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Pala Today News – 9/24/25

Written by John Fox on September 24, 2025

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A single-engine Cessna airplane crashed on South Mission Road near Fallbrook Air Park just after 2p yesterday, sparking a small brush fire in the highway median then rolling into Los Jilgueros Preserve east of the road. Both lanes of South Mission were closed due to debris and recovery of the plane. Witnesses say the Cessna 182-N had been flying low and clipped trees before it went down. The pilot got out safely before first responders arrived. He sustained minor injuries but refused treatment. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/09/18/news/cessna-crash-sparks-brush-fire-shuts-down-south-mission-road-in-fallbrook/79930.html

Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 79 near the Dripping Springs Campground east of Temecula Monday night. One of two people suffering moderate injuries was trapped in a vehicle. One other person received minor injuries. The accident was reported at 7:47p. https://patch.com/california/temecula/3-people-injured-79-south-crash-near-temecula

In its first meeting this month, the Temecula Valley Unified School District governing board unanimously appointed 24-year district veteran educator Dr. Kimberly Velez as new district superintendent, effective January 1, 2026. Nicole Dais will replace Velez as assistant superintendent. https://citizenportal.ai/articles/5752632/California/Temecula-Valley-School-Board-Appoints-New-Superintendent-and-Assistant-Superintendent

Today will be the last unseasonably warm day for at least the next week in Pala. Temperatures will dip into the high 70s for Native American Day before settling into the low 80s Sunday and most 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. Mass will not be broadcast on 9/21 due to staffing limitations.

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – The Padres’ Randy Vasquez pitched 7 innings of one-hit ball as San Diego shut out first-place Milwaukee 7-0. First baseman Ryan O’Hearn got the scoring started in the bottom of the first with a grand slam homer that also scored Arraez, Sheets and Laureano. Luis Arraez had his own two-run homer the next inning. The final score was a solo homer by third baseman Jose Iglesias in the 8^th. Meanwhile, the Dodgers’ magic number to clinch the NL West remains at 3 with five games left in the regular season as their bullpen once again failed to hold a lead. They lost to the Diamondbacks 5-4 thanks to a walk-off RBI single by shortstop Geraldo Perdomo. St. Louis edged San Francisco 9-8. The visiting Royals beat the Angels 8-4. All those series continue today.

Cleveland and Detroit are tied for first in the AL Central with neither having yet clinched a spot in the playoffs. Detroit is riding a 7-game losing streak after losing to the Guardians 5-2 last night. Guardians designated hitter David Fry was hospitalized with a broken nose and facial fractures after being hit in the face by a pitch from Detroit’s Tarik Skubal in the 6^th inning. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46366835/guardians-david-fry-broken-nose-facial-fractures-hbp

In the NFL – Week 4 begins tomorrow with Seattle at Arizona on Prime Video.

If current trends in NFL football continue, the metaphor “drop back and punt” may fade from popular use. NFL teams are punting just 3 2/3 times per game this season. That’s an all-time low. The reasons include new kickoff rules that start the offense with better field position, coaches increasingly willing to go for it on fourth down, and field goal kickers becoming increasingly successful at longer distances. In other words, punt specialist may soon be synonymous with bench warmer. www.morningbrew.com

In college football – Oklahoma State has fired head coach Mike Gundy after 21 seasons following this year’s 1 and 2 start. They lost to Tulsa 19-12 last week. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46360295/oklahoma-state-ad-chad-weiberg-says-mike-gundy-firing-best-interest-moving-football-program-forward

In the NBA – The preseason begins a week from tomorrow on October 2.

In the WNBA playoffs – Last night, both semi-final series became tied at a game apiece. Phoenix beat Minnesota 89-83 in overtime and Las Vegas routed Indiana 90-68. Game 3 in both series will be Friday. Game 4 – Sunday. https://www.espn.com/wnba/schedule/_/date/20250923

In hockey – Last night’s preseason game winners were Detroit, Buffalo, New Jersey, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Los Angeles, and in overtime, Boston, Ottawa, and Dallas. Tampa Bay won a shootout over Nashville. Five games tonight including the Ducks hosting the Kings in Anaheim. https://www.espn.com/nhl/schedule/_/date/20250923

In Major League Soccer – This Saturday, LAFC is at St. Louis, the Galaxy host Sporting Kansas City in Carson, and San Diego FC hosts San Jose at Snapdragon Stadium.

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – girls’ volleyball hosting King Chavez Community at 5:15p

Great Oak – no scheduled games today

Fallbrook – girls’ varsity tennis at Escondido at 3:30p

Valley Center – flag football hosting Rancho Bernardo at 4:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down again. The Dow and S&P 500 each fell about a third of a percent. The Nasdaq was down more than four tenths. Gold futures, which had soared the first two days this week, fell almost $48 to $3,767.40 an ounce on the Comex. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up $1.52 to $64.94 a barrel.

Hiring for the upcoming holiday season is expected to be at its lowest level since the 2009 recession. By this time last year, major companies including Target, Burlington, Aldi and others had already announced the number of seasonal workers they planned to hire. So far this year, none have released those numbers, which are considered to be an indicator of how strong or weak retailers expect the holiday shopping season to be. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/24/seasonal-hiring-2025-to-fall-to-lowest-level-since-2009-recession.html

New home sales rose an unexpectedly high 20% in August. That’s the biggest month-to-month change in three years. The median price of a new home in the U.S. last month was $413,500. That’s 1.9% higher than one year prior. Mortgage rates in August were about a quarter point higher than they are today. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/24/august-new-home-sales-soar.html

Bass Pro Shops and White River Marine Group have acquired Southern California watersports brand, Hobie and plan to relocate its manufacturing from Mexico to Lebanon, Missouri near Bass Pro’s Springfield headquarters. Company founder Hobie Alter was a pioneer in surf and kayak design and was responsible for the iconic Hobie Cat 16-foot catamarans. https://www.wired2fish.com/fishing-industry-news/bass-pro-shops-acquires-hobie

Congress is once again under the gun to pass a spending bill. Without one, a government shutdown is possible one week from today. www.morningbrew.com

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

The Jimmy Kimmel Show returned to ABC’s lineup last night after being suspended for a week over comments by Kimmel about MAGA and Charlie Kirk’s murderer on September 15 led to pressure from FCC chairman Brendan Carr and two station owner groups. The two groups, Nexstar and Sinclair, which together control 20% of all ABC affiliates boycotted last night’s broadcast. President Trump posted on Truth Social that he would “test ABC out” for allowing the show to return, writing, “Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.” Trump was referring to the out of court settlement of a defamation suit he’d filed against ABC for comments made by the network’s George Stephanopoulos that Trump had been found liable for rape, when in fact it was technically sexual assault. Even though Trump would have had to prove malice, ABC chose settlement rather than an expensive, lengthy trial. www.morningbrew.com https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2025/01/24/abcs-16m-settlement-with-trump-sets-bad-precedent-in-uncertain-times/?slreturn=20250924132407

Claudia Cardinale, one of Italy’s most well-known actresses in the early 1960s who gained fame in this county with roles in “The Pink Panther” and “Once Upon a Time in the West”, died yesterday in France. She may be best-known for co-starring along with Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini’s “8 ½” in 1963. The daughter of Sicilian parents, Cardinale began her movie career at age 17 after winning a beauty contest in Tunisia where she was born and raised. Until then, she’d thought she’d become a school teacher. Following on the heels of Sophia Loren’s success, she was touted as Italy’s answer to Brigitte Bardot. Cardinale considered the 1966 film “The Professionals” in which she co-starred alongside Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan and Lee Marvin as her best Hollywood film. In 2000, she was named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the defense of women’s rights. Claudia Cardinale was 87. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/24/claudia-cardinale-obituary

On this day in music history – September 24,

1957, Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” single was released. It became his 9^th #1 hit and the film clip of it is considered by many to be the first rock music video.
In 1962, Elvis received an invitation to appear at the Royal Variety Performance before members of the British Royal Family. Manager Tom Parker graciously declined, citing motion picture commitments. The real reason was that Parker was an illegal Dutch immigrant living in the U.S. and feared he might not be allowed back in if he left the country.
In 1966, James Hendrix arrived in London with little more than the clothes on his back. The first thing he did upon arrival in England was to legally change his name to Jimi.
On the same day, The Association began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Cherish”. Even though the song actually ran 3 minutes 25 seconds, the label listed it as 3:00 so that DJ’s wouldn’t be discouraged from playing an excessively long song.
In 1980, mixing for John Lennon’s new “Double Fantasy” album moved from New York’s Hit Factory to Record Plant East. On this day he gave possibly his last interview to a radio station in Buffalo.
In 1983, Billy Joel was at #1 with “Tell Her About It”, his second #1 hit.
In 1988, Bobby McFerrin began the first of two weeks at #1 with his acapella hit “Don’t Worry Be Happy”. It went on to win Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
In 1990, AC/DC released their 14^th studio album, “The Razor’s Edge”.
In 1991, Nirvana’s breakthrough album “Nevermind” was released. It hit #1 four months later and has gone on to sell over 30m copies.
On the same day, Red Hot Chili Peppers released their fifth studio album, “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” containing the hits “Under the Bridge” and “Give It Away”.
In 2003, The Dave Matthews Band did a concert in New York’s Central Park for an audience of 100k. The Central Park Concert was later released as a live album.

Born on this day …

In 1933, Mel Taylor, drummer for The Ventures
In 1941, photographer, musician, author and activist, Linda McCartney
In 1942, Gerry Marsden from Gerry and the Pacemakers
In 1971, Peter Salisbury from The Verve

Other celebrity anniversaries today

Comedian actress and writer Nia Vardalos is 63
Actor Kevin Sorbo is 67
Among those who’ve passed, author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896
Mickey Rooney was born in 1920
Sportscaster Jim McKay was born in 1921
creator of The Muppets, Jim Henson was born in 1936
comedian /actor / graphic artist Phil Hartman was born in 1948

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date0923.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 88 this afternoon … patchy morning low clouds and fog, clearing to sunny and 82 with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour tomorrow … 77 Friday … 79 with a 30% chance of rain Saturday … 82 Sunday … 84 Monday … 82 Tuesday … overnight lows, 58 tonight … 56 tomorrow through Saturday night … about 58 Sunday and Monday night

FIRE PERMITS

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