Pala Today News – 4/24/26
Written by John Fox on April 24, 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.
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
Firefighters battled a fire that started at a home and spread to vegetation in Lake Elsinore yesterday. The blaze was reported just after 10a in the 17000 block of Baker Street at a single-story house. It spread to three outbuildings and a quarter-acre of vegetation. Firefighters were able to stop the forward spread after about an hour. No injuries reported. https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/firefighters-battle-brush-fire-lake-elsinore-cal-fire
A solo vehicle accident on Monte Vista Drive in unincorporated Vista yesterday around 11a closed the road for the afternoon until utility crews could repair damage to their equipment. A Ford Bronco broke a utility pole that was left supported only by the attached lines. The driver suffered minor injuries. https://thecoastnews.com/solo-vehicle-crash-shears-utility-pole-shuts-down-road-in-vista/
A man convicted of causing a fatal crash on I-5 in Carlsbad three years ago was sentenced yesterday to 21 years to life in prison. 46-year old Andrew David Shaw was driving a pickup truck that rear ended the victim’s vehicle in southbound lanes near Cannon Road, killing Aurora Rodriguez Urrea and injuring her adult daughter. Shaw had been drinking throughout the day and had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit at the time of the accident. https://www.newsbreak.com/newsradio-600-kogo-562159/4610637158065-21-to-life-in-deadly-carlsbad-dui-crash
The 22nd District Agricultural Association Board of Trustees today unanimously appointed Rebecca Bartling as CEO of the Del Mar Fairgrounds. She was most recently CEO of the Sonoma County Fairgrounds from 2015 until retiring in December of 2024. Before that, she’d been COO at Del Mar for ten years. Bartling will commit to serving as CEO at Del Mar at least through September 2027 while the board considers whether to conduct a nationwide search for a long-term CEO. (22nd DAA media release)
The Riverside County Department of Animal Services is under fire for allowing half of 480 ducks rescued from an Anza sanctuary to go to a livestock company instead of waiting to turn them over to accredited sanctuaries willing to take them. The birds had been voluntarily surrendered from the overcrowded facility in Anza and placed for adoption at the county’s San Jacinto facility. Most suffered from issues related to overcrowding. https://abc7.com/post/480-ducks-adoption-riverside-county-being-removed-anza-animal-sanctuary/18894044/
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters is recruiting poll workers for the June 2 primary election. Anyone interested should apply by May 15. Poll workers get $145 per day for their services. The election day stipend is $240 due to the extended hours. Workers are needed for either four or eleven days to staff vote centers throughout the county. There is a specific need for workers who are bilingual in any of 15 languages required by federal, state and county law. To be eligible, you must be a U.S. citizen, registered to vote in California, have reliable transportation, complete two days of paid in-person training, and be available for the days leading up to and including June 2. Applications are available at www.SDVote.com or call 858 565 5800. https://www.countynewscenter.com/poll-workers-needed-for-june-2-gubernatorial-primary-election-2/
Comfortable Spring temperatures continue with two more chances for April showers in Pala over the next week. The most likely one will be Saturday night. The full forecast is coming up. (below)
SPORTS
In the NBA playoffs – Atlanta edged New York 109-108, taking a two games to one lead in Round One. Toronto whupped Cleveland 126-104 to take a two games to one lead there. Minnesota now leads two games to one after beating the visiting Nuggets 113-96. Tonight, the Lakers are at Houston leading two games to none. Boston is at Philadelphia and San Antonio at Portland with each series tied at a game apiece.
In the NHL playoffs – Yesterday’s winners were Buffalo, Carolina, and Colorado. The last two are one game away from eliminating Ottawa and Los Angeles, respectively. Buffalo leads the other series two games to one. Tonight’s games are Tampa Bay at Montreal, Vegas at Utah, and Edmonton at Anaheim. All three series are tied at a game apiece.
In Major League Baseball – The Padres beat the Rockies 10-8, taking two out of three in Denver. The Dodgers shut out San Francisco 3-0. They remain tied with San Diego for first place. The Angels had the day off. Weekend series begin today for the Angels at Kansas City and the Dodgers hosting the Cubs. The Padres have a rare Friday off.
Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax has been awarded the sixth Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. Past recipients include Willie Mays who won the first year in 2021, followed by Vin Scully, Joe Torre, Dusty Baker, and Bob Costas. 90-year old Koufax made his major league debut in his hometown of Brooklyn, helping the 1955 Dodgers win their first World Series. He was one of the game’s most-dominant pitchers through the 1960s, throwing four no-hitters and a perfect game, and winning World Series MVP twice, in 1963 and ’65. https://apnews.com/article/sandy-koufax-lifetime-achievement-award-f43ae9e421ac9981e96ac10f06d4b5b1
In the minors – The Storm won its third straight game against Visalia 13-6 last night. Game Four of six is tonight at Lake Elsinore.
In the NFL – Rounds 2 and 3 of this year’s draft continue today at 4p from Pittsburgh. Yesterday’s top pick was the Raiders’, who chose Fernando Mendoza, quarterback out of Indiana. The Jets picked David Baily from Texas Tech as expected for #2. The Cardinals unexpectedly chose Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love at #3. The Chiefs traded up to the #6 spot to get Mansour Delane from LSU. The big news in Round One was the Rams taking Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson as #13 overall. Running back Makai Lemon from USC was supposed to be the favorite for LA. The Chargers’ top pick was Akheem Mesidor from Miami at #22 overall. https://www.nfl.com/draft/tracker
In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC’s next game is this Saturday hosting Portland. LAFC will play Minnesota United in St. Paul. Onn Sunday, the Galaxy host Real Salt Lake in Carson.
In lacrosse playoffs – The San Diego Seals will be in Colorado to play the Mammoth in a single-game elimination quarterfinal tomorrow. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
In golf – At the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the team of Eckroat and Thompson had the lead on the front nine of today’s second round at 16 under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In racing – NASCAR Cup at Talladega this Sunday.
Local High School Sports –
Bonsall – baseball hosting Bayfront Charter at 3:30p
Great Oak – varsity baseball at Murrieta Mesa at 3:30p
Fallbrook – baseball against Poway at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; girls’ varsity lacrosse at Mission Hills at 5:45p; Tomorrow – boys’ JV volleyball at the Firebird Tournament all day
Valley Center – track & field at the Escondido Invitational at 3:30p; baseball against Westview at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; Tomorrow – JV boys’ volleyball at the Firebird Tournament all day; sophomore and freshmen track & field at Del Norte at 10a
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow fell a third of a percent. The S&P 500 was up two thirds. The Nasdaq gained 1.4%. Gold traded $19.90 higher on the Comex at $4,743.90 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures retreated by $2.15, trading at $93.70 a barrel.
The U.S. Senate voted in pre-dawn hours yesterday to advance $70b to Homeland Security’s ICE and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years. The 50-48 vote sends the non-binding budget resolution to the House of Representatives. Both agencies have been without funding since February. Republicans are presenting the measure in a way that only requires a simple majority vote, not the usual two-thirds budget vote. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/us-senate-votes-to-advance-70-billion-funding-plan-for-ice-border-patrol.html
The Justice Department has dropped its criminal investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, most likely to clear the way for Senate confirmation of his chosen successor, Keven Warsh. Democrats have questioned Warsh’s independence from President Trump, the lack of transparency around some of his financial holdings, and what they say was his flip-flopping on where interest rates should be. https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-investigation-powell-justice-department-28d04cc0d99cda25cea69931f65e25d3
A U.S. special forces soldier who took part in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is being released on an unsecured $250k bond after being arrested for use of classified information to win more than $400k betting in an online prediction market. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who’d been stationed at Fort Bragg, was charged earlier today with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and an unlawful monetary transaction, then released by a North Carolina judge and told to report to a New York federal courthouse by Tuesday for his case to continue there. https://apnews.com/article/soldier-charged-polymarket-maduro-raid-3924aed69e6d6efdda7127cf82364990
Meta has announced it will cut 8k workers, which is about 10% of its workforce as it ramps up spending on AI. It will also leave about 6k jobs unfilled. Also today, Microsoft says it will offer voluntary buyouts to almost 9k of its employees. That’s about 7% of its US workforce. https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-voluntary-buyouts-ai-224eee4489cbc227244558ff02f5919a
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Four new wide releases this weekend at the movies. The music industry thriller, “Mother Mary” starring Anne Hathaway expands from just five screens last week. It’s about a pop star reuniting with her estranged best friend. “Amrum” is a historic war drama centered on a 12-year old boy growing up on an idyllic windswept island in 1945. There’s also a second historic war drama this weekend. “Desert Warrior” has some action-adventure thrown in for good measure. And the biography, “Michael” starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/?ref_=bo_nb_hm_tab
Co-founder of the 60’s rock group, Traffic and writer of classic songs including “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe”, Dave Mason died this week at the age of 79. Born in Worcester, England, Mason was a professional musician by his teens, releasing his first single as a member of the instrumental group, the Jaguars in 1963 called “Opus to Spring”. It was in that group that he met future Traffic drummer, Jim Capaldi. In 1966, Mason became road manager for the Spencer Davis Group where he met keyboardist Steve Winwood. The three, along with flautist Chris Wood formed Traffic the following year, releasing the 1967 classic album “Mr. Fantasy”. Mason first went solo in 1970. His debut album included, “Only You Know and I Know” which became a hit for Delaney & Bonnie when they covered it the following year. The song he’s best-known for, “We Just Disagree” from 1977 was written by a member of his backup band. Mason enjoyed a long career collaborating with other music legends including Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Michael Jackson and Leon Russell. Mason is the one you hear on the opening 12-string riff of Jimi Hendrix’ version of “All Along the Watchtower”. In the 1990s, he was briefly a member of Fleetwood Mac. No cause given for Dave Mason’s death, but he’d cancelled a concert tour last year after being diagnosed with a serious heart condition. https://variety.com/2026/music/obituaries-people-news/dave-mason-dead-traffic-feelin-alright-rock-hall-fame-1236727460/
On this day in music history – April 24,
- 1955: Perez Prado, known as the king of mambo was at #1 with “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”.
- In 1961, Bob Dylan was paid $50 for his first commercial recording, playing harmonica on the title track for Harry Belafonte’s album “The Midnight Special”.
- In 1965, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders were at #1 with “Game of Love”.
- In 1968, the Beatles new label, Apple Records turned down a chance to sign an unknown artist – David Bowie.
- On the same day, Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” hit #1 on the British music charts, making the 69-year old jazz legend the oldest act ever to hit #1 in the UK. That same song didn’t even crack the top 100 in the U.S. until its re-release 20 years later after being featured in the movie “Good Morning Vietnam” which was set in 1965, two years before the song was recorded. This time it peaked at #32.
- In 1975, Badfinger band member Peter Ham joined the 27 Club by committing suicide.
- In 1976, Paul and Linda McCartney were visiting John Lennon at his New York apartment in the Dakota building watching TV and saw the episode of Saturday Night Live in which producer Lorne Michaels offered a $3,000 check for the Beatles to come to Rockefeller Center and play three songs live on the show. Michaels said they should divide it any way they like – maybe give Ringo less. Lennon and McCartney thought about hopping in a cab and heading down, but decided they were too tired. It was the last time the two ever saw each other.
- In 1979, Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind” became the state song of Georgia. It had been written and first recorded almost 50 years earlier by Hoagy Carmichael.
- In 2003, the Dixie Chicks launched a publicity campaign to explain their position on what was perceived as an un-American statement made by the group’s Natalie Maine regarding the war in Iraq.
- In 2004, Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight was released from prison after serving 10 months for breaking parole on a 1997 assault. He’d punched a parking attendant outside a Hollywood night club the previous August.
- In 2012, Sinead O’Connor cancelled the remaining dates of a world tour due to a “very serious breakdown” related to her bipolar disorder.
- In 2016, soul singer Billy Paul died of pancreatic cancer at age 81. He’s best-remembered for his Grammy Award-winning 1972 #1 hit, “Me and Mrs. Jones”.
Celebrating birthdays today:
- Barbra Streisand – one of an elite few entertainers to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award was born in 1942
- Doug Clifford, drummer for Credence Clearwater Revival was born in 1945
- Kelly Clarkson, winner of the first season of American Idol was born in 1982
Other celebrities celebrating birthdays today …
- Actor, comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 62
- Among those who’ve passed, classic stand-up comic Jack E. Leonard was born in 1911.
http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0424.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – mostly sunny and 76 with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … mostly cloudy and 70 with a slight chance of rain tomorrow along with continued gusty winds … between a tenth and a quarter inch of rain 80% likely tomorrow night through Sunday morning … clearing to sunny and 68 Sunday afternoon … mostly sunny and 73 Monday … 76 Tuesday … additional slight chances for rain Wednesday and Thursday when it’ll be mostly sunny, with highs of 76 Wednesday and 79 Thursday … overnight lows, about 48 tonight and tomorrow night … 46 Sunday night … 43 Monday night … 47 Tuesday and Wednesday night
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