Pala Today News – 8/13/25
Written by John Fox on August 13, 2025
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
An unidentified 19-year old Mexican national was charged yesterday in federal court for ramming a federal agent’s vehicle during an immigration arrest in Escondido Monday. The unidentified man attempted to flee from a Homeland Security Task Force who were there to arrest someone else. In doing so, he allegedly struck the doors of several federal vehicles as well at striking the hip of a Homeland Security agent. The white pickup truck eventually crashed head-on into another government vehicle. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/12/man-arrested-after-allegedly-ramming-agents-vehicle-in-escondido-during-immigration-enforcement/
The Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau has identified the victim of yesterday’s head-on collision in Perris as 49-year-old Ambrocio Cota of Nuevo. Shortly before 6:45 p.m., Cota was driving a 2010 Lexus IS250 eastbound on Highway 74 near Joppe Avenue at an undetermined speed. The Lexus veered into the path of a Chevy Express van over the raised concrete divider, and into the westbound lanes of State Route 74 for as of yet unknown reasons. The victim died at the scene. https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/coroner-ids-victim-fatal-sr-74-head-collision-chp-investigates
If you’re headed to the beach to beat the heat, note that dangerous rip currents are slamming San Diego County beaches due to sizable swells out of the west and southwest. They’re likely to last well into tomorrow afternoon. In many areas, the surf is breaking 3 to 5 feet high, with individual sets reaching 6 to 7 feet. The swells also are producing fast-moving currents beneath the county’s public piers. Public safety officials are urging swimmers and surfers to enter the ocean only in front of staffed lifeguard stands. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/12/treacherous-rip-currents-hit-san-diego-county-beaches-as-summer-reaches-its-peak/
Weather in Pala will continue hot for at least one more day – good reason to head for the beach. We’ll get a break this weekend. But it’ll back in the upper 80s by Tuesday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
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. There will be no broadcast this Sunday, 8/17.
SPORTS
In Major League Baseball – The Padres are now tied for first place in the NL West. They beat the third-place Giants 5-1 last night in San Francisco. Meanwhile, the Angels rallied to send last night’s game against the visiting Dodgers to extra innings and then won it in the 10th with a walk-off RBI single by Jo Adell. Although Shohei Ohtani homered for the third straight game, he also hit into a triple play.
The hottest team in baseball right now, the Milwaukee Brewers won their 11th straight game, shutting out the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 last night. The Brewers record is now 75 and 44 – 7 ½ games ahead of the second place Cubs in the NL Central. The next-best record right now is AL East leader, the Toronto Blue Jays at 70 and 50 – 4 ½ games ahead of the Red Sox. In the AL Central, Detroit leads by 5 games over Cleveland. In the West, the Mariners, riding an 8-game win streak are now tied with Houston for first place, 6 ½ games ahead of the Rangers. In the NL East, Philadelphia leads by five over the Mets. In the West, San Diego, with a 4-game win streak and the Dodgers with a 3-game losing streak are tied, 9 games ahead of the Giants, who are now just a game ahead of fourth-place Arizona. The Rockies continue to have the worst record in baseball at 31 and 88 – 36 ½ games behind the Padres and Dodgers. All of yesterday’s series conclude today.
In college football – Week 1 begins a week from Saturday.
The University of Kanas just became the beneficiary of one of the largest gifts in the history of college athletics and the largest ever in U of K history – $300m from donor David Booth. $75m of it will go towards launching the second phase of the ongoing transformation of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and the surrounding Gateway District. Kansas athletic director, Travis Goff called the donation a game changer. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/45963661/kansas-target-football-upgrades-new-revenue-300m-gift
In the NBA – After three months on the market, the Trail Blazers have found a buyer – Tom Dundon, the owner of NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes. He’ll buy the NBA team from the estate of Paul G. Allen for just over $4b and will keep the team in Portland. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45966700/soruces-tom-dundon-agrees-buy-trail-blazers-stay-portland
In the WNBA – Last night in Los Angeles, the Sparks lost to New York, 105-97. Dallas edged Indiana 81-80. Four games tonight. The Sparks next game is Friday at Dallas. Then they travel to Washington DC Sunday.
In Major League Soccer – The Galaxy are in Fort Lauderdale to play Inter Miami FC and LAFC is in Foxboro to play New England this Saturday. San Diego FC plays the Earthquakes in San Jose on Sunday.
In tennis – After a two-year absence, Venus Williams has been invited to the US Open as a wild card. At age 45, she’ll be the oldest singles competitor in nearly 45 years. Matches begin August 24 at Flushing Meadows. Williams is already entered as a wild card in the doubles division. https://apnews.com/article/venus-williams-us-open-45-renee-richards-020e6be19d6d4d4f00e05e25a314e979
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained 7 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were each up a tenth of a percent. Gold gained $10.10 on the Comex, trading at $3,409.10 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell 92 cents to $62.25 a barrel.
The Treasury Department reports that the US national debt has reached a record $37 trillion. A little over five years ago, the Congressional Budget Office projected the national debt would hit that level after 2030. But it ballooned during the first Trump administration and subsequent Biden administration as the federal government borrowed heavily to stabilize the economy and support recovery from the pandemic. This year’s Republican tax cut and spending legislation is now set to add another $4.1 trillion to the debt – one trillion of it in the next 173 days, according to the Joint Economic Committee. The Government Accounting Office says the result will be higher borrowing costs for cars, mortgages and revolving credit, lower wages from businesses having less money to invest, and more expensive goods and services for consumers. https://apnews.com/article/treasury-debt-spending-trump-obbb-6f807c4aae78dcc96f29ff07a3c926f4
At 4%, San Diego County now has the highest annual inflation rate of all major metropolitan areas in the U.S., according to yesterday’s numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate had been 3.8% in March and May. The May figure tied San Diego with New York City. Traditionally, high inflation in San Diego has been due to fuel and housing prices. But this time, although housing prices continue to surge another 5%, fuel prices were down. It was most other sectors that were higher. Tuition, school fees and child care up 9.4%. Transportation costs up 5.1%. Used vehicle prices up 5.3%. Most food categories were up a little over 3%. But meats, poultry, fish and eggs were up 7.3%. Medical care costs up 6.8%. Economists say California’s $20 an hour minimum wage for fast food workers is tempting workers at lower-paid jobs, causing outsized increases for lower paid jobs. The crackdown on undocumented workers is another factor affecting labor numbers in San Diego. But that’s hard to track because most are paid under the table. The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro was second, behind San Diego in the July inflation report at 3 ½%. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/12/san-diegos-inflation-rate-remains-highest-in-nation-at-4/
Retail gasoline prices are falling throughout most of California, while nationwide prices are increasing. It’s not a strong trend in either direction. But it is unusual. Today’s average price for a gallon of regular in San Diego County is $4.55. That’s down a penny from yesterday but actually two cents more than a week ago. In Riverside County, it’s $4.29 – down two cents from yesterday and three less than last week. Nationwide, the average price is $3.15. Earlier this week it had fallen to $3.09. In parts of Texas, regular is now as low as $2.35. Today’s lowest local price is $3.79 at Horizon Fuel in Valley Center. In southwest Riverside County, it’s $3.99 at Temecula Costco and Murrieta Sam’s Club. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=33.48473696404127&lng=-117.0783191530568&z=17
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
An open house offering a look at the new Terminal 1 at San Diego International Airport before it goes into operation will be held tomorrow from 9a to noon. It’s the first phase of what will eventually be a 30-gate terminal. It’ll begin operations with 19 gates a week from Saturday on the 23rd. The new Terminal 1 includes dozens of new restaurants and stores and a 5,200-space parking garage. The first three hours of parking are free with validation. Some of the concessionaires will be open and offering free samples tomorrow. Staff will be on hand to answer questions and help visitors on their self-guided tours. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/06/want-an-early-look-at-the-new-terminal-1-the-airport-is-hosting-a-free-event-for-locals/
A controversial overhaul of state regulation of rooftop solar two years ago by the California Public Utilities Commission will get another examination after the California Supreme Court sided with three environmental organizations and sent the state’s net energy metering tariff program, known as NEM 3.0 back to the state appeals court. The unanimous decision the state’s high court said the appeals court was too deferential to the commission in its decision against the environmental groups. It said nothing about whether the new rules were “correct or incorrect.” So, NEM 3.0 remains in effect at least until the lower court case is resolved. That’s expected to take another three or four months. The main sticking point is that under NEM 3.0, new rooftop solar customers are no longer credited at the retail rate of electricity for excess power generated and sent into the grid. Instead they get the “actual avoided cost”, which is lower and therefore undercuts one incentive to go solar. Power companies argue that the growing number of rooftop systems leads to a “cost shift” with customers who don’t have solar paying an unfair share of the fixed costs for maintaining the public power grid. Environmentalists say that argument doesn’t consider the decreased need for building more infrastructure created by additional private rooftop solar installations. They also say state regulators are breaking the law regarding a statute in the Public Utilities Code requiring the PUC to “ensure that customer-sited renewable distributed generation continues to grow sustainably.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/07/californias-rooftop-solar-rules-in-limbo-after-state-supreme-court-ruling/
On this day in music history – August 13,
- 1952, Big Mama Thornton recorded the original “Hound Dog”. Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it became the songwriting duo’s first hit, topping the R&B chart for seven weeks and selling 2m copies.
- In 1964, Manfred Mann was #1 on the British singles chart with “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”, a song first recorded a year earlier by The Exciters. In the U.S., the Supremes “Baby Love” was at #1 – the second of five consecutive singles by the group to hit #1.
- In 1965, Jefferson Airplane played their first live show at San Francisco’s Matrix Club. On the same day, Mike Smith, lead singer for The Dave Clark Five suffered two broken ribs when he was pulled off the stage by fans at a concert in Chicago. Meanwhile that same day in New York, The Beatles arrived at Kennedy International Airport to begin their second concert tour of North America.
- In 1966, the Lovin Spoonful began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Summer in the City”.
- In 1967, Fleetwood Mac played their first live show at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor, England. Also on the concert bill, Jeff Beck, Cream, Small Faces, Pink Floyd, Donovan, Chicken Shack – whose lead singer, Christine Perfect, would later marry John McVie and join Fleetwood Mac, and The Move – which would evolve into The Electric Light Orchestra.
- In 1969, the first concert goers began arriving at Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York – two days before the official start of Woodstock.
- In 1971, saxophonist King Curtis Ousley was stabbed to death by a vagrant on the front steps of his New York home. He played on the Coasters’ hit “Yakety Yak”.
- In 1982, soul singer Joe Tex died of a heart attack at the age of 49.
- In 1994, the best-attended of the Woodstock anniversary concerts was held in Saugerties, New York. About 350k fans saw Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith and The Red Hot Chili Peppers among others. In 25 years, ticket prices had risen from $18 to $135 and the mellow vibe of the original festival was gone.
- In 1999, Mick Jagger and model Jerry Hall’s marriage was annulled.
- In 2009 guitarist and developer of one of the first solid body guitars, Les Paul died of pneumonia at the age of 94.
- In 2017, using archival footage, David Bowie made a posthumous appearance on the TV series Twin Peaks: The Return.
Born on this day …
- In 1951, singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg.
- In 1959, radio and TV personality, but only pretend singer Danny Bonaduce of the Partridge Family.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=13&month=8
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Renowned and rotund filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899
- Actor and comedian Pat Harrington, best remembered as Schneider, the building superintendent from TV’s “One Day at a Time” was born in 1929.
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0813.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 89 this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 89 again tomorrow … 84 Friday … 82 Saturday … 83 Sunday … 85 Monday … 88 Tuesday … overnight lows, 58 tonight … 56 tomorrow night … 54 Friday through Sunday night … 57 Monday night
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