Pala Today News – 6/9/26

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

Two brush fires requiring evacuations broke out in San Diego County yesterday.  Both are now pretty much handled.  The Sorrento Fire began at 9:30a and quickly spread to 65 acres near Sorrento Valley Boulevard and Ocean Air Drive.  It was 40% contained at 90 acres as of 6p last night.  Steep terrain and nearby transmission power lines hindered firefighting efforts.  All evacuation orders were lifted as of 8p last evening.  Sorrento Valley Boulevard remained closed overnight.  The Airport Fire in Oceanside broke out shortly after the Sorrento Fire and was contained at five acres with evacuation warnings lifted as of 3p.  That fire is now 100% contained. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4698766569080-san-diego-county-hit-by-two-brush-fires-evacuations-ordered

San Diego Sheriffs yesterday announced the arrest of a man suspected of killing his stepmother in Escondido May 28.  43-year old Christopher Ryan Trudell was identified as a suspect and arrested June 7 in connection with the death of 78-year old Marytrese Comer.  He’s being held in San Diego Central jail without bail. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/man-arrested-in-death-of-78-year-old-stepmother-in-escondido

A woman who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for causing the death of an Escondido man during an encounter that she recorded for her OnlyFans site three years ago has been sentenced to four years in state prison.  32-year old Michaela Rylaarsdam initially faced a second-degree murder charge in the case.  She pleaded guilty to the manslaughter count earlier this year in connection with the 2023 death of 55-year old Michael Dale.  Prosecutors allege videos recorded of the encounter showed Dale with his wrists bound, a plastic bag over his head and duct tape over his mouth for several minutes.  Rylaarsdam ultimately called 9-1-1 for help. Dale died at a hospital the following day. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/onlyfans-creator-sentenced-to-4-years-for-escondido-mans-death

A search is underway for a 79-year-old man with medical conditions who was last seen leaving his Fallbrook home Sunday around noon.  J. Leo Covarrubias was last seen in the area of Alvarado and South Brandon roads on June 7. According to his family, Covarrubias left his truck at his residence and his phone is going straight to voicemail. Relatives believe he may have been picked up by someone in a vehicle.  Covarrubias is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has brown eyes and gray and black hair.  When last seen, Covarrubias was wearing a white sombrero, a blue-and-white-striped short-sleeve button-down shirt, navy blue slacks and dark brown shoes.  Anyone with information should call the San Diego Sheriff’s non-emergency line at 760 451 3100. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/06/04/news/79-year-old-man-reported-missing-in-fallbrook/82085.html

The city of Carlsbad has approved a 5-story, 397-unit apartment building near College Avenue and El Camino Real.  20% of the Hanover project’s units will be reserved as affordable housing for qualified households.  www.sduntiontribune.com

Plenty of June gloom clearing by afternoon with highs in the mid to upper 80s for the next week in Pala.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In the NBA finals – Last night in New York, New Yorkers – not known as a forgiving bunch of people, booed louder for President Trump than they did for the Spurs.  Trump attended the Knicks first home court game of the series leading two games to none … which they lost 115-111, snapping a 13-game playoff win streak – the longest in NBA history.  He and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani watched with Knicks owner Jim Dolan in his suite.  The added TSA-style security creating two-hour wait times to get in, blocked off streets and cancelled watch parties outside Madison Square Garden where even standing room tickets were going for $1k put a damper on what was supposed to be the Knicks grand homecoming.  Some fans are blaming Trump for the loss, saying his presence threw off the team’s rhythm.  We’ll see what happens tomorrow when things return to normal for Game 4 at 5:30p on ABC. Game 5 will be Saturday.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/08/trump-booed-knicks-spurs-madison-square-garden.html

In the NHL Stanley Cup finals – Game 4 is tonight at 5p on ABC.  Vegas leads Carolina two games to one. 

The Los Angeles Kings announced yesterday they are hiring Peter Laviolette as their new head coach.  The 61-year-old took last year off after being fired by the Rangers in 2024.  He’s coached 1,594 NHL games with the Capitals, Flyers, Islanders, Hurricanes, and Predators in his career, which ranks him in the top ten of all time.  He won the Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006.  Kings coach Jim Hiller was fired shortly after the Olympic break.  D.J. Smith finished the season as interim coach.  After a strong second half of the season, the Kings made the playoffs but were swept in the first round by Colorado. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49001945/sources-kings-hiring-peter-laviolette-new-head-coach

In Major League Baseball – The Padres beat the Reds 6-2 yesterday at Petco Park.  Houston edged the Angels 5-4 in ten innings.  The Dodgers and Diamondback did not play.  The Padres and D-backs are both 7 ½ games behind the Dodgers in the NL West. The Brewers outlasted the A’s, winning 15-14 in 12 innings last night in Las Vegas.  The wild scoring included 34 combined hits and 11 total home runs.  Those series continue today.  Arizona opens a series at Miami and the Dodgers are in Pittsburgh to play the Pirates.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm begin a six-game series hosting Ontario tonight.

In the NFL – Super Bowl champion Seattle has signed veteran offensive lineman Bobby Hart.  The 31-year old who played ten games for the Chargers last season will force the Seahawks to waive undrafted rookie wide receiver Levi Wentz to make room in the roster. https://apnews.com/article/seahawks-bobby-hart-offensive-line-e9ac1b6d561301480169617203bc3c

In Soccer – The FIFA World Cup begins with games in Mexico on Thursday and one each in Canada and the U.S. Friday.  Whether it’s the price, or other factors, tickets have not sold out. https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/league/fifa.world

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell three fourths of a percent.  The S&P 500 was down 1.4%.  And the Nasdaq plunged 2 ¼% with tech stocks leading the decliners.  Gold futures were down sharply as well – off by $78.20 to $4,284.20 on the Comex.  Oil futures were down more than 3 and a half percent or $3.35 to $87.95 a barrel.

Apple’s big announcement about enhanced features for Siri and other upcoming AI-like improvements at the developers’ conference in Cupertino failed to impress investors.  Apple stock was down 1.9% yesterday. www.morningbrew.com

OpenAI has become the latest tech company to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.  Competitor Anthropic filed last week and SpaceX is set to begin trading.  These could become the three largest IPOs on record. OpenAI is currently valued at $850b and could begin offering shares as soon as the fourth quarter of this year.  It has ballooned into one of the most valuable private companies in the world since the 2022 introduction of its ChatGPT chatbot.  The dueling IPO’s of SpaceX and OpenAI come less than a month after CEOs Elon Musk and Sam Altman concluded a three-week court battle, which Altman won, although Musk bushed it off saying the verdict was due to a calendar technicality, not the actual merits of the case.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/08/openai-confidentially-files-for-ipo-prepping-wall-street-for-ai-debut.html

With IPOs all the rage this summer, the company named after a scene in “The Matrix”, Bending Spoons has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S.  Italian-based Bending Spoons owns AOL, Vimeo, Eventbrite, WeTransfer and other offbeat internet companies.  It’s valuation after it goes public could be as much as $20b. www.morningbrew.com

JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy artificial intelligence agents later this year that can work autonomously for hours, as compared with the current single-task digital workers.  The significance is the suggestion that AI technology is close to clearing the security and government hurdles that have slowed its adoption inside large mainstream companies.  JPMorgan is the biggest U.S. bank by assets and has a nearly $20b annual budget for technology.  A spokesman for the bank characterized the improvements in their AI agents as enabling them to be more of a “team manager than an individual worker.”  The bank has seen a 20% increase in gross sales thanks to AI.  They believe expanded AI use will allow individual bankers to eventually expand client coverage by 50%. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/jpmorgan-chase-ai-agents.html

Electric vehicle maker Rivian is betting on its model R2 SUV to make the company a household name like Tesla.  The company’s founder yesterday said that the R2, with an approximately $45k entry-level model will debut next summer – several months ahead of schedule.  The 17-year old company now valued at $22b ranked highest in Consumer Reports’ latest customer satisfaction survey, but lowest in predictive industry reliability.  It’s very unusual for a vehicle with a high number of problems to also be so popular.  It’s a testament to Rivian’s customer relations, which will be tested as the brand tries to appeal to people outside of California and other EV-friendly markets.  Rivian delivered just 42k vehicles and posted losses of $3.6b last year.  They’re hoping the R2 turns things around.  But economists say they’ll need to scale up beyond the currently-planned 160k units per year planned for the factory in Normal, Illinois to become profitable.  Maybe if the R2 offers a special D2 option? https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/rivian-r2-suv-tesla-competition.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Political progressive Nithya Raman entered the LA Mayor’s race at the last minute after previously endorsing incumbent Karen Bass.  She was in third place in early voting, but has now taken firm possession of second place, eliminating reality TV personality Spencer Pratt and his improbable campaign from advancing to the November general election.  Raman was previously elected to the city council with the support of the Democratic Socialists of America.  Although city offices are non-partisan, a win for Raman over Bass in November could signal a move even further to the political left for Los Angeles. www.apnews.com

A federal judge yesterday struck down the Trump administration’s $100k fee on new H-1B visas.  That reverses an earlier court ruling.  The administration announced the fee earlier this year as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs.  Boston U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin sided with 20 states in saying the administration exceeded its authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act by not working with Congress before enacting the fee.  The Boston case specifically dealt with the hiring of primary and secondary school teachers, and college and university staff and its effect on academic research.  H-1B visas are intended for high-skill jobs that are difficult to fill with American workers.  Deep-pocketed tech companies are the biggest users with three fourths of those approved going to workers from India.  https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-trump-foreign-workers-technology-de169f36bb0bbdc7c982b556d62e9560

On this day in music history – June 9,

• 1963, the tradition of throwing Jelly Babies, which are similar to this country’s gummy bears at The Beatles began on the final night of the group’s British tour with Roy Orbison.  Fans threw the candy at them on stage after a remark the previous day on television that George Harrison liked eating them.  Because, there’s nothing more appetizing than unwrapped candy thrown on the floor of a public stage.
• In 1964, Bob Dylan recorded “Mr. Tambourine Man” at Columbia studios in New York City.  It was the first session for the upcoming “Another Side of Bob Dylan” album.  He recorded 14 original songs that evening.
• In 1972, Elvis Presley made history by performing the first of four sold out shows at Madison Square Garden.  In the audience that night – George Harrison, John Lennon, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Art Garfunkel.  The shows were released as a live album.
• On the same day, Bruce Springsteen signed with Columbia Records and began putting together the E Street Band.
• In 1978, The Rolling Stones released “Some Girls”, the first album with Ronnie Wood as a group member.  Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minelli representing her mother Judy Garland, Raquel Welch and the estate of Marilyn Monroe all threatened legal action over the unauthorized use of their images on the cover.
• In 1984, Cyndi Lauper began the first of two weeks at #1 with the single, “Time After Time” which she co-wrote with Rob Hyman of The Hooters.
• In 1990, MC Hammer’s debut album began the first of 21 weeks at the top of the album chart.
• On the same day, Wilson Phillips hit #1 on the singles chart with “Hold On”, exactly 25 years to the day after group members Wendy and Carnie’s father Brian Wilson had been at #1 with The Beach Boys’ “Help Me Rhonda”.

Born on this day …

• In 1891, American composer and songwriter Cole Porter whose songs include “Night and Day”, “I Get a Kick Out of You”, and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”.
• In 1915, guitarist and innovative music producer, Les Paul
• In 1934, soul singer Jackie Wilson who had 24 Top 40 hits in the 1950s and 60s.
• In 1941, Jon Lord, keyboard player for Deep Purple
• In 1946, Stuart Edwards from English pop band, Edison Lighthouse who had a #1 hit in 1970 with “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes”.
• In 1949, George Bunnell from 60s rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock who had a #1 hit in 1967 with “Incense and Peppermints”
• In 1950, Trevor Boulder, bass player from Spiders From Mars and Uriah Heep.

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Michael J. Fox is 65
• Johnny Depp is 63
• Among those who’ve passed, comedian/actor Jackie Mason was born in 1928. 

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0609.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 83 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 88 tomorrow … 86 Thursday … 89 Friday … 88 Saturday … 87 Sunday … 85 Monday … overnight lows, low 60s tonight through Thursday night … about 64 Friday and Saturday night … 61 Sunday night

 

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