Pala Today News – 10/21/26

by John Fox – 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 and worldwide online … click here to listen live.  Listen on a smart speaker by asking it to “play KPRI”.  Some portions of today’s newscast are only available in the live broadcast and not included in this transcript which is also available an hour or two after broadcast at www.RezRadio.FM . In any emergency, knowledge is power.  Use our resources to leverage your family’s safety.  Email 91.3@palatribe.com to subscribe to our daily M-F e-newsletter.  Follow us at www.facebook.com/rezradio and www.twitter.com/rezradioFM .  Additional resources at Palatribe.com

 

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

One person was transported to a hospital with moderate injuries after a pickup truck overturned down an embankment on De Luz Road just west of Sandia Creek Drive yesterday morning.  The incident was reported at about 9:36a. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/10/15/news/one-person-transported-code-3-after-vehicle-overturns-down-embankment/83060.html

Residents of Crestview Hills Mobile Home Park in Fallbrook are facing a second rent increase this year under new ownership.  Rents in the senior community have already doubled in the past decade.  Now, ownership is seeking a second increase due to a property tax reassessment and the projected cost of replacing the park’s sewer system.  Being unincorporated, Fallbrook does not have rental laws for mobile home parks and instead defers to the statewide Mobilehome Residency Law which does not regulate rents.  And AB 1482, which limits the maximum rate increase for most California rental units to 10% and 5% for cost of living, does not apply to mobile home parks. https://www.newsbreak.com/realtor-com-news-insights-321466098/4954677459297-california-mobile-home-park-doubles-rent-on-senior-residents

Palomar College in San Marcos has narrowed its search for a new superintendent/president to replace Star Rivera-Lacey to four finalists.  Rivera-Lacey resigned last November to become deputy chancellor/provost at Riverside Community College.  The 20k-student Palomar College is run by a locally elected board of governors who have the authority to select a new lead administrator.  Among the finalist candidates are Palomar interim superintendent/president Tina Recalde. https://thecoastnews.com/palomar-college-narrows-search-for-new-president/

One more sunny day before the storm.  Pala can expect around an inch of rain, give or take tonight through Thursday night.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – The World Series begins Friday in Milwaukee with the Brewers hosting Tampa Bay at 5p on Fox.

Back in 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers ran a promotion selling so-called “Timeless Tickets”, where a fan would pay $1k and get admission to any future game plus the right to buy three more tickets for that game.  Now that the Brewers are in the World Series, fans are eager to redeem those special tickets.  While the team is able to accommodate all of those requests, some fans are unhappy with the location of their seats.  Now, the Brewers’ president of business operations, Rick Schlesinger is saying there was some internal miscommunication on the logistics of fulfilling Timeless Ticket requests, that the team is not living up to the spirit of the program, and that they are working to find a solution. https://apnews.com/article/brewers-world-series-timeless-ticket-promotion-fans-fe377e7b0c67dd70e84bc64aad77e45b

The Angels have fired Kurt Suzuki as team manager.  They finished last season with a 62 and 100 record – the first 100-loss season in franchise history.  Suzuki’s contract option is being declined.  He is reportedly being offered a role as a special assistant with the team.  Suzuki’s replacement will be the seventh manager, including interims, since the Angels parted ways with Mike Scioscia at the end of 2018. https://apnews.com/article/angels-kurt-suzuki-fired-e53da9bdbe81d1785d63d412ca803f19

In the NFL – Week 7 begins tomorrow with New England at Chicago at 5p on Prime Video.  The Patriots are in second place in the AFC East at 4 and 2.  Da Behrs have an identical record and are in second place in the NFC North.

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 began last night with LeBron James and his new team, the 76ers rallying to beat the NBA champion Knicks 106-100.  The Pistons pulled off a come-from-behind of their own with Javonte Green scoring 19 points in the second half to top the Celtics 121-113 in spite of Paul George’s 38 points.  And Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 116-104.  22 other teams open their season with games tonight including the Clippers hosting Sacramento.

In the WNBA finals –Atlanta and Golden State are tied at a game apiece.  Game 3 is tonight in Atlanta.

In the NHL – The Kraken blew a three-goal lead in the third period, but beat the Red Wings in a shootout 4-3.  In a trio of overtime games, Dallas edged Boston 3-2, San Jose over Montreal 4-3 and Edmonton over Minnesota 4-3.  Other winners were New Jersey, Toronto, St. Louis, Carolina, Tampa Bay, the New York Islanders, and the Kings over the Capitals in Washington 5-2.  

Local high school sports

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – girls’ golf hosting the Southwest League finals at Temecula Creek at noon

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – girls’ varsity tennis at the Valley League Tournament in Escondido all week; girls’ volleyball hosting Oceanside at 4:30p; flag football hosting Rancho Buena Vista at 6p; varsity boys’ water polo against San Pasqual at Rancho Bernardo at 6:45p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up on all three major U.S. indexes.  The Dow gained 4 tenths of a percent.  The S&P 500 rose two thirds.  And the Nasdaq was up 1.3%.  Gold traded $7.30 higher on the Comex at $4,149.90 an ounce.  West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures fell $1.23 to $96.59 a barrel.

A judge today ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25b as the result of a jury finding the social media company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook.  48 other states settled with Facebook in a nationwide case, but New Mexico chose to take the company to court on its own.  Prosecutors had sought as much as $40b, arguing that Meta would only change its ways if the sum was high enough to affect its stock price.  Meta says such an amount violates due process, is unconstitutional and won’t hold up under appeal.  If New Mexico ultimately prevails, under the state constitution, fines for violations of consumer protection laws go to state education spending. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-penalty-cambridge-analytica-new-mexico-b329f82c3d3db3758a159405acbd4d0e

EBay will lay off 9% of its workforce in a second round of job cuts this year.  That’s about 1k jobs.  The company has been steadily shrinking its headcount as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence.  EBay recently acquired clothing resale platform Depop from Etsy for $1.4b.  https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/ebay-layoffs-workforce-cuts.html

United Airlines slashed its 2026 profit outlook due to rising fuel prices.  At the same time, it’s opening its biggest airport lounge to date in a $2.6b overhaul at Houston’s George Bush International Airport.  The new 54k square foot space in Terminal B can seat 800.  All airlines are expanding lounge services for customers with airline credit cards, elite status, or who buy day passes.  American Airlines is planning its biggest-ever lounge at Charlotte Douglas International in North Carolina.  Delta has been expanding its lounges.  Even Southwest is joining in, building airport lounges for the first time.  Called Icon, their new lounges are tied to credit card partner, Chase. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/united-airlines-biggest-airport-lounge-houston.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

The price of fuel, especially diesel is on everyone’s mind.  Though most people don’t buy diesel, we all buy things transported by diesel trucks.  And right now, the lowest local price for diesel is a penny shy of $7 at Horizon Fuel Center in Valley Center.  Everywhere else, it’s closer to $8 with the San Diego County average at $8.44.  Today’s average price for a gallon of regular in San Diego County is $6.15, down from a high of $6.42 at the start of the month.  In Riverside County, today’s average price is $5.98.  Nationwide, it’s $4.22.  Today’s lowest local price is $5.34 at Pauma Heritage Quikstop.  In Riverside County, it’s $5.55 at Murrieta Sam’s Club and Costco. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=33.592887216626245&lng=-117.15893594581978&z=12

Indigenous communities are known for passing down traditions and culture through oral storytelling.  Now, Canada’s Wiikwemkoong tribe in rural Ontario is using a data center to help preserve its heritage.  About the size of a single-car garage, the one-year old data center stores the community’s corporate documents, health data, and security camera recordings.  The First Nation community has been transferring all its information from a data center in Toronto in what it calls a move towards digital sovereignty – a concept European leaders have been pursuing in the face of widespread influence from American Big Tech.  For the Wiikwemkoong, it’s also about asserting authority over their own information after historically being excluded from its collection and use by colonizers.  The Wiikwemkoong prides itself on being Canada’s only “unceded territory”, because it never signed a treaty surrendering its land. https://apnews.com/article/canada-data-center-indigenous-wiikwemkoong-f5c4fd18c5ea3b8ede2b3257120fba35

On this day in music history – October 21,

• 1958, Buddy Holly’s last recording session took place at Pythian Temple Studios in New York.  Songs recorded included “Raining in My Heart”, “Moondreams” and “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” which went to #1.  Holly died in a plane crash a little over three months later. 
• In 1965, Bill Black, bass player on most of Elvis Presley’s 50s hits died at age 39 after surgery to remove a brain tumor. 
• Also In 1965, The Beatles, wanting to improve on a previous recording session, began from scratch on the new song, “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”.  They nailed it in three takes and began working on “Nowhere Man”. 
• In 1967, Lulu began the first of five weeks at #1 with the theme song from the movie, “To Sir With Love”. 
• In 1972, Chuck Berry began the first of two weeks at #1 with the novelty song, “My Ding-A-Ling”, 17 years after his first charted hit. 
• On the same day, Curtis Mayfield began the first of four weeks at #1 on the album chart with the soundtrack to “Superfly”. 
• In 1976, Keith Moon played his last concert with The Who in Toronto.  He died 2 ½ weeks later from an overdose of Heminevrin, a prescription given to Moon to prevent seizures from alcohol withdrawal. 
• In 1997, The Guinness Book of Records certified Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 97” the biggest selling single of all time – 31.8m sold in less than 40 days, raising 20m pounds for charity. 
• In 2001 concerts at Madison Square Garden and RFK Stadium in Washington were held to raise millions for victims of 9-11.  Artists performing included Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, and The Who.  
• In 2006, Evanescence had the #1 album in the U.S.  “The Open Door” was the 700^th #1 album since Billboard magazine began keeping track in 1956. 

Born on this day …

• In 1940, Manfred Mann. 
• In 1941, guitarist and member of the MG’s and The Blues Brothers Band, Steve Cropper. 
• In 1942, Elvin Bishop. 
• In 1946, Lee Loughnane, who played trumpet for Chicago. 
• In 1948, John Bundrick from Free. 
• In 1953, Charlotte Caffey from The Go-Go’s. 
• In 1995, Doja Cat

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=21&month=10

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actor Ken Watanabe is 67, He’s best known for movies including, “Letters From Iwo Jima” and “The Last Samurai” for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
• Kim Kardashian is 46
• Among those who’ve passed, actress Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie on TV’s “The Honeymooners” was born in 1924. 
• Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford was born in 1928.
• Comedian Jerry Lewis was born in 1934.
• Actress Carrie Fisher was born this day in 1956.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-dd/2080-date1021.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – Me she miyaxwe tamit?  Sunny with a high of 82 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … a quarter to a half inch of rain likely tonight, with about that much more tomorrow under cloudy skies with a high of 67 … 30% chance of another tenth of an inch of rain tomorrow night … mostly sunny and 74 Friday … 81 Saturday … 83 Sunday … 84 Monday … 83 Tuesday … overnight lows, 56 tonight … 51 tomorrow night … 49 Friday night … 53 Saturday night … 55 Sunday and Monday night

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