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Pala Today News – 1/22/26

Written by John Fox on January 22, 2026

by John Fox – 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 and worldwide online … click here to listen live. Listen on a smart speaker by asking it to “play KPRI”. Some portions of today’s newscast are only available in the live broadcast and not included in this transcript which is also available an hour or two after broadcast at www.RezRadio.FM . In any emergency, knowledge is power. Use our resources to leverage your family’s safety. Email 91.3@palatribe.com to subscribe to our daily M-F e-newsletter. Follow us at www.facebook.com/rezradio and www.twitter.com/rezradioFM . Additional resources at Palatribe.com

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

One person was hospitalized after a head-on collision in the 33800 block Couser Canyon Road around 3:15p yesterday. No further details released. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/15/news/head-on-collision-with-injuries-blocks-couser-canyon-road/80990.html

San Marcos fire crews responded to an incident next to Creekside Marketplace at about 3a yesterday. The fire originated in a battery energy storage unit that powers Tesla chargers at the marketplace. The fire was controlled within an hour. About half of the center’s parking lot remains roped-off with privacy fencing erected around the closed charging stations. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/01/15/news/san-marcos-fire-department-responds-to-tesla-battery-energy-storage-system-incident-at-creekside-marketplace/80991.html

An accident on northbound I-15 at the Overland Drive overpass this morning shortly before 8:15a appears to have caused another incident on the southbound side in which the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup was struck by what was initially reported to be a brick off the overpass coming through his windshield. It was later learned that the object was actually a piece of concrete from the earlier Overland Drive incident. The northbound incident appears to have been caused when a driver fell asleep at the wheel. The southbound driver of the truck exited at Rancho California Road and called for help. He was treated for minor injuries. https://patch.com/california/temecula/brick-flies-sb-i-15-truck-window-heres-what-happened

There was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake ten miles north of Borrego Springs at about nine minutes after midnight last night. Few people felt it. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=ci41167951&extent=31.81071,-117.38946&extent=34.48471,-114.76098

Pala will be mostly cloudy with a limited chance of up to a quarter inch of rain today and tonight. The sun will begin to return Saturday afternoon and we’ll have highs returning to the mid-70s early next week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NFL – AP announced its NFL Most Valuable Player finalists for 2025. Nominees include Christian McCaffrey, Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye, and Matthew Stafford. McCaffrey and Maye are also finalists for Offensive Player of the Year. McCaffrey and Lawrence are also finalists for Comeback Player of the Year. Winners will be announced at the NFL Honors on February 5. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47692023/christian-mccaffrey-4-qbs-named-ap-nfl-mvp-finalists

Sundays’ championship games will be New England at Denver at noon on CBS for the AFC game, and the Rams at Seattle for the NFC game at 3:30 on Fox.

In the NBA – Yesterday’s winners were Cleveland, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Detroit, Oklahoma City, and Toronto. The Lakers play the Clippers tonight on Prime Video.

In college basketball – No Top 25 surprises in five games last night. Grand Canyon edged San Diego State 70-69.

In women’s NCAA play – Unranked BYU surprised #19 Texas Tech 73-61.

In the NHL – Last night’s winners were Anaheim, Detroit, Utah, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls beat the Roadrunners 5-3 last night in Tucson. Their next games are Saturday and Sunday at Abbotsford.

In Major League Baseball – The Yankees and Cody Bellinger have agreed on a five-year, $162.5m contract for the All-Star outfielder. Bellinger gets opt-outs after the second and third seasons, a $20m signing bonus and a full no-trade clause. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47682955/sources-yankees-cody-bellinger-end-stalemate-5-year-deal

The Mets have acquired starting pitcher Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers from Milwaukee for two top prospects. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47687846/sources-mets-acquire-freddy-peralta-deal-brewers

In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tomorrow at Philadelphia.

In golf – The American Express Tournament teed off this morning at La Quinta. Sepp Straka is the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – boys’ basketball at Monarch at 4:30p; girls’ basketball hosting High Tech Mesa at 5p

Great Oak – soccer against Chaparral beginning at 4p, boys’ hosting, girls’ away

Fallbrook – wrestling at Ramona at 5p

Valley Center – girls’ water polo at Escondido at 4p; wrestling hosting Westview at 5:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained almost a full percent. The S&P 500 was up eight tenths. And the Nasdaq gained 1.1%. God hit another record high, trading up $83.20 on the Comex at $4,920.50 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures plunged $1.38 to $59.24 a barrel.

The leader of NATO said yesterday that the deal President Trump announced, but hedged on when questioned about details by reporters is actually a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region.” In a statement, NATO said negotiations with the US, Denmark and Greenland will go forward to ensure that Russia and China never gain an economic or military foothold in Greenland. Discussions were held with top military leaders yesterday in Davos in which a compromise would include Denmark giving the US small pockets of Greenland where they could build military bases. The apparent détente reached yesterday sent stocks soaring after Trump also backed down from tariff threats against those who would oppose his designs on Greenland. Although European leaders are relived that military action and tariff threats have been dropped, they’re left very confused about the future of the United States as a trustworthy partner in world affairs. With negotiations continuing, it appears any major rift between NATO member nations is on hold. www.nytimes.com

Comments by SCOTUS justices yesterday during oral arguments over the lawfulness of President Trump’s efforts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook made it sound like she will be keeping her job. Their main concern is that allowing her dismissal weakens the independence of the Fed. Trump wanted her out so he could replace her with someone more likely to approve the interest rate cuts he wants. Trump and the Justice Department have targeted Fed chairman Jerome Powell for the same reason. www.morningbrew.com

President Trump is suing JPMorgan for $5b, claiming the bank closed his accounts following the January 6 attack on the Capitol for political reasons. The bank denies the allegation. www.marketwatch.com

Investment house, Berkshire Hathaway is making its first big move without Warren Buffet at the helm, following his recent retirement. Under successor, Greg Abel, it is getting ready to sell its 28% stake in Kraft Heinz. BH is their largest shareholder. The conglomerate also owns major positions in Geico insurance and BNSF Railway. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/berkshire-set-to-exit-28percent-stake-in-kraft-heinz-after-rare-buffett-blunder.html

Smithfield Foods will acquire Nathan’s Famous, the Coney Island hot dog brand that sponsors that big hot dog eating contest every Fourth of July. The sale price was $450m. Nathan’s began 110 years ago, selling 5 cent hot dogs from a stand at Coney Island. Smithfield already owns the rights to produce and sell Nathan’s hot dogs nationwide. With production costs up 27% in recent years, Smithfield thinks consolidating ownership will achieve savings. Smithfield also owns the Armour brand of processed meats. The handful of Nathan’s hot dog stands in and around New York City were sold off to investors in 1987, with the franchise expanding ever since. https://apnews.com/article/nathans-famous-hot-dogs-smithfield-merger-9927a1f0fde1ff32c2f95dc4949d3dfd

Pierce Automotive Group has purchased the Lexus dealerships in Carlsbad and Escondido from Halo Motor Group. The existing dealership names will continue … Lexus Carlsbad and Lexus Escondido. https://www.cbtnews.com/pierce-automotive-group-acquires-lexus-carlsbad-and-escondido/

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

According to an internal ICE memo obtained by Associated Press, federal immigration officers are claiming the authority to forcibly enter private homes with only an administrative warrant, not one signed by a judge. This is a complete reversal of longstanding rules respecting Fourth Amendment constitutional limits on government searches. That standard of requiring a judge’s signature has been repeatedly upheld by US Supreme Court rulings. www.apnews.com

Speaking of ice … Severe weather across a 2k-mile storm front from Texas to New England is expected to affect more than 200m Americans today with snow, sleet and freezing rain as far south as the Carolinas. It’s going to make all forms of travel difficult and will likely affect air travel nationwide. www.morningbrew.com

Sundance, the annual independent film festival founded by the late Robert Redford opens today at Park City, Utah. But this will be its last time there. After four decades in and around the resort for which it’s named, the festival will be moving to Boulder, Colorado next year. Sundance has been a launching pad for filmmakers including the Coen brothers and Quentin Tarantino. This year’s festival runs now through February 1. https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5631847/sundance-film-festival-park-city

This year’s Oscar nominees were announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But the biggest news may be who didn’t get nominated. Though “Wicked” got 10 nominations last year, this year, its sequel “Wicked: For Good” got none. Even though it wasn’t as popular as the first one, everybody thought Ariana Grande would get another supporting actress nomination for her role as Glinda. A nod for Paul Mescal for “Hamnet” was supposed to be a sure thing. Instead, Delroy Lindo got a surprise supporting actor nomination for “Sinners”, which set a record with 16 total nominations. It was Lindo’s first nomination and long overdue. Guillermo del Toro was snubbed as best director for “Frankenstein” even though the film got nine other nominations. Kate Hudson got a surprise best actress nomination for “Song Sung Blue”. Her only other acting nomination was 25 years ago for playing Penny Lane in “Almost Famous”. But Chase Infiniti didn’t get an expected actress nomination for “One Battle After Another”. The revolutionary father-daughter drama got 13 total nominations, including four actor categories. Both One Battle and Sinners are from Warner Bros. who had their best Oscar nomination morning ever. This year’s ten best-picture nominees are “Bugonia”, “F1”, “Frankenstein”, “Hamnet”, “Marty Supreme”, “One Battle After Another”, “The Secret Agent”, “Sentimental Value”, “Sinners”, and “Train Dreams.” Presentation ceremonies for the 98^th Academy Awards are March 15 beginning at 4p at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on ABC. https://apnews.com/article/oscar-nominations-2026-83798def8de7626b011aba3c043a4115

On this day in music history – January 22,

1959, Buddy Holly made his final recordings alone in his apartment with a guitar and tape recorder. He died in a plane crash ten days later. The songs, including “Peggy Sue Got Married” were overdubbed and released posthumously on the Coral Records label.
In 1966, the Beach Boys were in the studio recording “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, the opening track for their upcoming Pet Sounds album.
In 1967, The Monkees performed live for the first time to a sell-out crowd at The Cow Palace in San Francisco.
In 1969, The Beatles went into Apple studios in London to begin recording the “Get Back” album. Billy Preston joined the sessions. John, Paul and George knew him from 1962, when Preston was a member of Little Richard’s backing band. The band intended to record the album as if live, flaws and all.
In 1970, Steel Mill, featuring Bruce Springsteen opened for The Elvin Bishop Band at The Matrix in San Francisco. Bishop, the headliner got $90 for the gig. Steel Mill got $5.
In 1972, Don McLean’s “American Pie” album began the first of 7 weeks at #1.
In 1977, Paul McCartney’s “Wings over America” album was at #1 – his 6^th chart-topping album since leaving The Beatles.
In 1983, the young MTV music video channel first began broadcasting on the West Coast after being picked up by Group W Cable in LA.
In 1994, actor and singer Telly Savalas died of prostate cancer at age 72. Better known for acting, including his starring role as detective Theo “Kojak”, he also had a #1 hit in Britain with the song, “If” in 1975.
In 2005, one of the biggest charity concerts since Live Aid raised $2m for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia. 60k fans saw the concert headlined by Eric Clapton at Millennium Stadium in London.
In 2012, Adele broke an American chart record set by The Beatles and Pink Floyd when her album, “21”, released the previous January, hit its 16^th week at #1.

Born on this day …

in 1931, Sam Cooke.
In 1940, Addie Harris from The Shirelles.
In 1947, musician Malcolm McLaren, best known as the manager of The Sex Pistols.
In 1949, two drummers – Nigel Pegrum, from Small Faces and Uriah Heep, and Vini Lopez from two Bruce Springsteen bands – Steel Mill and The E Street Band.
In 1953, former lead singer for Journey and also as a successful solo artist, Steve Perry.
In 1960, Michael Hutchence, lead singer from INXS.
In 1965, DJ Jazzy Jeff and drummer Steven Adler from Guns ‘N’ Roses. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=22&month=1

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actress Linda Blair is 66
Actress Diane Lane is 60
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is 57
Actress Olivia d’Abo, who played the older sister on TV’s original “The Wonder Years” is also 57
Among those who’ve passed, actress Ann Southern was born in 1909
Actor Bill Bixby was born in 1934. He starred in not one, but three hit TV series – “My Favorite Martian”, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” and “The Incredible Hulk”.
Actor John Hurt was born in 1940

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly cloudy with a high of 69 and 30% chance of up to a tenth of an inch of rain this afternoon and another tenth tonight … partly sunny with a slight chance of continued rain tomorrow and a high of 68 … that slight chance continues Saturday when the high will be 67 … mostly sunny and 71 Sunday … 72 Monday … 74 Tuesday and Wednesday … overnight lows, 45 tonight and tomorrow night … 40 Saturday through Monday night … 43 Tuesday night

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