Pala Today News – 6/4/25
Written by John Fox on June 4, 2025
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 or call 712 775 5748. 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
Most local areas had some measurable rain yesterday. Amounts varied based on where thunderstorms landed. Pala had just over a quarter inch, with another 3 hundredths falling since midnight.
- .06” in Oceanside
- .09” in Vista
- .03” in Carlsbad
- .17” inches in Fallbrook
- .53” inches in Rainbow
- .08” in Bonsall
- .68” in Couser Canyon
- .26” in Pauma Valley
- .08” in Valley Center
- .39” at Lake Wohlford
- .07” in Escondido
- no report from Deer Springs
- .29” inches at Rincon
- .32” inches at Birch Hill
- .06” at Palomar observatory
- .28” inches at Lake Henshaw
- no report for La Jolla
- .04” inches at Mesa Grande
- .01” inches at Santa Ysabel
- Nothing measurable at Warner Springs
- .22” at Oak Grove
- .51” at Temecula
- .20” at French Valley
- .15” at Lake Skinner
- .32” at La Cresta
- .12” at North Lake Elsinore
Two juveniles were transported to a hospital after a traffic collision involving two vehicles this morning in Fallbrook. One vehicle had a mother and two children inside. The accident was reported just before 7:40a on South Mission Road near Sterling Bridge. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/05/29/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spantwo-juveniles-transported-after-crash-on-south-mission/78978.html
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously approved the purchase of historic Zeke Weaver ballfield in Fallbrook from the North County Fire Protection District with the intent of developing the three acres into affordable housing. Several people spoke by phone at yesterday’s board meeting to oppose that development. Local District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond says he’ll bring an agenda item forward to explore options for more parkland and additional ballfields. According to the current tenant, the Bonsall Fallbrook Little League, the county could take the land early through a 60-day notice before the current five-year lease expires. It seems highly unlikely the 90-year old ballfield will be preserved. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/county-oks-purchase-of-historic-fallbrook-ballfield-to-build-affordable-housing/3839576/
The Oceanside planning commission yesterday green-lighted a development for 35 homes on 4 ½ acres of land near where I-5 and the 78 freeway meet. The proposed Pacific Lagoon project overlooks Buena Vista Lagoon. Neighbors on Kelly Street, which would be the only access to the development say 35 is too many homes for such a small area. Six of the homes would be dedicated to low to middle-income families at between $200k to $500k each. The rest of the two and three-story homes would sell at market value – around $1m each. The full city council will consider the project at its June 18 meeting. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/oceanside-housing-plan-community-concerns/3839790/
According to a UCSD study published yesterday, the vast majority of freshwater fish caught in Southern California contain parasites capable of infecting humans and causing health problems. All the Trematodes – a type of flatworm, were introduced to local fish from other parts of the world. The good news is that proper food handling will prevent illness. Fully cooking or freezing for at least a week any local game fish intended to be eaten raw will kill the parasites. UCSD researchers in 2023 examined 84 fish from seven different species caught at five popular San Diego County fishing locations. 93% of all fish were infected with one species of parasite. A second species was found in 91% of the fish from two of the five locations studied. There have yet to be any reported cases of illness from the parasites. Such illness is common in Southeast Asia. But nobody is currently actively looking for such cases here and doctors aren’t required to report them. https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2025/06/03/vast-majority-of-freshwater-fish-caught-in-san-diego-county-contain-parasites
A June gloom morning weather pattern is in place giving way to sunny afternoons with highs in the 80s in Pala after one more slightly cooler day today. 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 – the championship series begins tomorrow with Indiana at Oklahoma City at 5:30p on ABC.
The Phoenix Suns are hiring Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Jordan Ott as their new head coach. The Suns were 36 and 46 this season. Ott will be their fourth head coach in the past four seasons. He’s been an NBA assistant coach since 2012. This will be 40-year old Ott’s first time as head coach. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45450487/sources-suns-hiring-cavs-assistant-jordan-ott-head-coach
In the NHL playoffs – the Stanley Cup series begins tonight with Florida at Edmonton at 5p on TNT and Max.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Dan Muse as their new head coach. He’ll succeed Mike Sullivan who was fired after Pittsburgh failed to make the playoffs for a third straight year. Muse was most recently an assistant coach with the New York Rangers. This is his first head coaching job. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/45451260/penguins-hire-former-rangers-assistant-dan-muse-head-coach
In Major League Baseball – The Padres edged the Giants 3-2 in ten innings last night in San Francisco. Manny Machado singled in two runs in the 9th to tie the game. Jake Cronenworth singled in the winning run in the 10th. The Dodgers beat the Mets 6-5 thanks to a tenth-inning walk-off RBI double by Freddie Freeman. And in yet another ten-inning game, the Angels once again beat the Red Sox in Boston – this time 4-3. Those series all continue today.
In Major League Soccer – LAFC hosts Sporting Kansas City this Sunday at 6p.
In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is Saturday against Old Glory DC.
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks showed modest gains. The Dow was up a tenth of a percent. The S&P 500 gained a quarter percent. And the Nasdaq was up a third. Comex gold was up as well by $21.90 an ounce at $3,399. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell 70 cents to $62.71 a barrel.
New data from ADP indicates the job market is cooling. Private sector hiring rose by just 37k jobs in May, the lowest in more than two years. It was 60k in April. The May number is far below the Dow Jones forecast of 110k. Pay for those jobs however continues to increase at a 4 ½% annual rate – same as in April. President Trump says Fed chairman Jerome Powell should lower interest rates immediately based on the ADP report. The more closely-watched Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers for May will be released Friday. They’re expected to show a gain of 125k jobs and a steady unemployment rate of 4.2%. The two reports are known to sometimes differ greatly. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/adp-jobs-report-may-2025-.html
The independent watchdog agency, the Congressional Budget Office says Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will add $2.4 trillion to the federal budget over ten years. Although it would cut federal spending by $1.3 trillion, its tax cuts would create a $3.7 trillion drop in revenue. Many Republican lawmakers are siding with Elon Musk, former head of the government-slashing Department of Government Efficiency, who called the bill a “disgusting abomination”. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson from Wisconsin called it “immoral”. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/trump-tax-bill-debt.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
President Trump took another step towards defunding public broadcasting yesterday, asking Congress to take back the $1.1b it has set aside for public broadcast stations for the next two years. The “rescission request” needs only a simple majority vote within 45 days for it to become law. At a House subcommittee hearing earlier this spring, Republican lawmakers accused National Public Radio and PBS of partisan bias. That claim is their reason for wanting to eliminate federal funding that is funneled through those agencies to local stations and the public media networks. PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger says Trump’s proposal would devastate public broadcasting stations, especially those in rural communities. The cuts in public broadcast funding are part of a larger $9.4b White House package of proposed takebacks including funding for foreign aid. Support for the cuts is split mostly along partisan lines. Democrats defend the funding and say Trump is going after PBS and NPR to settle political scores and muzzle the free press. Though many Republicans believe public broadcasting has become radical and left-wing, others say it provides vital services and that, combined with the other contentious funding takebacks in the proposed package, defunding it might not be something they can support when it comes to the final vote. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting administers federal funds for NPR and PBS. Trump had previously sought to take control of CPB by firing three of its five board members. That move is still hung up in court. Full disclosure – Rez Radio does not receive any direct federal funding. However, some network and syndicated shows we carry do. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5418080/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-public-broadcasting
On this day in music history – June 4,
- In 1942, Glenn Wallichs founded Capitol Records – home of recording artists Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Dean Martin, Glen Campbell, Steve Miller, Bob Seger and hundreds of others. Wallichs invented record promotion by sending copies of new releases to disc jockeys.
- In 1964, The Beatles played two shows in Copenhagen – the first stop on a 27-day world tour and the first shows with Jimmy Nicol sitting in for Ringo who’d had tonsillitis.
- In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Procol Harum, Denny Laine, and the Chiffons played the Saville Theater in London. Paul McCartney and George Harrison were in the audience to hear Hendrix perform the title track from “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” which had been released three days earlier. On that same day the Sgt. Pepper’s album began the first of 23 weeks at #1 on the U.K. charts.
- In 1976, The Sex Pistols played a concert at Manchester that is crediting with kicking off the punk rock movement. Tickets were $1. On the same night in New York, the “Live at CBGB’s New York” album was recorded with performances by Blondie, Mink DeVille, Talking Heads, Laughing Dogs and Tuff Darts.
- In 1983, the Police were at the top of the charts with “Every Breath You Take”.
- In 1984, Bruce Springsteen released “Born in the USA” which became the best-selling album of 1985. It produced a record-tying seven Top 10 singles (tied with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation”).
- In 1985, the court battle between Elton John and Dick James Music began over the rights to 169 songs and recordings. Elton lost the case, but Dick James was forced to pay millions in unpaid royalties.
- In 1986, the first of six nights of concerts benefitting Amnesty International was held at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The shows were headlined by Sting and U2 with Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, and The Neville Brothers.
- In 1992, the US Postal Service announced the results of a poll on which picture of Elvis Presley should be used on a commemorative stamp. Young Elvis won over older and larger Elvis.
Born on this day …
- in 1937, Freddy Fender.
- In 1944, Michelle Phillips from The Mamas & the Papas.
- In 1954, Jamaican singer, producer and broadcaster, Mikey Dread.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=4&month=6
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actor James Purefoy is 61
- TV host and reporter Anderson Cooper is 58
- Actress Arianne Zucker from TV’s “Days of Our Lives” is 51
- Lalaine Dupree from “Lizzie McGuire” is 38
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (6/5) – killer crack chicken, red potatoes and vegetables
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 79 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … patchy morning fog clearing to mostly sunny and 81 with continued gusty winds tomorrow … 83 Friday … 86 Saturday … 88 Sunday and Monday … 87 Tuesday … overnight lows, 54 tonight … 56 tomorrow through Sunday night … 58 Monday night
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