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Pala Today News – 11/4/26

Written by John Fox on November 4, 2026

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

The Blue Wave in yesterday’s elections was bigger than polls and pundits predicted with Democrats taking control of both the House and Senate and flipping the governors’ office in more than half a dozen traditionally Republican states. President Trump said he’ll accept yesterday’s results and will work with, rather than against Congress. Many are questioning that last statement after the White House posted on social media a photo of a red baseball cap with the word “VETO” on it. Trump also blamed Fox News for the Republican losses. There may be some truth in that since a lot fewer people are watching the traditionally conservatively-biased Fox News network. Last week, Fox reported that its year-over-year viewership was down 27% in October. The next two years in Washington are impossible to predict with the President retaining executive authority over areas including defense, foreign policy and, in some instances trade. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/04/trump-fox-news-gop-midterm-losses.html

Here are the results as of 11a. In Congress, Democrats now hold 229 seats to the GOP’s 138 with 68 still to be decided. It only takes 218 for a majority. In the Senate, it’s 52 for Democrats, 44 Republican and 2 independents with 2 seats yet to call. 51 makes a majority. https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/

With a 37.7% voter turnout and 766k of 2m mailed ballots counted in San Diego County, Xavier Becerra defeated Steve Hilton by about 20 points to become California’s first elected Latino governor. Fiona Ma won for Lieutenant Governor by a similar margin over Gloria Romero. In fact, the margin of victory for Democrats was consistently 60/40 in most major state races including Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer and Attorney General. For U.S. Representative in the San Diego portion of the 48^th District, Democrat Marni Von Wilpert defeated Jim Desmond 59% to 41%. In the 49^th, Democrat Mike Levin defeated Armen Kurdian 60% to 40%. In the 50^th, Democrat Scott Peters defeated Steve Cohen 61% to 39%. The margins were even bigger for Sara Jacobs in the 51^st, and Juan Vargas in the 52^nd District. For the state Senate, Steve Padilla won in a landslide over Art Hodges in the San Diego Portion of the 18^th district. The 32^nd district is too close to call with Democrat Tiffanie Tate leading Kelly Seyarto by 2 ½ points. Catherine Blakespear won the 38^th. Mara Elliott led the 40^th over Kristie Bluece-Lane by 4 points. For the State Assembly, Sergio Farias won the San Diego portion of the 74^th District. Carl DeMaio was one of the few Republicans to win yesterday, 56% to 44% over Gerald Boursiquot in the 75^th District. Darshana Pate won the 76^th. Tasha Boerner won the 77^th. Chris Ward won in a landslide in the 78^th. LaShae Sharp-Collins won the 79^th. David Alvarez won the 80^th.

In the Bonsall Unified School District, Michael Gaddis won an overwhelming victory for Board Trustee Area B. Michael Caputto was the winner for Valley Center-Pauma School District Board Trustee Area 4. For Fallbrook Union High School District, Tauna Rodarte won Trustee Area 1 and Karen Weisberger won Area 3.

As for ballot propositions,

Prop 1 – housing affordability bonds – 55% YES
Prop 2 – increase the state’s rainy-day fund – 55% YES
Prop 3 – extending tax on high income for schools and health care – 55% YES
Prop 4 – to repeal the prohibition against public funding of election campaigns – 55% NO
Prop 5 – to change the election recall process – 53% NO
Prop 37 – loans for middle income home buyers – 58% YES
Prop 38 – immunology medical research bonds – 66% YES
Prop 39 – to require government ID to vote – 55% NO
Prop 40 – the billionaire tax – 57% NO
Prop 41 – prohibiting certain new state taxes – 51% YES
Prop 42 – prohibiting new state personal property taxes – 57% YES
Prop 43 – limiting the ability to raise revenue for local government services – 50 ½% NO
Prop 44 – requiring community health clinics to spend at least 90% on services – 84% YES
Prop 45 – modifying environmental review for certain projects – 51% NO
San Diego County Measure A – 52% YES
San Diego County Measure B – 52% YES

All of these returns are as posted on www.SDVote.com , the San Diego Registrar of Voters website as of 11a this morning. Additional offices and city measures are listed on the site. Results for all Riverside County offices and measures are at www.VoteInfo.net .

Oceanside city council incumbents Eric Joyce in District 1 and Rick Robinson in District 2 are leading their opponents in early results. City Measure S, a half-cent sales tax increase was losing by a narrow margin – 50.4% to 49.6%. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/11/03/2026-election-results-joyce-robinson-face-challengers-for-oceanside-city-council-seats/

Former city councilmember Joe Green leads Kenneth Zuniga in the race for Vista mayor. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/11/03/2026-election-results-vista-mayors-race/

Incumbents appear to be headed for wins as mayor, and council members in Carlsbad. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/11/03/2026-election-results-incumbent-mayor-two-council-members-and-treasurer-well-ahead-in-carlsbad/

In other news, San Diego Sheriff’s deputies served a warrant at a home in the 31000 block of Oak Glen Road in Valley Center yesterday, resulting in the discovery and confiscation of three assault rifles and more than 2k rounds of ammunition. 20-year old Daniel Villa, who is legally barred from possessing firearms was arrested and booked into Vista jail. https://www.newsbreak.com/valley-roadrunner-404122102/4984169516499-20-year-old-in-custody-after-valley-center-arms-seizure

40-year old Joseph Wayne Rainey of Hemet pleaded not guilty yesterday to first-degree murder at Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta. He was arrested Thursday for the murder of 43-year old Jessica Rodriguez who had been missing for most of a month. What turned out to be her remains were found October 22 in Anza. https://www.newsbreak.com/kesq-news-channel-3-1276857/4984696736533-man-charged-in-death-of-woman-whose-remains-were-found-in-anza

32-year old Julia Kunkel from Oceanside will be charged with murder and attempted murder for intentionally ramming her vehicle into another in San Bernardino County on Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others including an infant. It happened just before 9p at the intersection of Day Creek Boulevard and Wilson Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga. Kunkel was uncooperative with police and is currently recovering from her own injuries in hospital. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/oceanside-woman-intentionally-smashed-vehicle-killing-1-injuring

Pala and inland North county will have one more day of perfect fall weather with highs in the 70s followed by about a week in the mid to upper 80s. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In the NFL – Week 9 begins tomorrow with Jacksonville at Baltimore on Prime Video.

In the NBA – no games yesterday

In college basketball – the four top 20 schools with games yesterday all won against unranked opponents. San Diego State burned Cal State Fullerton 102-78.

In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Utah, Winnipeg, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Vegas, Dallas, Columbus, New Jersey, Nashville, the New York Rangers, and the Ducks over the Canucks 5-4 in Vancouver with Cutter Gauthier scoring his second hat trick for Anaheim in as many games. https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/401892643/ducks-canucks

In Major League Baseball – Three-time All Star mark Teixeira has been elected to the House of Representatives in Texas’ 21^st Congressional District. Teixeira played for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50376245/former-mlb-star-mark-teixeira-wins-us-house-seat-texas

Milwaukee Brewers’ senior vice president of player development and performance, Cam Castro will be the new GM of the Las Vegas Athletics. This is the first major move by Athletics president Taylor Smith in his second week running the team. The 64 and 98 A’s are rebuilding in anticipation of their move into new digs in Las Vegas in 2028. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50380662/athletics-hire-brewers-cam-castro-new-general-manager

In Major League Soccer – This Saturday, San Diego FC hosts Sporting Kansas City, the LA Galaxy is at Real Salt Lake, and LAFC play the Sounders in Seattle.

In women’s soccer – The San Diego Wave’s next game is Friday hosting the Utah Royals in the NWSL quarterfinal. https://sandiegowavefc.com/schedule/

Local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – girls’ golf at CIF Individuals all day

Fallbrook – girls’ tennis in CIF Individuals at Balboa Tennis Club all week; girls’ volleyball CIF semifinals hosting Sage Creek at 6p

Valley Center – no scheduled games today

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up sharply on news of the election’s Blue Wave. The market is having one of its best days this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained almost 3%. The S&P 500 rose 1.8%. And the Nasdaq was up 2.1%. Comex gold shot up 3 ½%. That’s $139 to $4,079.40 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures plunged $8.50 to $87.55 a barrel.

Stocks normally do well right after mid-term elections, as uncertainties leading up to it become clearer. Stock in solar-power companies, dollar stores and hospital owners led the charge. Not so much for the artificial intelligence industry, Trump’s social media company and businesses owned by Elon Musk. Defense and big oil stocks are also down. Oil stocks had rallied throughout the Iran War which sent crude oil prices soaring. Wall Street strategists have warned investors not to get swept up in the election because it may not make much difference for the overall market in the long term. Stock prices depend more on where company profits and interest rates are headed than who controls what branch of government. https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-ai-earnings-oil-4d12764c0b3ce38ffde3077712811182

Shares in CVS Health plunged 12% today on news that it will split into two separate publicly traded companies by the first half of 2028. Shares had been up 70% in the two years since David Joyner became CEO. CVS’s 9k pharmacies will split from the company’s insurance business and pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark, which is one of the nation’s three largest PBMs. The move is to try to reverse the company’s massive $78b acquisition of insurance company, Aetna, and undo the vertically integrated healthcare conglomerate it created in 2018. The split will be one of the largest corporate splits in history. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/04/cvs-to-split-off-drugstore-business.html

Kraft-Heinz announced it will divest its coffee business to One Rock Capital Partners for $650m. Kraft-Heinz will use most of that to pay down debt. Brands involved include Maxwell House and Gevalia. The deal is expected to close the middle of next year. In its quarterly earnings report, the company raised its 2026 outlook. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/04/cvs-to-split-off-drugstore-business.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

McDonald’s is planning new value bundles next year after a drop in foot traffic at U.S. restaurants in the third quarter. One example that’s already being tested for eight weeks at about 1,900 U.S. restaurants is a mix and match fixed-price deal … for example, a McChicken sandwich and small fries for $3.50. About 4k franchisees have decided not to wait for test results and have launched meal deals of their own. Although the 0.2% drop in same-store sales for July through September was not as bad as Wall Street expected, it was the first retreat for McDonald’s numbers in over a year and a half. McDonald’s has been tweaking its value offerings for more than two years, trying to lure back low-income customers and better compete with chains like Taco Bell, which has 10 menu items at $3 or less. Third quarter foot traffic fell 2.6% across the entire fast food sector. https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-inflation-fast-food-earnings-7fee4f873c6230e20f9e366e35094444

On this day in music history – November 4,

1963, the night after completing a 30-date British concert tour with The Everly Brothers, the hard-working Rolling Stones, who had yet to be heard in America immediately kicked off another 50-date tour of the UK.
On the same night, The Beatles topped the bill at The Royal Variety Show at The Prince of Wales Theater in London. With Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in the audience, this was the night John Lennon made his famous remark, “In the cheaper seats you clap your hands. The rest of you just rattle your jewelry”.
In 1967, Pink Floyd made their U.S. debut at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco sharing the bill with Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, and Richie Havens.
In 1970, David Bowie released his third album, “The Man Who Sold the World” – his first with what would become the backing band known as the Spiders from Mars and his first big push to conquer the U.S. market. The British release of the album wouldn’t come until five months later.
In 1972, Johnny Nash began the first of three weeks at #1 with “I Can See Clearly Now”. The reggae-influenced song was the result of his creating the Jamaican record label, JAD Records several years earlier which was the first to sign The Wailers, including Bob Marley.
In 1977, the Martin Scorsese-directed movie of the final concert by The Band, “The Last Waltz” premiered in New York City. The film also featured Joni Mitchell, Dr. John, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, and Eric Clapton.
In 1978, Crosby Stills Nash & Young were sued by former bass player Greg Reeves for $1m claiming he was owed royalties from sales of the album “Déjà vu”.
In 1980, Bob Marley was baptized at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Kingston, converting to Christian Rastafarian and taking the new name Berhane Selassie
In 1984, Prince debuted his new band, The Revolution at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit to begin his 87-date Purple Rain tour of North America.
In 1989, Roxette scored their second #1 hit with “Listen to Your Heart”.
In 1991, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Booker T & The MGs, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers, Sam & Dave, and The Yardbirds were all elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
In 1997, Shania Twain released her third album, “Come On Over” which became the best-selling country album by a female ever. 12 of the album’s 16 tracks were released as singles and it sold over 40m copies.
In 2012, a copyright infringement case by songwriter Guy Hobbs against Elton John and Bernie Taupin for their hit song “Nikita” was thrown out of court. Yes, they were similar. But the judge decided the common themes and phrasing were prevalent in other songs as well.

Born on this day …

In 1938, Harry Elson from The Friends of Distinction, who had a #3 hit in 1969 with “Grazing in the Grass”
In 1940, singer songwriter Delbert McClinton
In 1954, Chris Difford, a founding member of Squeeze
In 1957, James Honeyman-Scott from The Pretenders
In 1969, Sean Combs, better known as rapper Puff Daddy or P. Diddy … or jail bird

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=4&month=11

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Comedienne Kathy Griffin is 66
The Karate Kid himself, Ralph Macchio is 65
Host of TV’s “The Survivor”, Jeff Probst is 64
Among those who’ve passed, humorist, writer and actor Will Rogers was born this day in 1879
Actor Art Carney was born in 1918
Actress Doris Roberts from dozens of TV shows, but best remembered as Marie Barone on “Everybody Loves Raymond” was born in 1930
Actress Loretta Swit, best known as Hot Lips Houlihan on the TV version of M*A*S*H was born in 1937
Markie Post from TV’s original “Night Court” and “The Fall Guy” was born in 1950

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1104.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – Me she miyaxwe tamit? Sunny with a high of 77 this afternoon … 81 tomorrow … 84 with winds kicking up a little today and tomorrow when the high will be 87 … 87 again Sunday … 85 Monday … 84 Tuesday … overnight lows, 52 tonight … about 54 tomorrow and Friday night … about 57 Saturday through Monday night

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