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Pala Today News – 11/3/25

Written by John Fox on November 3, 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.

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

San Diego Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics responded to call of a young girl on the Pala reservation experiencing a seizure just after 9p Friday. The child had been trick or treating and her parents had mentioned the possibility of exposure to tainted candy. She was airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital for further evaluation. Staff there confirmed that the emergency was not related to narcotics or any foreign substance. Instead, it appeared to have come from an undiagnosed medical condition. She was home and doing well as of Saturday afternoon. However, the rumor of the possibility of tainted candy on the reservation resulted in a warning by the Office Staff at Vivian Banks Charter School late Friday evening to the parents of all Vivian Banks students to collect and dispose of all Halloween candy. The message was sent without any Administrative approval. The district later issued a retraction. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4327971559092-child-safe-after-medical-emergency-on-pala-indian-reservation

Murrieta Police are investigating an attack Halloween night that left one person unconscious. Police were called to a fight near Margarita Road and Grove Way between 10:30p and 11p. One of the two main combatants was injured and had to be hospitalized. Many others fled the scene. Investigators are now locating some of those witnesses. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/murrieta-attack-halloween-night-seriously-injures-one-person-witnesses-scatter

A motorcyclist was injured after colliding with a Kia on East Mission Road near Santa Margarita Drive in Fallbrook last evening around 7:30p. Both lanes of traffic were blocked for time. No word on the extent of the rider’s injuries. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/10/30/news/motorcyclist-injured-in-collision-with-car-on-east-mission-road-in-fallbrook/80323.html

There were a pair of early Saturday morning crashes into trees or bushes in Fallbrook. One was a pickup truck that then caught fire on Rice Canyon Road. That happened at about 12:47a. About two hours later, a white Mustang crashed into a tree on Via Monserate near Palomar Drive. No injuries reported for either incident. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/10/30/news/white-mustang-crashes-into-tree-on-via-monserate-in-fallbrook/80318.html

A bicyclist was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run collision near West Beech Street and South Main Avenue in Fallbrook on Friday afternoon. Witnesses described the car involved as a grey Mustang. The incident was reported just before 5p. Reporting parties told dispatchers they heard the crash, then went outside and saw the vehicle leaving the area. No injuries were reported for the victim, Dom Trent, well known to locals as the guy who good naturedly directs traffic in the Grocery Outlet shopping center parking lot where his brother owns a barber shop. A CHP unit noted that a vehicle matching a similar description had been involved in a separate investigation earlier in the day. Officers were unable to confirm whether the incidents were connected. The driver remained at large as of Friday evening. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/10/30/news/car-vs-bicyclist-in-hit-and-run-driver-fled-scene/80316.html

Fire broke out east of Julian yesterday after 3p. The Scissors Fire near the intersection of Highway 78 and San Felipe Road burned about 68 acres and is now 50% contained. Over 100 personnel were assigned to the fire. No structures were threatened and no evacuations ordered. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/vegetation-fire-burns-near-highway-78/3925247/

Camp Pendleton officials issued a noise advisory Friday ahead of live-fire training with high explosive munitions now through November 9. Troops will conduct training exercises 24-hours a day in the Whiskey/Zulu impact areas. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/loud-noises-camp-pendleton-may-be-heard-san-diegos-north-county

A reminder that tomorrow is Election Day. Drop off your ballots at a Vote Center, an official Drop Box, or mail it postmarked no later than tomorrow. You can vote in person at a Vote Center or Registrar headquarters. For details on voting in this and every election, San Diego County residents should go to www.SDVote.com and Riverside County residents should go to www.VoteInfo.net

Pala will have at least a week of nice Fall weather with foggy mornings and sunny afternoons with high ranging from the upper 70s to the low 80s. 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 Dodgers won the World Series Saturday night in Toronto in yet another extra innings effort. Game Seven went 11 innings with the Dodgers pulling off a dramatic come-from-behind with second baseman Miguel Rojas hitting only his 7^th home run this yar to tie the game in the 9^th and catcher Will Smith providing the go-ahead run in the top of the 11^th. The Dodgers repeat as World Series champions. Their victory parade was still going on in Los Angeles as of noon. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-03/los-angeles-dodgers-victory-parade-fans

In the NFL – It was an all-around great weekend for fans of Los Angeles sports teams. Two of yesterday’s winners were the Chargers over Tennessee 27-20 and the Rams over New Orleans 34-10. Other Week 9 winners included Chicago, Minnesota, Carolina, New England, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Denver, Jacksonville, Buffalo and Seattle. Tonight’s game is Arizona at Dallas at 5p on ABC.

In college football – No surprises down to ranking #8. #8 Georgia Tech fell to unranked NC State 48-36. #20 Texas upset #9 Vanderbilt 34-31. Unranked SMU beat #10 Miami 26-20 in overtime. #23 USC won its game over unranked Nebraska 21-17. San Diego State routed Wyoming 24-7.

In the NBA – Last night’s winners were OKC, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Cleveland, Toronto, New York, Phoenix and the Lakers.

In hockey – Five games yesterday. The winners were Tampa Bay, Calgary, Anaheim, Detroit and the New York Islanders.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost to the visiting Colorado Eagles 3-1 yesterday. They host Henderson Wednesday.

In Major League Soccer – Saturday in Portland, the San Diego FC tied with the Timbers at 2. LAFC beat Austin 4-1 yesterday.

In racing – Yesterday at Phoenix, Ryan Blaney won the final race of the season. That gave Kyle Larson his second NASCAR Cup title. https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/

Yesterday’s New York City Marathon Kenya’s was won by Hellen Obiri, the 2023 New York City Marathon champion. It was her second women’s open division title and broke the 22-year-old course record. Compatriot Benson Kipruto won the men’s open division title by less than one second in the closest men’s race in the race’s history.

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games

Great Oak – girls’ golf team division championships all day

Fallbrook – no scheduled games

Valley Center – girls’ tennis CIF individuals at Balboa Tennis Club all day

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow fell four tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 was up three tenths. And the Nasdaq gained two thirds of a percent. Gold traded $23.40 higher on the Comex at $4,109.90 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 23 cents to $61.21 a barrel.

The Trump administration has committed to continue partial funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as food stamps using $4.65b in emergency funds. But a top USDA official told a federal judge this morning that payment amounts to individuals will be reduced and that it may take “a few weeks to up to several months” to make it happen. The administration also revealed that it is short by about half of the $8b cost to fund SNAP for the month of November. Once those emergency funds are spent, officials say there is nowhere else to turn to continue funding SNAP if the government shutdown continues. https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-partially-fund-snap-months/story?id=127138175

Kimberly-Clark announced today that it will buy Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol for $48.7b. The combined company would bring together brands including Huggies and Kleenex with Band-Aid and Tylenol. Kenvue had spun out of Johnson & Johnson 2 ½ years ago. Since then, its shares have fallen by more than a third from their initial public offering price. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/kimberly-clark-to-buy-kenvue.html

Ford, Kia and Hyundai all reported huge declines in EV sales last month. Many buyers had rushed to purchase EVs before the expiration of tax credits. Not all automakers report monthly sales. Ford reported year-over-year October sales of EVs down 25%. Kia and Hyundai reported their top EV models dropped between 52% and 71% from a year ago. Toyota, which is not as heavily invested in all-electric vehicles as other manufacturers reported selling only 18 of its only all-electric, the BZ model in October. That was down from 1,401 a year ago and 61 last month. Experts at CarMax and Edmunds say that with tax credits off the table, the market appears to be settling into a more natural rhythm. Ford’s CEO had said last month that he wouldn’t be surprised if EV sales fell by about half with the end of tax incentives to a market share of about 5%. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/ford-hyundai-ev-sales.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movies, there wasn’t much in the way of new movies. In fact, the most popular new release was the 40^th anniversary re-release of “Back to the Future”, which placed 6^th with $4.7m in ticket sales on 2,300 screens. The only other new release was the animated family comedy horror, “Stitchhead” which placed 9^th with $2.1m in ticket sales. After opening in second place last weekend, the romantic drama “Regretting You” moved into first place selling $8.1m in tickets followed by “Black Phone 2”, last week’s #1 “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” and “KPop Demon Hunters”. Probably because everyone was out partying and trick or treating on Friday, this was the third lowest weekend for movie attendance this year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/?ref_=bo_nb_we_secondarytab

Even though it’s organized by the non-profit New York Roadrunners, yesterday’s New York City Marathon and those in all big cities deal in some pretty big dollars. The New York group spends $111m a year putting together local races. Costs include staff salaries, vendor services like porta-potties, emergency medical teams, security, and road closures. Last year, the Metropolitan Transit Authority asked organizers of the New York Marathon to pay $750k to offset lost toll revenue from the closure of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The Roadrunners disputed the charge, arguing that the marathon boosts MTA revenue thanks to increased ridership system wide on race day. Their revenue comes from the $255 to $315 runner entry fee and from race sponsorships. NYC’s headline sponsor is Tata Consultancy, who plans to spend $40m annually for this and the next four years on the New York Marathon. Organizers say New York’s race attracted 2m spectators last year and generated $692m for the local economy. About $287m of it from out-of-town visitors. Many of the runners compete for charitable causes from cancer research to, this year … local public media funding to cover government cutbacks. Runners in Boston, New York and Chicago collectively raised over $156m last year. www.morningbrew.com

On this day in music history – November 3,

1957, Sun Records released “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis. It went to #2 on the singles chart and sold 5m copies.
In 1960, fresh out of the Army, Elvis had the #1 hit “It’s Now or Never”, based on the Italian classic, “O Sole Mio”.
In 1962, The Crystals began the first of two weeks at #1 with “He’s a Rebel”.
In 1964, during a Rolling Stones concert in Cleveland, a 17-year old fan fell from the balcony. The city’s mayor banned all future pop concerts saying “Such groups do not add to the community’s culture or entertainment.” Cleveland is now the home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In 1967, filming was completed for The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour”. BBC television bought the rights to broadcast it twice. Once on December 26, 1967 in black and white, and again 10 days later on a different channel in color.
In 1972, James Taylor and Carly Simon were married at Simon’s Manhattan apartment. That evening Simon joined Taylor onstage to announce their union to the cheering audience. The marriage lasted 11 years.
In 1973, David Bowie was at #1 with his album “Pinups”.
On the same day, Hall & Oates released the album “Abandoned Luncheonette”. The single “She’s Gone” failed to become a hit until two covers later. It finally reached #7 in 1976.
In 1979, one-hit-wonder, M was at #1 with “Pop Music”.
In 1984, Billy Ocean began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Caribbean Queen”.
In 1990, 25 years after it was first recorded by The Righteous Brothers, “Unchained Melody” hit #1 in Britain thanks to the Patrick Swayze film, “Ghost”. It is one of the most recorded songs in the 20^th century with over 500 versions.
On the same day, “Ice Ice Baby” became the first rap song to top the singles chart. It was originally the B-side of Vanilla Ice’s version of “Play That Funky Music”.
In 1991, a free concert was held at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to honor the late Bill Graham who’d died in a helicopter crash the previous week. Featured acts included Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Grateful Dead, Journey, and Joan Baez.
In 1995, Hootie and the Blowfish reached an out of court settlement with Bob Dylan for the unauthorized use of Dylan lyrics in their song “Only Want to Be With You”.
In 2013, the first ever YouTube awards were held in New York City. Eminem won Artist of the Year. Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” took the Phenomenon Award.

Born on this day…

In 1933, English composer and conductor John Barry who wrote the music for the first 11 James Bond films, “Dances With Wolves” and “Out of Africa” among others
In 1946, Tommy Dee from John Fred and His Playboy Band
In 1948, Marie Lawrie, better known as Lulu who had the 1963 #1 hit “To Sir With Love”
In 1954, singer and musician Stuart Goddard, better known as Adam Ant.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=3&month=11

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor, producer, game show panelist and disc jockey Shadoe Stevens is 78. You may remember him from the Federated electronics stores commercials
Comedian Dennis Miller is 72
Actress Kathy Kinney who played Mimi on “The Drew Carey Show” is 71
Late actor, singer, dancer Ken Berry was born in 1933

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1103.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – partly sunny with a high of 81 this afternoon … patchy morning fog clearing to sunny and 81 again tomorrow … 76 Wednesday and Thursday … 83 Friday … 85 Saturday … 83 Sunday … overnight lows, 50 tonight … 48 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 50 Thursday night … 54 Friday and Saturday night

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