Pala Today News – 7/14/26

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

Firefighters are continuing to work today to contain an 18-acre brush fire in the unincorporated area of Sage east of Murrieta Hot Springs.  The fire was reported at 5:35p yesterday at Sage Road and Wilson Valley Road, about 20 miles east of Temecula. https://patch.com/california/temecula/crews-make-progress-brush-fire-burning-east-temecula

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office has identified the 17-year old pedestrian fatality in Encinitas last week as Seraphina Rose Fadick.  She died after being struck in the 2700 block of El Camino Del Norte the evening of July 10 by a 2025 Nissan Z.  The driver remained at the scene.  Drugs or alcohol are not believed to have been a factor.  https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/17-year-old-girl-identified-as-victim-in-deadly-encinitas-collision

A 19-year old suspect was arrested Sunday night after leading deputies in San Marcos on a chase in a stolen Kia Forte.  Johan Carranza Acosta had been reported northbound on Nordahl Road when deputies spotted the car in the Stater Bros. parking lot on E. Mission and attempted a traffic stop.  Acosta is alleged to have sped away at up to 80 miles an hour before abandoning the vehicle at Hollandia Park.  He was caught after a short foot pursuit.  He was taken to Kaiser Hospital, apparently under the influence of a controlled substance before being booked for auto theft, possession of stolen vehicle and disregard for public safety. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/suspected-car-thief-19-arrested-after-pursuit-through-san-marcos

53-year old Kristina Lee Rozzo was killed in a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 79 in Warner Springs last Thursday.  It happened around 10p.  Rozzo was not wearing a seat belt, leading her to be partly ejected from the 2008 Chevy Cobalt.  It’s not know if alcohol or drugs were a factor. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/13/vista-woman-dies-in-crash-in-warner-springs/

A gun safety event is scheduled from 9a to 2p this Saturday at Encinitas City Hall.  The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Carlsbad Police Department and Oceanside Police Department to collect guns in exchange for gift cards.  People who donate handguns, rifles and shotguns will receive $100 gift cards, while those who trade in assault weapons and ghost guns will receive $200 gift cards.  Free firearm trigger locks will also be distributed while supplies last. https://patch.com/california/carlsbad/gun-safety-event-north-county-offers-cash-unwanted-firearms-0

Palomar Health and UC San Diego Health have completed an agreement to form a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to stabilize and enhance patient care in North San Diego County as of July 1, 2026.  The new health system operates under the name “Palomar UC San Diego Health” and serves a region of nearly one million people. https://www.valleycenter.com/articles/palomar-health-rebrands-to-palomar-uc-san-diego-health/    

Data from across Riverside County shows a spike in emergency room visits for e-bike related accidents, and kids are often the patients, according to Riverside University Health System.  E-bike crashes increased from 224 in 2023 and 494 in 2024 to 958 in 2025.  So far this year, at least 416 incidents have been reported in the county.  RUHS says the numbers are likely being underreported.  An e-bike was involved in at least one fatality in 2024 and two fatalities in 2025.  https://patch.com/california/murrieta/serious-e-bike-injuries-quadruple-riverside-county-many-involve-children

A couple dozen SDG&E customers in Valley Center lost power this morning around 1a as the result of a traffic accident.  It’s expected to be restored by 4p this afternoon.  https://outage.sdge.com/

It’ll be well into the 90s the next three days with an Extreme Heat Warning for tomorrow and Thursday, settling into the upper 80s in Pala for the weekend.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – Yesterday at the annual Home Run Derby in Philadelphia, St. Louis outfielder Jordan Walker topped hometown favorite Kyle Schwarber in the final round 12 homers to 11.  For that, he won $1m, which is more than his entire 2026 salary of just under $800k.  Walker hit a total of 31 runs in his 50 swings over three rounds.  The 24-year old says he hopes his win inspires more Black kids to follow in his footsteps into baseball.  https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49358712/jordan-walker-hopes-home-run-derby-win-inspires-black-kids

The A’s entered the All-Star Break riding a nine-game losing streak.  Their solution was to fire pitching coach Scott Emerson.  Their team ERA of 5.21 is the second-highest in the Majors.  Only the Rockies are worse at 5.44.  Bullpen coach Dan Hubbs will serve as interim pitching coach for the rest of this season. https://apnews.com/article/athletics-pitching-coach-scott-emerson-bab2a75fda59ab00efe622556ec327ee 

The All-Star Game is this afternoon at 5p on Fox.

It’s not all fun and games in Philly this week.  MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union interim director Bruce Meyer are at odds over the league salary cap.  Meyer calls a salary cap the ultimate excuse not to compete.  Acrimonious ads show how contentious the issue is with labor negotiations expected to extend into next season.  The current collective bargaining agreement expires on December 1.  Signs point to a lockout before the 2027 season begins.  https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49358929/mlbpa-head-criticizes-mlb-salary-cap-ad-campaign-perverse

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm are off for the All-Star Break and open a 3-game series at Ontario Friday.

In the NFL – Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson will not face felony charges for his domestic violence arrest in June.  The L.A. City Attorney’s Office says the case has been assigned for a pre-filing diversion.  But the case will remain open throughout the statute of limitations and can be reevaluated if there are further developments. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49351981/rams-alaric-jackson-face-felony-charge-june-arrest

In World Cup Soccer – France and Spain meet in the first semifinal today at noon in Arlington, Texas.  England plays Argentina tomorrow at noon in Atlanta.

In the WNBA – Atlanta topped the visiting LA Sparks 101-92.  And Minnesota beat Phoenix 104-100.  Just one game tonight – Washington at Toronto.

In the NHL – San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini is making video game history.  The 20-year old will be on the cover of both the Standard and Deluxe Edition of “NHL 27” when the games are released later this year.  That makes him the youngest player ever to be featured on the NHL game series.  Trevor Zegras was 21 when he appeared on NHL 23 as a member of the Anaheim Ducks. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49358795/sharks-macklin-celebrini-ea-sports-nhl-27-cover

In racing – Horse racing season at Del Mar begins Friday.

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed.  The Dow fell a tenth of a percent.  The S&P 500 was up four tenths.  And the Nasdaq gained a full percent.  Gold bounced back $60.60 on the Comex to $4,066.30 an ounce.  The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up another 89 cents to $79.03 a barrel.

Inflation fell more than expected in June thanks to falling fuel costs.  Prices dropped 0.4% from May to June, the largest monthly drop in four years.  Annual inflation fell to 3.5%, down from 4.2% in May.   Yet, here in July, with oil prices up for a second day as the U.S. renewed attacks on Iran and imposed a new blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Fed chairman Kevin Warsh is cautioning against undue optimism.  Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices remained the same and is still more than a half point above the Fed’s target of 2%.  https://apnews.com/article/inflation-trump-food-prices-gas-53d221aa918c466172af494ba7debc00

Budget carrier, Frontier Airlines will debut Starlink satellite internet service early next year.  It’s the latest win for the SpaceX division that has also signed deals with United and American Airlines.  Frontier does not currently have in-flight WiFi and are one of the last holdouts to adding it.  The company has not said if it will charge extra for the service.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/frontier-airlines-wifi-spacex-starlink.html

United Airlines latest upsell will be to charge more to customers who want to keep the middle seat open on its long-range narrow-body Airbus planes.  It’s a common practice in Europe where it’s an upsell in short-haul business class.  The seats, which are in the extra legroom section, go on sale later this year. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/united-airlines-for-empty-middle-seat-is-new-upsell.html

A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton has sold at Sotheby’s auction for a record $50.1m.  Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin had paid $44.6m for a Stegosaurus named Apex two years ago.  The T-rex, named Gus, is about 61% complete, making it one of the most complete dinosaur specimens ever found.  Gus was discovered in South Dakota and is about 67m years old.  Dinosaur fossils are one of the fastest-growing segments of the collectables market.  Paleontologists and other experts warn that there are few safeguards for authenticity or verification. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/trex-fossil-auction-sothebys.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has ordered ICE to temporarily cease most vehicle stops after agents fatally shot a man in Houston last Thursday, and another in coastal Maine yesterday.  Both were in their vehicles.  Stops will continue on targets deemed to be dangerous.  Multiple sources say the pause is to give ICE officers new training on vehicle stops. https://abcnews.com/US/ice-temporarily-stop-conducting-vehicle-stops-sources/story?id=134751678

Vivani Medical is developing what it believes is the solution to the biggest drawback in GLP-1 weight loss drugs – keeping patients on-treatment to maintain their weight loss.  The company is in the early stages of developing an experimental implant of the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s obesity injection Wegovy and diabetes counterpart Ozempic.  Due to costs, injection fatigue, side effects and social stigma, half or more of patients stop GLP-1s within a year at the risk of regaining the weight they lost.  Vivani envisions the implant as a maintenance treatment rather than an initial GLP-1 therapy.  Availability is still several years away.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/glp-1-implant-from-vivani-medical-aims-to-help-patients-stay-on-treatment.html

Electric vehicle battery recycling has a problem.  There’s no money in it.  In spite of the valuable minerals in EV batteries including nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium, salvage yards are just grateful if they can get recyclers to take them at no cost.  But that’s a dangerous situation.  If used EV batteries have no intrinsic worth at any stage in their recycling, they likely to be treated like trash.  Containing what they do, that makes them toxic waste, which can lead to leaching into the soil or water, or becoming airborne in case of fire.  It also squanders minerals that could be reused.  Carmakers are optimistic that capitalism will make recycling of EV batteries work.  GM says recycling the scrap that comes off its own battery manufacturing lines is now “a source of revenue”.  The cost of shipping cuts into that since batteries and their components weight so much.  But better logistics can help that.  It’s salvage yards which don’t have those economies of scale that are the problem.  At salvage auction, EVs are an unknown.  An EV’s battery could have years of life left and be worth reselling, or it could be dead weight.  The state of Colorado is putting the burden of recycling unwanted EV batteries on the companies that sold them in the first place.  A law passed this summer is an extension of the state’s philosophy known as “producer responsibility.”  If an EV battery is dumped at a landfill or stranded in a salvage yard in Colorado, it’s up to the original manufacturer, like Tesla or GM to pick it up and make sure it’s recycled at their expense. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5847025/ev-battery-recycling-economics

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 94
• Actress Jane Lynch is 66
• Former child actress Missy Gold who played daughter of the governor on TV’s “Benson” is 56.
• 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 93 this afternoon … patchy night and morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 97 tomorrow, the first of a two day National Weather Service Extreme Heat Warning … 94 Thursday … 88 Friday and Saturday … 89 Sunday and Monday … overnight lows, about 69 tonight and tomorrow night … 65 Thursday night … about 64 Friday through Sunday night

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FIRE PERMITS

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