Pala Today News – 6/4/26
Written by John Fox on June 4, 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
About 320k ballots remain to be counted in Riverside County for the primary election. In the contentious 40th Congressional District, Ken Calvert is leading with 42% of the vote. Young Kim is second with 16.6%. Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco is in fourth place in the race for governor. Only the top two will advance to the November general election. Daily vote count updates are available at this link. https://patch.com/california/temecula/riverside-county-election-results-congressional-lines-drawn-whos-winning-who-can
In San Diego County, supervisorial District 5 is one of the closer races. The district which includes Pala, currently has San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones in the lead with 41%, followed by Kyle Krahel with 20%, and Vista Mayor John Franklin with 19%. The top two finishers will advance to the November 3 general election. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/san-diego-county-voters-set-november-matchups-supervisor-council-races
The Border 6 Fire burning in rugged terrain near Dulzura blackened thousands of acres and prompted evacuation warnings as firefighters continue worked to slow its spread along the U.S.-Mexico border the past several days. The fire was 5% contained Wednesday morning. Containment increased to 50% at more than 2,600 acres on both sides of the border as of this morning. All evacuation orders were lifted overnight. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/wildfire-san-diego-mexico-border-grows-1-000-acres-evacuation-warnings-remain
The Escondido Police Department reports that 28-year-old Jose Christian Sanchez Linares, of Escondido, was located and taken into custody Tuesday night in connection with the hit-and-run collision that killed 31-year-old Escondido resident Freddie Olmeda on May 29. According to police, a vehicle was heading east on Ninth Avenue when it struck Olmeda at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Redwood Street just after 8:30p. A second vehicle struck Olmeda after he was already down. That driver has been clearing of any wrongdoing. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/suspect-in-deadly-escondido-hit-and-run-crash-arrested-060326
Pala will have a steady weather pattern for at least the next week. June gloom in the mornings, clearing to sunny with daytime highs in the mid-80s and overnight lows in the mid-50s. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NBA playoffs – Last night in San Antonio, the visiting Knicks won Game One of the finals 105-95. Jalen Brunson was high-scorer with 30 points. Game Two is tomorrow at 5:30p on ABC.
A fan who ran onto the Frost Bank Center court during the fourth quarter of last night’s NBA Finals and attempted to take a selfie with San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama was arrested and given a lifetime ban from all NBA arenas, according to a league spokesman. Same for a second individual involved in the incident. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48966429/court-storming-fan-gets-life-ban-nba-selfie-quest
In the NHL Stanley Cup finals – Game Two is tonight at 5p in Raleigh, North Carolina. It’ll be on ABC. The visiting Golden Knights won the first game. The Carolina Hurricanes remain confident in goaltender Frederik Andersen despite his numbers declining dramatically over the past six games. Andersen gave up five goals on 23 shots in Carolina’s Game 1 loss. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48966613/frederik-andersen-gets-coach-backing-save-numbers-slide
In Major League Baseball – The Padres lost again – 3-2 last night on the road in Philadelphia. The Dodgers shut out Arizona 7-0. That puts LA in first place in the NL West by 7 games over San Diego and 7 ½ over Arizona. The Dodgers also now have the second-best record in the league at 40 and 22. Those series conclude today. The Angels avoided a sweep, beating the Rockies 11-4 in Anaheim. Both teams have today off.
In the minors – Last night in Fresno, the Storm lost to the Grizzlies, 6-5 – same score as the night before. Game 3 of 6 is tonight.
In the NFL – Ten-time Pro Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson confirmed today that he is retiring to take a job with CBS Sports. Wilson played 14 seasons in the NFL after being picked by Seattle in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft. He threw for 46,966 yards with 353 touchdowns and 114 interceptions in his career. He, Peyton Manning and Dan Marino are the only quarterbacks to have thrown at least 20 touchdown passes in each of their first three seasons. Wilson will replace Matt Ryan on “The NFL Today” show. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48960076/russell-wilson-confirms-retiring-nfl-joining-cbs
In golf – The Memorial Tournament at Dublin, Ohio teed off this morning. Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion. With half the field still on the course, J.J. Spaun, Wyndham Clark, and Tommy Fleetwood were tied at 5 under par 67. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks had regained all of yesterday’s losses. The Dow was up 1.6%. The S&P 500 gained almost a half percent with gains by two out of three listed stocks. And the Nasdaq was up just a tenth as AI companies slumped a bit. Gold also rebounded $36.50 to $4,503.30 an ounce on the Comex. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $3.60 to $92.42 a barrel. Treasury yields eased along with oil prices. The overall expectation on Wall Street seems to be that the U.S. and Iran will ultimately agree to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which would relieve some of the worldwide inflationary pressure from the restricted flow of Middle Eastern crude oil.
The IPO for SpaceX, set for later this month is expected to raise up to $75b and put Elon Musk on course to become the world’s first trillionaire. Officially known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SpaceX will sell over 555m shares at $135 each, giving the company a market value of $1.77 trillion. Only six S&P 500 companies are worth more. Musk will have 82.4% of the voting power in the company by virtue of his 5.22b Class B shares, which count as ten votes per share. All of this for a company that is currently showing yearly losses in the billions and mounting. Musk has equally ambitious plans for his other publicly-traded company, Tesla. He wants to transition it into a producer of robotaxis and humanoid robots. All of it hinges on AI and putting data centers in space, which is not technologically possible … yet. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-tesla-elon-musk-ipo-public-offering-6490112997adcbc47235479685a89b72
Arizona-based Honeywell Aerospace is planning to split from its parent company later this month in hopes of accelerating company growth. As a stand-alone, Honeywell Aerospace expects 2026 adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of about $4.7b which is expected to increase about 40% by 2030. The company says it has “record” backorders from Airbus and Boeing. The division’s numbers have failed to impress investors because they were clouded by overall results of the entire Honeywell conglomerate. In the past three years, shares in Honeywell have gained 20%, while the S&P 500 is up 77%. That’s why the company is splitting into three separate companies – Honeywell Technologies, Honeywell Aerospace, and Solstice Advanced Materials. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/honeywell-aerospace-ceo-earnings-growth.html
A number of companies released better-than-expected quarterly reports yesterday including Broadcom and Toro. https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-iran-oil-trump-cb4ab2243ffaf300b61f1ad6985d4456
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
President Trump has signed an executive order that converts 8k federal workers into at-will employees. That means, the government can fire them at any time without a reason. Almost all are at the highest level of Civil Service, known as GS-15. The administration characterizes the roles as senior positions with significant influence over policy. It was originally thought that as many as 50k jobs would be reclassified. Up until now, there were about 4k political appointees that serve at the pleasure of the President. The other 2m federal employees could only be fired for cause, including inadequate performance or misconduct. The administration says it’s about accountability. Critics say it politicizes important positions. The Civil Service was created more than a century ago to eliminate corruption and incompetence in federal jobs. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5742806/trump-federal-employees-civil-service-job-protections-schedule-f
Health officials are on high alert as athletes and fans gear up for the biggest FIFA World Cup tournament ever. It’ll span 16 host cities in all three North American countries and feature 48 international teams. It comes just as an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda had received a World Health Organization designation as a “public health emergency of international concern.” So far, there have been no cases of Ebola in the U.S. While Ebola makes the headlines, it’s more transmissible diseases like measles and respiratory viruses like Covid that have health officials concerned. U.S. cities are ramping up surveillance, hospital coordination and monitoring systems to detect and respond to potential outbreaks during the tournament. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/world-cup-2026-health-officials-focused-on-ebola-measles.html
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 credited 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 62
- TV host and reporter Anderson Cooper is 59
- Actress Arianne Zucker from TV’s “Days of Our Lives” is 52
- Lalaine Dupree from “Lizzie McGuire” is 39
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 87 this afternoon … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 86 tomorrow … 83 Saturday … 80 Sunday … 82 Monday … 83 Tuesday … 84 Wednesday … overnight lows, 59 tonight … 57 tomorrow night … 55 Saturday night … 52 Sunday and Monday night … 55 Tuesday night
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