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Pala Today News – 5/20/25

Written by John Fox on May 20, 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.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

One person was killed when a car rear-ended the back of U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer rig on the 15 freeway just before 3a this morning. It happened on the shoulder of northbound lanes near Highway 76. First responders found the car partially under the trailer, engulfed in flames. The driver died in the fire. No other details about the accident or the victim have been released. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/05/15/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spandriver-killed-in-fiery-crash-with-usps-truck-trailer-on-i-15-near-fallbrook/78859.html

A 25-year old man suspected of beating his father barricaded himself in the victim’s home in Menifee yesterday, leading to an hours-long standoff with police. Ulises Ramiro Villa Pacheco was taken into custody peacefully after nearly three hours of negotiations beginning around 7:30a at the home on Adams Avenue near Sherman Road. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/05/20/after-hours-long-menifee-standoff-man-suspected-of-beating-father-is-arrested/

A Hawaiian Airlines jet was grounded at San Diego International Airport this morning as a result of a bomb threat, according to Harbor Police. As of about 10:40a, Flight Aware shows 37 flights have been delayed and one cancelled at San Diego. An airport spokesperson says all delays are unrelated to the bomb threat and airport operations are continuing as normal. https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/20/hawaiian-airlines-plane-grounded-following-bomb-threat-at-san-diego-international-airport

San Diego County supervisors are voting today to strengthen an unsafe camping ordinance covering unincorporated parts of the county. The goal is to prevent wildfires originating in homeless encampments. Today’s vote is a second reading of the proposal. This updates an ordinance which has been in effect since 1968. If approved today, it would prohibit encampments that endanger community safety on public property, or damage public property or structures, and ban anyone from using combustible ignition or fire sources, maintain an open fire, or discard lit materials. It allows for citations but does not make prohibited activity a criminal offense. According to the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team, homeless encampments were the cause of three San Diego fires over the past six months – the Center Fire and those in La Jolla and Mission Valley. https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/05/20/san-diego-county-supervisors-to-consider-updated-camping-ordinance

About 100 SDG&E customers in Fallbrook lost power this morning just after 10a as the result of a vehicle hitting some power equipment. Service is expected to be restored by 1p. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

Power was out for several hours near Gumtree Lane and Live Oak Park Road in Fallbrook last night as the result of a car taking out a power pole. The occupants of the car tried to run away on foot. A neighbor chased one down. The suspect reportedly appeared injured and inebriated. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/05/15/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spancar-crash-knocks-out-power-in-fallbrook-neighborhood/78860.html

There was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake near the Grapevine, north of LA just after noon yesterday. It was felt as far away as Ontario. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41156568/executive

Pala will have about three days with temperatures around 91.3 degrees followed by a week of temps in the low to mid-80s. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

Mass at Pala Mission Church is broadcast live on Rez Radio 91.3 and streamed live on the Rez Radio App every Sunday at 8a.

SPORTS

In the NBA playoffs – No games yesterday. The Western finals begin tonight with Minnesota at Oklahoma City at 5:30p on ESPN. Tomorrow, the Eastern finals begin with Indiana at New York at 5p on TNT.

The league has fined Thunder all-star Jalen Williams $25k for wearing clothing with profane language during a postgame media session. Williams had just scored 24 points in Sunday’s Game 7. The offending shirt had the words “F___ art let’s dance” written across the chest which was clearly visible during interviews. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45229088/thunder-jalen-williams-fined-25k-profanity-shirt

In the NHL playoffs – Completely in sync with basketball, the NHL conference finals begin tonight with Florida playing Eastern Game 1 at Carolina. Tomorrow, the Oilers and the Stars kick off the Western finals in Dallas.

Team USA rallied to beat the Czech Republic 5-2, giving the current title holder its first defeat at the ice hockey world championships in Stockholm earlier today. https://www.espn.com/olympics/hockey/story/_/id/45240725/nazar-scores-twice-us-rallies-czechs-hockey-worlds

In Major League Baseball – The Padres had a travel day yesterday. They open a series in Toronto tonight. They’ll do so a half-game closer to first place in the NL West. The Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers 9-4. It was LA’s fourth consecutive loss. Kansas City beat San Francisco 3-1. The Angels edged the A’s in Sacramento 4-3. All those series continue today. In spite of all the top team losses recently, the NL West remains one of the strongest divisions in the Majors. It and the AL Central are the only two of the six divisions with only one team playing below .500. https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

In Major League Soccer – San Diego’s next game is Saturday hosting the LA Galaxy. LAFC is at Montreal on Saturday.

In the NFL – League owners are expected to vote today to allow players to compete in flag football at the 2028 LA Olympics. If 24 of the 32 owners approve, the league will then negotiate with the players’ union, Olympic officials and national governing bodies on the specifics of NFL players participating. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45236200/sources-nfl-allow-players-play-flag-football-2028-olympics

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is Friday in Miami.

In golf –

In racing –

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games

Great Oak – no scheduled games

Fallbrook – CIF baseball at Escondido at 4p; CIF softball at Blythe at 4:30p; CIF boys volleyball at Hamilton in LA at 6p

Valley Center – CIF softball at Francis Parker at 4p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow fell two tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 lost a third of a percent. And the Nasdaq was down 4 tenths. Gold gained $51.50 on the Comex, trading at $3,285 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 22 cents to $62.91 a barrel.

Home Depot bucked the retail trend by announcing today it will not raise prices because of tariffs. However, some product choices may disappear from stores if the extra import costs make them not worth it. Today’s earnings call for Home Depot came just days after Walmart warned that Trump’s tariffs will push the world’s largest retailer to increase its retail prices on imported goods. Home Depot has been working to get its suppliers to diversify where they source items from ever since Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese products during his first term of office. By the middle of next year, Home Depots expect to purchase no more than 10% of what they sell from any single foreign country. Oh, and they missed their earnings forecast – main reason for today’s call, causing their stock to dip. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5404662/home-depot-tariffs-prices-product-lines

Elon Musk said today that he plans to continue leading Tesla for at least another five years and will donate less to political causes. That seemed to appease investors, who sent Tesla stock higher today. www.cnn.com/business

Retail gasoline prices are likely to be at their lowest for a Memorial Day weekend since 2021. They’ve been pretty consistent over the past month with the average price for a gallon of regular in San Diego County now at $4.79 – around five cents more than mid-April. The average in Riverside County is $4.66 and the nationwide average today is $3.16. Today’s lowest local price is $3.99 at Horizon Fuel in Valley Center. In Southwest Riverside County it’s $4.18 at Murrieta Costco and Sam’s Club. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/california/san-diego

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

There could be a House of Representatives vote as soon as Thursday on President Trump’s “big beautiful” tax and spending bill. To advance it to the full House, the House Budget Committee made some changes to appease hardline conservative Republicans who’d promised to join Democrats in voting against it. As of yesterday, the bill included nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts. It would make the lower tax rates that went into effect for individuals during the first Trump administration permanent. They were going to expire this year. The bill also temporarily eliminates taxes on overtime pay and tips. Things that might still cause the bill to fail include the potential for the tax cuts to raise the national debt another $5 trillion dollars over the next decade, weakening the U.S. dollar in the world market. Remember that Moody’s cited rising debt as the reason for downgrading the US’ credit rating over the weekend. Also, over 100 groups are pushing back on the provision that would prevent states from regulating AI tech for ten years. And blue state Republicans are threatening to vote against the bill if state and local tax (SALT) deductions aren’t increased. The current version of the bill would triple the SALT deduction to $30k for joint filers making up to $400k per year. Trump today said he’s against raising the cap because it would “benefit Democratic governors” including California’s Gov. Newsom, even though he’d campaigned in favor of it. According to analysis by the Tax Foundation, families in the top 40% of earners to the top 5% would see their taxes go down under the proposed $30k cap, while those earning more would have a slight tax increase. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/2025052085/trump-sours-on-lifting-salt-cap-calling-it-a-gift-to-democratic-governors

The U.S. Senate plans to vote this week on a challenge to California’s electric vehicle mandate. Auto makers are concerned about reduced vehicle sales due to the mandate that all new vehicles be electric or some other form of zero-emissions by 2035. Eleven other states have adopted the California standard, affecting 40% of the U.S. auto market. Democrats argue that such a vote violates rules, while the General Accounting Office says waivers can’t be repealed. Meanwhile, the Transportation Department plans to challenge Biden administration fuel economy rules. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-senate-vote-this-week-bill-bar-california-2035-ev-plan-2025-05-20/

On this day in music history – May 20,

1960, the five-member Silver Beetles played the first night of a short tour of Scotland backing singer Johnny Gentle. Three of the group, consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore adopted stage names. McCartney became Paul Ramon, George was Carl Harrison, and Stu became Stuart de Stael.
In 1966, Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey grew tired of waiting for bandmates, John Entwistle and Keith Moon to arrive for a gig at Windsor, England. So, they drafted the bass player and drummer from the opening act and started the show. A fight broke out when the two did arrive with Townsend hitting Moon over the head with his guitar. Moon and Entwistle quit the band … but rejoined a week later.
In 1967, The Young Rascals began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Groovin’”. The hit was also covered by Booker T. & the MG’s, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Marvin Gaye.
In 1968, fresh back from India and armed with a bunch of new songs, The Beatles met at George Harrison’s house and created demos for 23 songs on George’s 4-track tape recorder. Many of the songs ended up on their next two albums, “The Beatles (White Album)”, and “Abbey Road.”
In 1969, while watching a baseball game at Dodger Stadium, Peter Cetera from the band, Chicago was jumped and beaten by four Marines because they didn’t like his long hair. Cetera spent two days in intensive care with a broken jaw.
In 1978, Paul McCartney was at #1 with “With a Little Luck”. It was his 6^th #1 hit since going solo.
On the same day “The Buddy Holly Story” starring Gary Busey in the title role premiered in Holly’s home town of Lubbock, Texas.
In 1997, Foo Fighters released their second album “The Colour and the Shape”. Though being an American band, the British spelling of colour with a “u” was a nod to their British producer Gil Norton.
In 1998, Frank Sinatra’s funeral was held in Beverly Hills. Mourners included Tony Bennett, Faye Dunaway, Tony Curtis, Liza Minelli, Kirk Douglas, Angie Dickinson, Sophia Loren, Bob Newhart, Mia Farrow, and Jack Nicholson.
On the same day, Tommy Lee from Motley Crue was sentenced to six months in jail for spousal abuse.
In 2012, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees died of cancer at the age of 62.
One year later, Ray Manzarek, keyboard player for The Doors also succumbed to cancer.
In 2015, The Rolling Stones played a surprise concert at the 1,300-seat Fonda Theater in LA performing their entire Sticky Fingers album.

Born on this day …

In 1944, Joe Cocker
In 1946, Cher – real name Cherilyn Sarkisian
In 1947, Steve Currie, bass player for T. Rex
In 1954, Jimmy Henderson from Black Oak Arkansas
In 1955, keyboardist for Mr. Mister, Steve George.
In 1958, Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Go’s. She also has acting credits including small parts in “Clue”, “Star Trek IV”, and as Joan of Arc in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”.
In 1959, Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, best remembered for his ukulele version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”.
In 1960, Susan Cowsill from the family singing group on which The Partridge Family was based.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=20&month=5

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Comedian Dave Thomas from SCTV and the movies Stripes and Strange Brew is 77
Actor Bronson Pinchot from Risky Business and the Beverly Hills Cop movies is 66
Mindy Cohn from TV’s The Facts of Life is 59
Among those who’ve passed, comedian George Gobel was born in 1919.
In 1982, the TV sitcom “Barney Miller” aired its final episode.
Exactly ten years later “Cheers” aired its final episode after 11 seasons.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0520.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 92 this afternoon and 93 tomorrow with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour both days … patchy morning fog beginning Thursday, clearing to sunny and 91 Thursday … 86 Friday … mostly sunny and 81 Saturday … 82 Sunday … 83 on Memorial Day … overnight lows, 57 tonight and tomorrow night … 55 Thursday night … 53 Friday through Sunday night

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