Pala Today News – 5/14/25
Written by John Fox on May 14, 2025
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
Facing a $6b Medicaid shortfall, Gov. Newsom is proposing limits on free health care to undocumented immigrants beginning in 2026. There will also be charges for those already enrolled in Medi-Cal the following year. California was one of the first states to offer free health care benefits to the poor, regardless of immigration status. But the cost ran $2.7b more than expected. Today’s announcement is an about-face from a statement made by Newsom in March. Medi-Cal is state-funded and does not use federal dollars. Newsom’s office says the changes will save the state $5.4b by 2028-29. https://patch.com/california/across-ca/newsom-reverses-course-free-health-care-undocumented-immigrants
The California Insurance Commission yesterday approved a 17% emergency rate hike for State Farm Insurance. The state’s largest insurer made the emergency request after the January wildfires that devastated Pacific Palisades and Alta Dena. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s endorsement means the unprecedented emergency rate hikes will begin June 1. Renters and condo owners will see premiums rise by 15%. Rental dwelling owners will see a 38% increase. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/05/13/state-farm-gets-california-nod-to-hike-homeowner-policies-17/
A study by WalletHub of the 23 largest metropolitan areas in the country shows San Diego currently has the second-highest inflation in the nation. It was the highest earlier this year. Year-over-year inflation for the San Diego-Carlsbad metro area was 2.3% in April, which is the lowest it’s been since February 2021. The worst inflation in the latest survey was the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro. New York and Baltimore are tied for third. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/san-diego-area-has-second-highest-inflation-problem-country-study
San Diego County Supervisors have okayed several affordable housing projects on public land including one for 620 E. Valley Parkway in Escondido. The former parking lot will become a four-story apartment complex. The Valley Creek Senior project will include 122 units for low income tenants, 12 for formerly homeless senior veterans, and two for onsite managers. There will also be a 5,800 square foot childcare center open to the public. Developers hope to make the childcare services free. https://thecoastnews.com/supervisors-ok-low-income-senior-homes-childcare-center-in-escondido/
We’ll have seasonable weather this week with a slight chance of rain this weekend. Heating up a little next week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
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SPORTS
In the NBA playoffs – Indiana won its Eastern semifinal series against Cleveland four games to one with last night’s 114-105 victory in spite of Donovan Mitchell’s game-high 35 points for the Cavaliers. The Pacers now get six days of rest before moving on to the next round. In last night’s other game, Oklahoma City beat the visiting Denver Nuggets 112-105 to take a three-games to two lead in that Western semifinal. Tonight, it’s New York at Boston and Golden State at Minnesota. The Knicks and Timberwolves each lead three games to one.
In the NHL playoffs – Dallas now leads its second round series against Winnipeg three games to one by beating the Jets 3-1 last night. Two games tonight – Florida is at Toronto with that series tied at two games apiece. And Edmonton is at Las Vegas, leading the Golden Knights three games to one.
The Philadelphia Flyers are reportedly close to hiring Rick Tocchet as their next head coach. The 61-year-old Hall of Famer spent parts of 11 seasons with the Flyers during his 18-year playing career. Brad Shaw finished this season as interim coach with the Flyers tying for last place in the Eastern Conference. Tocchet stepped down as coach for Vancouver at the end of the season with the expiration of his three-year contract. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/45145776/sources-flyers-close-hiring-rick-tocchet-head-coach
In Major League Baseball – The Padres beat the Angels 6-4. The Athletics routed the Dodgers 11-1. San Francisco topped Arizona 10-6. That brings the Padres back to within a half game of the first-place Dodgers. The Giants fall to 2 games behind San Diego. The Diamondbacks are in fourth place, 5 ½ games off the pace. All those series continue today.
In a historic and sweeping move yesterday, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred took Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other deceased players off the MLB’s permanently ineligible list. Rose and Jackson had both been banned for gambling on baseball. Both are now eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Manfred ruled that punishment by banning ends upon the deaths of the disciplined individual. In Manfred’s words, “A person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game.” https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb
In Major League Soccer – Tonight, San Diego hosts Colorado, LAFC hosts Seattle, and the Galaxy are on the road at Philadelphia.
In the NFL – The league is close to finalizing a deal with YouTube to stream its September 5 game in Brazil with the Los Angeles Chargers as the home team. Peacock streamed last year’s Brazil game, a 34-20 win by the Eagles over the Packers. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45074387/nfl-nears-deal-youtube-september-5-chargers-game-brazil
In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is this Saturday at Seattle.
In racing – Kentucky Derby second place finisher, Journalism opened as the 8-5 favorite when post positions for this Saturday’s Preakness were drawn Monday. The race at Baltimore’s Pimlico race track is the second leg of the annual Triple Crown of horse racing. Derby winner, Sovereignty will not be competing this Saturday. https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/45117749/journalism-opens-morning-line-favorite-preakness-stakes
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – no scheduled games today
Great Oak – no scheduled games today
Fallbrook – softball at Escondido at 4p; gymnastics in the Avocado League finals at Mt. Carmel at 4p; boys’ volleyball CIF semifinals at San Pasqual at 6p
Valley Center – softball hosting Westview at 4p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed again today. The Dow fell 2 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 gained a tenth. The Nasdaq was up 6 tenths. Comex gold futures fell $55.80 to $3,192 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 28 cents to $63.39 a barrel.
A New York appeals court reversed a lower court and ruled yesterday that Fox News can obtain records from voting technology company, Smartmatic in order to defend itself in the $2.7b civil defamation case over its claims of voting fraud during the 2020 election. The Florida-based company says its business was destroyed when Fox aired false claims that it helped rig that election, causing Donald Trump to lose the presidency. The ruling allows access to documents related to a Philippines corruption indictment alleging Smartmatic executives paid over $1m in bribes to a government official. Fox claims those documents prove Smartmatic’s business problems began long before the 2020 election. https://apnews.com/article/smartmatic-fox-defamation-lawsuit-2020-election-a00411ab1cfc7f4dc3d2c069e07a2ea7
Speaking at a presentation to advertisers, HBO chief executive Casey Bloys announced the company’ streaming platform, Max would rebrand and once again be known as HBO Max. www.cnn.com
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
As a result of the $95m settlement of a 2021 lawsuit over Apple’s Siri eavesdropping on private or confidential conversations, all Apple customers who “experienced an unintended Siri activation” between September 2014 through the end of 2024 are eligible to file a claim. The amount paid out will depend on how many people file, but it’s capped at $20 per Siri-enabled device. Devices involved include iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, iMac, HomePod, iPod touch, and Apple TV. You can file a claim for up to five devices for a maximum payout of $100. Some Apple customers received an email or postcard notifying them of the settlement and giving them an ID claim number and confirmation code. The deadline for claims is July 2. Anyone who didn’t receive notification and believes they are eligible can go to the website https://LopezVoiceAssistantSettlement.com to begin a claim. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-siri-settlement-95-million-lopez-how-to-file-claim/
U.S. energy officials are concerned about the discovery of unexplained communication equipment found inside some Chinese-sourced solar inverters that are being connected to this country’s energy infrastructure. Most inverters, which are devices used to connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids are made in China. They’re often designed with remote access capabilities for updates, maintenance and monitoring and typically are behind firewalls to prevent unauthorized communication. But the discovery of undocumented components opens the possibility of unauthorized people getting around firewalls to potentially create widespread blackouts. The risk was demonstrated in November when a dispute between inverter suppliers Sol-Ark and Deye led to inverters being disabled remotely from China. In February, the U.S. Senate introduced legislation to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from purchasing batteries and other electric grid equipment from six Chinese companies closely linked with the Chinese Communist Party. That ban would begin in October of 2027. https://www.technology.org/2025/05/14/hidden-communication-devices-in-chinese-power-inverters-spark-security-alarm/
On this day in music history – May 14,
- 1957, Elvis Presley was rushed to an LA hospital after inhaling a broken cap from one of his front teeth which became lodged in a lung.
- In 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on The Tonight Show with guest-host Joe Garagiola sitting in for Johnny Carson. The conversation included some talk about their recent dabbling in meditation and Eastern mysticism, the creation of their company, Apple Corps. and song writing.
- In 1976, Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly grounded. It happened in his West London home. His eight-year-old son found him still holding the guitar.
- In 1977, Leo Sayer was at #1 with “When I Need You”, written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager.
- In 1988, Led Zeppelin reunited for the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary party at Madison Square Garden with Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham on drums. Other acts performing that night included Foreigner, Crosby Stills & Nash, Genesis, Wilson Pickett, Ben E. King and Emerson Lake & Palmer.
- In 1993, the acoustic guitar Elvis Presley used to make his first recordings in 1954 sold at auction for $152k.
- In 1998, Frank Sinatra died at age 82 after suffering a heart attack.
- In 2015, B.B. King died in his sleep at age 89 after suffering a series of small strokes related to diabetes.
Born on this day …
- in 1936, singer/songwriter, Bobby Darin, whose hits included “Splish, Splash”, “Dream Lover”, “Mack the Knife”, and “Beyond the Sea”. He died at age 37 from a systemic infection following a dental procedure.
- In 1943, Jack Bruce, best known as one third of Cream, but also formerly with John Mayall and Manfred Mann.
- In 1946, Derek Leckenby, guitarist for Herman’s Hermits.
- In 1952, leader of Talking Heads, David Byrne.
- In 1953, John Rutsey, drummer and founding member of Rush.
- In 1962, C.C. Deville, lead guitarist for Poison.
- In 1963, Fabrice Morvan – one half of the German R&B duo Milli Vanilli. The pair won Best New Artist at the 1990 Grammy Awards. When the confessed they did not do any of the singing on their hit, their award was taken back.
- In 1971, Danny Wood from New Kids on the Block.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=14&month=5
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Screenwriter, producer and director Robert Zemeckis is 73. His credits include Forest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the Back to the Future series.
- Actress Cate Blanchett is 56
- Among those who’ve passed, Marmaduke cartoon creator, Brad Anderson was born in 1924.
- Character actor, Richard Deacon was born on this day in 1921. He played Lumpy Rutherford’s father in “Leave It to Beaver” and Mel Cooley in “The Dick Van Dyke Show”.
- Speaking of Leave it to Beaver, Hugh Beaumont, who played Ward Cleaver was born in 1909.
- Actress Billie Burke, whose most memorable role was Good Witch Glinda in “The Wizard of Oz” was born in 1885.
- Social media sensation, Grumpy Cat died in 2019 at the age of 7.
http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0514.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 74 this afternoon … patchy morning fog clearing to sunny and 75 tomorrow … winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour both days … mostly sunny and 74 Friday … mostly cloudy and 68 Saturday … a slight chance of rain Saturday night … mostly cloudy and 65 Sunday … sunny and 77 Monday … 85 Tuesday … overnight lows, about 48 tonight and tomorrow night … about 50 Friday and Saturday night … 47 Sunday night … 50 Monday night
FIRE PERMITS
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