Pala Today News – 5/15/26
Written by John Fox on May 15, 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.
LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
A Temecula man killed himself during a standoff with deputies in a parking lot near Pechanga Casino yesterday afternoon. 66-year old Derek Arnett had been a person of interest in the disappearance Tuesday of 61-year old Frank Torres from Pauma Valley. Family and friends have been unable to locate him for the past two days. Authorities located his vehicle abandoned near a Temecula park and Riverside Sheriff’s Central Homicide was notified. For unknown reasons, authorities followed Arnett’s vehicle into a parking lot near Pechanga Parkway, where he parked. When deputies reached him, he had injuries that appeared to be from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The whereabouts of Torres are still unknown. https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-man-connected-missing-person-killed-himself-during-standoff-sheriff
The Vista City Council has agreed to pursue a phased construction schedule for long-delayed improvements to the Emerald Drive corridor. The major crosstown connector from Olive Avenue to West Drive has had a sizable increase in speeding and traffic collisions over the years with residents asking for traffic calming measures as a solution. The Emerald Drive project will add six roundabouts at Timothy Place, Jonathan Place, Galbar Street, Chasin Street, Ravine Road and Silver Fox Lane as well as ADA sidewalks and ramps, high visibility pedestrian crossings, landscaped medians, bus pullouts and bike lane striping. Total cost is estimated at $12m. Only $2.8m is currently funded. Another $4m grant is being sought for next year. So, the project is being broken into six phases. The first will cover two permanent and one temporary roundabout and is considered shovel-ready. The city hopes to fund and complete all of the phases over the next five years. https://thecoastnews.com/vista-begins-first-phase-of-emerald-drive-complete-streets-project/
Tri-City Hospital has unveiled a redesigned emergency department. The newly updated space represents the largest project in the history of the Tri-City Hospital Foundation and was supported through a $5.2 million community fundraising effort involving local donors, businesses and philanthropic partners. Community support helped make possible a major modernization effort focused on improving both the patient experience and the efficiency of emergency care delivery throughout the facility. Tri-City Medical Center’s Emergency Department serves as one of the region’s key centers for emergency and acute care, including treatment for heart attack and stroke patients. https://thecoastnews.com/tri-city-expands-emergency-care-for-north-county/
Pala will have nice Spring weather through the weekend, heating up about ten degrees by Tuesday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NBA playoffs – No games last night. Tonight, it’s Game Six for Detroit at Cleveland at 4p and San Antonio at Minnesota at 6:30p, both on Prime Video. The Cavs and Spurs are each one win from taking the semifinals.
Two of Golden State’s assistant coaches won’t be returning next season. Head coach Steve Kerr will be back. But Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse are leaving with the expiration of their contracts. Stotts’ three-decade coaching career includes nine seasons as head coach at Portland. He leaves the Warriors on good terms and is open to new NBA head coaching opportunities. Stackhouse came to Golden State two years ago after five season as college head coach at Vanderbilt. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48774052/sources-warriors-assistants-stotts-stackhouse-return
In the NHL playoffs – The Ducks got eliminated by the visiting Golden Knights 5-1 in Anaheim. Vegas won the series four games to two. Montreal took the lead in its semifinal series three games to two, beating the Sabres in Buffalo 6-3.
In Major League Baseball – The Padres got routed by the Brewers 7-1. Milwaukee took two of three in the series. The Dodgers won their second in a row over the visiting Giants 5-2. That puts LA back in the lead in the NL West by a half game over San Diego. The Angels had the day off. Weekend series begin today with the Padres at Seattle, and the Dodgers at the Angels.
No sooner did Seattle’s Cal Raleigh break out of his hitting slump, he’s now on the 10-day injured list for the first time in his six Major League seasons. He left Wednesday’s 4-3 loss to Houston in the 8th inning after apparently aggravating a right-side injury. He’d missed three games earlier this month with soreness. The MVP runner up is currently batting .161 with seven home runs this season. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48770453/mariners-cal-raleigh-oblique-lands-il-first
In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost 7-4 the visiting Rancho Cucamonga Quakes last night. Game 4 of 6 at home is tonight. https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/schedule/2026-04?affiliateId=mobile-hp-uhg
In the NFL – The full season schedule was revealed last evening. The 2026 season opens on a Wednesday. It’s all in the name of ratings. It’s also to accommodate the Rams/49ers game the following day in Melbourne, Australia. League officials say to expect more games on non-traditional days moving forward. That September 9 season opener will be a Super Bowl rematch between New England and Seattle. The Chargers open their season Sunday, September 13 hosting Arizona. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48773123/full-2026-nfl-schedule-unveiled-patriots-seahawks-week-1
In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC hosts FC Cincinnati tomorrow at Snapdragon Stadium. The Galaxy are in Seattle tomorrow. And LAFC plays Nashville SC on the road tomorrow.
San Diego Wave FC women’s soccer hosts the Washington Spirit tonight at Snapdragon Stadium.
In golf – At the PGA Championship at Newton Square, PA, Aldrich Potgieter had the lead through the front 9 of today’s second round at 4-under par. Seven other golfers, two of whom who’ve completed round two were tied at 3 under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – NASCAR Cup this Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway.
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – no scheduled games
Great Oak – no scheduled games
Fallbrook – no scheduled games
Valley Center – swimming at the CIF state finals in Fresno; Tomorrow at 10a, track & field CIF Division III championships at Canyon Hills; girls’ lacrosse CIF championship vs. Classical Academy at Canyon Crest
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down, giving back all of yesterday’s gains. The Dow fell 8 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 was down 9 tenths. And the Nasdaq was off by 1.1%. Gold plunged $137.10 on the Comex to $4,548.20 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up nearly 4%, or $3.84 to $105.01 a barrel.
Hoping to salvage the mid-term election in November as inflation-weary voters begin to think a change is called for, President Trump and top American CEOs left a more self-reliant China today with few deals to show for it. Trump said they’d secured an order for 200 planes from Boeing, but then waffled, saying he thinks there’s a commitment. China has not confirmed the deal. And Trump got lectured by President Xi Jinping that relations would worsen if the U.S. got too involved in Taiwan, a self-governing island that China claims as its own territory. The visit was big on pageantry, but no major deals were announced on trade or policy. Trump says Xi has committed to withholding military equipment from Iran, that Beijing will buy oil from the US, and that China wants the Strait of Hormuz reopened. Both leaders had positive things to say about the meetings and say they ended on a cordial note. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgz8qverzqt
The Federal Reserve transitions from the leadership of Jerome Powell to that of Kevin Warsh today. At President Trump’s behest, Warsh is expected to push for interest rate cuts, even though the Federal Reserve is supposed to operate independently without political influence. That’s the main reason Powell will stick around until the end of his term as board member in 2028. He is of the opinion that interest rate cuts in the current inflationary scenario would only serve the short term and cause uncontrollable economic damage down the road. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5879153-powell-warsh-fed-transition/
The Big 3 US automakers have cut a combined total of more than 20k salaried jobs in the U.S. over the past three years. That’s 19% of their combined workforces. The reasons vary by automaker, but are mostly tied to evolving technology – particularly the rise of AI. Ford CEO Jim Farley said last July that “Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.” GM has gone from a high of 58k white collar workers in 2022 to 47k last year. Just this week, it announced another cut of 500 to 600 salaried workers worldwide. Meanwhile, Toyota reports adding 31% to its American white-collar workforce in the past five years, now totaling 47,500 people – almost the same as GM. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/general-motors-ford-stellantis-job-cuts-ai.html
A jury has ordered Boeing to pay $49.5m to the family of a 737 Max crash victim. 24-year old Samya Stumo’s is one of the last remaining cases from two deadly crashes that killed a total of 346 people within months of each other in 2019. Boeing had already admitted responsibility and struck a deal with the Justice Department to avoid criminal prosecution, so the trial was only about how much compensation the company owed. https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5822441/jury-award-737-max-crash-ethiopian-airlines
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
New movies opening wide this weekend include the drama mystery “Is God Is” with Kara Young, Vivica Fox and Sterling K. Brown, the action thriller “In the Grey” with Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal, the comedy horror thriller “Obsession”, the biographical crime drama “The Wizard of the Kremlin” starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, the animated sci-fi drama “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe”, and the 25th anniversary re-release of “Shrek”. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/?ref_=bo_nb_we_tab
With legislation currently in Congress to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to October 1, what can consumers expect if it passes? Not a lot, really. The federal tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. But if the bill passes, gas won’t suddenly become 18 cents cheaper, because the tax is collected at the wholesale level. It’s only hoped that oil companies will pass along the savings. Suppliers may hang on to some of the discount as profit. One economist at the University of Pennsylvania says about 72% of the temporary tax cut will actually reach consumers. That’s about 13.2 cents per gallon. Four months of that for the average household filling a 15-gallon tank once a week is about $35 total. It’ll cost the government $8.3b in revenue. The stakes are slightly higher if the federal diesel tax is suspended. That’s 24.4 cents per gallon and would add another $3b to the revenue shortfall. It could be made up from the general fund, but that would boost the national debt. Eventually, there would be a consequence. https://apnews.com/article/gas-tax-oil-inflation-trump-90de4425d546a86e60901c1aecd87680
On this day in music history – May 15,
- 1965, Bob Dylan had his first Top 40 hit … barely. “Subterranean Homesick Blues” peaked at #39 on the singles chart.
- In 1967, Paul McCartney met American photographer Linda Eastman for the first time during a Georgie Fame concert in London. They married 22 months later.
- In 1971, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young scored their second #1 album with Four Way Street, a live album compiled from concerts at the Fillmore East in New York and The Forum in LA.
- In 1974, Frank Zappa and his wife, Gail welcomed their third child. Having already come up with creative names for their first two – Moon Unit and Dweezil, #3 did not disappoint. They named him Ahmet Rodan, after the Japanese movie monster that lived on a diet of Boeing 707’s.
- In 1976, The Rolling Stones’ “Black and Blue” album topped the album chart. It was their 6th #1 album in America and the first one with Ronnie Wood replacing Mick Taylor.
- In 1982, supergroup Asia’s self-titled debut album hit #1 for the first of nine weeks. The group featured John Wetton from King Crimson, Wishbone Ash and other groups, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes from Yes, and drummer Carl Palmer from Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
- On the same day, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney began the first of seven weeks at #1 on the singles chart with “Ebony and Ivory”.
- In 1993, Janet Jackson began the first of eight weeks at #1 with “That’s the Way Love Goes”.
- In 1997, Kurt Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love sold the Seattle mansion they’d shared in the posh Denny Blaine part of town for $3m.
- In 2003, country singer and second wife of Johnny Cash, June Carter died of complications from heart surgery at the age of 73.
Born on this day …
- In 1918, country music star Eddy Arnold whose 147 charted hits are second only to George Jones.
- In 1937, singer/guitarist/actor Trini Lopez – best known for the 1963 hit “If I Had a Hammer”. On screen, he was possibly the most unlikely of “The Dirty Dozen”, managing to briefly perform part of a song in the movie.
- In 1947, Graham Goble from Australia’s Little River Band.
- And born in 1953, Mike Oldfield, composer and multi-instrumentalist whose “Tubular Bells” – also known as the theme from “The Exorcist” was the first album released on the Virgin label. It went on to sell over 10m copies.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=15&month=5
Other anniversaries today …
- Actress Lanie Kazan from “Beaches”, “My Favorite Year”, and the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” movie series is 86
- Actress Gunilla Hutton from TV’s “Petticoat Junction” and “Hee Haw” is 82
- Rapper Grandmaster Melle Mel is 65.
- Among those who’ve passed, “Wizard of Oz” author L. Frank Baum was born in 1856.
- In 1928, work was completed on Walt Disney’s first film featuring his newest character, Mickey Mouse – a silent short titled “Plane Crazy”
http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0515.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 75 this afternoon … cloudy tomorrow morning, clearing to mostly sunny and 71 with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon … partly sunny and 76 with continued high wind gusts Sunday … cloudy in the morning, clearing to sunny and 80 Monday … 85 Tuesday … 86 Wednesday and Thursday … overnight lows, about 49 tonight through Monday night … 51 Tuesday and Wednesday night
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