad. Almost exactly a year ago, the same group filed a similar lawsuit over American Airlines beginning service out of the recently enlarged regional airport. Citizens for a Friendly airport first challenged the county in 2018 over the airport’s master plan update that year that included an 800-foot extension of the runway. The county prevailed on most points of that claim. Last year’s lawsuit is still being litigated. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-county-hit-with-lawsuit-over-united-airlines-operating-at-mcclellan-palomar-airport-in-carlsbad/509-f382afcf-b655-4d88-b6ab-25530b2975e7
Gov. Newsom is giving his final State of the State address to the legislature in Sacramento today. This is the first time since 2022 he has delivered the speech in person. He has submitted in in written form in recent years because his dyslexia makes it difficult to read from a teleprompter. https://abc7.com/post/california-governor-gavin-newsom-deliver-final-state-address-amid-18-billion-budget-deficit/18372121/
The San Diego Blood Bank today announced it will merge with Vitalant, the nation’s largest nonprofit blood services supplier. Pending regulatory review, the merger will likely go into effect this summer. https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2026/01/08/san-diego-blood-bank-to-merge-with-national-blood-services-nonprofit-vitalant
There will be nighttime closures of the southbound Rancho California Road onramp to I-15 tonight through next Tuesday as work continues on the freeway auxiliary lanes through Temecula. An extra lane is being added on the southbound side from Winchester Road to Rancho California Road and from Rancho California Road to Temecula Parkway. On the northbound side, an extra lane will extend from Rancho California road to Winchester Road. Cal Trans reports construction is ahead of schedule and should be complete this summer. (Cal Trans media release)
Pala will have just a couple more cool days. One week from now, high temperatures will be almost 20 degrees warmer. 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 – The coaching shuffle continues as the Miami Dolphins have now fired Mike McDaniel. The team will begin looking for a new head coach after they fill their vacant general manager’s position. That’s expected to happen within the next day or two. There was an initial round of interviews among four candidates for GM yesterday, including Chargers assistant GM Chad Alexander. The Dolphins finished the season at 7 and 10 – their second consecutive losing season. McDaniel joined Miami as a first-time head coach in 2022. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47550188/sources-dolphins-fire-coach-mike-mcdaniel-7-10-season
In the College Football Playoffs – Today – Fiesta Bowl – Miami v Ole Miss CFP semifinal at 4:30p on ESPN
Tomorrow – Peach Bowl – Oregon v. Indiana CFP semifinal at 4:30p on ESPN
The winners of those two games will meet Monday, January 19 in the CFP National Championship game at Miami Gardens, FL at 4:30p on ESPN
In the NBA – Twelve games yesterday. The Knicks beat the visiting Clippers 123-111. San Antonio topped the visiting Lakers 107-91. Other winners were Toronto, Detroit, Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta, Orlando, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Golden State and Portland. Just four games tonight.
In the NHL – The visiting Sharks beat the Kings last night 4-3 in overtime. Other winners included Dallas, Montreal, Chicago, and Utah.
With the start of the Winter Olympics now less than a month away, Canada is favored to win the gold in hockey. https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47456660/espn-nhl-2026-winter-olympics-betting-odds-men-women-gold-medal-lines
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost 3-2 to San Jose in a shootout last night at Pechanga Arena. Their next game is tomorrow with the first of two games at Colorado.
In Major League Baseball – Right-hander Michael Lorenzen has become the first free-agent signing of the new year. He’s getting a one-year, $8m contract with Colorado and could be used as either a starter or a relief pitcher. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47546030/sources-rockies-add-michael-lorenzen-rotation-8m-deal
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tomorrow hosting Toronto.
In golf – The Sentry Tournament, schedule for this week in Maui has been cancelled due to drought. Water conservation measures compromised the course at Kapalua and a suitable short-notice alternate location could not be found in time. https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/why-the-sentry-not-taking-place-2026
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – boys’ basketball hosting Julian at 5:30p
Great Oak – boys’ and girls’ basketball against Vista Murrieta beginning at 4p with games on both campuses; girls’ soccer hosting Chaparral at 4p; girls’ water polo hosting Murrieta Mesa at 5p
Fallbrook – girls’ soccer hosting Central Union at 4:30p
Valley Center – girls’ water polo hosting Mission Hills at 3:30p; wrestling hosting Fallbrook at 5:30p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were once again mixed. The Dow gained a half percent. The S&P 500 fell a tenth. The Nasdaq was off by two thirds of a percent. Gold gained 80 cents on the Comex, trading at $4,463.30 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up almost 3%, or $1.65 to $57.64 a barrel.
The IRS has announced it will begin accepting 2025 tax returns beginning January 26.
Yesterday on Truth Social, the President said he was “immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes” and would “be calling on Congress to codify it.” Private equity firms and real estate investment trusts have increasingly been buying up single family homes, turning them into rentals, and by taking inventory off the market, causing home prices to rise further out of the reach of people who would actually live in them. California has been considering similar legislation. Stocks in such companies, including Blackstone, Apollo Global Management and Invitation Homes, dipped today on the news. www.morningbrew.com
The proposed California billionaire tax initiative includes a provision to thwart anyone who wants to leave the state to avoid paying the one-time 5% tax on total wealth for those whose net worth is $1b or more. If approved by voters in the November mid-term elections, it would apply to anyone who was a resident in California as of the first of this year. The state’s estimated 200 to 250 billionaires only had a few weeks to establish residency elsewhere after the bill was first announced. It’s unusual for a tax to apply retroactively and this one is likely to be fought in court because of the aggressive timeline. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/california-wealth-tax-proposal-leaves-billionaires-with-little-way-out.html
Congressional forecasters have lowered their projections for U.S. population growth over the next decade by 7m people. The reasons are a combination of falling birth rates and the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. www.npr.org
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
ICE agents fatally shot a 37-year old woman in her SUV in Minneapolis yesterday. Renee Nicole Good, identified as a U.S. citizen was confronted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers less than a mile from where George Floyd was gunned down by police in 2020. Immediate response by the community reopened that wound, with ICE and Homeland Security secretary Kristi Nome claiming self-defense, in contradiction of video of the incident. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are also pushing back against the federal government’s claim of self-defense. Last night’s hundreds of protestors in Minneapolis today grew into the thousands. www.morningbrew.com
The Trump administration will withdraw from 66 international organizations and committees – many of them U.N.-related with a focus on climate, labor, immigration and other issues Trump has categorized as catering to diversity and “woke” causes. The President signed the executive order yesterday. The move is not so much isolationism as it is the U.S. becoming multilateral with the U.S. in charge of what happens in the Western hemisphere. The administration has previously suspended support for agencies like the World Health Organization and the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “The Trump administration found these institutions to be redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity.” This comes as the administration has lunched military efforts and threatened other countries. https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-trump-international-organizations-withdrawal-d704fb9b444dc9cf569865d391b544a6?
In responding to yesterday’s new federal dietary guidelines released by RFK Jr’s Health and Human Services department, the American Medical Association approves of the new protein-heavy guidelines with a call for a reduction of highly processed carbohydrates and no added sugar until age ten for kids. That’s up from age 2 under previous guidelines. Adults should avoid added sugar as well as artificial sweeteners. Meanwhile, the American Heart Association raised concerns that the new guidelines could lead to over-consumption of sodium, protein and saturated fats. www.morningbrew.com
On this day in music history – January 8,
- 2016, American R&B and soul singer Otis Clay died aged 73.
- Also in 2016, David Bowie released his twenty-fifth and final studio album Blackstar, coinciding with his 69th birthday and two days before his death. It became his first and only album to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won awards for Best Alternative Music Album; Best Engineered Album; Best Recording Package, and the title single won Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song. The album was also awarded the British Album of the Year award at the 2017 Brit Awards.
- In 2014 It was reported that vinyl record sales had increased 32% in 2013, while CD sales had declined 14.5% in the previous year, vinyl sales grew 32% from 4.5 million units sold in 2012 to 6 million sold in 2013, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
- In 2004, the estate of George Harrison started a $10 million legal action against Dr Gilbert Lederman of Staten Island University Hospital, claiming the doctor coerced an extremely sick Harrison to sign his son’s guitar and autographs for his two daughters.
- In 2001, a woman who believed that Axl Rose communicated with her via telepathy was arrested for stalking the Guns N’ Rosessinger for a second time. Police detained Karen Jane McNeil after she was spotted loitering outside his house.
- In 2000, it was reported that police foiled a $1.7million kidnap plot to snatch Spice Girl, Victoria Beckhamand her baby son. The plot was uncovered after a tip-off to the police. The gang had planned to kidnap the pair while husband David was away playing football.
- In 1996, A Los Angeles court found Robert Hoskins guilty of five counts of stalking, assault and making terrorist threats to Madonna. Hoskins had twice scaled the walls of the singer’s estate and had threatened to slash her throat from ear to ear.
- In 1991, Steve Clark, guitarist with Def Leppard, was found dead at his Chelsea flat by his girlfriend, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption combined with prescription drugs. The autopsy revealed he had died from an overdose of codeine and had Valium, morphine and a blood alcohol level of .30, three times the British legal driving limit.
- In 1979, Canadian rock band Rush were named that country’s official Ambassadors Of Music by the Canadian government. Industry sources estimate their total worldwide album sales at over 42 million.
- In 1972, The New Seekers were at No.1 on the British singles chart with ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing, (in Perfect Harmony’). The song started as a TV ad for Coca-Cola. It originally included the line, ‘I’d like to buy the world a Coke.’
- In 1969, Mick Jaggerand Keith Richards were both barred from an exclusive hotel for wearing “op art” pants and nothing else. They were both asked to leave the Hotel Crillen in Lima, Peru after refusing to change clothes.
- In 1966, The Beatles started six weeks at No.1 on the album chart with Rubber Soulthe group’s seventh US chart-topper, which went on to spend 56 weeks on the chart. Rubber Soul was the group’s first release not to feature their name on the cover. The group also started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘We Can Work It Out’ the group’s 11th US No.1 single in less than two years.
- In 1958, The Everly Brothers kicked off a 17 date North American tour at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Also on the bill, Buddy Holly, The Rays, Royal Teens, Shepherd Sisters, Paul Anka, Margie Rayburn and Danny & The Juniors.
Born on this day …
- In 1969, American singer, writer, and producer R. Kelly
- In 1959, Australian musician and television personality Paul Hester. He was the drummer for the band Split Enz for a year, and co-founding member and drummer for the band Crowded House.
- In 1948, Paul King, from Mungo Jerry, who had the 1970 No.3 single ‘In The Summertime’
- In 1947, English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, painter and actor, David Bowie.
- In 1946, American guitarist and founding member of the rock band The Doors, Robbie Krieger
- In 1945, Terry Sylvester, guitar, vocals for the Swinging Blue Jeans and The Hollies, (joined in 1969).
- In 1943, Lee Jackson, bass player and vocalist from English progressive rock band The Nice
- In 1943, Marcus Hutson, singer with American group The Whispers who had the 1980 single ‘And The Beat Goes On’.
- In 1941, Anthony Gourdine from Little Anthony and the Imperials who had the 1958 million-seller #4 single ‘Tears On My Pillow’.
- In 1937, Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, known for the theme from the movie “Goldfinger” and a cover of The Beatles’ “Something”.
- In 1935, American singer, musician and actor Elvis Aaron Presley,
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Game show host and former DJ Bob Eubanks is 88
- Amber Benson from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is 49
- Childhood actress, Gaby Hoffman from Field of Dreams and Uncle Buck is 44
- Among those who’ve passed, former CBS “Sunday Morning” host and newsman Charles Osgood was born in 1933.
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 64 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … 66 with winds up to 25 miles an hour tomorrow … 72 Saturday … 76 Sunday … 78 Monday … 80 Tuesday … 82 Wednesday … overnight lows, 36 tonight … 39 tomorrow night … about 45 Saturday and Sunday night … about 47 Monday and Tuesday night
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