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Pala Today News – 10/20/26

Written by John Fox on October 20, 2026

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

The Norte Fire in the hills east of San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano is now 90% contained at 570 acres. Evacuation orders have been lifted. Four homes were destroyed and three others damaged. No injuries reported. https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2026/10/16/norte-fire

After years of expectations, Albertsons finally confirmed last week that it will indeed be building a new store in Valley Center on property owned by the San Pasqual Economic Development Corporation at Valley Center Road and Mirar de Valle. It’ll be the first full service supermarket in Valley Center. Construction milestones, hiring timelines and opening events will be shared in the months to come. https://www.valleycenter.com/articles/albertsons-unveils-plans-for-new-51000-sq-ft-valley-center-store/

The city of Oceanside is having trouble deciding on a new gateway arch for downtown. Back in April, a contract for over $250k was approved for Graphic Solutions to work with the community to come up with conceptual designs and locations for the sign. Several sites along Coast Highway were considered but ruled out as unsuitable. The best location emerged as Mission Avenue at Nevada Street. The western view frames a view towards Coast Highway and the ocean beyond. Not everyone likes the location and the likely $1m-plus price tag strikes a nerve with some officials including Mayor Esther Sanchez, who pointed out the ongoing flood control project, the need for Fire Station 8, and rebuilding the 99-year old Pier View Way bridge connecting to the wooden portion of Oceanside Pier as higher priorities. That long-awaited pier bridge project is still $60m short on funding. City staffers say the design and location of the gateway sign need to be completed by the end of this year if construction and installation is to be done in time for the 2028 Olympics, which are hoped to bring the city an influx of visitors. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/10/19/hurdles-may-trip-up-oceansides-plan-to-erect-gateway-arch-for-28-olympics/

The Oceanside City Council is expected tomorrow to ratify a proclamation made last week by City Manager, Jonathan Borrego of a local emergency to improve response to expected El Niño weather conditions through this winter. The pier, the San Luis Rey River and city infrastructure including sewers, lift stations and some low-lying roads are at risk. The city has already allocated $8.7m for the Army Corps of Engineers to remove sediment from the San Luis Rey Flood Protection Project. Under a declared emergency, up to 75% of eligible costs and activities related to storm prep and recovery could be paid for by the California Disaster Assistance Act. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/10/20/oceanside-declares-emergency-to-prepare-for-historic-el-nino/

Overnight full closures of the westbound 78 freeway at Rancho Santa Fe Road continue through Thursday. The hours are 10p to 5a. Simple detours are available. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4955521306619-overnight-sr-78-closures-in-san-marcos-this-week

Up to an inch of rain is headed for Pala beginning as soon as tomorrow afternoon. Then, back to sunny with highs in the low-80s beginning Friday. Sandbags are available to local residents at Pala Fire Station. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – Last night in Tampa, the Rays ended the season for the Guardians with a 7-3 win in Game 6 of the ALCS, winning the series four games to two. The Rays take the American League pennant for the third time, and will meet the Brewers in the World Series beginning Friday at 5p in Milwaukee. The best-of-seven series will be broadcast on Fox. Cleveland’s World Series drought now extends to 78 years.

Pitcher Freddie Peralta, Tampa’s mid-season acquisition from the Mets was named American League Championship Series MVP. He was 2 and 0 with a 0.75 ERA in three ALCS appearances, including two starts. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50224941/rays-pitcher-freddy-peralta-named-alcs-mvp

In the NFL – In San Francisco last night, the 49ers beat the visiting Commanders 23-17 in spite of Jayden Daniels passing for 300 yards and two touchdowns. San Francisco’s Brock Purdy wasn’t far behind with 264 yards and 1 TD. The 49ers other two were 1-yard rushes. All statistics were fairly even. San Francisco now leads the NFC West with a perfect 6 and 0. Minnesota and Kansas City also have perfect records. But they’ve only played five games. Washington is last in the NFC East at 1, 4 and 1.

In college football – There’s a new #1 team in the AP Top 25 thanks to Georgia’s upset loss Saturday. Miami moves up two places to #1. BYU vaults six places to #2 for its upset win. Ohio State moves up one to #3. Notre Dame drops one place to #4. Former #1 Georgia drops to #5. UCLA moves up three to #9. Alabama’s second loss of the season drops them seven places to #13. Houston moves up 6 to #14. Texas plummets 12 places to #19. Florida enters the Top 25 at #20. https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC’s next game is Saturday hosting the Seattle Sounders. The Galaxy plays LAFC at BMO stadium on Sunday.

In the NBA – The regular season begins tonight with three games including Boston at Detroit at noon, Philadelphia at New York at 4p, and Oklahoma City at San Antonio at 6:30p. All three will be televised on NBC.

In the WNBA – In last night’s Game Two of the finals, Atlanta beat Golden State 79-65 to tie the series at a game apiece. Game 3 is tomorrow in Atlanta.

In the NHL – Four games last night. The Ducks lost to the Rangers in New York 5-2. That drops the Ducks to 5^th place in the Pacific division. Other winners were Philadelphia, Toronto, and Utah.

Local high school sports

Bonsall – girls’ volleyball hosting River Valley at 5p

Great Oak – boys’ JV water polo in the finals today at Chaparral; girls’ golf in the finals at Temecula Creek at 10:30a; girls’ tennis against Murrieta Valley at 3:15p, JV hosting, varsity away; field hockey at Huntington Beach at 3:30p

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – varsity girls’ tennis at Escondido for the Valley League Tournament at 1p; varsity boys’ water polo hosting Mission Hills at 3:30p; field hockey at Rancho Buena Vista at 5p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained a full percent. The S&P500 rose 4 tenths of a percent. And the Nasdaq was up two tenths. Gold fell $17.40 on the Comex to $4,142.70 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures lost 11 cents, trading at $103.55 a barrel.

General Motors beat economists’ expectation for third quarter earnings. They also announced a new multiyear stock buyback of $20b. America’s top automaker just completed a $6b buyback that had been announced in January. But its stock fell 5% today over concerns about slowing sales and rising costs. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/general-motors-gm-earnings-q3-2026.html

After years of delay, the Transportation Department is set to announce final approval of Boeing’s 737 Max 10 for passenger service. The model, which can have up to 230 seats, was introduced at the Paris Air Show nine years ago. Technical and safety concerns slowed its certification. First deliveries of 737 Max 10s should begin next year. https://apnews.com/article/boeing-737-max-10-certification-faa-duffy-a18eb4a039f37a6f67d40edceb28f52c

Walmart announced today that it will offer a new joint membership, combining Walmart+ and Sam’s Club Plus memberships into a single $120 per year fee. That’s reportedly $100 less than standalone memberships, but there is no monthly payment option for the new deal. The new option give access to Sam’s Club warehouses, free delivery from both chains, a subscription to Peacock or Paramount+ streaming, and 2% back on eligible Sam’s Club purchases. Both stores will continue to offer standalone options. Membership fees are an important part of big box retailer profits. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/walmart-sams-club-plus-membership.html

Skeptics are weighing in on this week’s charitable announcements by Elon Musk and Anthropic. Musk said yesterday he’ll give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America but provided no details. Bloomberg reported that he’ll do it through Trump Accounts. That’s $10b in stock to 73m kids. But the skeptics point out that he also pledged $6b back in 2021 to end world hunger. That promise has yet to be fulfilled. Musk’s announcement came a day after AI tech company, Anthropic said it would put 5% of its stock in what it calls a Public Benefit Fund. The company’s IPO is scheduled for next month at a valuation that would make that pledge worth $100b. Anthropic’s co-founders previously vowed to give away 80% of their equity, as well as an employee equity match program that the company says puts a combined 20% of its shares towards the “public good”. But who defines public good? With plans to self-administer it as a new division within the company, skeptics call it a step towards the company’s own form of universal basic income tied to the success of the company. They say both announcements – never mind whether they’re actually followed through, are mainly designed to curry public favor against polls that show Americans are overwhelmingly nervous about the future of AI. www.morningbrew.com

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Foreign correspondent and news anchor Christiane Amanpour said yesterday that she’ll be leaving CNN after 43 years. She became a household name and a role model for Rory Gilmore for her bravery in reporting from war zones and sharp, focused broadcast anchoring. Amanpour will scale back her work at CNN over the next several months and leave entirely in June. She didn’t give a reason for her departure, but it comes as Skydance becomes the new parent company of CNN in the Warner Bros Discovery takeover – something Amanpour had previously expressed concerns about. www.morningbrew.com

Almost 160 years ago, the US government decided it was illegal to make hard liquor at home. The law happened because of taxation. The feds began taxing distilled spirits in the 1700s to finance the Revolutionary War. Home distilling was banned almost 100 years later because the majority of home spirit makers weren’t paying taxes. Yesterday, the Supreme Court said it would reconsider the topic of bathtub gin by agreeing to hear a lawsuit brought by a group of home distillers from Texas who want to do away with the criminal consequences in exchange for paying distillers’ tax. A ruling is expected in June. www.morningbrew.com

On this day in music history – October 20,

1955, students at Brooklyn High School in Cleveland, Ohio found out what it’s like to have two of the biggest up-and-coming music stars perform at their school when both Elvis Presley and Bill Haley & His Comets played at their high school auditorium.
In 1960, both Elvis and The Everly Brothers had turned down Roy Orbison’s composition, “Only the Lonely”, so he recorded it himself. It became the first of 22 Top 40 hits for Orbison, reaching #2 on the Hot 100.
In 1962, Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt Kickers began the first of two weeks at #1 with “Monster Mash” which re-charted with a re-release in 1973 and has been a perennial Halloween favorite ever since.
In 1967, Davy Jones of The Monkees opened his “Zilch” boutique in Greenwich Village, New York.
In 1969, The Who played the first of six nights at The Fillmore East in New York. The two-hour shows featured their rock opera, “Tommy”, which had been released six months earlier.
In 1973, The Rolling Stones had their 7^th #1 hit with “Angie”.
In 1976, the Led Zeppelin film “The Song Remains the Same” premiered in New York City as a benefit for the Save the Children Fund.
In 1977, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd and their manager were killed when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a Mississippi swamp. The rest of the band and crew were seriously injured. They’d been scheduled to play at Louisiana University that evening.
In 1978, The Police made their U.S. debut at CBGB’s in New York. They’d flown economy on Laker Airtrain from the UK, carrying their instruments as hand luggage.
In 1979, The Eagles began the first of 9 weeks at #1 on the album chart with “The Long Run”.
In 1983, country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard died of a heart attack at age 65.
In 2003, Amy Winehouse released her debut album, “Frank”, named after Frank Sinatra.
In 2005, Michael Jackson received a jury duty summons at his Neverland Ranch four months after being acquitted on child molestation charges.

Born on this day …

In 1890, Jelly Roll Morton, one of the first great jazz composers and bandleaders
In 1939, Jay Siegel from the doo-wop group, The Tokens who had the 1961 #1 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
In 1945, Ric Lee, drummer for Ten Years After
In 1950, Tom Petty
In 1951, Alan Greenwood, keyboardist for Foreigner
In 1958, Mark King, lead singer and bass player with Level 42
In 1964, David Ryan, drummer for The Lemonheads
In 1971, Snoop Dogg – real name Calvin Broadus

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=20&month=10

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actress Melanie Mayron from the movie “Harry and Tonto” and TV’s “Thirtysomething is 74.
Actor John Krasinski from TV’s “The Office” is 47
Among those who’ve passed, star of early horror movies “Dracula”, “The Wolf Man”, and “Son of Frankenstein”, Bela Lugosi was born on this day in 1882
Actress Margaret Dumont, best known for her work with the Marx Brothers was born in 1889
Silent film comedian Charlie Chase was born in 1893
Humorist, actor and Congressman, Will Rogers Jr. was born in 1911
Humorist and author Art Buchwald was born in 1925
Actor William Christopher, best known as Father Mulcahy on TV’s M*A*S*H was born in 1932
Actor Jerry Orbach best known from ten seasons on TV’s “Law and Order” was born in 1935
Actor Earl Hindman, best known as Wilson, the only-partially-seen next door neighbor on TV’s “Home Improvement” was born in 1942

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date1020.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – Me she miyaxwe tamit? Sunny with a high of 85 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … mostly sunny and 80 tomorrow with a 20% chance of rain in the afternoon … rain likely overnight into Thursday when the high will drop to 71 … storm total is expected to be between ¾ of an inch and 1 ¼ inches in Pala … mostly sunny and 75 Friday … 82 Saturday … 83 Sunday and Monday … overnight lows, 55 tonight … 58 tomorrow night … 49 Thursday night … 51 Friday night … about 55 Saturday and Sunday night

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