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Pala Today News – 5/13/26

Written by John Fox on May 13, 2026

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

A major accident involving an overturned big rig blocked southbound lanes of the 5 freeway in Camp Pendleton early this morning. It happened around 1:45a at the Aliso Creek Rest Area. The truck swerved across several lanes, colliding with the guard rail and overturning. Two other vehicles hit the truck. The truck driver suffered major non-life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a hospital. The driver of a Honda CR-V sustained minor injuries. All southbound and one northbound lane remained closed until 7a, when just two southbound lanes reopened. The other two are still closed with southbound I-5 traffic backed up to the truck scales. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/big-rig-crashes-blocks-southbound-i-5-lanes-near-camp-pendleton-051326

A motorcycle rider was transported to a hospital with moderate injuries after a vehicle versus motorcycle crash was reported yesterday afternoon on Mission Road in Fallbrook. The collision was reported at approximately 5:37 p.m. near 920 E. Mission Road. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/05/07/news/one-transported-after-vehicle-vs-motorcycle-crash-reported-on-e-mission-road/81874.html

A man who had been deported four times before striking and killing an 11-year old boy with his vehicle in Escondido last year pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run Friday. 44-year old Hector Amador Balderas caused public debate with federal and state officials over his immigration status. On November 26 of last year, 11-year old Aiden Antonio Torres de Paz ran into the street near East Washington Avenue and Hickory Street chasing a soccer ball and was struck by Balderas’ vehicle. He died Thanksgiving morning at Rady Children’s Hospital. Balderas turned himself in a few days later. He faces between two and three years in state prison at his sentencing next month. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/man-pleads-guilty-to-escondido-hit-and-run-death-of-11-year-old-boy

That missing 15-year old Temecula girl, gone since Sunday was found yesterday. https://patch.com/california/temecula/missing-temecula-teen-sought-across-riverside-county-have-you-seen-maya

A petition opposing the proposed Golden Pacific Powerlink project through Temecula was launched over the weekend. It had 1,200 signatures as of Tuesday, when SDG&E held the first of its virtual open houses for the 500-kilovolt transmission line on nearly 200 foot tall towers from the Imperial Valley through Anza-Borrego State Park and into Riverside County roughly along highway 79 through De Luz Heights and Camp Pendleton, ending at a new substation just north of San Onofre. Residents, city and tribal officials oppose the route through wildfire-prone lands. https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-pushes-back-against-proposed-high-voltage-power-line-route

Power went out for a couple of hundred SDG&E customers in Pala and areas east just after 11p last night due to damaged equipment. Crews are expected to have power restored by 3p today. https://outage.sdge.com/

High temperatures in Pala will be right round 80 through the weekend, jumping to 90 by Tuesday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NBA playoffs – San Antonio now leads the Western semifinal series against Minnesota three games to two after last night’s 126-97 rout in San Antonio. Tonight, it’s Cleveland at Detroit with that series tied at two.

Memphis forward Brandon Clarke died Monday of a possible drug overdose at a home in the San Fernando Valley. The coroner has not given an official cause of death. There was no evidence of foul play. He was 29. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48751780/grizzlies-forward-brandon-clarke-dies-age-29

The league’s first openly gay player, Jason Collins has died of brain cancer at the age of 47. He’d served as a global ambassador for the sport since retiring from playing. He’d been diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer in November and had traveled to Singapore over the winter for experimental treatments not approved in the U.S. They were effective enough for him to attend the All Star Game and a game at his alma mater, Stanford. Since then, the cancer returned. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48753479/jason-collins-dies-47

In the NHL playoffs – The Golden Knights topped the visiting Ducks 3-2 in overtime last night and now lead the 2^nd round series three games to two. Same score for Buffalo over Montreal with that series now tied at two. Tonight, the Wild play a must-win game in Denver with the Avalanche leading that series three games to one.

Toronto Maple Leafs today fired coach Craig Berube after two seasons. The Leafs finished in seventh place in the Atlantic division, failing to make to the post season for the first time in nine years. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48758775/maple-leafs-fire-head-coach-craig-berube-2-seasons

In Major League Baseball – The Padres lost 6-4 to the Brewers in Milwaukee, but didn’t lose any ground to the second-place Dodgers, whose losing streak extended to four with a 6-2 loss to the visiting Giants. One of those LA runs was Shohei Ohtani, who broke out of his hitting slump. The Guardians edged the Angels 3-2 in Cleveland. All three series continue today.

Top league officials and their counterparts from the players union met yesterday to officially begin collective bargaining talks with about six months left in the current agreement. No proposals were mentioned. MLB intends to pursue salary caps – something players are dead set against, especially since the league is on pace to generate record revenue and TV ratings are on the rise. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48752144/mlb-players-union-meet-begin-labor-talks-sources-say

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm beat the visiting Rancho Cucamonga Quakes last night 4-3. Game 2 of 6 at home is tonight. https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/schedule/2026-04?affiliateId=mobile-hp-uhg

In Major League Soccer – Tonight, the Galaxy are at Kansas City and LAFC is in St. Louis at 5:30p. San Diego FC hosts Austin FC at 6:30p.

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – baseball at Bayfront Charter today

Great Oak – varsity softball in the Wild Card round at West Torrance at 4:15p

Fallbrook – baseball against Vista at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away

Valley Center – baseball against Ramona at 4p, varsity hosting, JV away

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow fell 3 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 gained 6 tenths. And the Nasdaq was up 1 ¼%. Gold fell $20.70 on the Comex to $4,706.60 an ounce. The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 29 cents to $101.89 a barrel.

President Trump and an entourage of US company top executives are spending their first full day in talks with Chinese officials in Beijing. https://apnews.com/article/us-china-trade-exports-tariffs-0c153f76289c1758dcbf27d95ad32ce9

Companies are beginning to receive tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. The first wave began being going out yesterday. President Trump says he will fight having to pay tariffs back. One toymaker, Basic Fun says the refunds so far have only been 5% of the company’s claim. Logistics companies, UPS, FedEx and DHL have said they will file for tariff refunds on behalf of their customers, requiring no further action from them. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/trump-tariff-refunds.html

The Labor Department reported today that producer prices rose 6% from this time last year. The Producer Price Index – which tracks inflation before it hits consumers, was up 1.4% in April. That’s the biggest monthly gain in more than four years and way above economist expectations. Core prices without food and energy were up 1% since March and 5.2% from April 2025. Inflation is accelerating at a time when Americans are already frustrated by the high cost of living. That will make affordability a key issue in the November mid-term election as the Republican party tries to maintain its majority in the Senate and House of Representatives. https://apnews.com/article/inflation-consumers-iran-energy-trump-3cbd24e5e977c8d5f4518ece41ac61d8

United Airlines flight attendants okayed a new five-year labor contract that will provide 30k United employees with pay raises for the first time in nearly six years. The average raise will be 31% and include $741m in back pay. The contract also includes boarding pay, meaning paid hours will now include time while passengers are boarding. For years, flight attendant pay didn’t begin until the plane was loaded and the doors closed. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/united-airlines-flight-attendants-contract.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

With “The Late Show” winding down next week, Stephen Colbert and fellow late night talk show hosts, John Oliver, Seth Meyers and the two Jimmies – Kimmel and Fallon all got together on Monday’s show in a reunion of the self-dubbed Strike Force Five from a podcast they hosted together three years ago. Colbert’s final show will be one week from tomorrow. CBS cancelled him months ago, citing financial reasons even though late night talk shows are notoriously profitable. Fans think the cancellation was political, as Colbert has continuously gone after President Trump. Kimmel called out fans for not cancelling their Paramount Plus subscriptions in protest. According to Kimmel, cancellation of ABC/Disney+ subscriptions was a factor in his return after conservative backlash convinced ABC to fire him last year. Trump once again called for his firing after a “light roast” concerning first lady, Melania Trump. This time ABC did not cave. At the end of Monday’s Late Show, Colbert announced there would be a Strike Force Five “emergency” podcast posted on video some time today. The original series of a dozen podcasts was during the Writer’s Strike, with all profits going to the staff of the five late night shows. https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5819155/colbert-late-night-hosts-strike-again

Mark Hoffman, the RF engineer who designed the original signal configuration for Rez Radio 91.3 in 2007 and assisted with its construction through 2011 passed recently at his home in Virginia at the age of 77. Originally from Pacific Beach, after being on staff at KFMB and KYXY early in his career he built radio stations all over the country. (SBE Chapter 36 newsletter)

On this day in music history – May 13,

In 1961, the same week as Mother’s Day, Ernie K. Doe’s single “Mother in Law” peaked at #2.
1967, Britain was experiencing the retaliatory American Invasion of their music charts. The Monkees’ second album went to number one there. Only four albums topped the British charts the entire year of 1967 – just over half of those weeks, they were American albums. The first two Monkees albums combined were #1 for nine weeks and the soundtrack from “The Sound of Music” was #1 for 17 weeks. The Beatles held up the British end. Their Sgt. Pepper’s album was #1 for 25 weeks.
On the same day in 1967, The Supremes scored their 10^th #1 U.S. single with “The Happening”.
In 1969, Led Zeppelin became the first British rock band to play a concert in Hawaii.
In 1970, The Beatles film “Let It Be” premiered in New York City. Originally planned as a TV documentary, the film included the now-famous unannounced rooftop concert in London – the last public performance by the group.
In 1971, Stevie Wonder turned 21 and finally received earnings from the score of hits he’d had in the 60s and 1970. Even though his songs had earned $30m, he only got $1m of it.
In 1974, 43 people were arrested and more than 50 injured during rioting outside a Jackson Five concert at RFK Stadium in Washington DC.
In 1985, Bruce Springsteen married actress Julianne Phillips. They divorced three years later.
In 2002, Dionne Warwick was arrested at Miami International Airport for possession of marijuana. 11 joints were found in a lipstick case in her carryon. The charges were dropped after she completed a sobriety program and donated to charity.
In 2003, Michael Jackson started a legal riot of his own, filing suit against Motown Records for royalties he claimed were owed him from Jackson Five songs in the 60s and 70s.
In 2008, the late Frank Sinatra got his picture on a postage stamp.
In 2012, Donald “Duck” Dunn, bass player with the MG’s, the Blues Brothers, and a top studio musician for decades died in his sleep the night after playing at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo where he’d been touring with Eddie Floyd and fellow MG, Steve Cropper.

Born on this day …

In 1941, Ritchie Valens
In 1943, Mary Wells who had the 1964 #1 hit, “My Guy”, written by Smokey Robinson.
In 1950, Danny Kirwan, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1968 to 72
Also in 1950, Stevie Wonder
In 1966, Darius Rucker, formerly with Hootie & the Blowfish and currently a solo country artist.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born-on-this-day/

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor Harvey Keitel is 86.
Comedian/actor Franklin Ajaye is 76
Talk show host Stephen Colbert is 61
Among those who’ve passed, actress/writer Selma Diamond from TV’s “Night Court” and “Too Close For Comfort” was born in 1920
Bea Arthur from TV shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” was born in 1922
Robert Reed, best-remembered as Mike Brady on TV’s “The Brady Bunch” was born in 1932

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0513.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 79 this afternoon … 81 tomorrow … patchy morning low clouds and fog clearing to sunny and 81 Friday and Saturday … mostly sunny and 78 Sunday … 84 Monday … 90 Tuesday … overnight lows, about 50 through the weekend

FIRE PERMITS

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