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Pala Today News – 5/8/25

Written by John Fox on May 8, 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.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

White smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City earlier today indicated the conclave had achieved a two-thirds majority in electing a new Pope. It was decided that Robert Prevost will become Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year old from Chicago is the first American to be elected as pontiff. He replaces Pope Francis, who died April 22 at age 88. www.NYTimes.com

The 111-year old baseball field in downtown Fallbrook currently leased by the local Little League may soon become the site of an affordable housing development. North County Fire Protection District had owned the land and by law, needed to sell it to the county or a developer to raise money to build a new fire station. The county purchased the land ahead of any developer to give it control over its future. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is expected to consider the future of the Little League field in the next few weeks. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/fallbrook-baseball-field-dating-back-to-1914-may-become-affordable-housing/3820008/

The Carlsbad City Council this week voted to lift a 27-year old ban on new drive-thru restaurants in the city. The 3-2 decision allows new proposals to be considered on a case-by-case basis. Concerned with traffic, environmental impact, and preserving the city’s beach-town charm, the 1997 ban capped the drive-thru count at 12, with most of them near the 5 freeway. One has since closed. They’ll still be prohibited in the Village and Barrio districts of the city. https://www.newsbreak.com/san-diego-post-314653203/3996225168413-california-lifts-27-year-ban-on-new-drive-thru-restaurants-with-conditions

The city of Temecula closed down the roller hockey rink at Ronald Reagan Sports park to spend about $3m on upgrades. The city says the concrete surface was unsafe and people including junior league players were getting hurt as a result. The local league switched its games to the rink at Naggar Community Park on Margarita Road because of the hazardous conditions. The Reagan Park rink is expected to reopen in January. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/05/07/hockey-rink-at-temecula-sports-park-getting-a-nearly-3-million-update/

The world’s top women athletes will compete in a brand-new event this fall at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside. The Sports Illustrated Women’s Games will be held October 28 through November 2 with Team Americas facing Team World in a Ryder Cup-style format with competition in basketball, gymnastics, tennis, flag football, volleyball and combat sports. https://www.newsbreak.com/san-diego-post-314653203/3996571505073-oceanside-gears-up-to-host-inaugural-si-women-s-games-a-global-showdown-of-elite-athletes

The predicted heat wave begins today. Authorities are warning of potentially dangerous heat this weekend. The high temperature in Pala could be almost 100 on Saturday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NBA playoffs – The Knicks, down by 20, pulled off another comeback to beat the Celtics in Boston 91-90. They now lead the Eastern semifinals two games to none. In Oklahoma City, the Thunder demolished the Denver Nuggets 149-106. That series is tied at a game apiece. Tonight, Golden State plays the Timberwolves in Minneapolis.

In the NHL playoffs – Toronto now leads Florida two games to none in their Eastern second round series. The Maple Leafs edged the Panthers 4-3 in Toronto last night. Dallas opened its series against the Jets with a 3-2 win in Winnipeg. Tonight, Carolina is at Washington and Edmonton is at Vegas. The visiting teams each have one win. Both games will be televised on ESPN.

The Anaheim Ducks announced today that they’ve hired Joel Quenneville as their new head coach. He’s been out of the NHL since resigning as head coach of the Panthers in 2021 in the wake of the Blackhawks sexual assault scandal back in 2010. Quenneville was Chicago’s coach at the time, where he led the team to three Stanley Cups. He and then-general manager Stan Bowman and another team executive were banned from the league. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman lifted that ban last year. Quenneville ranks second in all-time NHL regular season league wins with 969. In spite of improving by 21 points last season, the Ducks haven’t made the playoffs in seven years. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/45053260/sources-ducks-tab-quenneville-return-chicago-scandal

In Major League Baseball – The Padres lost 4-3 to the Yankees in ten innings last night in New York. The Dodgers routed the Marlins in Miami 10-1. The Giants beat the Cubs 3-1 in Chicago. That leaves the Padres just percentage points ahead of third-place San Francisco and a game and a half behind the Dodgers, who’ve won eight of their last ten games. The Angels rallied in the bottom of the 9^th to edge the visiting Blue Jays 5-4 on a double by Jorge Soler. The Padres and Giants are off today. The Dodgers open a long series at Arizona and the Angels finish their series with Toronto in Anaheim.

Following their seventh straight loss, the Pirates have fired manager Derek Shelton. Bench coach Don Kelly will take over for Shelton. The Pirates are currently in last place in the National League Central Division, ten games behind the first-place Cubs. Shelton was 306 and 440 in his five seasons with Pittsburgh. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45054335/pirates-fire-manager-derek-shelton-amid-seven-game-slide

In Major League Soccer – San Diego plays this Saturday in Houston. The LA Galaxy are in New York to play the Red Bulls Saturday. And LAFC plays the Whitecaps in Vancouver Sunday.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is Saturday hosting Houston.

In golf – The Truist Championship teed off this morning in Philadelphia. Rain is hampering the first round. Rory McIlroy is the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – baseball and softball at Liberty Charter at 4p

Great Oak – no scheduled games today

Fallbrook – swimming CIF preliminaries at Granite Hills at 1p; baseball against Vista at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; competitive cheer tryouts at 4p

Valley Center – boys’ volleyball CIF quarterfinals at Monte Vista at 6p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were soaring today. The Dow and S&P 500 were each up 1.4%. The Nasdaq gained 1.8%. Gold plunged more than 2 ½%, or $87.30 an ounce to $3,304.60 on the Comex. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained more than 3%, or $1.83 a barrel to $59.90.

As expected, the Federal Reserve yesterday held interest rates steady at 4 ¼% to 4 ½% with Fed chairman Jerome Powell saying, “We can afford to be patient as things unfold,” – primarily referring to tariffs, though he didn’t mention the word. He did use the word, “uncertainty “a lot, as White House tariffs have made finding the balance between the two elements of the Fed’s dual mandate of full employment and stable prices more difficult. Tariffs threaten to both aggravate inflation and slow economic growth – something economists call stagflation. Powell did say “The economy itself is still in solid shape.” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/07/fed-rate-decision-may-2025.html

After hinting last night on Truth Social, the President today announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom. The U.S. will adjust 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum and lower tariffs from 25% to 10% on the first 100k vehicles sent to the U.S. from the UK. In exchange, the UK will ease trade barriers on a variety of products including ethanol, beef and machinery. The White House says the accord opens up $5b worth of trade. Details have yet to be worked out. Critics note that nothing has been signed and that overall, it’s a minor and selective agreement that still tends to upset the normal order of international trade. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-uk-trade-framework/story?id=121603139 https://www.ft.com/content/7e92d393-c08d-4be5-b349-403de6b70fbf

The first high-level trade talks between the U.S. and China since President Trump introduced 145% tariffs on Chinese goods and China retaliated with its own high tariffs are set for this weekend in Switzerland. The two sides are far apart and both sounding hard line going into the talks. Trump said yesterday he won’t lower tariffs in advance while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted that though current tariffs and trade barriers are unsustainable, “What we want is fair trade.” Meanwhile, China is casting the U.S. as the bully, using the words “coercion and extortion”. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/07/china-trump-tariffs-bessent-switzerland.html

Disney will open its seventh theme park, and first in the Middle East in the United Arab Emirates, noting that one third of the world’s population lives within a 4-hour flight of Abu Dhabi’s resort-filled waterfront. Disney will provide the name, creative design, and operational advice to make it a “Disney experience”, but a local company will develop and operate the park. Disney will have no ownership stake, and make no monetary investment. It will collect royalties once the park opens. Disney CEO Bob Iger says parks usually take two years to develop and about five years to build. Revenue from Disney parks grew 13% last quarter compared to a year ago. www.morningbrew.com

Krispy Kreme is pausing its rollout into McDonald’s restaurants and cancelling its stock dividend to save cash. Sales at more than 2,400 of the burger chain locations have been below expectations. The rest of the Chain’s 13,500 stores were supposed to carry Krispy Kreme by the end of this year. Krispy Kreme reported a net loss of $33m for the first quarter. Its stock is down 70% over the past year. It fell 24% on today’s news. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/08/krispy-kreme-pauses-mcdonalds-rollout-stock-falls.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Microsoft billionaire co-founder Bill Gates today announced he will give away almost his entire fortune over the next two decades, winding down his charitable foundation earlier than originally planned. Some of the world’s poorest will receive around $200b. The foundation has already given out $100b. Gates also lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing him of “killing the world’s poorest children” through cuts in the U.S. foreign aid budget. The Gates Foundation budget will reach $9b next year and around $10b annually after that. https://www.reuters.com/business/bill-gates-give-away-fortune-by-2045-200bn-worlds-poorest-2025-05-08/

LA28 has announced that Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium, both in Inglewood will be the venues for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic games. The July 14, 2028 opening ceremony will be shared by the two places. The July 30^th closing ceremonies will be in the Coliseum alone. This will be the third time the Olympics have been held in the LA Coliseum – 1932, 1984 and now, 2028 – 96 years after the first time. https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/la28-reveals-venues-olympic-opening-closing-ceremonies-2025-05-08/

On this day in music history – May 8,

1964, The Beatles had been at #1 on the U.S. singles chart for 14 weeks with three consecutive #1 hits – “I Want to Hold Your Hand” for seven weeks, “She Loves You” for two weeks, and “Can’t Buy Me Love” for five weeks.
In 1965, Bob Dylan filmed the promotional short (before there was such a thing as a music video) for “Subterranean Homesick Blues”. Dylan came up with the idea of holding cue cards in front of the camera and dropping them as the lyrics in the song progressed.
In 1969, the disintegrating relationship between the members of The Beatles took another hit as everyone but Paul McCartney signed a business management contract with Alan Klein and his company, ABKCO. Paul continued to have his in-laws, the Eastmans represent him.
In 1970, the Beatles – who had already officially broken up – released their 12^th and final album, “Let It Be”. Originally to be named “Get Back”, it was recorded before “Abbey Road” but not released until after.
In 1976, former lead singer for the Lovin’ Spoonful, John Sebastian was at #1 with “Welcome Back”, the theme song from the TV sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter”.
In 1982, founder of Casablanca Records, the hottest label of the disco era, Neil Bogart died of cancer at age 39.
In 1993, Aerosmith entered the U.S. album chart at #1 with “Get a Grip”.
In 2006, the Rolling Stones called off a European concert tour after Keith Richards underwent emergency brain surgery. He suffered a mild concussion falling out of a coconut tree on holiday in Fiji.
In 2008, country singer Eddy Arnold died of natural causes one week before his 90^th He had 147 charted songs and sold 85m records in his career. His most well-known might be the 1965 hit “Make the World Go Away”.

Born on this day …

In 1911, Robert Johnson, the blues pioneer who influenced Muddy Waters and Elmore James. He died at the age of 27, becoming the founding member of the “27 Club” – the unusually large group of well-known musicians who all died at that age. Johnson’s songs “Crossroads” and “Love in Vain” were covered by Cream and The Rolling Stones.
In 1940, Late 50’s and early 60’s rock and roll star Ricky Nelson. He had over 30 Top 40 singles during that time with one more in 1972 – “Garden Party”. He died in a plane crash in 1985.
Also in 1940, Gary Glitter who had the 1972 hit, “Rock and Roll (part2)”.
In 1941, John Fred, whose Playboy Band had the 60s hit “Judy in Disguise”.
In 1943, Toni Tennille from Captain & Tennille.
On this day in 1951, Chris Frantz, drummer for Talking Heads and Philip Bailey from Earth Wind & Fire.
In 1953, drummer Alex Van Halen of the band by the same name.
In 1975, Enrique Iglesias who had the 2000 hit, “Be With You”.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=8&month=5

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Among those who’ve passed, the voice of Elmer Fudd and actor in early radio shows including “Fibber McGee & Molly”, Arthur Q. Bryan was born on this day in 1900.
Animator Bob Clampett who worked with cartoon characters, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety & Sylvester, and Beany & Cecil was born on this day 1913.
Comedian, Don Rickles was born on this day in 1926.
Flounder from “National Lampoon’s Animal House”, actor Stephen Furst was born in 1954.
In 1950, Mad Magazine published its first issue.
And in 1886, Atlanta pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton, working on a new patent medicine for headaches and hangovers introduced Coca Cola.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0508.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 85 this afternoon … patchy morning fog, clearing to sunny and 93 tomorrow … 98 Saturday … cloudy Sunday morning, clearing to mostly sunny and 89 in the afternoon … partly sunny and 76 Monday … mostly sunny and 68 Tuesday … 72 Wednesday … overnight lows, 57 tonight … about 63 tomorrow and Saturday night … 54 Sunday night … 50 Monday night … 46 Tuesday night

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