Pala Today News – 6/30/25
Written by John Fox on June 30, 2025
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.
LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
Highway 76 was closed in both directions for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon when a car hit a power pole just west of the intersection with Cole Grade Road, which was also closed north of Pauma Elementary School.
Fire crews knocked down a slow-moving brush fire in Ramona Saturday afternoon near Orange Avenue and Pahls Way. It burned about two acres, threatening, but not damaging structures. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/brush-fire-breaks-out-in-ramona
There were a pair of fires in Riverside county yesterday. The Wolf Fire south of Banning started around 3p, burning 1,400 acres and forcing evacuations. It continued to burn at a moderate rate this morning with 10% containment. The evacuation point is Hemet High School. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/06/29/crews-attack-wolf-fire-south-of-banning/
The Mandalay Fire in Riverside, which also began yesterday afternoon around 2p near Tyler St. and Mandalay Court was stopped at 83 acres around 4:30p with no damage to nearby homes. Evacuation orders there have been lifted. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/06/29/mandalay-fire-threatens-homes-forces-evacuations-in-riverside/
A motorcyclist was injured in a Friday evening accident in Fallbrook. It happened about 6:30p near South Main and Ammunition Roads. No other vehicles were involved. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/06/26/news/motorcyclist-injured-in-fallbrook-crash-friday-evening/79192.html
Later that evening a solo vehicle crash happened with a blue sedan running off Highway 76 and down an embankment about a half mile east of I-15. No word on injuries. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/06/26/news/chp-reports-solo-vehicle-crash-near-sr-76-and-i-15-in-fallbrook/79187.html
Groundbreaking was held last week for the new Pala Super Mart & Fuel Station. It’ll be west of the existing Mini Mart on a much larger parcel of land along Highway 76 in front of Pala RV Resort. The new Super Mart will include a grocery market, full service deli, and specialty coffee bar to serve travelers and locals. The building will be three times the size of the Mini Mart with indoor and outdoor eating areas, EV charging stations, a state-of-the-art car and RV wash and 24/7 fueling from 20 pumps, including 8 for RVs and other oversize vehicles. Pala Tribal Chairman Robert Smith called it “a vital step in fulfilling our vision for long-term Tribal economic sustainability.” There is additional building space for a nationally-branded quick service restaurant to be named later. Pala Super Mart & Fuel Station is expected to open next year. (Disclosure: Pala Rez Radio, KPRI is owned and operated by the Pala tribe.) https://www.casinolifemagazine.com/news/pala-band-mission-indians-launches-super-mart-and-fuel-station-project-driving-job-creation-and
The City of Carlsbad pulled the construction contract for several downtown traffic circles from its consent calendar agenda last week, asking instead for other alternatives to be presented at its July 29 meeting. The decision may cause the city to forfeit a $5m federal grant to help with realigning, adding lighting and undergrounding utilities at five Barrio neighborhood intersections were residents are concerned about speeding and pedestrian safety. Loss of parking was the council’s prime concern. A report the city council said a total of 46 downtown parking spaces would be lost to the circles. That was later revised down to 38 spaces. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/30/carlsbad-does-another-reverse-on-traffic-circles-jeopardizing-4-million/
The morning June gloom is just about over, and so is June. Partly cloudy nights and sunny days with afternoon highs in Pala in the 80s for at least the next week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
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SPORTS
In Major League Baseball – The Padres lost two out of three games in Cincinnati, including yesterday’s 3-2 decision on a bases-loaded single scoring two runs for the Reds in the bottom of the 9th. The Giants lost two out of three to the White Sox in Chicago. The Dodgers took two out of three from the Royals in Kansas City, extending their lead over both the Padres and Giants to 7 and 7 ½ games respectively. It also puts them in a tie with Detroit for the best record in the league at this point in the season. The Nationals took two out of three from the Angels in Anaheim including an 11-inning, 7-4 win yesterday. In that game, Nationals slugger James Wood became the first Major Leaguer since Barry Bonds to draw four intentional walks in a game. It happened to Bonds four times in 2004. The Dodgers and Angels have today off. The Padres open a series in Philadelphia and the Giants are in Phoenix to play the Diamondbacks. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45611480/nationals-james-wood-draws-4-intentional-walks-vs-angels
In the NFL – The Miami Dolphins have traded three-time All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith to Pittsburgh in exchange for All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and a draft pick swap. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45617415/steelers-acquire-all-pro-cb-jalen-ramsey-trade-dolphins
In the NBA – After opting out of his option with the Clippers and becoming a free agent a few weeks ago, Nicolas Batum is re-signing with the Clippers for two years at $11.5m. This will be his 18th NBA season, which he says is very likely to be his last. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45619586/sources-nicolas-batum-returning-clippers-opt-out
The WNBA is expanding. The league announced today that there will be new expansion teams in Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia. That will grow the league to 18 teams over the next five years. More than a dozen cities had submitted bids to host expansion teams. Each of the three new teams will pay $250m in franchise fees. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/new-wnba-teams-cleveland-detroit-philadelphia.html
In Major League Soccer – On Saturday, the LA Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes tied at 1 at Stanford. Yesterday, the playoffs began with LAFC losing 1-0 to the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps. The Galaxy host Vancouver this Friday. https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/date/20250628/league/usa.1
In Rugby – Saturday in Rhode Island, the Major League Rugby New England Free Jacks won the league championship game against the Houston Sabercats 28-22. https://stats.majorleague.rugby/results/
In golf – At the Rocket Classic in Detroit, a three-way tie at 22-under par between Aldrich Potgieter, Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk after the regular 72 holes was resolved with a sudden-death playoff yesterday. Kirk was eliminated after the third hole. It took two more for Potgieter to come out on top. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – Saturday, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup event – his second win this year. The season opener at Bowman Gray Stadium in February was his other win. https://www.espn.com/racing/results
In tennis – Temperatures set records today at the first day of Wimbledon – the oldest of the Grand Slam tournaments. It was 91 today at All England Club, beating the previous high of 85 on opening day in 2001. Some sweat-soaked athletes resorted to ice-filled towels around their necks as they sat on the sidelines. Others noted it wasn’t that different from the Australian Open in Melbourne in January, or the New York Open in August and September. It’s frequently 90 or more at those events. But the average daytime June temperature in London is normally in the low-70s. https://apnews.com/article/wimbledon-2025-heat-be379d08ec6fec694f901da2fa38a582
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained 4 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 rose a third. And the Nasdaq was up 3 tenths. Gold traded $19.30 higher on the Comex, at $3,306.90 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell 58 cents to $64.94 a barrel.
President Trump told Fox News yesterday that he’s found a group of investors willing to buy TikTok. Citing security concerns about the social media app’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, Congress set a January deadline for it to either be sold or quit operating in the U.S. That deadline has been delayed three times by Trump, who now says a deal will close by September 17. The Chinese government still needs to approve the sale. In the past they’ve said they’d block it. Trump is confident they’ll change their stance. www.morningbrew.com
The President got a win in his trade war with Canada yesterday. That country announced last night that it would scrap the new tax on American technology companies that caused Trump to suspend trade talks with Canada. www.cnbc.com
Already the nation’s largest home improvement center, Home Depot wants to get larger. Its distribution unit is buying building products distributor GMS for $4.3b to gain more business from contractors and other home professionals. That segment, which includes electricians, roofers, landscapers and other professionals is also a steadier and more lucrative part of the home improvement market. Home Depot shares were down slightly today. GMS shares were up 11% at a 52-week high. The deal should be complete by early next year. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/home-depot-srs-distribution-buys-gms.html
Luckin Coffee, the fast-growing chain that’s beating Starbucks at its own game in China today opened its first two store in this country. Both are in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Founded in 2017, Luckin caters to the young and prices its drinks about 30% below Starbucks. Its stores are barebones and require customers to use mobile phones to place orders – something many US chains are increasingly pushing customers to do as well. That strategy also allows Luckin to quickly add new locations. It overtook Starbucks in China in 2019. That same year, it filed for an initial public offering, but had to pull it back a year later after admitting its earnings had been a fabrication. That led to its being de-listed from the Nasdaq stock exchange and its chairman and CEO both being fired. It was also hit with a $180m fine from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Recovering from all of that is what’s taken Luckin this long to expand into the U.S. https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/food/luckin-coffee-first-usa-location
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Over the weekend at the movie box office, the new Brad Pitt movie, “F1” opened big, but not huge. It placed first with $55.6m in ticket sales followed by “How to Train Your Dragon” with $19.4m in its third week of release. “Elio” was third with $10.7m. The sequel, “M3GAN 2.0” debuted in 4th with a low $10.2m. After six week, “Lilo and Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” are both still in the top ten, which in-total slightly exceeded last weekend. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W26/
J.M. Smucker is the latest big food company to announce plans to eliminate artificial dyes from its products. All of its jams and other products will have no synthetic dyes by the end of 2027. And foods sold to K-12 will be synthetic dye-free by the 2026-27 school year. Most of its products are already free of the targeted dyes. Products that still have them include sugar-free jams and ice cream toppings. So do some Hostess products including Twinkies and Snoballs. Smuckers acquired Hostess in 2023. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5449648/j-m-smucker-plans-to-remove-artificial-colors-from-its-jams-and-other-products
One of the big problems with online shopping for clothes is that you don’t know how they’ll fit or look on you until you buy and have them shipped to you. A new Google app called Doppl, allows you to upload a photo of yourself along with photos of clothing you’d like to try on virtually. Then it shows you an image of your doppelganger wreathing the clothes. It even generates a short video of you in them. There are still some bugs in the app. If you upload a mirror selfie, the app tends to make you look much thinner, and any kind of fisheye lens distorts your proportions. It may also generate new AI feet for your body. www.morningbrew.com
Delving even further into future tech, China just hosted the first three-on-three soccer match played by fully autonomous robots. The level of play was more along the lines of Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl. Even though the ‘bots didn’t run and there were no headers or over-the-head kicks, they still fell down a lot. But it’s a start. As they say, baby steps … which is all the robots did, occasionally advancing the ball with one. https://apnews.com/video/beijing-hosts-chinas-first-fully-autonomous-3-on-3-ai-robot-soccer-match-e304c40f16684667a9c35a73ab8e5b31
On this day in music history – June 30,
- 1966, The Beatles played the first of three controversial concerts at Nippon Budokan Hall in Japan. Controversial because Budokan had not previously been allowed to be used for pop music concerts. The ratio of security was 3 to 1 with 3k policemen on hand for each show with 10k people in the audience. The first two shows were filmed – one of the few times a Beatles concert was filmed in color.
- In 1973, George Harrison’s “Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on Earth” replaced Paul McCartney’s “My Love” at the top of the Hot 100.
- In 1975, The Jackson Five announced they were leaving Motown Records to sign with Epic. The move forced a group name change to The Jacksons since Motown owned their previous name.
- On the same day, Cher married Greg Allman, four days after divorcing Sonny Bono. The new couple split after ten days followed by an on and off marriage for the next three years.
- In 1976, Stuart Goddard placed an ad in the classifieds in Melody Maker. Bass player Andy Warren answered the ad, Goddard changed his name to Adam Ant and the two went on to form Adam and the Ants.
- In 1977 Marvel Comics launched a comic book based on the group KISS. Blood drawn from each of the bandmembers was mixed into the vats of red ink used to print the comic.
- In 1984, the first of six singles from Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” album, “Dancing in the Dark” peaked at #2. The video was shot at the first stop on the album’s tour and shows The Boss pulling a young Courtney Cox from the audience to dance on stage with him.
- In 2000, eight men were trampled to death during Pearl Jam’s concert near Copenhagen. All had slipped or fallen in the mud in front of the stage.
- In 2001, country singer, guitarist and producer Chet Atkins died in Nashville at the age of 77.
- In 2004, Kinks founding member Dave Davies suffered a stroke that left his right side paralyzed. The brother of lead singer Ray Davies had been promoting his solo recordings when he collapsed.
- In 2019, Taylor Swift’s former label, Big Machine was sold to Scooter Braun’s company whose other stars included Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, prompting Swift to Tweet that it was her “worst case scenario”. A feud began as Braun and her former label head tried to prevent her from performing her old music. Taylor eventually won the war.
Born on this day …
- In 1943, Florence Ballard from The Supremes
- In 1944, Glenn Shorrock from The Little River Band
- In 1946, Billy Brown from The Moments who had a 1970 hit with “Love on a Two-Way Street”. For contractual reasons The Moments had to change their name to “Ray, Goodman and Brown” for their next big hit, “Special Lady”.
- In 1951, jazz bass player Stanley Clarke from the fusion band Return to Forever
- In 1968 Philip Anselmo from Pantera
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=30&month=6
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress Nancy Dussault from TV’s “Too Close for Comfort” is 89
- Actor and comedian David Alan Grier is 69
- Actor Vincent D’Onofrio from Full Metal Jacket, Mystic Pizza and Men in Black is 66
- In 1992, actor Tom Hanks got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame surrounded by co-stars from his latest movie at the time, “A League of Their Own”.
http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0630.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (7/1) – beef burritos, Spanish rice, pinto beans and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high temperature of 89 this afternoon – the hottest day this week … 87 tomorrow … 85 Wednesday … 83 Thursday … 86 Friday … 88 Saturday and Sunday … overnight lows, about 57 tonight through Thursday night … about 59 Friday and Saturday night
PROGRAMMING
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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.
PALA
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