Pala Today News – 8/20/26
Written by John Fox on August 20, 2026
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
A one-acre fire broke out just after noon yesterday in Rainbow. No structures were threatened and firefighters made quick work of putting out the fire, burning in light fuel on a hillside. There was also a one-acre fire in the Badlands east of Moreno Valley that began just after the Rainbow fire. It was also quickly doused. https://patch.com/california/temecula/2-brush-fires-rivco-break-out-amid-heat-advisory-wednesday
One man was arrested on suspicion of DUI following a three-vehicle pair of collisions last evening on Highway 76 at E. Vista Way and at E. Vista Way and Warmlands. A man driving the white Nissan Altima that started the chain of events was arrested. The driver of the third vehicle involved was also suspected of DUI. Its unknown if that person was arrested. The crash was reported around 10:30p. CHP reports both directions of Highway 76 were blocked for a time. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/08/13/news/three-vehicle-crash-blocks-state-route-76-at-east-vista-way/82631.html
There was also a single vehicle accident last evening on Live Oak Park Road in Fallbrook around 9:17p. A man was trapped inside a vehicle on its side and a tree had fallen across the road. That man was transported by ambulance to Palomar Hospital. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/08/13/news/man-trapped-in-vehicle-after-collision-on-live-oak-park-road/82632.html
A Lake Elsinore man was killed, and 3 others were injured in a two-car head-on crash in Menifee yesterday shortly before 9a. 67-year old William Garduno died at the crash scene on Newport Road, east of Derby Hill Drive. https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/coroner-ids-lake-elsinore-man-crash-victim-3-others-injured-menifee
Representatives of the Walmart on Marron Road in Oceanside just north of the Carlsbad border have asked to install 12 take-off and landing pads in their parking lot for drones that would deliver lightweight purchases within a 6-mile radius. Walmart recently began drone deliveries in a few other states, but so far not in California. In May the company announced it had made 1 million drone deliveries from 66 stores in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas. Company officials have scheduled a meeting with Oceanside city planners next week to review the proposal. Walmart will need a conditional use permit and city council approval. Deliveries could begin next year. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/19/walmart-plans-drone-delivery-from-oceanside-store-to-homes-within-6-miles/
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held yesterday for a new fire station in Fallbrook, replacing the old Fire Station 4 on Pala Mesa Drive, just off Old Highway 395, which was only supposed to be temporary when it opened 50 years ago. The new $14m station could be ready for use in Spring of next year. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/video/videos/officials-break-ground-on-new-north-county-fire-station/4063084/?amp=1
Pala weather is going to be very monotonous for the next week – highs around 95, ticking up a couple of degrees beginning Monday with overnight lows right about at 65 all week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In Major League Baseball – The Padres lost to the Mets 4-2 in New York, the Dodgers beat the Rockies 6-4 in ten innings in Denver, Arizona edged the Red Sox in Boston 7-6 in ten innings, and the Angels lost to the Astros 3-2. That series concludes today. The Padres, Dodgers, and D-backs have today off.
In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost 11-1 to San Jose last night. The home series continues with Game 3 of 6 tonight.
In the NFL – Preseason Week 2 begins tonight with Las Vegas at Houston and the Chargers hosting San Francisco.
In Major League Soccer – LAFC hosts San Diego FC and the Galaxy is at Houston Dynamo on Saturday.
In the NBA – Free agent James Harden has agreed to a 3-year $97m deal to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers with a player option for 2028-29. That puts his career earnings at over a half-billion dollars. He’s the fourth NBA player ever to hit that level. The club includes LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry. Harden turns 37 this month. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49671792/james-harden-agrees-3-year-97m-deal-remain-cavaliers
In the WNBA – Last night’s winners were Washington and Minnesota.
In the NHL – Pittsburgh has signed veteran forward Tommy Novak to a 3-year extension. The San Jose Sharks have signed Macklin Celebrini to a 5-year $94m contract extension.
In golf – The BMW Championship teed off this morning in St. Louis. Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
Local high school sports –
Bonsall – girls’ volleyball hosting School for Entrepreneurship & Technology at 5:15p
Great Oak – girls’ volleyball hosting Rancho Christian at 5:30p; varsity football at Vista Murrieta at 7p
Fallbrook – freshman football hosting La Costa Canyon at 4:30p
Valley Center – varsity flag football at San Ysidro at 4:30p; freshman football at Classical Academy at 5p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks gave back all of yesterday’s gains and then some. The Dow fell 1% led by declines for Walmart and Boeing. The S&P 500 was down almost 6 tenths of a percent. And the Nasdaq was off by more than 9 tenths. Gold continued to gain on the Comex, trading up $24.10 to $4,569.40 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up $2.03 to $87.86 a barrel.
One day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a debt-buyback, U.S. bond yields are once again surging. 30-year bonds, which were the main target of yesterday’s government buyback, rose 6 basis points to 5.256%. Ten-year T-bills moved up 5 basis points to 4.704%. Bessent’s announcement to at least double the size of government bond buybacks beginning September 9 and continuing through November 4 will cost even more now that rates are continuing to rise. The Treasury Department also updated the national debt total – now over $40 trillion. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/bond-yields-edge-higher-as-traders-digest-treasury-debt-buyback-plan.html
Walmart today reported its slowest growth in U.S. comparable sales in six years – 2.6% in the second quarter, down from 4.1% in the first quarter. Its stock fell 8% on the news. Thanks to tariff refunds, quarterly profit and revenue topped expectations. The retailer said today it is using those refunds to temporarily lower prices on 11k items in its stores. The biggest growth area for Walmart is e-commerce. The sector now represents 23% of overall U.S. business, double the share from five years ago. https://apnews.com/article/walmart-quarter-earnings-inflation-tariffs-955945e03ffcc111389d62fa3103a051
The U.S. and Canada have reached a last-minute deal to delay 50% tariffs on $20b worth of Canadian imports. President Trump on Tuesday announced the new taxes were supposed to begin tomorrow, but will be put off for three days to allow time to finalize details of a trade agreement between the two countries. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump spoke by phone twice in the past two days about the ongoing negotiations as both countries step back from the brink of another trade war. For this round of tariffs, Trump reached back to the Tariff Act of 1930, known as the Smoot-Hawley tariffs which are notorious among economists and historians for limiting world commerce and plunging the world deeper into the Great Depression. https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-trump-canada-usmca-trade-aae597c22617bec7a99f670a2c787ef9
Entertainment conglomerate Live Nation has purchased the historic Wonder Bread building in downtown San Diego’s East Village with plans to convert the property into a 4k-seat music venue. It was designated a local historic landmark in 2001. The sale of the 102-year old property at 171 14th Street to Live Nation was completed in June. The publicly traded company is now seeking permits to preserve and rehabilitate the historic portion as a box office, entrance and lobby for a new state-of-the-art ballroom-size entertainment venue. Live Nation expects to have it open in the fall of 2028, hosting around 85 to 90 shows per year. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/17/live-nation-converting-san-diegos-historic-wonder-bread-building-into-music-venue/
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
One streaming service may finally be pushing customers too far. Peacock is raising its price for the fourth straight year – this time by as much as $3 a month. The hike comes just as the NBCUniversal streaming service reported its first quarter of profitability. The new rate for the top tier of service is now $20 per month – pretty much the highest of any single-stream service. The “Select” service tier goes up from $8 to 9. It includes a limited number of shows and no live sports. The “Premium” plan still has ads, but includes the entire Peacock catalog and all of the platform’s live-streamed sports is going up $2 to $13 per month. Annual subscriptions are going up $10, $20 and $30 respectively. The move comes just as football season is beginning. Peacock will once again host all Sunday Night Football games including an exclusive one in January. Notre Dame and the Big Ten are also just around the corner on Peacock. And the NBA will be on Peacock again. https://thestreamable.com/peacock-price-increases-2026?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sendgrid
It’s probably been a long time since you saw or heard ads proclaiming “11 tapes or records for only one dollar.” Columbia House became a household name in the 1980s and 1990s for its club featuring monthly deliveries of records, tapes, CDs, and later, DVDs. At its peak, Columbia House had annual revenue of $1.4b. But the rise of the internet and digital music and video put an end to those days. In 2015, Columbia House filed for bankruptcy and was sold to Edge Line Ventures. You probably thought they were already gone. But the current version of the company still has a website that offers just a few DVD titles. Soon, even that’s going away. A statement from the company says that after seven decades, Columbia House will cease operations completely – possibly next month. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/media/columbia-house-shut-down
Now that zero-emission vehicle sales are rebounding, California is pledging $95.2m to build more electric-vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling sites in the state. Gov. Newsom announced the funding today with the money to be spent in the current fiscal year. About half the total will go for light-duty EV charging stations, $30.2m for medium and heavy duty zero emissions infrastructure, $15m for hydrogen refueling and $2m for ZEV workforce training and equipment. Hydrogen has a better foothold in LA and Orange Counties. San Diego County currently has only two hydrogen fueling stations. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/18/california-investing-95m-for-more-ev-and-hydrogen-fueling-stations/
On this day in music history – August 20,
- 1965, Davy Jones & The Lower Third released the single “You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving”. It was the last song David Jones released before changing his name to David Bowie.
- In 1969, The Beatles finished recording “I Want You, (She’s So Heavy)” and worked out the track order for the Abbey Road album. It was the last time all four Beatles were together in the Abbey Road studios.
- In 1983, The Police, R.E.M., Joan Jett, and Madness all appeared at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.
- In 1986, Rick Allen, drummer with Def Leppard made his first live appearance with the band since losing an arm in a car accident.
- In 1988, Steve Winwood was at #1 with his fifth solo album, “Roll With It”.
- In 1992, a doctor sued Southwest Bell Telephone Company alleging his wife died because he couldn’t call 911 due to all lines being jammed by people trying to buy Garth Brooks concert tickets.
- In 2000, Janet Jackson had the #1 single with “Doesn’t Really Matter”.
- In 2009, keyboard player from The Wrecking Crew, Larry Knechtel died of a heart attack at age 69. He’d played on hits by the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, The Doors and Elvis among dozens of others.
- In 2018, guitarist for Motown’s house band, The Funk Brothers, Eddie Willis died of complications from polio at the age of 82.
Born on this day …
- In 1924, country singer Jim Reeves.
- In 1931, Paul Robi from The Platters.
- In 1942, Isaac Hayes, best known for “Theme from Shaft” and as the voice of chef on South Park.
- In 1947, trombone player/songwriter with Chicago, James Pankow.
- In 1948, Led Zeppelin lead singer, Robert Plant.
- In 1952, Doug Fieger from The Knack.
- In 1971, Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit.
(This Day in Music dot com)
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress Amy Adams is 52
- Among those who’ve passed, radio and cartoon voice actor, Alan Reed was born this day in 1907. Reed was the voice of Fred Flintstone
(Dave’s Fun Stuff dot com)
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (8/21) – egg salad sandwich, lettuce & tomato and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 95 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 95 tomorrow through Sunday … 96 Monday … 97 Tuesday and Wednesday … overnight lows, 63 tonight … about 65 the rest of the week
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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