Pala Today News – 6/24/24

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A man from Lake Elsinore was killed yesterday morning around 7:37a when his motorcycle crashed on the southbound I-15 off-ramp to California Oaks Road.  33-year old Johnny Martinez died at Inland Valley Hospital.  No other vehicles were involved. https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/fire-destroys-escondido-magic-store-and-sandwich-shop/

Later in the morning, there was a single-vehicle crash of a vehicle reported traveling at a high speed through the intersection of Hill Street and Merida in Fallbrook.  Two people not wearing seatbelts were ejected when the vehicle overturned.  Two Life Flight air ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured to Palomar Hospital. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2024/06/20/news/update-two-transported-with-critical-injuries-after-rollover/76381.html

Four people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in Winchester yesterday afternoon.  It happened around 1:42p at Simpson Road and California Avenue.  One of the four victims, 51-year old Kimberly Higgins of Hemet died last night around 6:30p.  Two other victims had serious injuries.  One had minor injuries. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/woman-dies-following-winchester-crash-injured-3-others

There was a multi-vehicle accident on I-15 that ended up near Old Highway 395 Saturday just after noon.  A grey sedan swerved to avoid a white BMW SUV, going off the freeway, rolling over and ending up a few feet from Old Highway 395.  Further details were sketchy. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2024/06/20/news/one-person-injured-after-car-crashes-off-i-15-northbound-onto-395/76380.html

A fire on North Andreasen Drive in Escondido Saturday evening destroyed two businesses. Heavy smoke was coming from the building including Magic Shop San Diego and Eric’s Sandwich Shop when firefighters arrived just after 6p.  Although bad enough to collapse the roof, the fire was prevented from spreading to other nearby businesses. There were no injuries. https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/fire-destroys-escondido-magic-store-and-sandwich-shop/

Up to 100 SDG&E customers in Fallbrook lost power at about 10:45 this morning.  The utility expects to have it restored by 2p. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

Thursday’s Presidential candidates’ debate will have a number of changes to eliminate the free-for-all that recent candidates’ debates have experienced.  It won’t be overseen by the Commission on Presidential Debates as all other meet-ups have since 1988.  This one is hosted by and carried live on CNN, will have no live audience, no props or written notes allowed on stage, and microphones will be muted when the other candidate is speaking.  This will be earliest televised US general election debate since Kennedy-Nixon in 1960.  www.morningbrew.com

The city San Bernardino came in at #1 on a list no city wants to be at the top of.  Lawnstarter’s 2024 Dirtiest Cities in America ranked the 300 largest US cities on 21 total metrics including air pollution, water quality, waste management and general dissatisfaction by residents.  San Bernardino was worst – or #1, followed by Detroit, Reading PA, Newark, and San Bernardino’s neighbor to the west, Ontario.  At the bottom, or better end of the list, Redwood and Pleasanton CA were among the five cleanest cities.  In between, Escondido was #193 – so, better than most.  Temecula was #118.  San Diego, #108. Oceanside was #74 – all three, worse than most.  https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/studies/dirtiest-cities-in-united-states/

There was a 3.6 magnitude earthquake at 12:17a just west of Salton Sea.  Only a few people reported feeling it.  But the reports came from as far away as National City and Palm Springs. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40808000/executive

Temperatures in Pala should be closer to normal tomorrow.  One more day in the 90s today, then mid-80s with a return of night and morning low clouds and fog for the rest of the week.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

COVID-19 BULLETIN BOARD AND RESOURCE LISTINGS – has moved to the end of this newsletter

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 took three out of four from the visiting Brewers over the weekend, losing only yesterday’s final game 6-2.  Milwaukee rookie pitcher Tobias Myers won his fourth straight. The Padres Michael King took his fifth loss against five wins, giving up five runs in the 2^nd inning.  Saturday’s 6-4 Padres win included a career-high five hits for Jake Cronenworth.  The Dodgers and Angels split a short series at Dodger Stadium with the Angels winning 3-2 in ten innings Friday including a 455-foot homer by Shohei Ohtani.  The Dodgers won 7-2 Saturday thanks to an even slightly longer home run by Ohtani and one by second baseman Gavin Lux – both in the 3^rd inning.  Both teams had yesterday off.  Today, the Dodgers play the White Sox in Chicago, The Angels host Oakland.  And the Padres host Washington.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm won 6-4 at Visalia yesterday.  But the Rawhide took four out of the six games in the series.  The Storm begin a series tomorrow at 6p hosting Rancho Cucamonga.  https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/schedule/2024-06

In the NHL Stanley Cup finals – What looked like was going to be a wipeout has turned into a seven-game series thanks to Edmonton’s third win in a row Friday.  The Oilers routed the visiting Panthers 5-1.  Florida didn’t even score until the third period.  Since Game three, when the Panthers went ahead three games to none, the Oilers have outscored them 18 to 5.  It all comes down to tonight.  If it goes Edmonton’s way, it’ll be an historic reverse sweep and the first Oilers Stanley Cup since they won it five times in seven seasons beginning in 1984.  It would be the first time a Canadian team was won it since Montreal in 1993.  Florida has never won it.  The deciding Game 7 is tonight at 5p on ABC.  https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/40409008/nhl-playoffs-2024-stanley-cup-final-panthers-oilers-game-7-players-picks

In basketball – Boston feted its Celtics for their record-setting 18^th championship Friday with the customary Duck Boat parade through the city’s streets.  Because Celtics owner Wye Grousbeck and his family couldn’t drive through the crowds to get to Boston Garden with the trophy, they ended up walking and giving fans an unexpected thrill as they displayed the trophy and banner destined for the Garden. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40402204/boston-salutes-celtics-record-18th-nba-championship-parade

In Soccer – On Saturday, the Galaxy edged Real Salt Lake 1-0 in Salt Lake City, and LAFC buried San Jose 6-2 in Carson.  This Saturday, LAFC host the Colorado Rapids and the Galaxy play the San Jose Earthquakes at Stanford.

In the NFL – Following multiple offseason arrests in Alabama, the Kansas City Chiefs are expected to release defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs.  He was booked on domestic violence and burglary charges June 16.  He was previously out on bail in connection with two counts of second-degree animal cruelty in May. That bail was revoked as a result of last week’s new charges. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40420945/sources-chiefs-expected-release-isaiah-buggs-arrests

In Rugby – Yesterday, the San Diego Legion beat the visiting Houston SabreCats 37-24.  Their next game is this Saturday evening hosting Seattle at Snapdragon Stadium.

In golf – At the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, Scottie Scheffler was consistently great through four rounds, tying Tom Kim at 13 under-par 258 after the four regulation rounds.  Scheffler won the first hole of sudden death and the tournament.

In racing – Yesterday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Christopher Bell won the NASCAR Cup race – his fourth win this season, and Alex Palou won the Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca Raceway.  It was his third win this season. https://www.espn.com/racing/results/_/series/indycar

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed.  The Dow gained almost 9 tenths of a percent.  The S&P 500 was up 3 tenths.  The NASDAQ fell almost three tenths.  Comex gold gained $10.50 an ounce, trading at $2,341.70.  Oil futures were up 88 cents with West Texas Intermediate Crude at $81.61 a barrel.

The cyberattack that hobbled car dealerships using software from CDK Global continues.  Hackers demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, which CDK plans to pay according to reports by Bloomberg Friday.  www.morningbrew.com

Hooters is the latest chain to announce the closure of dozens of locations due to rising food and labor costs.  They didn’t say exactly how many locations or where they were.  But local reports say several dozen in at least five states closed either over the weekend or within the past few weeks.  Hooters still has about 300 locations worldwide.  That’s about 12% fewer than five years ago, according to restaurant consulting firm Technomic.  Meanwhile, competitors like Twin Peaks and Dave & Busters have grown since then. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/food/hooters-closures/index.html

Krispy Kreme has created a line of doughnuts to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the TV sitcom, “Friends”.  But unless you’re planning a trip to the UK or Ireland, you can’t get them.  Social media is full of comments criticizing the Friends doughnuts limited availability and the overall logic of the promotion.  Said one commenter, “Friends was a huge US show, yet this is a UK thing?” But such promotions are done to gain notoriety.  It worked. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/23/business/krispy-kreme-friends-themed-doughnuts/index.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movies, “Inside Out 2” continued to rule, selling another $100m worth of tickets on 4,400 screens.  That’s only a third less than its debut weekend.  Most films drop by half after the first week.  “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” remained in 2^nd place with $18.7m.  “The Bikeriders” debuted in third with $10m on 2,600 screens, followed by “The Garfield Movie”, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”, “IF”, and the debut of “The Exorcism” with a low, $2.4m on 2,200 screens.  “Thelma” was 8^th, opening in limited release with the fourth-best per-screen average of the weekend.  The total take for the top ten was down 30% from last week, but it was still the second-best weekend so far this year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W25/

Inspections of US-bound avocados and mangoes in a major Mexican export region are on hold while the US Department of Agriculture investigates a recent assault on USDA inspectors.  A week ago, US agents were reportedly detained and beaten during a labor protest in Michoacán, where organized crime has grown alongside the avocado boom.  While the inspections are on hold, Mexico won’t be able to clear any new Michoacán avocados or mangoes for US export.   Michoacán grows nearly three-quarters of Mexico’s avocados and provided 89% of the record 2.78 billion pounds of fresh avocados imported into the US last year. On average, more than 63% of US mango imports come from Mexico.  The problem isn’t likely to last long or greatly affect your access to guacamole.  A safety incident that halted inspections of avocados in Michoacán in 2022 only lasted for about a week and never did really impact the US avo supply. Another Mexican state, Jalisco, now exports avocados to the US.  It’s business as usual there. https://apnews.com/article/mexico-us-avocados-inspections-michoacan-3779355273cbce6bcf81d2763839daa3

Yes, it was hot here this weekend.  But it’s been worse and for longer in many other places around the country and the globe.  In the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Ohio River valley, temperatures have been over 100, breaking records for days.  There’s also been record flooding in the Midwest causing evacuations.  Elsewhere, 1,400 temperature records were broken across five continents last week.  According to Climate Central as reported in the Washington Post, production of fossil fuels and resulting greenhouse gasses has made the recent heat wave twice as likely for four out of five people in the world. www.morningbrew.com

Team USA and several other countries plan to bring air conditioners to next month’s Paris Olympics over concerns that the use of eco-friendly cooling pipes instead of AC in the athletes’ village will affect their performance in the games through less quality sleep.  Paris has hyped plans to slash the carbon footprint of this year’s Olympic Games by half, making it the most sustainable Games ever.  Portable air conditioners could subvert that goal.  With an historic average of 79 degrees in July, Paris traditionally has a very pleasant summer climate.  But in 2019, the city experienced a heatwave that drove temperatures as high as 109.  Two years ago in July, temperatures hit 97 and so far this year, the weather in many parts of Europe has been no treat.  The expected high in Paris tomorrow will be 85.  The first week of July there is expected to be rainy with highs in the upper 60s.  But the French weather service, Metro France says a month from now it’s likely to be warmer than average.  Olympic organizers are looking at moving some outdoor events to earlier, cooler parts of the day and may postpone or eliminate parts of the triathlon if the heat index exceeds 90.  www.NYTimes.com https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cqll9v0qynqo

 

On this day in music history – June 24,

• 1965, John Lennon’s second book of poetry and drawings, “A Spaniard in the Works” was published.  Like his first book, “In His Own Write” a year earlier, it was a collection of nonsensical stories and sketches.
• In 1967, Procol Harum’s single, “A Whiter Shade of Pale” entered the Billboard chart, eventually peaking at #5.  The words were written around the melody, which was composed by the group’s organist, Matthew Fisher based on Bach’s “Orchestral Suite in D” from 230 years earlier. 
• In 1988, UB40’s bass player Earl Falconer went to prison for six months after admitting to causing his brother’s death in a car accident. 
• In 1989, Soul II Soul began the first of four weeks at #1 with “Back to Life”.
• In 1990, New Kids on the Block’s Donnie Wahlberg spent two days in the hospital after falling through an unlocked trap door onstage at Saratoga Springs, New York.
• In 1999, Eric Clapton put 100 of his guitars up for auction to raise money for his rehab clinic, the Crossroads Centre in Antigua.  His 1956 Fender Stratocaster, the instrument used to record the original electric version of “Layla” sold for almost a half million dollars. 
• Five years later in 2004, another of Clapton’s Stratocasters sold at the same auction house for just shy of $1m, making it the most expensive guitar in the world.
• In 2007, the White Stripes were at #1 with their sixth and final studio album, “Icky Thump”.  It won the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy the following spring.
• In 2016, the “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism case was decided with the jury finding that Led Zeppelin did not copy the opening chords of the iconic song from another one several years earlier by Spirit.  The deciding argument by Zeppelin’s defense lawyers seemed to be that the chord progression was very common and had been in use for hundreds of years.

Born on this day…

• In 1944, Arthur Brown, an English rock singer and songwriter known for flamboyant stage performances.  He’s best known for the 1968 hit “Fire” by the group, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
• Also in 1944, Chris Wood, one of the founding members of Traffic.
• And Jeff Beck, who replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds and later formed his own group.
• In 1945, Colin Blunstone, lead singer with The Zombies
• In 1947, Mick Fleetwood, drummer and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac
• In 1949, John Illsley, bass player with Dire Straits.
• In 1961, Curt Smith from Tears for Fears

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=24&month=6

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actor, writer, comedienne Mindy Kaling is 45
• Among those who’ve passed, actor, comedian and bandleader Phil Harris was born on this day in 1904
• Character actor, Al Molinaro from TV’s “The Odd Couple” and “Happy Days” was born in 1919
• In 1955, Mad Magazine became a magazine as opposed to the comic book format it had for its first 23 issues.  Mad ceased publication in 2019.
• In 1957, the last new episode of “I Love Lucy” aired on CBS TV.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0624.htm

 

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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (6/25) – Enchiladas, Spanish rice, pinto beans, salad and dessert

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 91.3 degrees today and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour … mostly sunny and 86 tomorrow … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog return for another week tomorrow night, clearing to sunny and 86 Wednesday … 85 Thursday and Friday … 87 Saturday … 90 Sunday … overnight lows, 65 tonight … about 62 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 60 Thursday night … 58 Friday night … 61 Saturday night

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FIRE PERMITS

Call the Pala Fire Department at (760) 742-1632 before starting any open fires to get the day’s Cal Fire and APCD recommendations. Fire Department permits are required for any burning on Pala tribal land.

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PALA

The Pala Band of Mission Indians has a number of part-time and full-time employment opportunities.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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You can view the events on the Calendar page.

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SHOWS

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RESOURCES

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