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Pala Today News – 10/30/26

Written by John Fox on October 30, 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.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A reminder that we set our clocks back one hour tomorrow night.

221 Vote Centers are now open across San Diego County. They’ll operate daily from 8a to 5p through November 2. Election Day hours are 7a to 8p. At the centers you can drop off a mail ballot, vote in person, register to vote or update your voter registration and cast your ballot at the same time, or receive accessibility assistance and voting materials in other languages. Go to www.SDVote.com for Voting Center locations, Drop Box locations and all other pertinent info for Tuesday’s election. The website for Riverside County voters is www.VoteInfo.net . https://www.countynewscenter.com/221-vote-centers-open-for-november-general-election/

There was a head-on collision involving two vehicles this morning on Old Highway 395 at Dulin Road south of Highway 76. The collision was reported at approximately 6:36 a.m. between a red Honda Civic and a blue Hyundai with both vehicles sustaining significant damage. Few other details, but the accident was reported on CHP logs as a fatality. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2026/10/29/news/fatal-crash-reported-in-head-on-collision-on-old-highway-395-near-dulin-road/83141.html

A Riverside County music teacher suspected of multiple child sexual assaults was arrested yesterday at his home in Woodcrest. Omar Garcia Herrada is suspected of molesting two young children with Sheriff’s investigators looking for additional victims. 54-year old Herrada was booked into French Valley jail with a court appearance scheduled for Monday. https://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/rivco-music-teacher-suspected-multiple-child-sexual-assaults

There are now at least four San Diego County citizens’ groups hoping to keep SDG&E from building its proposed Golden Pacific Powerlink (GPP) transmission line through their communities. They include Save Valley Center, Save Pauma Valley, Save Palomar Mountain, and Save Warner Springs. An alternate route through Temecula Wine Country has spawned similar groups in Riverside County. The southern route that roughly follows Highway 76 and the San Luis Rey River valley was introduced as an alternative to the original route proposed along Highway 79 and cutting through Temecula Wine Country in August. https://www.newsbreak.com/valley-roadrunner-404122102/4972648644339-save-valley-center-seeks-to-stop-golden-pacific-powerlink

A herd of over 500 goats are grazing at Star Valley Park in Valley Center as part of a new program by County Fire to prevent wildfires. The goats are expected to mow down potential fuel for fires on 38 acres over the next two weeks. This is the first deployment under the program the county hopes will be paid for by a $300k grant from Cal Fire’s Wildfire Prevention Program. Grants are pending. https://www.countynewscenter.com/goats-reduce-wildfire-risk-at-star-valley-park-in-new-county-pilot-program/

We had a fair amount of rain in most local areas from last night’s first wave of weekend storms.

.10” in Pala
.34” in Oceanside
.12” in Vista
.10” in Carlsbad
.09” in Fallbrook
.24” in Rainbow
.17” in Bonsall
.14” in Couser Canyon
.12” in Pauma Valley
.04” in Valley Center
.08” at Lake Wohlford
.02” in Escondido
.09” at Deer Springs
.09” inches at Rincon
.39” inches at Birch Hill
.07” at Palomar observatory
.02” inches at Lake Henshaw
.36” at La Jolla reservation
.18” inches at Mesa Grande
.29” inches at Santa Ysabel
.03”at Warner Springs.
Nothing measurable at San Felipe
.21” at Oak Grove
Nothing measurable at Borrego Springs
Nothing measurable at Ocotillo Wells
.04” at Temecula
.04” at French Valley
.08” at Lake Skinner
.01” at Anza
.08” at La Cresta
.04” at North Lake Elsinore

More rain is in the forecast through Sunday morning. Possibly up to an inch in Pala. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NFL – The Carolina Panthers lost to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field last night 27-19. The Packers racked up 354 net yards against the Carolina defense, resulting in the firing today of defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero. Longtime defensive line coach Todd Wash will become interim defensive coordinator for the remaining ten games of the season. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50328239/panthers-relieve-ejiro-evero-defensive-coordinator-duties

Sunday’s 12 games include the Chargers and Rams playing each other at SoFi Stadium at 1p on Fox. New Orleans, Houston, San Francisco and the New York Giants all have a bye this week.

In college football – Week 9 continues with highlights tomorrow including $5 Notre Dame at Navy at 9a on ABC. #3 Georgia hosts #17 Florida on ABC and #4 Indiana hosting Minnesota on CBS at 12:30p. #7 UCLA hosts Nevada at 1p. San Diego State hosts Washington State at 4p. #1 Miami is at North Carolina on ABC and USC hosts #2 Ohio State on NBC at 4:30p.

In the NBA – Just three games last night. The winners were Atlanta, New Orleans, and Memphis. Ten games tonight including the Clippers at Minnesota and the Lakers at Golden State.

In college basketball – The season begins Sunday with Notre Dame vs. Villanova in Rome, Italy at 6:30a our time on Fox, and Liberty at High Point at 9p.

In the WNBA finals – The deciding Game 7 between Atlanta and Golden state is tomorrow at 5p in San Francisco.

In the NHL – Logan Cooley completed a hat trick with one second left in overtime as the Utah Mammoth beat the Penguins in Pittsburgh 4-3. The LA Kings beat the visiting Ottawa Senators 6-5 in overtime after blowing a four-goal lead in the third period. Buffalo edged the Ducks 7-6 in Anaheim with Tage Thompson scoring a hat trick for the Sabres. One other overtime game – the Islanders over Minnesota 4-3. Other winners were Tampa Bay, Carolina, Detroit, St. Louis, Washington, Montreal, and San Jose.

In Major League Baseball – The Brewers held their victory parade through the streets of Milwaukee today. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50322529/sights-sounds-brewers-milwaukee-parade

Bo Bichette will exercise his $42m player option to remain with the Mets next season. His contract is one of the six most valuable in baseball. His poor performance this season figured into the Mets being one of the most disappointing teams in the Majors this year. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50329191/sources-bo-bichette-exercise-42m-option-stay-mets

In Major League Soccer – The Galaxy host Austin FC tomorrow at 2p. LAFC hosts Minnesota United at BMO stadium Sunday at 5:30p.

In women’s soccer – The San Diego Wave play their final game of the regular season at Bay City Sunday. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/10/25/wave-frustrated-after-playing-to-a-tie-in-final-regular-season-home-game-of-2026/

In golf – At the VidantaWorld Mexico Open in Nuevo Vallarta, Adrien Dumont de Chassart had a two-stroke lead through 13 at 12-under par in today’s second round with most of the field still on the course and several yet to tee off. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – NASCAR’s second to last race of the year is Sunday at Martinsville.

Local high school sports

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – no scheduled games today

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – cross country at Guajome Park at 3:45p; football hosting Ramona at 4:15p; Tomorrow: varsity girls’ tennis at Balboa Tennis Club at 10a; cross country at University City at 4p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down on disappointing earnings reports from Intel and Amazon. The Dow fell almost a full percent. The S&P 500 was down 1.9%. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq was off by 3.1% – its worst day since June. Gold futures plunged more than 3%, or $128.10 to $3,903.30 an ounce on the Comex. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures shot up $2.88 to $104.88 a barrel.

Intel shares fell a whopping 29% today – the tech company’s worst day in more than 50 years. They project ongoing softness in the PC market. The plunge is a major hit to the Trump administration, which led the government into taking a 10% stake in Intel more than a year ago. It’s still a profitable investment, but its value declined today by $12b. Nvidia’s books will now show $6b less after the decline of its stake in Intel. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/30/amazon-intel-earnings-big-tech-ai-spending-concerns.html

Amazon’s third quarter report, though not devastating, was enough below expectations for earnings, overall revenue, and core retail sales and advertising growth that shares in the retail giant slid as much as 7% today. This, combined with a disappointing report from Intel and this week’s drop for Alphabet dragging most all tech stocks with it caused today’s extreme decline on the Nasdaq exchange. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/30/amazon-earnings-analysts-stock.html

Starbucks is yet another company to post disappointing, or at least mixed results for Q3. They show that turnaround efforts may be working. As part of turnaround plans, more than 1,700 café makeovers were completed by the end of the fiscal year. Comparable sales for U.S. stores topped expectations, but fell short of estimates in international markets. Projected adjusted earnings per share were slightly above Wall Street expectations, but the anticipated revenue decline of 1% moving forward was weaker than the 1.4% net sales growth expected by stock analysts. Starbucks reports that the North American rollout of its fall menu, including the ever-popular pumpkin spice latte was the company’s strongest-ever autumn launch day. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/starbucks-sbux-q4-2026-earnings.html

Shares in Chipotle gained 7% as the Mexican Grill reported same-store sales growth and the opening of 84 new company-owned locations and five international ones run by licensees. It plans to open as many as 360 new stores in the upcoming year. Chipotle’s strongest growth was with low-income customers, who for the first time, made up a majority of its business. Net sales were up 9.6%. The raw lettuce scare caused July sales to dip. But growth has since resumed. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/28/chipotle-mexican-grill-cmg-q3-2026-earnings.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

New this weekend at the movies, “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” is a crime thriller starring John Turturro. “The Mongoose” is an action thriller starring Liam Neeson and Marisa Tomei. “Christmas at the Kringles” is an action comedy horror starring Ron Livingston and Rachel Bilson. And there’s the Disney sport documentary “Everest: The Other Side”. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/?ref_=bo_nb_we_tab

On this day in music history – October 30,

1961, two days after a fan asked Brian Epstein at his NEMS music store for The Beatles’ German single, “My Bonnie”, a release unknown to him, Epstein solved the mystery and first began to learn about the local Liverpool group. He couldn’t find the record because it was released under the name Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers since “Beatles” resembles a vulgar German slang word and the group so far had only played backup for Sheridan.
In 1967, Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones admitted to possession of cannabis and allowing his apartment to be used for its smoking, but pleaded not guilty to charges of methamphetamine and cocaine possession. The plea was accepted and Jones was sentenced to nine months in prison. He was released on bail the following day.
On the same day Tyrannosaurus Rex recorded an episode of “Top Gear” for Radio 1 in England – the first group without a recording contract to ever do that.
In 1970, Elton John released his third album, “Tumbleweed Connection”.
On the same day Hotlegs made their live debut opening for The Moody Blues at the Festival Hall in London. Members of the group went on to become 10cc.
Meanwhile on this side of the pond, Jim Morrison of The Doors was fined and sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty of exposing himself onstage at a concert in Miami.
In 1971, John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band were at #1 with the album “Imagine” which contained two songs attacking Paul McCartney for whom Lennon blamed for the breakup of The Beatles. The songs were “How Do You Sleep” and “Crippled Inside”.
On the same day, Pink Floyd released their 6^th studio album, “Meddle” which contained the tracks “One of These Days” and the 23-minute “Echoes” which took up all of side 2.
In 1978, Blondie released their second single, “Hanging on the Telephone”
In 1982, Men At Work were at #1 on the singles chart with “Who Can It Be Now” – the video for which was in high rotation on MTV.
In 1998, all four original members of Black Sabbath reunited for one night to play “Paranoid” on The David Letterman Show.
In 2000, a web site was launched to get children interested in basic physics. BritneySpears.ac features photos of the then-popular singer … illustrating mathematical equations and physics theories, obviously.
In 2002 Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC was killed by an assassin’s bullet at his recording studio in Queens.
In 2015, Adele was at #1 with “Hello” the first track on her third album “25”. The track was streamed 7.3m times in its first week of release, breaking a record previously held by Justin Bieber.

Born on this day …

In 1939, Eddie Holland from the writing and producing team of Holland/Dozier/Holland who worked with Motown greats, The Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, and others
Also in 1939, Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane and Starship
And Otis Williams from The Temptations
In 1947, Timothy B. Schmit, bass player with The Eagles
In 1949, David Green, bass player for Air Supply
In 1960, Joey Belladonna from Anthrax

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=30&month=10

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor/producer/director Henry Winkler, best known as The Fonz from Happy Days is 81
Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak is 69
Among those who’ve passed actress and screenwriter Ruth Gordon was born on this day in 1896
Actor Herschel Bernardi was born in 1923
Actor Dick Gautier who played Hymie the robot on Get Smart was born in 1931
Comedian and actor Richard Jeni was born in 1957

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1030.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – Me she miyaxwe tamit? Cloudy and 72 with up to a tenth of an inch of rain 60% likely today … another tenth possible tonight … cloudy and 75 tomorrow … up to an inch of rain likely Saturday night and Sunday when the high will be 71 … mostly sunny and 78 Monday … 70 Tuesday … 77 Wednesday … 75 Thursday … overnight lows, 51 tonight … 55 tomorrow night … 50 Sunday through Wednesday night

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