Pala Today News – 5/26/26

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

The body of missing 61-year old Francisco Torres from Pauma Valley was discovered over the weekend near Highway 79 east of the junction with Highway 371.  His vehicle had been found earlier this month in Temecula. Torres’ family reported him missing May 12 and identified 66-year old Derek Arnett as a person of interest.  Arnett killed himself in a standoff with police in a parking lot off Pechanga Parkway on May 13.  The investigation is ongoing.  https://patch.com/california/temecula/missing-man-found-dead-after-vehicle-abandoned-temecula-authorities

The Army veteran who was severely beaten outside his Trump-themed Escondido home last week has died.  69-year old Kerry Sheron was hospitalized in critical condition after the May 20 attack outside his highly visible home near East Mission Avenue and Buchanan Street in Escondido.  https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/escondido-man-dies-brutal-attack-outside-trump-themed-home/4028570/?amp=1

A Saturday night fight in the 3500 block of Buffum Drive in Oceanside ended with one man under arrest on suspicion of murder.  Police arrived to find the victim unconscious.  He died at the scene. His identity is being withheld.  The suspect, 51-year old Andrew Swan is in county jail. https://www.newsbreak.com/newsradio-600-kogo-562159/4670776605660-oceanside-fight-turns-fatal-man-arrested

A 12-year-old pedestrian suffered major leg injuries after being struck by an EDCO trash truck this morning in Rainbow.  The incident was reported at approximately 7:42 a.m. near 2160 Rainbow Valley Blvd.  Emergency crews responded to the scene after 9-1-1 calls that a trash truck collided with a pedestrian. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/05/21/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-span12-year-old-suffers-leg-injury-after-being-hit-by-edco-trash-truck/81983.html

Authorities are asking for help finding an at-risk endangered missing 21-year old last seen in Murrieta on May 16.  Daniel Hankins was last seen at Skypark Lane and Vista Murrieta wearing a blue sweatshirt and dark jeans.  He’s 5 foot 9 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds and has black hair and dark eyes. If you see him, call 9-1-1. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/endangered-missing-21-year-old-last-seen-murrieta-have-you-seen-daniel

Milder weather is helping firefighters gain the upper hand with several large wildfires from north of LA to San Bernardino.  The Bain Fire in Jurupa Valley is now 95% contained at under 1,500 acres.  The Verona Fire in Homeland is 95% contained at 638 acres.  The Sandy Fire in Simi Valley is 90% contained at 2,183 acres.  And the Santa Rosa Island Fire is 97% contained at 18,379 acres.  https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/

Cal Fire investigators have determined the cause of the 26 separate points of ignition associated with the Mission Fire in Fallbrook on May 2.  Fragments from a catalytic converter on a malfunctioning vehicle traveling along Highway 76 east of Bonsall and then north along I-15 ignited dry brush, burning a total of 20 acres.  Timely 9-1-1 calls and quick response from about 150 first responders shortly after 11:30a fully contained all the fires by mid-afternoon.   (Cal Fire media release)

About two thirds of the 50k evacuees for the Garden Grove chemical threat were allowed to return to their homes yesterday after fire officials announced a best-possible scenario resolution to the five-day-old emergency.  A crack developed in the top of the chemical tank, relieving pressure and preventing the explosion crews had been expecting.  Up until then, all emergency crews could do was keep spraying the tank with water.  As of this morning, only the one-third of evacuated homes closest to the chemical plant remain off limits. www.pe.com

Nothing measurable this morning, but the May Gray is thickening, with a chance of light drizzle overnight until about 11a the next two days.  High temperatures will be in the 60s today and tomorrow, warming to the upper 80s by next Monday.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In the NBA playoffs – The Knicks finished their sweep of the Eastern finals yesterday with a 130-93 rout of the Cavaliers in Cleveland.  The Western finals feature Game 5 tonight at 5:30 on NBC with San Antonio at Oklahoma City.  That series is tied at two games apiece.

In the NHL playoffs – In the Eastern finals, Carolina beat Montreal 3-2 in overtime to take a two-games to one lead in that series.  Vegas is on the verge of eliminating the Avalanche after beating them 5-3 Sunday.  Game Four is tonight at 6p on ESPN with the Golden Knights leading three games to none.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres took two out of three from the visiting Athletics over the weekend.  The Dodgers took two out of three at Milwaukee.  And the Angels swept the visiting Rangers.  Yesterday, the Phillies shut out the Padres 3-0.  The Dodgers beat the visiting Rockies 5-3, putting them 2 ½ games ahead of the Padres and on top of the NL West.  The Angels had the day off.  They open a series at Detroit today. 

The Houston Astros pulled off the first no-hitter in the Majors since September of 2024, beating the Rangers last night 9-0 on the combined pitching efforts of Tatsuya Imai, Steven Okert and two perfect final innings by Alimber Santa in his Major League debut.  He’s the first pitcher to be part of a no-hitter in his big-league debut since 1900.  The 630 days between no-hitters was the longest drought in two decades.  https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48877299/astros-starter-tatsuya-imai-2-relievers-throw-combined-no-hitter-vs-rangers

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm won 10-3 at Visalia on Sunday, taking just two out of six in the series.  They’ll begin a series hosting Inland Empire tonight at Lake Elsinore.   https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/schedule/2026-04?affiliateId=mobile-hp-uhg

In the NFL – The US Supreme Court today refused to intervene in the discrimination lawsuit against the league led by former Miami coach Brian Flores.  That means the case will proceed to trial.  The league had wanted arbitration.  Flores, who is black, sued the league and three teams in February 2022 alleging racism in hiring practices.  Fellow coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton later joined the suit.  Flores, who was fired by the Dolphins shortly before the suit was filed, is currently Minnesota’s defensive coordinator.  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48881804/supreme-court-intervene-brian-flores-suit-vs-nfl

In golf – Wyndham Clark was the winner by three strokes at the Byron Nelson tournament at McKinney, Texas Sunday.  He shot a 30-under par 254. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard/_/tournamentId/401811948

In racing – Felix Rosenqvist was this year’s winner of the Indianapolis 500.  https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults/_/series/indycar/raceId/202605240106

Daniel Suarez was Sunday’s winner of the NASCAR Cup race at Charlotte, where tributes were held for two-time NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Busch, who died last week at age 41 after severe pneumonia developed into sepsis. https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/48840115/nascar-champion-kyle-busch-embodied-motorsports-greatest-compliment-was-racer

Local High School Sports –

Bonsall – no scheduled games

Great Oak – no scheduled games

Fallbrook – no scheduled games

Valley Center – no scheduled games

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed.  The Dow fell a third of a percent.  United Health and Chevron led the decline.  The S&P 500 gained almost a half percent.  And the Nasdaq was up almost 9 tenths.  Gold traded $16.10 lower on the Comex at $4,508.10 an ounce.  West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $2.46 to $94.14 a barrel.

BP has ousted its chairman over what it calls serious concerns related to “important governance standards, oversight and conduct.”  No specifics were mentioned.  The decision was unanimous.  Albert Manifold had been appointed to the position late last year.  Another board member, Ian Tyler was named interim chair, effective immediately.  https://apnews.com/article/bp-manifold-chairman-a0cf407215f1eb1f7b6051ddb298d94c

SpaceX’s Starlink has scored another win with American Airline picking the platform for its in-flight WiFi service.  Starlink has already won contracts with United, Southwest, Alaska and other major airlines.  Delta is one of the few choosing to go another route.  They’ll use Amazon Leo for in-flight WiFi beginning in 2028.  American will begin installing Starlink on about 500 of its narrow-body Airbus planes beginning early next year.  SpaceX is planning an initial public stock offering next month.  It’s likely to set a record for an IPO.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/26/american-airlines-spacex-starlink.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” opened in first place with $81m in ticket sales on up to 1k more screens than the other top films currently in theaters.  “Obsession” moved up to second place in its second week of release, selling $23.9m in tickets.  Last week’s #1, “Michael” dropped to third place with $20.7m.  “The Devil Wears Prada 2” dropped two places to fourth with $12.7m in sales.  “Passenger” debuted in 6^th place with $8.7m in sales on 2,500 screens.  “I Love Boosters” opened in 8^th place, with a low $3.7m on 1,750 screens.  The total for the top ten films of the four-day Memorial Weekend was just under $217m – about $2.5m less than Easter weekend – the weekend “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” came out, and good for second-biggest weekend this year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W21/

For probably the first time ever, Taylor Swift got shut out at the American Music Awards in spite of having eight nominations.  Instead, the night at the MGM Grand last night didn’t belong to any one act.  Seven of them tied with three wins each – BTS who won Artist of the Year, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Katseye who won best new artist, Sabrina Carpenter, Huntr/X, and Sombr.  Nominations for the 52^nd AMA’s were based on key fan interactions including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay and concert grosses.  https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/bts-makes-amas-history-with-record-breaking-win-1236256463/

Speaking of BTS, the boy band is capitalizing on the increasing popularity of Korean pop culture by teaming with Nabisco for a special BTS Oreo cookie going on sale June 1.  It features a sweet crème filling flavored to taste like a Korean brown sugar filled pancake between two purple cookies as a nod to the group’s favored color.  The wafers are engraved with one of 13 designs, which when put together, spell out a message to fans.  BTS has been around since 2013 and has been on hiatus since 2022 while the seven members completed mandatory military service in South Korea.  The group returned to the stage in February.  https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/26/business/bts-oreo-hotteok

Younger consumers apparently aren’t as into carbonated beverages as their parents.  About a decade ago, flavored seltzers began to take off as people moved away from traditional soda pop.  Now, thanks to seltzer fatigue, still drinks like Liquid Death and Surfside Iced Teas are in the spotlight.  According to consulting firm, AlixPartners, the trend is there for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.  Seltzers and other carbonated drinks aren’t going away.  They just aren’t growing as much in popularity.  Malt-based hard seltzers like White Claw fell in sales by just over 1% over the past year, while the sale of ready-to-drink premixed cocktails grew 46%.  Surfside was the fastest-growing alcohol brand in the U.S. in 2024.  Cutwater canned cocktails’ sales nearly doubled last year.  A lot of that shift is Gen Z looking for something new and different.  But there’s also a health consideration.  Carbonated water is slightly acidic, which can wear down tooth enamel if you drink a lot of it, and especially if the seltzer uses citric acid for flavor.  Fizzy drinks can also cause one to feel bloated.  On the other hand, if you want to relive your Cub Scout days, they’re great for belching contests. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/24/move-over-seltzer-non-carbonated-drinks-are-taking-the-spotlight.html

 

On this day in music history – May 26,

• 1964, Marianne Faithful recorded the Mick Jagger/Keith Richards song “As Tears Go By” accompanied by studio musicians including one half of the future Led Zeppelin – Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones.
• In 1966, The Rolling Stones were at #1 with “Paint It, Black”.  Originally without a comma in the title, Decca Records added that.  It was the first #1 single to feature a sitar among the instrumentation.
• On the same day, The Beatles recorded the song “Yellow Submarine” at EMI’s Abbey Road studios.  One of the tracks features John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water and shouting “Full speed ahead, Mister Captain!”
• In 1967 – the British release of The Beatles’ eighth studio album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.   The U.S. release would happen one week later.
• In 1968, blues singer/songwriter Little Willie John died in prison where he was serving a sentence for manslaughter.  He co-wrote and first recorded “Fever” which became a hit for Peggy Lee in 1958.  His songs have been covered by Fleetwood Mac and James Brown. 
• In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their 8-day “Bed-In” at a Montreal Hotel, where in room 1742, they recorded their hit single “Give Peace a Chance”.  As with all songs by either Beatle, the songwriting was credited to Lennon & McCartney, even though Paul had nothing to do with the record.
• In 1972, with the group on the verge of splitting up, David Bowie offered Mott the Hoople two of his new songs.  They turned down “Suffragette City” but recorded “All the Young Dudes” which became their only U.S. Top 40 hit.  The British band had two other singles that barely cracked the Hot 100 here.
• In 1973, The Edgar Winter Group was at #1 with “Frankenstein” featuring former guitarist for the McCoys, Rick Derringer. 
• In 1974, at a concert in London by teen pop idol David Cassidy from TV’s “The Partridge Family” over 1k over-exited fans had to be treated by first aid workers.  One died from heart failure four days later.
• In 1977, Billy Powell, singer with the O’Jays died of cancer.
• In 1984, former Stevie Wonder backing singer, Denise Williams was at #1 with her hit single, “Let’s Hear It For the Boy” from the movie soundtrack “Footloose”.
• In 1990, for the first time, all of the top five positions on the singles chart were held by women.  Madonna at #1 with “Vogue”, followed by Heart, Sinead O’Connor, Wilson Phillips, and Janet Jackson.
• In 1994, Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley.  The awkward couple divorced the following year.
• In 1996, a fire destroyed Eric Clapton’s home in England.  Firefighters arrived to find Clapton braving flames to save his guitar collection.
• In 2002, MTV aired the first episode of At Home With the Osbournes. 

Born on this day …

• In 1920, singer and actress Peggy Lee.  She was nominated 12 times for Grammys, winning in 1969 for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance for “Is That All There Is”.
• In 1926, jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis.
• In 1940, drummer for The Band, Levon Helm.  He sang lead on most of the group’s hits.
• In 1945, Gary Peterson, drummer for The Guess Who
• In 1948, Stevie Nicks
• In 1949, Hank Williams Jr.
• In 1964, Lennie Kravitz

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=26&month=5

Other anniversaries today …

• Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 64
• Daytime soap actress Genie Francis is 64
• South Park co-creator Matt Stone is 55
• Among those who’ve passed, actor, singer, vaudevillian and star of the first talking movie, “The Jazz Singer”, Al Jolson was born in 1886
• John Wayne was born this day in 1907
• Actor Peter Cushing, who played C3PO in the Star Wars movies was born in 1913

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0526.htm

 

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Pala Weather – mostly cloudy with a high of 69 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … 30% chance of up to a tenth of an inch of rain tomorrow morning with a high of 66 and winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour … 20% chance of measurable rain Wednesday morning, clearing to sunny and 71 in the afternoon … sunny and 75 Friday … 80 Saturday … 85 Sunday … 88 Monday … overnight lows, 48 tonight … 46 tomorrow night … about 48 Thursday and Friday night … 52 Saturday night … 55 Sunday night

 

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