Pala Today News – 5/16/25
Written by John Fox on May 16, 2025
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 wildfire broke out yesterday afternoon around 3:30p on the 35200 block of Avenida Mañana in Murrieta. The evacuation order for neighborhoods near the 60-acre Baxter Fire was lifted yesterday afternoon. As of 5:30p the fire was 30% contained. No injuries or structural damage reported. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/05/15/baxter-fire-in-murrieta-grows-to-59-acres/
The Fallbrook man awarded $5m after being bit by a Sheriff’s dog has had that verdict overturned on appeal. A court ruled yesterday that Mikail Myles’ injuries from being struck by a deputy and bit by the K-9 were not significant enough to warrant such a large sum. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/16/fallbrook-man-bit-by-sheriffs-dog-has-5m-verdict-overturned-by-appeals-court/
San Diego County has a new Chief Medical Examiner. Dr. Jonathan Lucas brings 20 years of forensic pathology experience to his new role leading the county office responsible for investigating all sudden, unexpected, or unnatural deaths in order to protect public health and safety. From 2017 to 2022, he was Chief Medical Examiner and Coroner for Los Angeles County. Since then, he’s been with San Diego County as Deputy Chief Medical Examiner. He succeeds Dr. Steven Campman, who is retiring after 24 years with the San Diego department – the last four as head of the department. https://www.countynewscenter.com/dr-jonathan-lucas-appointed-chief-medical-examiner-for-san-diego-county/
Village Pizza in Bonsall was closed by health officials after failing an inspection Tuesday due to multiple violations. The River Village restaurant will reopen after addressing the issues and passing re-inspection. https://whatnow.com/san-diego/local-news/san-diegos-pizza-and-pasta-restaurant-was-ordered-closed-after-health-inspection/
Tickets went on sale yesterday for the 2025 Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, returning to Lake Skinner June 20 through 22. Headliners on this year’s concert stage will be Cody Jinks and Walker Hayes. Other performers include Big & Rich with Gretchen Wilson, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jamey Johnson, Wyatt Flores, Russell Dickerson and Midland. Camping is once again available. Balloon rides range from a short lift at $29 to a full flight over the Temecula Valley for $329. One day tickets for the festival start at $99. Three-day passes start at $289 with VIP options available for both. Full details at www.TemeculaValleyFestival.com
Several dozen SDG&E customers in North Vista lost power this morning just after 9:30a. Power is expected to be restored by 12:30p. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map
Nice weather today. But it’s expected to get windy with up to a tenth of an inch of rain 30% likely tomorrow night in Pala. It’ll warm up into the low 90s by Tuesday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
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SPORTS
In the NBA playoffs – Denver, facing elimination, pulled it together to beat the Thunder in Oklahoma City 119-107 and force a deciding Game 7 in the Western semifinal on Sunday. Tonight, the Knicks host the Celtics for Game 6 of the Eastern Semifinal. New York leads three games to two. The Western finals begin Tuesday with the Timberwolves at whoever wins Sunday’s game. Indiana is waiting to begin the Eastern finals on Wednesday against the winner of the remaining Eastern semifinal.
In the NHL playoffs – Carolina took its series with the Capitals four games to one with a 3-1 win last night in Washington. And Winnipeg avoided elimination by shutting out Dallas 4-0. Dallas leads that series three games to two. Tonight, it’s Toronto at Florida with the Panthers leading three games to two. Game 6 for Winnipeg and Dallas is tomorrow at 5p on ABC.
In Major League Baseball – The Padres, Giants and Angels were all off yesterday. The Dodgers creamed the visiting A’s 19-2 including two home runs by Shohei Ohtani on his bobble-head giveaway night. The Dodgers are now unbeaten in their last six series. Tonight, they open a series hosting the Angels. The Padres host Seattle and San Francisco hosts the A’s.
In Major League Soccer – On Wednesday, San Diego beat the visiting Colorado Rapids 2-0. The Galaxy lost 3-2 at Philadelphia. And LAFC shut out the visiting Seattle Sounders 4-0. Tomorrow, San Diego hosts Sporting Kansas City. The Galaxy plays LAFC in Carson on Sunday.
In the NFL – San Francisco 49ers majority owner Jed York says he’s close to a deal to sell 6% of the team to three Bay Area families. Team valuation for the deal is more than $8.5b, making the 49ers the most valuable franchise in professional sports. The league is expected to formally approve the transactions at the spring owners’ meetings in Minneapolis next week. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45168506/49ers-deal-sell-62-stake-franchise-3-bay-area-families
In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is tomorrow at Seattle.
In golf – At the PGA Championship in Charlotte, Jhonattan Vegas had a commanding four-stroke lead near the end of today’s round two. On 17, he was at 10 under-par, four strokes ahead of two other golfers who’d already completed their round. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – The second of horse racing’s Triple Crown races, The Preakness is tomorrow at Pimlico race track in Baltimore. Journalism is the favorite.
NASCAR Cup racing this Sunday at North Wilkesboro.
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – no scheduled games
Great Oak – no scheduled games
Fallbrook – softball hosting Ramona at 4p; Tomorrow – track & field at the CIF Division 1 championships all day; boys’ volleyball CIF championship at Francis Parker at 11a
Valley Center – swimming at the CIF state meet at Clovis all day; softball hosting Escondido at 2:30p; Tomorrow – track & field hosting CIF Division 3 championships at 10a
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks gained on all three major U.S. indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 6 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 rose a half percent. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 3 tenths. Comex gold futures fell $35.50 an ounce to $3,191.10. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 83 cents at $62.54 a barrel.
The University of Michigan’s closely-watched consumer sentiment index fell again to a near-record low. The preliminary May reading of 50.8 is down from April’s 52.2. Economists had expected it to move higher this month. But the period measured ended just as positive developments in President Trump’s trade war with China were announced on May 12. https://www.wral.com/story/americans-optimism-about-the-economy-is-at-a-near-record-low/22009569/
Cable companies, Charter and Cox have agreed to merge. Both are valued in the mid-$30b range. Charter’s Spectrum will become the consumer-facing brand for all customers of both companies. The merger follows an announcement months ago by Charter that it would acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock deal. Both deals are expected to close at about the same time – possibly in about a year. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/cable-rivals-charter-and-cox-to-merge.html
Dick’s Sporting Goods will pay $2.4b to acquire rival Foot Locker. Dick’s caters to a suburban, older crowd. The acquisition of Foot Locker will boost its sales internationally and with a younger, more urban clientele. To achieve that goal, Foot Locker will remain as a separate brand. The chain has 2,400 stores in 20 countries. Dick’s has yet to expand beyond the U.S. Analysts at UBS believe Nike could account for over one third of the combined companies’ total sales. In spite of the dominant position a merger would create, Dick’s CEO Lauren Hobart isn’t expecting any “regulatory concerns” from the Federal Trade Commission. www.morningbrew.com
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
New this weekend in movie theaters, two new wide releases. Neither are light entertainment. “Hurry Up Tomorrow is a thriller about a musician plagued by insomnia. “Final Destination: Bloodlines” is the sixth in the horror franchise about death hunting down those who have cheated death. One of this Spring’s big hits, “A Minecraft Movie” comes to video on demand on Tuesday. https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/may/2025?view=list
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday heard opening arguments in the case about whether President Trump can order an end to birthright citizenship. But there is a bigger issue at stake, which was the main focus of arguments yesterday – whether single lower-court judges can block presidential policies across the entire country. Federal District Court judges including those in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state have each stopped Trump’s birthright citizenship ban, effective nationwide. Over 40 nationwide injunctions by District Court judges have tried to check the President’s attempts at remaking government through executive order, which bypasses Congress, the Constitutionally-designated legislative branch of government. Observers at yesterday’s hearing say it seems like SCOTUS is uncomfortable with Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship, but might also move to limit lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions. There is bipartisan support for limiting lower court rulings being applied nationwide because, with more than 600 District Court judges in the U.S., a plaintiff can almost always find a sympathetic ear among at least one judge. That means almost any act by the White House could be challenged and potentially blocked in all similar situations everywhere in the country. The administration said yesterday that courts should apply injunctions only to the individual who brought the case. That has the potential to cause millions of people to have to each hire lawyers and file individual lawsuits to protect their rights – hopelessly clogging court calendars. Cases could still be appealed as high as the Supreme Court, whose decision would then apply nationwide. But you can only appeal a case that you lose. So far, all birthright citizenship cases have been won in lower courts. And the administration can choose not to appeal a case it loses to avoid setting a precedent it doesn’t like and keep the burden on individual plaintiffs. The Supreme Court is likely to rule on the birthright citizenship case in a month or two. www.NYTimes.com www.apnews.com
On this day in music history – May 16,
- 1964, Mary Wells began the first of two weeks at #1 with “My Guy”, which was written and produced by Smokey Robinson.
- In 1965, following a concert in Long Beach, the roof of the limo taking the Rolling Stones back to their hotel was caved in by fans standing on it. The group members attempted to hold it up as the driver sped off, scattering bodies on the roadway.
- In 1966, the Beach Boys released “Pet Sounds”, one of the most musically influential albums of all time. Rolling Stone magazine in 2003 ranked it at #2 on its 500 Greatest Albums list behind The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper” album.
- Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” album was released the same day.
- In 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s “Déjà vu” album hit number 1. It featured three Top 40 singles – “Teach Your Children”, “Our House”, and “Woodstock”.
- In 1974 Queen guitarist Brian May collapsed on the group’s first US tour suffering from hepatitis.
- In 1977, a report in British newspapers that Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant had been arrested for being drunk and pulling a knife at Atlanta Airport was found to be false, since Plant was at his home in Wales at the time. The man impersonating Plant in Atlanta was arrested and the London Evening Standard published an apology.
- In 1980, former members of The Buggles, Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn joined Yes to replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, who’d recently left the group.
- In 1981, former member of the New Christy Minstrels, Kim Carnes began the first of nine weeks at #1 with “Bette Davis Eyes”.
- In 1984, unlike Robert Plant seven years earlier, it was the real Ozzy Osbourne who was arrested in Memphis for staggering drunk down Beale Street. After drying out in jail for the night, he continued with his “Bark at the Moon” tour.
- In 2010, Ronnie James Dio died following a six-month battle with stomach cancer.
Born on this day …
- in 1919, Liberace.
- In 1946, songwriter, composer, session musician and leader of the group King Crimson, Robert Fripp.
- In 1965, Krist Novoselic, bass player for Nirvana.
- In 1966, Janet Jackson, the youngest of the Jackson family. She’s now sold over 100m records worldwide.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=16&month=5
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Tori Spelling from TV’s “Beverly Hills 90210” is 52
- Marc John Jefferies from TV’s “Tracy Morgan Show” is 35
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0516.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 76 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … cloudy and 67 with even stronger winds possible tomorrow along with a 20% chance of light rain … a 30% chance of up to a tenth of an inch Saturday night … partly sunny and 73 Sunday … 83 Monday … about 92 Tuesday through Thursday … overnight lows, about 50 tonight through Sunday night … 55 Monday night … 59 Tuesday and Wednesday night
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