Pala Today News – 6/26/25
Written by John Fox on June 26, 2025
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
Riverside County supervisors have approved service agreements to reimburse roadwork done by the cities of Temecula and Menifee. Pala Road, which is maintained by both the county and city of Temecula will get about 900 feet of slurry seal near Deer Hollow Way. Portions of Pechanga Parkway, which is fully-maintained by the city will get reimbursement for slurry seal as well. Portions of four roads in Menifee including Lindenberger, Scott, Menifee and Briggs Roads will be covered for resurfacing expenses. https://myvalleynews.com/blog/2025/06/15/county-supervisors-approve-resurfacing-agreements-with-temecula-and-menifee/
Lilo, a restaurant located in Carlsbad – not the title character of the movie currently in theaters, was awarded a prestigious Michelin Star yesterday, becoming the fifth San Diego County restaurant with at least one Star to its name. The menu for Lilo, which has only been open for two months, is locally-inspired. The restaurant only seats 22 people. It’s on Roosevelt Street in downtown Carlsbad. https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/exploring-san-diego/carlsbad-restaurant-lilo-awarded-prestigious-michelin-star
Shakira plays a sold-out concert tonight at Mission Valley’s Snapdragon Stadium. She hasn’t performed live here since 2018 at what is now Pechanga Arena. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/24/10-things-to-know-if-you-are-going-to-shakiras-snapdragon-stadium-concert-thursday/
Pala weather will be very consistent for at least the next week with continued June gloom in the mornings, afternoon high temperatures mostly in the upper 80s and overnight lows in the upper 50s. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
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SPORTS
In Major League Baseball – The Padres’ Nick Pivetta struck out ten across the first seven innings of yesterday’s final game hosting the Nationals. Final score 1-0 with Pivetta getting his 8th win of the season against 2 losses. The Padres took two out of three in the series. They didn’t gain any ground on the Dodgers, who once again beat the hapless Rockies in Denver – this time 8-1. But they did move into a tie with the Giants for second place – 5 ½ games behind the Dodgers. The Giants lost to the visiting Marlins 8-5 in ten innings. The Angels beat Boston 5-2, sweeping that series in Anaheim. The Angels and Padres have today off. The Giants finish their series hosting Miami and the Dodgers, with Clayton Kershaw starting on the mound finish their series in Denver this afternoon.
The 22-year old fan who yelled something about Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte’s late mother, who died in a car accident eight years ago has been banned indefinitely from all Major League ballparks. 31-year old Marte was brought to tears by the incident, which happened while he was at bat in the seventh inning in Tuesday’s game against the White Sox in Chicago. It’s not known exactly what was said, but Diamondback personnel heard it and asked that the fan be ejected. Marte received applause from the Chicago crowd during his first at bat last night as the scoreboard displayed the message: “Baseball is family. The White Sox community supports Ketel Marte.” Marte went hitless including two strikeouts in that game. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45582480/white-sox-ban-fan-taunt-ketel-marte-late-mother
In the NBA – In last night’s NBA draft, Cooper Flagg was the #1 pick, going to the Dallas Mavericks. They’re hoping the not-yet 19-year old Duke forward will be their next franchise superstar. They traded their last one – Luka Doncic to the Lakers five months ago. As a freshman, Flagg was a consensus All-American and won several national player of the year awards including the Wooden and Naismith trophies, averaging 19.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and leading the Blue Devils to a 35 and 4 season including an appearance in this year’s NCAA Final Four. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45585367/mavericks-pick-cooper-flagg-no-1-2025-nba-draft
Dylan Harper out of Rutgers went second overall to San Antonio. VJ Edgecombe from Baylor went to the 76ers. Another Duke player, Kon Knueppel was chosen fourth by Charlotte. https://www.espn.com/nba/draft/rounds/_/season/2025
The Brooklyn Nets entered the draft with picks #8, 19, 22, 26 and 27 with the general consensus that they’d trade at least a couple of them. But they didn’t, becoming the first team in league history to make five selections in the opening round of the NBA draft. Four of their five picks were guards, including three point guards. Their top pick was Egor Demin, a 6-foot-9 point guard from Russia via BYU. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45587689/nets-keep-all-five-first-round-picks-select-four-guards
The draft continues tonight beginning at 5p.
In the NHL – The player’s union and the league are discussing expanding the regular season from the current 82 to 84 games.
In Soccer – Tonight, first-year expansion team, San Diego FC plays at Vancouver to decide which one will be in first place in the MLS Western Conference. Also tonight, the Galaxy play the Rapids in Colorado. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/24/san-diego-fc-heads-to-vancouver-for-first-place-showdown/
In Rugby – The Major League Rugby championship game between New England and Houston is this Saturday at 11a at Pawtucket, Rhone Island.
In golf – The Rocket Classic in Detroit teed off this morning. Cam Davis is the defending champion. With half the field still on the course, Min Woo Lee led into the clubhouse with a 9-under par 63. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45582480/white-sox-ban-fan-taunt-ketel-marte-late-mother
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow and Nasdaq each gained almost 9 tenths of a percent. The S&P was up ¾ of a percent and getting close to a record high. Gold traded $4.90 higher on the Comex at $3,348 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 64 cents at $65.56 a barrel.
Mortgage rates have hit a 7-week low. The average top-credit 30-year fixed rate loan is 6.81%. The current rate reflects yesterday’s strong bond market. https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/markets/mortgage-rates-06252025
Italian spirits group Campari is selling its Cinzano vermouth and Frattina grappa brands to rival Caffo Group for $117m. The two brands accounted for just 2% of Campari’s overall net sales in 2024. https://www.reuters.com/en/italys-campari-sell-cinzano-frattina-brands-100-mln-euros-2025-06-26/
A San Diego City Council committee decided yesterday that a proposal to boost the minimum wage for tourism-associated workers to $25 an hour will move forward. The meeting drew hundreds of supporters and critics including the Padres and Sea World. If enacted, thousands of local workers would see their hourly pay rise as much as 45% from the current minimum of $17.25 an hour. While it sounds outrageous to some and will most definitely increase the cost of services, San Diego is an expensive place for workers to live. Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera notes that a single person has to earn more than $30 an hour just to cover basic living expenses in the city. A final ordinance will be drafted for the full city council to consider later this year. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/proposal-to-mandate-25-minimum-wage-for-tourism-workers-moves-forward/
A new international route out of San Diego International Airport began yesterday. Copa Airlines’ first flight to Panama City took off around 9p. It’s the culmination of a 12-year effort by San Diego officials to create a convenient air connection with Latin America. Copa will have flights out of San Diego every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The airline offers up to a seven-day stopover in Panama City at no extra cost before continuing on to other South American and Caribbean destinations served by Copa. A spokesman for the airline says early bookings look promising. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/25/san-diegos-newest-overseas-nonstop-flight-to-panama-starts-today/
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Starbucks is changing the way it charges for drink modifications. It will now add a flat fee of 80 cents for any extra sauce or syrup in any drink, rather than charging varying amounts based on the drink. www.morningbrew.com
According to a 234-page financial disclosure released two weeks ago, billionaire President Donald Trump had $630m of reported income last year including $57m from cryptocurrency sales, and more than $8m for licensing his name to products including watches and bibles. About three fourths of income reported is from Trump hotels and golf courses, like Mar-a-Lago in Florida. He has total assets of $1.6b. Most troubling to ethics experts is the President’s involvement in cryptocurrency at a time when Congress is working on legislation to regulate the relatively new industry. The White House points out that the President’s assets are in a revocable trust and that he follows all ethics laws. This latest financial report does not include ventures entered into since Trump took office in January. That includes the new Trump Mobile phone company announced last week – a business which is also federally-regulated. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5446114/trump-wealth-business-crypto-brand
President Trump this month launched a website for a new immigration option for the wealthy. The Trump Card website has received 70k applications for the solid gold card that allows the wealthy to buy their way into the U.S for a cool $5m each. He noted that selling 200k of them would net $1 trillion for the Treasury and help pay down the federal debt. Similar “golden visas” have been a thing worldwide for a number of years. A record 142k millionaires are expected to move to another country this year – some because of political turmoil. The U.K. is expected to lose about 16,500 because of changes in its tax rates. United Arab Emirates is expected to gain the most millionaires – about 9,800. The U.S. is expected to gain about 7,500. Experts say the Trump Card faces basic legal and tax obstacles and is only likely to attract a tiny fraction of the 37m potential buyers the President says will be interested. There are currently a total of 58m millionaires in the world – most of whom have less than $5m. The United States already has 22m of them. So, to gain 37m more is mathematically impossible. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/trump-card-overseas-wealthy.html
On this day in music history – June 26,
- 1961, Gary U.S. Bonds began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Quarter to Three” – a song that was often covered by Bruce Springsteen, who is a big fan. It was Springsteen who produced the 1981 comeback album for Bonds.
- In 1965 the Byrds were at #1 with their version of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”. Roger McGuinn was the only group member playing an instrument in the recording, which was otherwise all session musicians from the LA Wrecking Crew.
- In 1966, The Rolling Stones played two shows – a matinee in Washington DC and an evening show in Baltimore. The McCoys with a teenage Rick Derringer and The Standells were the supporting acts.
- In 1973, the Stones’ Keith Richards and girlfriend Anita Pallenberg were arrested at their home in Chelsea on drugs and gun charges.
- In 1974, Sonny and Cher divorced after ten years of marriage. Four days later, Cher married Gregg Allman. They split after ten days, got back together and split again after three years and one son together.
- In 1977, Elvis Presley made his last stage appearance at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. His last two songs were “Hurt” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.
- In 2000, Britney Spears hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana announced that a new museum opening the following year would include a section featuring fan mail, platinum records and articles of the singers clothing.
- In 2008, Total Guitar magazine voted Celine Dion’s rendition of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” as the world’s worst cover version ever. On the best side, #1 was Jimi Hendrix version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower”, followed by The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” first recorded by the Top Notes and made popular by the Isleys. Third place went to Guns N’ Roses version of Wings’ “Live and Let Die”.
Born on this day …
- in 1910, Elvis Presley’s manager, Col. Tom Parker whose previous entertainment experience involved managing a troupe of dancing chickens.
- In 1940, Billy Davis Jr., who along with wife Marilyn McCoo sang with The Fifth Dimension.
- In 1942, bass player for Canned Heat, Larry Taylor.
- In 1955, Mick Jones from The Clash.
- In 1956, Chris Isaak.
- In 1961, Terri Nunn, leader singer for Berlin whose hits included “The Metro” and “Take My Breath Away”, both of which were featured in popular 1980s movies.
- In 1973, country singer Gretchen Wilson
- And in 1993, pop singer Ariana Grande
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=26&month=6
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actor Gedde Watanabe, best known as Long Duk Dong in the movie “Sixteen Candles” is 70
- Comedian and actor Mark McKinney from SNL and Superstore is 63
- Actor, producer and director Chris O’Donnell is 55
- So is actor and producer Nick Offerman from TV’s Parks and Recreations and the movie “We’re the Millers”.
http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0626.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (6/27) – Polish sausage, chili, cheese and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 85 this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog for at least another week, clearing to sunny and 87 tomorrow … 90 Saturday … 88 Sunday … 87 Monday through Wednesday … overnight lows in the upper 50s all week
FIRE PERMITS
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