Pala Today News – 7/24/25

by John Fox – 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 and worldwide online … click here to listen live  or call 712 775 5748.  Listen on a smart speaker by asking it to “play KPRI”.  Some portions of today’s newscast are only available in the live broadcast and not included in this transcript which is also available an hour or two after broadcast at www.RezRadio.FM . In any emergency, knowledge is power.  Use our resources to leverage your family’s safety.  Email 91.3@palatribe.com to subscribe to our daily M-F e-newsletter.  Follow us at www.facebook.com/rezradio and www.twitter.com/rezradioFM .  Additional resources at Palatribe.com

 

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

Gunshots were fired this morning at an FBI raid on Wilt Road in Fallbrook.  Neighbors say they heard shots around 2a in the 2300 block of Wilt Road and the sound of agents on a loudspeaker calling for a woman identified as Ramona Huntington to exit the residence.  Agents were still on the scene at 11a and the FBI field office in San Diego had yet to release any information. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/07/17/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanfbi-raid-on-wilt-road-prompts-gunshots-standoff/79376.html

Plenty of changes are coming to North County hospitals.  UC San Diego Health and Palomar Health have signed a letter of intent to form a joint powers authority that would “oversee the operations of Palomar Health and enable shared investment in services and infrastructure.”  Both entities have had their issues lately.  Palomar has been struggling with significant financial losses that have put it sideways with lenders.  UC San Diego Health faced a worker strike this week in protest of more than 200 layoffs driven by concerns over unfavorable financial trends that are continually pushing costs beyond reimbursements. Realizing that cost-cutting alone is not a long-term survival strategy, all of the region’s major health systems are seeking to grow in North County, where the proportion of well-insured residents is more favorable.  Sharp HealthCare is working on a partnership with Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside and Scripps Health announced it will build a new hospital in San Marcos, pausing its plans to rebuild Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest.  Both organizations are following a move north by Kaiser Permanente, which opened its San Marcos Medical Center in 2023. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/23/palomar-health-and-uc-san-diego-health-sign-letter-of-intent/

The Lazy Dog Restaurant at Temecula’s Promenade mall has announced it will be closing in September when their current lease expires.  The restaurant has been there for 15 years.  According to corporate headquarters, “A new Lazy Dog Restaurant will be opening nearby soon.” The only new location currently listed as coming soon on their website is Miramar in San Diego. https://patch.com/california/temecula/popular-restaurant-inside-promenade-mall-closing-what-know

A scaled-down version of a plan to bring a huge warehouse project to Hemet has once again been denied by the Hemet City Council.  The 3-2 vote at the council’s July 14 meeting followed hours of public testimony from supporters and foes of the Newland Simpson project.  Council members had unanimously voted against the proposal back in April.  At that time it called for two warehouses totaling 1.19 million square feet to be built on a 75-acre site near the junction of Warren and Simpson roads and Domenigoni Parkway in southwest Hemet. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/07/23/hemet-warehouse-project-once-again-rejected-by-city-council/

At least a couple hundred SDG&E customers in eastern Valley Center lost power this morning just before 11a.  The utility says power will be restored by 2p today. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

Temperatures in Pala will continue to be seasonable – even a little cooler than normal for the rest of this week, warming back into the 90s by the middle of next week.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

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SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – The Padres lost for the second straight day in Miami.  The Dodgers took the rubber game of their series hosting the Twins with Shohei Ohtani hitting a home run for the fifth consecutive game, matching a Dodger record.  Final score 4-3 thanks to a two-run walk off single by Freddie Freeman.  The Giants beat the Braves in Atlanta 5-3.  The Mets beat the visiting Angels 6-3.  The loss by the Padres drops them to 4 ½ games behind the Dodgers and just a game and a half ahead of the Giants.  The Angels’ third consecutive loss drops them to 3 ½ games behind AL West third place team, the Texas Rangers, who’ve won their last three.  Today, the Padres begin a series at St. Louis.  The Angels host Seattle.  The Dodgers and Giants have the day off.

In the NFL – Training camps are well under way.  The annual Hall of Fame Game is coming up one week from tonight in Canton, Ohio.  This year will be the Chargers against the Lions.

In the WNBA – Atlanta beat Phoenix 90-79.  Three games tonight including the LA Sparks at Connecticut.

In Major League Soccer – The MLS All-Stars beat the Liga MX All-Stars 3-1 last night in Austin.  The regular season resumes tomorrow with San Diego hosting Nashville, LAFC hosting Portland, and the Galaxy at Houston.

In golf – The 3M Open teed off this morning in Blaine, Minnesota.  Jhonattan Vegas is the defending champion.  Canada’s Adam Svensson shot a blistering 11-under par 60 first round. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed.  The Dow fell a third of a percent.  The S&P 500 gained a third.  The Nasdaq was up four tenths.  Those were both intraday record highs.  Gold fell $26.90 an ounce to $3,370.70.  The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained 30 cents to $65.55 a barrel.

President Trump yesterday unveiled a trade deal with Japan that includes a 15% tariff on goods made there and imported into the U.S.  That’s lower than the previously threatened 25%, but still high for a major trading partner.  The deal calls for Japan to invest $550b in the U.S. with the U.S. receiving 90% of the profits, according to Trump.  Japanese auto stocks got a big boost on the announcement.  www.morningbrew.com 

Amazon is acquiring Bee, the maker of a bracelet that records everything it hears.  Its AI transcribes all of your conversations and generates daily summaries, to-do lists and other options.  It’s available as an inexpensive wearable or as a free Apple Watch app, plus a $19 a month subscription for either.  Bee doesn’t have the best reviews.  The Wall Street Journal’s lead personal tech specialist said the privacy trade-off is not worth it.  So, why does Amazon want Bee?  Probably for the data it gathers. www.morningbrew.com

“60 Minutes” reporter Tanya Simon has been tapped to be the new executive producer of the show after longtime producer Bill Owens resigned earlier this year over President Trump’s lawsuit against CBS parent company Paramount Global, which settled for $16m – an action that some believe is part of the reason Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” is not being renewed for next year after he characterized the settlement by the owners of his network as submitting to blackmail.  Simon has been acting EP since Owens’ departure. https://m.imdb.com/fr/news/ni65394843/?ref_=nwc_art_perm

McDonald’s may have closed its CosMc’s spinoff chain, but it’s planning to test some CosMc’s menu drinks at 500 of its restaurants in Wisconsin, Colorado and surrounding areas.  Fast food chains and places like Starbucks and Dunkin have been adding fun, colorful drinks to win over younger customers.  The new coffee drinks, refreshers and flavored sodas at McDonald’s will include Creamy Vanilla Cold Brew, Strawberry Watermelon refresher, Toasted Vanilla Frappe, Sprite Lunar Splash, and Popping Tropic Refresher plus some others not yet specified.  McDonald’s same store sales fell 3.6% in the first quarter of this year.  But sales of more modern items like the recently reintroduced snack wraps have been a bright spot for Mickey D’s with same-store sales up 7% so far in this third quarter even though the menu item only came back two weeks ago. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/mcdonalds-tests-cosmcs-drinks.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, whose charisma and shirt-ripping showmanship brought the theatrical sports genre to new heights of mainstream popularity, died today in Florida at the age of 71.  First responders had taken him to a hospital suffering cardiac arrest where he was pronounced dead at 11:17a Eastern time.  Hogan had become a fixture in Republican politics in recent years , appearing at last year’s GOP convention, ripping open his shirt just like in his WWF prime to hype Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/hulk-hogan-wrestling-icon-pop-culture-mainstay-dies-71-rcna220822

Columbia University has agreed to pay $220m to resolve the Trump administration’s claims that it failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.  The deal is expected to restore most of the federal funding that had been taken away over the situation.  www.morningbrew.com

Inefficient tires are costing California drivers over $180 for additional gasoline over the life of a new set.  According to a report published today by the Coalition for Clear Air and the Consumer Federation of America, standards requiring replacement tires to be as efficient as the ones a vehicle came with when it was new would save vehicle owners money while reducing pollution.  AB 844, enacted in 2003, directed the California Energy Commission to set standards for aftermarket tires by 2007.  Eighteen years later, that still hasn’t been done.  Vehicle manufacturers usually equip new vehicles with fuel efficient tires because it’s a cost-effective way to meet fuel efficiency standards.  But there are no standards for fuel efficiency on replacement tires, many of which have higher rolling resistance than a vehicle’s original tires, which requires more energy to make them roll.  That’s one reason you may buy new tires and see your fuel economy decline a little.  Efficient replacement tires would yield about a 3.1% fuel savings in gasoline vehicles and 4% for EVs, while collectively decreasing nitrogen oxides in the air by 1,490 tons, particulate matter by 106 tons, and carbon dioxide by 2.4m metric tons per year.  The cost savings to the consumer from buying more efficient, but admittedly more-expensive tires would be recouped in six months on a vehicle that needs new tires roughly every four years.  (CCA and CFA media release)

 

On this day in music history – July 24,

• 1964, a riot broke out at a Rolling Stones concert in Blackpool, Lancashire after guitarist Keith Richards kicked somebody in the mouth who’d been spitting on the band.  Two policemen and 30 fans were injured.  Damages were estimated at over $8k.  The Stones were banned from ever playing in Blackpool again.  The ban was eventually lifted, but not until 2008. 
• In 1965, the Byrds were at #1 with their version of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”. 
• In 1967, The Beatles and manager Brian Epstein signed a petition printed in the London Times calling for the legalization of marijuana. 
• In 1969, Paul McCartney recorded a demo of his new song “Come and Get It” which he gave to The Iveys – the group that would soon rename itself Badfinger.  The song, now credited to Badfinger was included in the movie soundtrack for “The Magic Christian” and became a hit. 
• In 1971, Paul Revere and the Raiders had a #1 hit with their remake of the 1959 Marvin Rainwater song, “Indian Reservation”.  Raiders lead singer Mark Lindsay is part Cherokee. 
• In 1974, George McCrae was at #1 with “Rock Your Baby”, a song written by KC and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band. 
• In 1977, Donna Summer was at #1 with the disco hit “I Feel Love”. 
• In 1978, possibly the worst rock-music based movie of all time was released.  “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” could have easily sunk the careers of its stars, The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton had they not already been extremely popular and at the peak of their careers.  Critics laid the blame for the project on producer Robert Stigwood. 
• In 1982, Survivor began the first of six weeks at #1 with “Eye of the Tiger” from the movie, “Rocky III”.
• In 1993, U2 had the #1 album with “Zooropa” and UB40 had the #1 single with “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, a reggae version on the old Elvis Presley hit. 
• In 2003, Johnny Cash got six nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards for his remake of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”. 
• In 2008, rapper 50 Cent sued Taco Bell claiming the chain used his name and image without permission for its “Why Pay More” items under a dollar ad campaign. 
• In 2019, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” video reached one billion views on YouTube.  It was the first pre-1990s video to do so.
• In 2022, Joni Mitchell surprised the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival when she joined Brandi Carlisle for several of Mitchell’s songs.  Due to a brain aneurism suffered in 2015, Mitchell remained seated while she sang and played guitar.

Born on this day …

• In 1944, three well-known musicians – guitarist Jeff Beck who before forming his own band, replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds; Chris Wood, founding member of Traffic; and Arthur Brown who had the 1968 #1 hit “Fire”, credited to The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
• In 1945, Colin Blunstone, singer-songwriter with The Zombies, and later, The Alan Parsons Project.
• In 1947, Mick Fleetwood, drummer and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac
• In 1949, John Illsley, guitarist with Dire Straits
• In 1957, Jeff Cease, guitarist with The Black Crowes, and Terrence Wilson, singer with UB40
• In 1961, Curt Smith from Tears For Fears
• In 1973, Mario Calire from The Wallflowers

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=24&month=7

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actor Robert Hays, best known for the movie “Airplane!” is 78
• Michael Richards, best known as Kramer on “Seinfeld” is 76
• TV’s Wonder Woman Lynda Carter is 74
• Actress and singer Kristin Chenowith is 57
• J-Lo is 56
• Actress Rose Bryne is 46
• Among those who’ve passed, comedienne Ruth Buzzi from TV’s “Laugh-In” was born in 1936
• So was Mark Goddard, best remembered as Major West from TV’s 1960s series, “Lost in Space”
• watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher was born in 1946.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0724.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 84 this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 80 tomorrow with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour … 79 Saturday … 81 Sunday … 85 Monday … 88 Tuesday … 90 Wednesday … overnight lows, about 54 tonight through Saturday night … 56 Sunday night … 59 Monday night … 61 Tuesday night

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