Pala Today News – 5/12/26

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

An adult was rushed to the hospital in critical condition last night after a stabbing on Bear Valley Parkway near Citrus Avenue in Escondido.  Officers arrived to find the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds, and emergency crews transported the person to a hospital.  Detectives stayed on scene into the night as investigators worked to sort out how the violence unfolded.  Escondido PD has not released any other details and is asking for public help with this continuing investigation. https://hoodline.com/2026/05/bear-valley-parkway-turns-violent-as-escondido-local-fights-for-life/?utm=newsbreak

15-year old Maya Alyssa Navarra from Temecula is reportedly still missing.  She was last seen in 31000 block of Lavender Court near Loma Linda Road in Temecula Sunday night.  She’s Latina, 5-foot 4, 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.  Last seen wearing a black shirt and white sweatpants and carrying a light-colored tote bag.  Anyone with information should call Sheriff’s dispatch at 800 950 2444. https://patch.com/california/temecula/missing-temecula-teen-sought-across-riverside-county-have-you-seen-maya

Temecula CHP reports making 9 arrests for DUI between 7p and 10p at Friday night’s checkpoint on westbound Rancho California Road just past Butterfield Stage.  That’s along the main route out of Temecula Wine Country.  Just over 3k vehicles passed through the checkpoint, with 778 delayed for screening.  CHP reported similar results from a checkpoint in Pacific Beach April 24.  (California Office of Traffic Safety report)

Bonsall Unified School Board President Larissa Anderson is this year’s “Woman of the Year” for Assembly District 75.  Recognized by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, the annual honor celebrates women who have made a lasting impact through leadership, service and dedication to others.  Anderson is in her 6^th year as Bonsall school board president. https://thecoastnews.com/bonsall-school-board-president-named-woman-of-the-year/

Pala can expect May/June gloom in the mornings, clearing to sunny with highs in the upper 70s the rest of this week.  Warmer next week.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In the NBA playoffs – Oklahoma City swept the Lakers with a 115-110 win in Game Four of the Eastern semifinals last night in LA.  Cleveland fought back, beating the visiting Pistons 112-103 to tie up that series at two games apiece.  Tonight, it’s Minnesota at San Antonio with that Western conference series tied at two. 

In the NHL playoffs – Colorado has stretched its Western Conference lead with a 5-2 win over the Wild in St. Paul.  The Avalanche lead three games to one.  Tonight, the Sabres are in Montreal with the Canadiens leading two games to one.  And the Ducks are at Vegas with that series tied at two.

A motion to dismiss some charges against the man accused of the drunk driving killing of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother as they rode bikes in 2024 was denied yesterday.  45-year old Sean Higgins pleaded not guilty and turned down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison in January of 2025.  He now faces six counts including two of first-degree aggravated manslaughter which each carry up to a 30-year sentence.  His next court appearance is June 16. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48749847/motion-dismiss-charges-denied-gaudreau-brothers-deaths

In Major League Baseball – The Padres had yesterday off.  They begin a series at Milwaukee today.  The Giants beat the Dodgers in LA, 9-3, leaving San Diego in first place by a half-game.  Cleveland beat the visiting Angels 7-2.  Both of those series continue today.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm begin a series tonight hosting the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.  https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/schedule/2026-04?affiliateId=mobile-hp-uhg

In the NFL – The complete 2026 season schedule will be released Thursday evening during a two-hour special broadcast on ESPN and the NFL Network.  What we know already is that Denver and Kansas City will square off in the season’s first Monday Night Football game.  It’s not known if Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes will have recovered from the knee injury suffered in last season’s loss to the Chargers on December 14.  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48749308/broncos-chiefs-meet-first-monday-night-football-game-2026

Exactly half of the 30 NFL stadium use artificial turf.  Players are becoming more vocal about wanting natural grass on which to play their games.  92% of the 1,700 NFL players association members prefer it. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48750869/nflpa-head-players-strongly-want-high-quality-grass-fields

In Major League Soccer – Tomorrow, 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 – varsity softball hosting Chula Vista Learning at 4p; boys’ varsity volleyball at Escondido Adventist at 5p

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

Fallbrook – softball against Westview at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away

Valley Center – softball hosting Escondido at 4p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down today on news from the Labor Department about inflation.  The Dow fell a third of a percent.  The S&P 500 was down 8 tenths.  And the Nasdaq lost 1 ½%.  Gold futures dropped $57.30 on the Comex, to $4,671.40 an ounce.  West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures surged back above $100 – up $2.83 to $101.19 a barrel.  Inflation numbers pushed Treasury bond yields to 5%. 

The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April of last year, the biggest jump in three years.  The year-over-year gain in March was 3.3%.  The one-month increase was 0.6% with core prices excluding energy and food up 0.4%.  Grocery prices were up 0.7% as meat prices rose after declining slightly the previous month.  The Labor Department figures show gasoline prices up 28% compared to a year ago.  But as the AAA reports, and anyone who buys gasoline knows, prices are actually up 44% from one year ago, and more than 50% since before the start of the war in Iran.  The chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union pointed out that for the first time in three years, inflation is eating up all wage gains. https://apnews.com/article/us-inflation-consumer-iran-war-3f11b7fdd20ea56d2f0895e5241af7b6

eBay has rejected GameStop’s unsolicited $56b takeover bid.  Specific wording from the online seller was that the proposal was “neither credible or attractive.”  Stock in GameStop fell 4% before the market opened this morning. https://apnews.com/article/gamestop-ebay-amazon-cohen-5ddf1eb06b3b39c2df934b1f2bacfe2e

President Trump yesterday nominated David Cummins to be the new head of the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA.  Previously a vice president with Serco, a government contractor, Cummins will take over from acting administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.  He inherits an agency bruised by the longest federal funding shut down in history. https://apnews.com/article/tsa-trump-nominee-cummins-airports-shutdown-a2c0d6b0a7c99520ef8f43c075d3862e

US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Marty Makary has resigned after weeks of pressure from the administration and reports that President Trump was about to fire him.  www.NYTimes.com

General Motors just agreed to pay a record $12.75m in civil penalties for selling the driving data of hundreds of thousands of California motorists to a pair of data brokers without their consent.  It’s a settlement for the largest-ever alleged violation of the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act, which requires companies to tell consumers if data about them is being shared and respecting requests to stop sharing.  The case filed by the California Attorney General alleged GM made $20m from selling information about OnStar subscribers between 2020 and 2024.  The California investigation was the result of a New York Times investigation that found GM sold data on millions of drivers to insurance companies in order for them to charge higher premiums.  https://apnews.com/article/california-consumer-privacy-act-gm-data-settlement-547c4ef3cf1e6efea1994833ab81de0d

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Amazon has halted the sale of high-speed e-bikes in California after state District Attorney Rob Bonta issued a warning to sellers of e-bikes about California laws and regulations.  Pedal assisted e-bikes sold here cannot be capable of exceeding 28 miles an hour and throttle-assisted bikes are limited to 20 miles an hour.  If they do exceed those limits, they’re motorcycles and will be treated as such for device and operator licensing and traffic ordinance enforcement.  The move comes as e-bike and e-motorcycle incidents are on a sharp increase.  A mother in Aliso Viejo is facing manslaughter charges after her unlicensed teenage son struck and killed an 81-year old man last month while riding an e-motorcycle.  Less than a week ago, a 13-year old died after crashing his illegal e-motorcycle in Garden Grove.  https://abc7.com/post/amazon-says-sell-bikes-california-exceed-state-speed-limits-amid-rise-deadly-crashes/19078566/

 

The Interior Department is cancelling a rule that put conservation on an equal footing with development for federal lands.  The two-year old rule adopted by the Biden administration was intended to refocus the Bureau of Land Management.  It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way oil companies lease land for drilling.  Opponents argued that the rule violated the “multiple use” mandate for Interior Department lands.  Cancelling the rule returns conservancy back to a secondary consideration for the 10% of the country owned by the federal government.  The repeal will be effective 30 days after being published in the Federal Register – which is scheduled to happen today. https://apnews.com/article/trump-public-lands-conservation-rule-4fbe822476225ac525e185b0c74c13c1

 

Are you ready for the trash police?  The San Diego County Department of Public Works is now inspecting waste bins in unincorporated areas to be sure you’re correctly sorting your recyclables.  It’s part of the county’s “Oops Tag” campaign.  The brief inspections are required under SB 1383 to help identify items that don’t belong in curbside bins.  Inspectors will lift the bin lid and only scan items visible on top.  They won’t dig through or open bags.  Residents who sort correctly may receive a “Thank You” tag on their recycling bin.  Others get an “Oops Tag” pointing out what shouldn’t be there – especially contaminants such as propane tanks, lithium-ion batteries and other hazardous waste that can cause trash fires and equipment damage.  Other tips include not recycling plastic bags.  Even those labeled compostable don’t break down properly and can jam recycling equipment.  Don’t bag recyclables.  Items in blue recycling bins should be left loose.  Answers to questions about recycling can be found at www.WasteFreeSD.org .  https://www.countynewscenter.com/countys-oops-tag-campaign-aims-to-reduce-recycling-contamination/

 

On this day in music history – May 12,

• 1958, The Everly Brothers began the first of four weeks at #1 with “All I Have to Do is Dream”, a song they recorded in two takes.
• In 1963, Bob Dylan walked out on rehearsals for “The Ed Sullivan Show” after being told he couldn’t perform “Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues”, a song he wrote mocking the U.S. military and segregation.
• In 1965, The Rolling Stones recorded “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” at RCA’s Hollywood studios.  It went on to be their first #1 hit in the U.S.
• On the same day at Stax Records in Memphis, Wilson Pickett recorded his classic hit “In the Midnight Hour” using the label’s house band which included Donald Dunn on bass and Steve Cropper on guitar.  Pickett and Cropper had written the song at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis – the same place Martin Luther King would be assassinated three years later.
• In 1967, “Are You Experienced” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience was released in Britain.  It spent 33 weeks on the British album chart and 106 weeks on the U.S. chart.
• On the same day, Pink Floyd played a concert in London using the first surround sound – or as they referred to it, quadraphonic sound system.  Developed by EMI technicians, it was stolen after the show and not recovered for years.
• In 1968, founding member of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones played his final concert with the group.  He drowned in his swimming pool while under the influence of alcohol and drugs about a year later.
• In 1971, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger married Nicaraguan model Bianca Macias in St. Tropez with many of rock’s royalty in attendance.  The couple split in 1977.
• In 1972, the Stones released “Exile on Main Street” which produced two hit singles, “Tumbling Dice” and “Happy.”
• In 1973, Led Zeppelin began the first of three weeks at #1 on the album chart with “Houses of the Holy”.  It has since been certified 11 times platinum.
• In 1981, Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy with debts of over $1m.
• In 1984, Lionel Richie was at #1 with “Hello”, his second chart-topping single.
• In 2001, singer and TV presenter Perry Como died at the age of 88.  In his career he had 150 charted hits including 14 that went to #1.
• In 2013, thieves armed with ropes, hammers and chisels broke into a strong room at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa where the proceeds from a Justin Bieber concert that night and those from a Bon Jovi show the previous night were stored.  They got away with $110k.

Born on this day …

• In 1928, composer, songwriter and recording artist Burt Bacharach, whose songs written along with partner Hal David have been recorded by more than 1k artists.
• In 1940, Motown songwriter Norman Whitfield who collaborated on hits including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” and “War”.
• In 1946, keyboardist Ian McLagan from Small Faces.
• In 1948, musician and singer Steve Winwood, who was with the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith before going solo in the 80’s.
• In 1950, rock musician Billy Squier, who’s biggest hit was in 1982 with “The Stroke”.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=12&month=5

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actor Bruce Boxleitner from TV shows including “Scarecrow and Mrs. King” and “Babylon 5”, and the movie, “Tron” is 76
• Animated TV character Homer Simpson is 70. No, the show hasn’t been on THAT long.  “The Simpsons” uses a floating timeline and its characters never age.  But back in Season 4, a shot of his drivers’ license revealed this day in 1956 to be his birthday.
• Actor Jason Biggs from the American Pie movie series is 48
• Among those who’ve passed, newscaster and TV talk show host Tom Snyder was born this day in 1936.
• Comedian George Carlin was born on this day in 1937.
• On this day in 1908, wireless radio broadcasting was patented.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0512.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – patchy morning low clouds and fog today and tomorrow, clearing to partly sunny and 76 today with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour …. 77 tomorrow … 79 Thursday … 80 Friday … 81 Saturday … 82 Sunday … 85 Monday … overnight lows, 52 tonight … about 50 tomorrow through Sunday night

 

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