Pala Today News – 9/8/25
Written by John Fox on September 8, 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
A Temecula man died following an assault late Saturday night, and authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the incident. According Sheriff’s deputies, a routine patrol from the Southwest Sheriff’s Station led to the discovery of 35-year-old George Fresquez IV lying unresponsive in the roadway on Pechanga Parkway near Wolf Valley Road at 11:50p on Saturday. Deputies immediately rendered medical aid, but Fresquez succumbed to traumatic injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Riverside Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit responded and assumed the investigation. The suspect in the assault was identified as 39-year-old Alex Leyva of Vista. Leyva was later located and taken into custody. Investigators determined that Fresquez had initially been assaulted in the roadway and left incapacitated before being hit by a vehicle traveling south on Pechanga Parkway. The driver of the vehicle cooperated with authorities and was later released. Alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the collision. https://www.newsbreak.com/ktla-1589741/4220244259939-southern-california-man-charged-after-deadly-assault-in-temecula
Earlier Saturday, CHP and firefighters responding to a car fire in the area of Sandia Creek Drive and De Luz Road discovered a dead body inside the vehicle once the fire was knocked down. Sheriff’s homicide took over the investigation with the cause and manner of death, as well as the identity of the victim yet to be made public. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/person-killed-in-single-vehicle-fiery-crash-in-fallbrook
A motorcyclist was hospitalized following a crash this morning in Fallbrook at East Mission and North Stagecoach. It happened just before 7a. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/09/04/news/traffic-collision-in-fallbrook-sends-motorcyclist-to-hospital/79802.html
Units from North County Fire battled a blaze at the EDCO trash and recycling facility on W. Aviation Road in Fallbrook yesterday afternoon beginning just after 2p. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/09/04/news/ncfpd-attacks-edco-fire/79801.html
An accident on South Mission near Heller’s bend in Fallbrook closed both lanes of South Mission just after 9p Saturday. One of three vehicles involved went off the roadway. About forty feet of guardrail was taken out. One person was transported to a hospital with undisclosed injuries. Traffic was diverted onto Heller’s Bend for about an hour. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/09/04/news/one-hospitalized-after-multi-vehicle-crash-closes-south-mission-road-in-fallbrook/79800.html
Oceanside’s community cable TV station may have received its last support from city funds. The city council approved a one-time $175k payment to KOCT last week. The operation, which broadcasts city council and commission meetings had requested $250k. City officials made it clear they do not intend to continue funding the station, noting that most cities live stream council and other meetings and record them using in-house services. KOCT’s five-year contract runs through June 30, 2027. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/08/oceanside-to-end-funding-to-local-cable-tv-station-oks-one-time-175000-payment/
Several thousand SDG&E customers in Encinitas, Cardiff, and Olivenhain lost power this morning around 9:50a – a little over an hour after about 150 others lost power nearby in Carlsbad and La Costa. The earlier outage was expected to be fixed by 11:30a. The larger one is expected to be fixed by 3:30p this afternoon. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map
Today should be the last unseasonably hot day for at least a 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 started off their series against the Rockies poorly, getting shut out 3-0 on Friday, but came back with 10-8 and 8-1 wins Saturday and yesterday. In yesterday’s game, Dylan Cease got the win with five innings pitched, and Manny Machado hit his 23rd home run of the season. The Dodgers lost two out of three in Baltimore, avoiding a sweep with yesterday’s 5-2 win, thanks largely to two home runs by Shohei Ohtani and strong pitching by Clayton Kershaw. The Giants lost two out of three in St. Louis. Arizona won two out of three from the visiting Red Sox. And the Angels lost two out of three to the visiting Athletics, including 10-4 and 17-4 drubbings Friday and Saturday. In the NL West, the Padres are now one game behind the first-place Dodgers and six games ahead of the 3rd place Giants. Today, San Diego hosts Cincinnati, the Dodgers host Colorado, San Francisco hosts Arizona, and the Angels host Minnesota.
In the NFL – Week 1 concludes tonight with Minnesota at Chicago on ABC. Yesterday’s winners were Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, Indiana, Las Vegas, Arizona, Washington, Jacksonville, Denver, San Francisco, Green Bay, Buffalo, the Rams and Pittsburgh over the Jets 34-32 with four touchdown passes by Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in his debut with the team.
In college football – No upsets in the Top ten. #12 Arizona State lost to unranked Mississippi State. USC stomped Georgia Southern 59-20. UNLV beat UCLA 30-23. Washington State topped San Diego State 36-13.
In the WNBA – The Sparks lost on Friday at Atlanta and beat Dallas yesterday 91-77. Yesterday’s other winners were Indiana and Las Vegas. Just one game tonight – Connecticut at Atlanta. LA and Seattle are the last two teams vying for a playoff spot. The LA Sparks are at Phoenix and Seattle Storm host Golden State tomorrow. https://www.espn.com/wnba/schedule
Serena Williams, another venture capitalist and Warner Bros. Discovery have invested in the women’s 3-on-3 basketball league known as Unrivaled. The cash infusion boosts the league’s capitalization from $95m last year to $340m now. Other individual investors include Billie Jean King, Steph Curry, Coco Gauff and Olympic sinner Michael Phelps. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/serena-williams-unrivaled-investment-league-value.html
In hockey – The NHL preseason begins Saturday, September 20.
In Major League Soccer – The Galaxy and Dynamo tied at 1 in Houston on Saturday. This coming Saturday, the Galaxy will play the Sounders in Seattle, LAFC plays the San Jose Earthquakes in Santa Clara, and San Diego FC hosts Minnesota at Snapdragon Stadium. https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/date/20250908/league/usa.1
In racing – Denny Hamlin started in the pole position and won the NASCAR Cup playoff race at Worldwide Technology Raceway.
In tennis – at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner in yesterday’s men’s finals to win his second U.S. Open and sixth major title. Both had easily won matches leading up to the yesterday’s title match, showing that men’s tennis currently consists of Alcaraz and Sinner, with everybody else just minor contenders. On Saturday, Arnyna Sabalenda beat Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to claim the women’s singles title. It was her first US Open and fourth grand slam title. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/06/aryna-sabalenka-sweeps-aside-amanda-anisimova-to-retain-us-open-title https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/46186523/us-open-2025-alcaraz-mens-champion-sinner-final
President Trump’s visit to yesterday’s men’s finals was greeted with loud boos from the crowd on several occasions. Many of those attending the match missed Trump’s emergence from his suite at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the national anthem before the delayed start of play, unable to gain entry due to increased security. They also missed the start of the match. It’s unclear what proportion of crowd reaction was political and what was due to the inconvenience and disruption caused by Trump’s presence. Observers say Trump appeared indifferent to the major points in the match between Alcaraz and Sinner. https://apnews.com/article/trump-us-open-sporting-events-boos-5a80b02c78403f1f2f87a30852ffb0f5
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – girls’ volleyball hosting High Tech North County at 5:30p
Great Oak – girls’ tennis against Martin Luther King at 3:15 with games on both campuses.
Fallbrook – no scheduled games today
Valley Center – girls’ tennis against San Pasqual at 3:30p with games on both campuses; varsity flag football at Escondido at 5:30p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow fell a small fraction. The S&P 500 was up two tenths of a percent. The Nasdaq gained over a half percent. Gold was up, trading $23.10 higher on the Comex at $3,676.40 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 49 cents to $62.36 a barrel.
Shares of Kenvue, maker of Tylenol dropped 10% Friday after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is linking autism to the use of the medication by pregnant women in a report to be released this month. Kenvue says there is no link between autism and the use of acetaminophen – the generic name for Tylenol. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/05/rfk-tylenol-autism-kenvue-stock-for-url.html
More than 90k Jeep Grand Cherokees have been recalled over a software error that could lead to loss of power and possible accidents. Vehicles recalled include 2022 through 2026 plug-in electric hybrid models. Officials at Chrysler and parent company Stellantis say they are not aware of any injuries or accidents because of the defect. A fix is being readied and owners of affected vehicles are being notified. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5533180/jeep-grand-cherokee-recall-plug-in-hybrid
The United Nations Universal Postal Union reports parcel traffic into the U.S. down 80% since the Trump administration suspended the de minimis trade exemption for small packages worth less than $800. The UPU is working on ways to get traffic flowing once again into the U.S. The White House defends the change as a way to crack down on criminal activity, including counterfeit products and shipments of fentanyl, as well as lowering the trade deficit. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5533121/postal-traffic-to-us-drops-more-than-80-after-trade-exemption-rule-ends-un-agency-says
US Steel will cease production at its Granite City, Illinois plant at the end of October. But its 800 workers there will stay on the job, maintaining the equipment until at least 2027. That’s part of the job protections built into the deal to allow the acquisition of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel. https://www.wral.com/story/us-steel-is-shutting-down-a-mill-in-illinois-its-deal-with-trump-won-t-let-it-fire-its-800-workers-for-now/22150993/
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Over the weekend at the movie box office, attendance was almost double that of Labor Day weekend. “The Conjuring: Last Rites” debuted at #1 with $83m in ticket sales – accounting for about two thirds of all movie-going this weekend. The re-release of “Hamilton” opened on half as many screens in second place with $10m. Now in its 5th week of release, “Weapons” dropped to 3rd place with $5.3m, followed by “Freakier Friday”, “Caught Stealing” and “The Roses”. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W36/
McDonald’s Extra Value meals are back as of today. For a limited time, they’re offering an $8 Big Mac meal that comes with medium fries and a medium drink, and a $5 Sausage McMuffin with Egg meal that comes with hash browns and a small coffee. Several other menu items can be ordered as Extra Value Meals at about a 15% savings for the bundle. Snack Wraps will remain on the menu through the end of the year. This promotion first began as far back as 1991 and was last used in 2019. McDonald’s and other fast food chains have been concerned about a marked decline in low-income customers, which they view as critical to their bottom lines. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/09/08/mcdonalds-menu-extra-value-meals-big-mac-mcmuffin/85995106007/
After several months of no jackpot winner, two winning tickets were sold for the second-highest Powerball jackpot ever – one in Missouri and one in Texas. The jackpot hit $1.787b by the time of Saturday’s drawing. Each of the winning tickets is good for either an annualized prize of $893.5m or a lump sum of $410.3m. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/lottery/2025/09/08/powerball-jackpot-winners-missouri-texas/86038182007/
On this day in music history – September 8,
- In 1952, Ray Charles had his first recording session with Atlantic Records, who’d bought his contract from the Swingtime label. His first major hits came after moving to Atlantic and included “I Got a Woman” and “What’d I Say”.
- In 1956, Eddie Cochran signed with Liberty Records where he released three Top 40 hits including “Summertime Blues”.
- In 1968, The Beatles performed “Hey Jude” live on David Frost’s Sunday show on British television. It was the first single from their new label, Apple Records. It was not only the longest single to top the charts at the time, it also stayed at #1 on the Hot 100 the longest of any Beatles single … nine weeks.
- On the same day, Led Zeppelin were playing their third-ever live gig in Denmark
- In 1973, Marvin Gaye began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Let’s Get It On”.
- In 1977, Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch left the group to re-form Small Faces. He died two years later at the age of 26.
- In 1979, Led Zeppelin’s eighth and final album of new material “In Through the Out Door” hit #1.
- In 1984, 18 years after his first charted hit, Stevie Wonder was at #1 with “I Just Called To Say I Love You” from the soundtrack album, “The Woman in Red”.
- In 1990, Bon Jovi’s movie soundtrack hit, “Blaze of Glory” from “Young Guns II” went to #1.
- In 1997, Derek Taylor, publicist for The Beatles died at the age of 67. He’d also worked with The Beach Boys, the Byrds, and helped organize the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival with Lou Adler and “Papa” John Phillips.
- In 2003, David Bowie performed the first interactive concert with a performance carried live in 21 theaters throughout Europe. Audience members talked with Bowie and made song requests remotely over ISDN lines.
- In 2005, Rod Stewart was ordered to pay a Las Vegas casino $2m for failing to perform at its 2000 New Year’s Eve concert. Stewart was unable to sing at the Rio due to surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid tumor causing him to lose his voice, from which recovered in time for a world concert tour the following June.
- In 2011, jury selection began for the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, who was later found guilty.
Born on this day …
- In 1897, the first country music star, Jimmy Rodgers who sold over 12m records and was the first person inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- In 1932, country music star, Patsy Cline
- In 1945, bass player for the Electric Light Orchestra, Kelly Groucutt, and keyboard player for the Grateful Dead, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
- In 1947, Benjamin Orr, bass player from The Cars
- In 1958, David Lewis from Atlantic Starr
- In 1960, Aimee Mann, lead singer with ‘Til Tuesday and David Steele from Fine Young Cannibals
- In 1979, Pink
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born-on-this-day/
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Comedian and ventriloquist Willie Tyler is 85
- Actress and TV show host Brooke Burke is 54
- Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas from TV’s Home Improvement is 44
- Among those who’ve passed, actor Frank Cady from 60s TV shows, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Ozzie & Harriet was born in 1915
- Sid Caesar was born in 1922
- Peter Sellers was born in 1925
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0908.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (9/9) – tamales, Spanish rice, pinto beans and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 90 and wind gusts up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to 82 with continued gusty winds tomorrow … 77 Wednesday and Thursday … 80 Friday … 84 Saturday … 85 Sunday … overnight lows, 55 tonight … 57 tomorrow and Wednesday night … about 55 Thursday through Saturday 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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