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Pala Today News – 7/14/25

Written by John Fox on July 14, 2025

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

45k Southern California grocery workers voted late Friday to approve the new contract worked out between their union and the parent companies of Albertsons, Pavillions, Ralphs and Vons stores from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border. The contract calls for substantial wage increases, a new supplemental pension plan, increased health care benefits and higher staffing minimums. The new contract takes effect immediately. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/07/12/southern-california-grocery-workers-approve-new-3-year-contract/

A 43-year old man died in Vista jail Sunday. Deputies doing routine safety checks at about 3a found him unresponsive in his cell. Emergency responders arrived and took over, but the man died around 3:20a before he could be taken to a hospital. The unidentified prisoner had been in custody since June 15, facing burglary and felony vandalism charges. He’s the sixth person to die in a San Diego County jail this year. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/man-discovered-unresponsive-in-vista-jail-cell-dies/

Two wildfires broke out Thursday in the Temecula area. The first, dubbed the Madera Fire, began shortly after 9:30a near Pauba Road and Winner’s Circle, just north of Temecula. Flames quickly spread through brushy hillsides, burning up to 25 acres before crews halted its forward progress. Firefighters were working in 95-degree heat, the second day of the recent heat wave. 173 firefighters responded to the blaze, aided by air tankers, helicopters and hand crews. The fire was 95% contained that evening. No structures were threatened, and no injuries were reported. Later that day, at around 4:35p, a second fire was reported near De Portola Road and Via Luisa. That blaze burned approximately 2 acres before firefighters stopped its advance. https://patch.com/california/temecula/wildfires-spark-fade-temecula-rivco-scorched-under-triple-digit-heatwave-see

A motorcyclist was involved in a hit-and-run collision Saturday night on South Mission Road just north of Stagecoach Lane. The crash was reported around 9p when a caller said a vehicle struck a motorcyclist and fled the scene. Responding units found the rider standing on the right-hand shoulder of the northbound lane, suffering only minor injury. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/07/10/news/motorcyclist-injured-in-hit-and-run-crash-in-fallbrook/79302.html

An accident in San Marcos caused about two dozen SDG&E customers to lose power this morning after 2a. Repairs are expected to be complete by 2p today. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

Pala will have very consistent weather for the next week with daytime high temperatures staying within a five-degree range in the 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 Major League Baseball – The Padres just missed sweeping the Phillies in the final series before the All-Star Break, losing 2-1 yesterday on a top of the eighth RBI double by J.T. Realmuto. The first two games were close as well but went San Diego’s way. The Dodgers took two out of three in San Francisco, losing Friday’s opener and finishing yesterday with an 11-inning 5-2 win. The Angels took two from the visiting Diamondbacks before losing yesterday 5-1.

Going into the All-Star Break, Detroit has the best record in baseball at 59 and 38. They lead the AL Central by 11 ½ games over the Twins. In the East, Toronto has a two-game lead over the Yankees. In the West, Houston is in first place by 5 games over Seattle. The Angels are in fourth, nine games off the pace. In the National League, Philadelphia still leads the east by a half game over the Mets. They’d briefly fallen into second place after Saturday’s loss to San Diego. The Cubs lead the Central by one game over the Brewers. In the West, the Dodgers have the best record in the National League. They’ve won one more game than the Cubs and lead the Padres by 5 ½ games. The Giants are in third by a half game, the Diamondbacks are 11 games off the pace. And the Rockies still have by far the worst record in the Majors at 22 and 74 – 35 ½ games behind the Dodgers. https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

Today, it’s the Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta. The All-Star Game is tomorrow at 5p on Fox.

In this year’s amateur draft, the Washington Nationals picked first, taking 17-year old Eli Willits, an Oklahoma high school short stop. He’s the youngest top pick since Ken Griffey Jr. went to Seattle in 1987. https://apnews.com/article/mlb-draft-eli-willits-2d4d523e5a756df71ff439418071e16d

The Padres first pick in yesterday’s draft was #25 overall – Kruz Schoolcraft, a 6-foot-8 left handed pitcher from Sunset High School in Oregon. He’s also a strong left-handed hitter with ten home runs and a .637 on base percentage. The Padres also selected Western Kentucky outfielder Ryan Wideman in the third round. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/padres-start-2025-draft-with-a-big-high-school-left-hander/

Where have all the curve balls gone? The pitch that legend says was invented about 160 years ago by Hall of Famer Candy Cummings when as a teen, he discovered the movement while throwing sea shells into the ocean, is losing its luster in the Major Leagues. Almost 23k fewer curve balls were thrown in 2024 than five years earlier. It’s the slowest and most active of the breaking pitches, averaging just 80.2 miles an hour at a time when baseball is obsessed with velocity. Even that is changing. The average speed of a curve ball in 2008 when they began keeping pitching statistics was only 76.5 miles an hour. Meanwhile, the average fastball is at a record 94.4 miles an hour this season, up from 91.9 in 2008, even though it’s not getting thrown as often either. Sliders, sweepers and slurves are increasingly the go-to pitch. https://apnews.com/article/mlb-disappearing-curveballs-286fc7d890f776759e613a9e0a59cddc

In the NHL – The league today announced its fall schedule. The Florida Panthers are part of an opening day triple-header at which time they will raise their second consecutive Stanley Cup banner before their game hosting the Chicago Blackhawks October 7 at 2p. They’re looking to become the first Stanley Cup three-peat since the New York Islanders in the early 1980s. The other two October 7 games are the New York Rangers at Pittsburgh at 5p and the Colorado Avalanche at Los Angeles to playl the Kings at 7:30p. The rest of the new season schedule will be released Wednesday. This will be the last 82-game season. Next year, the new collective bargaining agreement goes into effect with 84 regular season games. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/45739056/panthers-raise-stanley-cup-banner-oct-7-open-nhl-season

In Major League Soccer – All the Southern California teams won. San Diego FC beat Chicago Fire FC 2-1 at Soldier Field. The Galaxy topped DC United 2-1 in Carson. And LAFC shut out FC Dallas 2-0 at BMO stadium. Coming up Wednesday, San Diego hosts Toronto, the Galaxy host Austin, and LAFC plays Minnesota United in St. Paul.

In golf – At the Scottish Open, American Chris Gotterup won yesterday by two strokes over Rory McIlroy and Marco Penge with a 15-under par 265. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Shane van Gisbergen started in the pole position and finished first in the NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma.

The summer horse racing season in Del Mar opens this Friday.

In tennis – At Wimbledon, top-seeded Jannik Sinner won the championship match over second-seed Carlos Alcaraz. It was Sinner’s fourth grand slam victory.

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up slightly today. The Dow and S&P each gained a tenth of a percent. The Nasdaq was up three tenths. Gold fell $5.70 on the Comex, trading at $3,358.30 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down $1.30 to $67.15 a barrel.

The Trump administration is suing the state of California to block animal welfare laws it says caused egg prices to soar beginning last year – and not just in California. The nationwide average price of eggs soared to $6.23 per dozen in March, then declined about a dollar in April and was down to $4.55 in May. At that point, the price was still 68.5% higher than a year earlier. Filed last Wednesday, the suit challenges California voter initiatives passed in 2018 and 2008 that require all eggs sold here to come from hens not raised in cages. The suit says that because of this state’s outsized economy, the ballot initiatives affected egg producers elsewhere as well, adding red tape and expense to poultry production everywhere, and that since it’s the federal government’s legal prerogative to regulate egg production, the California regulations are unconstitutional. Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States says the cause of the egg price increase was bird flu, not animal welfare laws, and that much of the U.S. egg industry went cage-free by public demand, not California law. 175m chickens had to be destroyed after contracting bird flu, causing an egg shortage and the price increases. https://apnews.com/article/egg-prices-california-animal-welfare-trump-48296b0149580e5620d6bcdcdcce89d7

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Superman” dominated with $122m in ticket sales on 4,100 screens. That was more than three times the take for “Jurassic World: Rebirth” in its second week in theaters. This Superman reboot came at the hands of James Gunn – the man behind the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. Disney’s Marvel Studios had a lot riding on it. Their last several films have bombed. Superman is the third-largest debut this year and the first DC Comic title to surpass $100m in its opening weekend since “Wonder Woman” in 2017. Being an American icon, Superman’s overseas opening was a little soft. Last week’s top five films each dropped one place. Overall movie attendance was the fourth-best weekend this year, with the Top 10 total attendance just barely behind the early April weekend in which “A Minecraft Movie” opened. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W28/

The city of Oceanside is considering the creation of a park ranger program to help manage its system of 17 community parks, 16 neighborhood parks, recreation centers, aquatics facilities, a regional park, five skate parks, and miles of trails and open space. The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission this month unanimously approved conducting a feasibility study to determine the costs and benefits of a ranger program, something city officials have considered for years, but never had the money to do. Carlsbad and San Marcos both have city park rangers. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/13/park-ranger-program-proposed-for-oceanside/

On this day in music history – July 14,

1964, The Rolling Stones were at #1 in Britain with “It’s All Over Now”. The song had been written and recorded earlier in the year by Bobby Womack.
In 1967, The Who began their first full North American concert tour in Portland, Oregon. They were the opening act for Herman’s Hermits.
On the same day, 20-year old David Bowie released the single “Love You Till Tuesday” which failed to chart.
In 1973, during a concert in Hollywood, Phil Everly smashed his guitar and stormed off stage. Brother Don finished the set alone and announced that the Everly Brothers had split. They didn’t perform again together for ten years.
On the same day, Clarence White from The Byrds was killed by a drunk driver while loading equipment after a show in Palmdale. White had joined the group in 1968 after they’d recorded their biggest hits.
In 1979, Donna Summer had her third #1 hit with “Bad Girls”. The album of the same name also began five weeks at #1.
In 1982, the movie premiere for Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” was held in London.
In 1986, Madonna was at #1 for the second time with “Papa Don’t Preach”.
In 1989, 432 guitarists set the world record for the most pickers playing in unison for the longest period of time. They played “Louie, Louie” for 30 minutes.
On the same day, Tom Jones lost a paternity suit and was ordered to pay $200 a week child support to a 27-year old New York woman. The judge in the case was TV’s Judge Judy before she got her TV show and was just a New York Family Court judge.
In 2015, the Las Vegas coroner’s office confirmed that B.B. King died of natural causes related to Alzheimer’s disease. Two of his daughters alleged he’d been poisoned by long-time associates.

Born on this day …

In 1912, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie. Folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie became famous for his “Dust Bowl Ballads” and protest songs in the 1930s and 40s. His guitar bore the inscription, “This Machine Kills Fascists”. Woody Guthrie had eight children including folk musician Arlo Guthrie.
In 1945, American session drummer Jim Gordon, who co-wrote “Layla” with Eric Clapton and worked with George Harrison, John Lennon, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, Traffic, Steely Dan, Jackson Browne, Frank Zappa and many others. A diagnosed schizophrenic, Gordon murdered his mother and was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison in 1984.
In 1948, Sony Records executive and ex-husband of Mariah Carey, Tommy Mottola
In 1950, session drummer Andy Newmark who was the drummer for Sly & The Family Stone and numerous other 70s and 80s groups
In 1952, Bob Casale, guitarist and keyboardist for Devo
In 1956, session bass player Bob Birch who worked with the Doobie Brothers, George Michael, Phil Collins, Elton John, BB King and others.
In 1966, Ellen Reid, keyboardist for Crash Test Dummies.
In 1975, Taboo from Black Eyed Peas
In 1987, Dan Reynolds, lead singer for Imagine Dragons.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=14&month=7

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

NFL star and actor, Rosey Grier is 93
Actress Jane Lynch is 65
Former child actress Missy Gold who was daughter of the governor on TV’s “Benson” is 55.
Among those who’ve passed, comedic actor Terry Thomas was born in 1911
Animator William Hanna of Hanna-Barbera cartoons was born in 1910
Actor and TV show host Ken Murray was born in 1903
Animator Dave Fleischer who along with brother Max invented the Rotoscope and created Betty Boop cartoons was born in 1894.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0714.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 85 this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog clearing to sunny and 82 tomorrow … 81 Wednesday … 82 Thursday … 84 Friday … 86 Saturday … 87 Sunday … overnight lows, about 56 tonight through Thursday night … about 58 Friday and Saturday night

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