Pala Today News – 8/21/25
Written by John Fox on August 21, 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
Menifee police fatally shot an armed man who allegedly pointed a gun at them last night. The call about a man threatening suicide in the 27000 block of Freedom Lane came in at about 8:15p. Responding officers and later, members of the Crisis Negotiation Team were unable to communicate with 57-year old Dennis Martz. When he raised his firearm towards officers, they fired. No officers or other civilians were injured. The two who fired are on paid administrative leave during investigation of the incident. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/menifee-police-kill-armed-man-after-suicide-threat-officer-involved-shooting
A wildfire ignited just after noon yesterday in Temecula Wine Country just outside the city limits. It burned about an acre in the 34300 block of Madera de Playa Drive before fire crews were able to get control. There was initially a threat to nearby homes.
A two-story home in Temecula was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. It happened just before 4p in the 31000 block of Pauba Road. https://patch.com/california/temecula/crews-work-quell-temecula-house-fire
A Vista man was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with a triple stabbing at the Carlsbad train station two months ago. Carlsbad Police witnessed an altercation between multiple people at 12:45a June 19 in the 300 block of Grand Avenue. All three victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening stab wounds. 26-year old Cesar Cervantes was eventually identified as the prime suspect. He was taken into custody this week and booked into Vista jail for assault with a deadly weapon, mayhem and participating in a criminal street gang. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4186151448124-vista-man-arrested-for-triple-stabbing-at-carlsbad-train-platform-police
Today is the first day of fall semester classes in the Valley Center school district. All the other local districts started sessions last week.
It’s also the peak of the current heat wave. A National Weather Service Heat Advisory will continue in Pala for two more days with highs in the upper 90s. Avoid strenuous midday activity in the sun and drink plenty of water, whether you think you need it or not. Check on neighbors, especially if they don’t have air conditioning. An Extreme Heat Warning is in effect further east. It’ll be up to 115 today in Borrego Springs and the Coachella Valley. There’s a chance of rain this weekend with temperatures back into the mid-80s by the middle of next week. 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.
SPORTS
In Major League Baseball – The Padres routed the visiting Giants 8-1 last night. Colorado knocked off the Dodgers 8-3. That pulls the Padres back to within one game of the first-place Dodgers. The Angels edged the visiting Reds 2-1. The Angels are off today. The Dodgers finish their series in Denver in a game that started at noon. And the Padres get one more shot at the Giants today at 1p.
Last night at Petco Park, Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp had to be carried off the field after being hit by a line drive by Ramon Laureano in the third inning. He suffered a sprained knee and is getting an MRI in San Francisco today. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46034947/giants-pitcher-landen-roupp-carted-vs-padres-being-hit-line-drive
The Women’s Pro Baseball League, set to debut next year, is holding the first professional women’s baseball tryouts in more than 80 years this weekend in Washington DC. There hasn’t been a pro women’s league since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, immortalized in the movie, “A League of Their Own” ended in 1954. The showcase beings tomorrow and ends with a live game at Nationals Park on Monday. 600 players registered for the four-day camp. 150 selected players will advance the league’s first-ever draft in October. https://apnews.com/article/wpbl-mone-davis-kelsie-whitmore-5bcbe2142b38d2579795be0c7ae620f6
At the Little League World Series in Williamsport – Elimination games today for Aruba against Venezuela and Las Vegas against South Carolina. https://www.espn.com/little-league-world-series/scoreboard
In the NFL – The final week of preseason games begins tonight with Pittsburgh at Carolina and New England at the New York Giants.
In college football – Week 1 begins this Saturday.
The College Football Playoff selection committee announced yesterday that it will place more emphasis on the strength of a team’s schedule in determining which 12 teams make the playoff field this season. New metrics to be considered this year include applying greater weight to games against strong opponents, and record strength, which goes beyond schedule strength to assess how a team performed against that schedule. The committee’s five weekly Top 25 rankings will begin November 4 with the final rankings and playoff field for this year to be announced December 7. https://apnews.com/article/cfp-selection-schedule-strength-228dca661d61112157b6e2bf0b1b33ce
In the WNBA – With about a month left in the regular season, last night, the LA Sparks edged the visiting Dallas Wings 81-80. Four games tonight.
In Major League Soccer – This Saturday, San Diego FC hopes to extend its win streak hosting Portland. The Galaxy hosts Colorado. And LAFC is at Dallas.
In golf – The TOUR Championship teed off today in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion. Through the 12th hole, Colin Morikawa had the lead at 5 under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In tennis – The US Open is gearing up for Round 1 beginning Saturday.
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – girls’ volleyball at Warner Springs at 5:30p
Great Oak – girls’ tennis hosting Martin Luther King at 3:15p; varsity football hosting Vista Murrieta at 7:30p
Fallbrook – girls’ golf at El Camino at 3p
Valley Center – girls’ flag football at Del Norte at 4:30p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down on all three major U.S. indexes. The Dow was down more than a half percent. The S&P 500 fell 6 tenths. And the Nasdaq was off by ¾ of a percent. Gold fell $4.30 on the Comex to $3,384.20 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 16 cents to $63.37 a barrel.
The U.S. and European Union today revealed new details of their trade agreement. Before last month’s agreement, the EU faced a possible 30% tariff on goods coming into the U.S. Instead, the rate will be 15%. In exchange, the EU will remove tariffs on U.S. goods and EU companies will aim to buy hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. products. Last year, the EU bought about $370b in U.S. products, while the U.S. bought about $605b worth of European goods. Under the new agreement, generic pharmaceuticals will be exempt from the new tariffs and will be at the previous 2.5% tax rate. President Trump had at one point threatened a 250% tariff on pharmaceuticals. Semiconductors will be taxed at the new 15% rate – far below Trump’s threat of 300%. Tariffs on imported European vehicles and auto parts will be reduced from 27.5% to 15% as long as the EU slashes its industrial tariffs on U.S. goods. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/us-eu-release-details-tariffs-cars-pharmaceuticals/story?id=124843094
The price of a Sony Playstation 5 is going up due to tariffs. As of today, one will cost you $50 more with retail prices now ranging from $500 to $750. https://www.axios.com/2025/08/20/sony-ps5-price-increase-trump-tariffs
The largest owner of local US TV stations, Nexstar intends to get bigger. It has agreed to purchase rival, Tegna for $6.2b. If approved by federal regulators, Nexstar would control 265 stations in 44 states plus the District of Columbia. CEO Perry Sook says it’s necessary in order for broadcast television to compete with tech giants. Critics say such consolidation would stifle competition. The deal has to be approved by the FCC, whose chairman, Brendan Carr has signaled an openness to relaxing existing limits on now much of the market a broadcaster can control. Southern California stations currently owned by Nexstar include Channel 5 KTLA in Los Angeles, and Channels 51 and 69, KUSI and KSWB in San Diego. The merger would give Nexstar three stations in San Diego by adding Tegna’s Channel 8 KFMB. www.morningbrew.com https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/california/2025/08/19/nexstar-tegna-merger-could-see-company-add-more-stations-to-its-roster-ktla-kxtv-kron-kfmb-ktxl/85729595007/
You’re playing with fire whenever you try to make more than the slightest change at any nostalgia-based business. At Cracker Barrel, it’s always been about comfort food classics and the old country store vibe with antique knick-knacks for sale. Beginning last year, the restaurant chain began remodeling stores with a new design, new color palette, and some new menu items including pot roast and a unique shepherd’s pie with a hashbrown crust. Today, Cracker Barrel is launching its new ad campaign called “All the More” and unveiling a new modernized logo at an event in the most un-Cracker Barrel-like of places – New York City. For its logo, gone is the old man leaning on a barrel, which has been the symbol of the chain since 1977. He’s being replaced by a simple brand name in a new typeface on the familiar gold background. Critics are skeptical of the change. Only time will tell. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/cracker-barrels-logo-just-underwent-171409799.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Have you already cut back on caffeine and now need to address that other addiction in your life … your smart phone? There’s an app for that, and it just surpassed ChatGPT as the most-downloaded free app on Apple’s App Store. No, it’s not the Rez Radio App. It’s called Focus Friend and it’s from influencer, Hank Green whose YouTube channel has almost 2 ½ million subscribers. It adds to your phone a little animated bean who is trying to finish knitting projects. The bean gets sad and distracted if you use your other phone apps. The only way to keep “beanie” happy is to stay off your phone until the timer, which is set by you ends. It’s about letting people be in control of their attention and catching brief mental breaks using the Pomodoro Technique of focused work time with short breaks. In other words, it improves the health and mood of your bean. Get it? Focus Friend has available in-app purchases. But there are no ads and it doesn’t collect or share data. www.morningbrew.com
On this day in music history – August 21,
- 1961, Tamla Records released The Marvelettes first single, “Please Mr. Postman” which went on to sell over a million copies, become the group’s biggest hit and became the first Motown song to reach #1 on the Hot 100 pop singles chart and not just the R&B chart. Groups that soon covered the song included The Beatles.
- On the same day, Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, “Crazy” which became her signature song. And Elvis began the first of three weeks at #1 on the album chart with “Something For Everybody”, his 6th #1 album.
- In 1965, The Rolling Stones began the first of three weeks at #1 on the album chart with “Out of Their Heads” – their first album to top the charts.
- In 1966 on what became their final U.S. concert tour, The Beatles performed stadium shows in two different cities on the same day due to a rain-out the previous day. First they performed at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, then flew to St. Louis where they performed under a tarp due to more rain at Busch Stadium. That was the show at which Paul made up his mind the group should stop touring.
- In 1967, The Doors began recording their second album, “Strange Days” at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood.
- In 1972, Jefferson Airplane’s Jack Casady was arrested after a fight broke out onstage during a show in Akron, Ohio where local police had been called “pigs”. Singer Grace Slick was maced and another group member injured.
- In 1976, The Rolling Stones, 10CC, Lynyrd Skynryd, Hot Tuna and Todd Rundgren’s Utopia all appeared at the Knebworth Festival in England.
- In 1983, Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone had a four-hour brain operation after being found unconscious in a New York Street where he’d been involved in a fight.
- In 2005, Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesizer died at the age of 71 from brain cancer.
- In 2013, concert promoter Sid Bernstein died at the age of 95. He’s the man who booked The Beatles into Shea Stadium, thus beginning the era of stadium concerts.
Born on this day …
- In 1938, Kenny Rogers.
- In 1944, Jackie DeShannon.
- In 1952, Joe Strummer from The Clash.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=21&month=8
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress Kim Cattrall, best known as Samantha on “Sex and the City” is 69
- Among those who’ve passed, composer, band leader and jazz pianist William Allen “Count” Basie was born this day in 1904
- Animator Isadore “Friz” Freleng, who was responsible for all the early Warner Brothers cartoon characters was born in 1906
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0821.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (8/22) – chef salad, crackers, croutons and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 97 today and tomorrow … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 96 Friday … 94 Sunday with a 20% chance of thunderstorms … 92 Monday … 89 Tuesday … 86 Wednesday … overnight lows, about 68 tonight through Sunday night … 64 Monday night … 61 Tuesday 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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