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Pala Today News – 12/17/24

Written by John Fox on December 17, 2024

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

About 60 homeless people were evicted from Escondido Creek near Citricado Parkway yesterday as cleanup of the heavily polluted area began. They’d been camping there for the past year. The city council unanimously signed off on the action in emergency session yesterday. With only 15 shelter beds available in the city, most of the 60 had nowhere to go. This cleanup was unrelated to the US Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that allowed Escondido and several other cities in San Diego County to enact camping bans regardless of whether alternate shelter was available. The city council also approved $4m to install fencing along the creek and remove thick foliage that hid the tents. The 60 who’d been living in filth in the creek represent about 15% of the city’s homeless population. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/escondido-sweeps-homeless-encampment-near-creek-no-shelter-beds-available

Pala Fire Department would like you to have plenty of notice that they plan a 12-acre prescribed burn on Warners Ranch, along the north side of Highway 76 just west of Pala on Tuesday, January 7. It’ll last all that day, but will only happen if weather permits. Prevailing winds make it likely it’ll be smoky and smell like fire in Pala and areas to the east for the duration of the burn. Units from Pauma Reservation Fire, North County Fire, Rincon Reservation Fire, San Pasqual Reservation Fire, Valley Center Fire, La Jolla Reservation Fire, Cal Fire, the Forest Service and State Parks will be helping during the burn. We’ll keep you updated once there’s consensus on the weather forecast for January 7. (communication from Pala Fire)

Pala did get several hundredths of an inch of rain at the end of last week. But there hasn’t been much more than that for the rest of the season so far. And it’s looking like there won’t be until at least January. San Diego – specifically the city, which is the only place in the county for which records go back that far – is off to the third driest start of a rainy season in 152 years. The city has only had 13 hundredths of an inch since October 1. In 2017, the three-month total was 9 hundredths. In 1929, it was only a trace. Another weak Santa Ana today through Thursday will keep it dry this week. It’ll also bring highs into the mid-80s tomorrow. The full forecast is coming up. (below) https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/16/san-diego-headed-for-third-driest-start-to-rainy-season-in-152-years

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SPORTS

In the NFL – Aaron Jones and Cam Akers each had touchdown runs in the second half as the Minnesota Vikings won their 7^th straight in a 30-12 blowout of Da Behrs last night. They’re now tied for the NFC North lead and have clinched a playoff spot thanks to Seattle’s loss to Green Bay over the weekend. https://apnews.com/article/bears-vikings-score-23d9db282d999097e2a72901be2d05ca

In last night’s other game, the Raiders lost to the visiting Falcons 15-9. Week 16 begins Thursday with the Chargers hosting Denver.

In college football – the playoffs begin this weekend. On Friday, #10 Indiana will be at #7 Notre Dame at 8p on ABC and ESPN. Three games Saturday, including #11 SMU at #6 Penn State at noon on TNT, #12 Clemson at #5 Texas at 4p on TNT, and #9 Tennessee at #8 Ohio State at 8p on ESPN.

(partial) 2024 Bowl schedule:

Sat 12/14 – Celebration Bowl – Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7

Sat 12/14 – Salute to Veterans Bowl – South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23

Tue 12/17 – Frisco Bowl (Frisco, TX) – Memphis v. West Virginia at 9p

Wed 12/18 – Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, FL) – Western Kentucky v James Madison at 5:30p

Wed 12/18 – Art of Sport LA Bowl (Inglewood, CA) – Cal v. UNLV at 9p

Thu 12/19 – New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans Superdome) – Georgia Southern v. Sam Houston at 7p

Fri 12/20 – Cure Bowl (Orlando, FL) – Ohio v. Jacksonville State at noon

Fri 12/20 – Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, FL) – Tulane v. Florida at 3:30p

Mon 12/23 – Myrtle Beach Bowl (Conway, South Carolina) – Coastal Carolina v. UTSA 11a

Mon 12/23 – Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, ID) – Northern Illinois v. Fresno State at 2:30p

Tue 12/24 – Hawai’i Bowl (Honlulu, HI) – South Florida v San Jose State 8p

Thu 12/26 – Sports Bowl (Detroit, MI) – Pittsburgh v. Toledo at 2p

Thu 12/26 – Rate Bowl (Phoenix, AZ) – Rutgers v. Kansas State at 5:30p

Thu 12/26 – 68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, AL) – Arkansas State v. Bowling Green at 9p

In the NBA – The Clippers buried the visiting Jazz 144-107. James Harden had 41 points for LA. Other winners were Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, and Detroit over Miami in overtime.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said yesterday he intends to return to coaching. It was his first public comment since suffering a stroke in early November. At the time, the Spurs called it a mild stroke. Though doctors have no timetable for his return to coaching, they’ve said they expect he will make a full recovery. https://apnews.com/article/spurs-popovich-stroke-a06003d47d5a480e8e3d8681113f0b5f?

In college hoops – no top ranked teams played yesterday. Tonight, among eight games involving Top 25 teams, #1 Tennessee hosts Western Carolina.

In the NHL – Just three games yesterday. Dallas beat Washington 3-1. Florida edged Edmonton 6-5. And Vancouver over Colorado 3-1.

In Major League Baseball – The Yankees have acquired closing pitcher Devin Williams from Milwaukee in exchange for Nestor Cortes, a prospect and cash. Williams has a 1.83 ERA in 97 career relief appearances. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42951126/yankees-acquiring-devin-williams-brewers

Baltimore has signed 35-year old Tomoyuki Sugano from the Japanese league to a one-year, $13m deal. He’s a two-time winner of the Sawamura Award, Japan’s equivalent of the Cy Young Award. Last season, his record was 15 and 3 with a 1.67 ERA. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43001588/orioles-tomoyuki-sugano-agree-1-year-13m

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is Saturday hosting Georgia.

2024 was a pivotal year for women’s sports. Record numbers of fans filled arenas to watch the rookie seasons of basketball stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. Gymnast Simone Biles captivated the world at the Paris Olympics and Coco Gauff made women’s tennis history. In July the WNBA signed an 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC worth $200m – more than three times the current contract. According to consulting firm Deloitte, women’s sports were on track to generate more than $1b in revenue worldwide for the first time in 2024. That’s three times the amount just three years ago. https://apnews.com/article/womens-sports-wnba-caitlin-clark-16c0b9500b45cf66ab4445b13d93e363?

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – soccer at Victory Christian Academy at 3:30p; girls’ basketball at High Tech at 4p; boys’ basketball hosting Julian at 5p. This will be the last game until January. They lost 78-33 yesterday at Mission Vista.

Great Oak – girls’ soccer at Citrus Valley at 3:30p; girls’ water polo hosting Heritage at 4p; boys’ basketball hosting Valley View at 4p; boys’ soccer hosting Citrus Hill at 4p;

Fallbrook – girls’ water polo at Mar Vista at 4p; boys’ basketball at Kearny at 5p

Valley Center – girls’ soccer at Sage Creek at 4p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow fell three fourths of a percent. The S&P 500 was off by four tenths. The Nasdaq declined three tenths. Comex gold trading fell $7.70 an ounce to $2,662.30. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 92 cents to $69.79 a barrel.

Members of the Teamsters union have voted to authorize a strike at three unionized Amazon facilities, but the union has not announced a strike deadline. The retail giant says its operations will not be affected by a Teamsters strike. Although the union claims representation of over 7k Amazon workers nationwide, that’s still less than 1% of the company’s US workforce. The locations affected by any possible strike are Staten Island and Queens, New York and Skokie, Illinois. Amazon has a strong anti-union stance and doesn’t recognize the Teamsters as officially representing any of its workers. The company is still in a court battle over the 2022 Staten Island election unionizing that facility. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/business/teamsters-amazon-strike-threat/index.html

Taco Bell is venturing out of its comfort zone with a new limited time menu item – chicken nuggets. The category is dominated by McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Chick-Fil-A. But with younger consumers favoring chicken over red meat, Taco Bell is adding a spicy spin to nuggets breading them with jalapeño buttermilk and a combination of tortilla chips and breadcrumbs. New dips and sauces are being added for the nuggets. Currently, one in four orders at Taco Bell are from the “Chicken Cantina Menu”. It’s been seven years since Taco Bell tried offering anything closely resembling chicken nuggets. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/food/taco-bell-chicken-nuggets/index.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

The Federal Trade Commission has announced a final rule banning hidden junk fees charged to consumers by ticketing and short-term rental companies, among others. It doesn’t limit the added fees sellers can charge for products or services. But it does require businesses to display the total price including all additional fees, more prominently than any other pricing information or face financial penalties. The FTC approved the rule with bipartisan support. The only dissenting vote was commissioner Andrew Ferguson, who is President-elect Trump’s pick to replace current FTC chair, Lina Khan. His objection had more to do with the rule being enacted under the Biden administration and not a month from now under Trump. The FTC’s rule will ensure more transparent pricing information before consumers hit the “pay” button and will take effect in 120 days. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/business/ftc-junk-fee-ban/index.html

Among commemorative stamps being issued by the US Postal Service in 2025 are a group celebrating Native American Powwows. Dance and festive regalia will be depicted on the stamps designed from original paintings of four powwow dancers by Cochiti Pueblo artist Mateo Romero. USPS art director, Antonio Alcala designed the stamps. Other collector’s edition stamps coming out in 2025 include “Spiral Galaxy” and “Star Cluster”, each celebrating exploration of deep space, and Freshwater Fishing Lures, dedicated to the 55m million anglers that fish for recreation on America’s lakes, rivers and oceans each year. (USPS media release)

On this day in music history – December 17,

1960, The Beatles returned from their first set of gigs in Hamburg without bass player Stu Sutcliffe. He stayed behind with his German girlfriend who also gave the boys their signature haircuts. Stu was replaced by Chas Newby who only lasted two weeks and four performances. After that the quintet became a quartet with Paul switching to bass.
In 1963, James Carroll at WWDC became the first American disc jockey to play a Beatles record. He’d gotten it from his flight attendant girlfriend. It became so popular, the station played it hourly every day as did other stations that Carroll shared it with. Capitol Records considered suing, but thought better and released the single “I Want To Hold Your Hand” sooner than planned to take advantage of the free publicity.
In 1971, David Bowie released his fourth album “Hunky Dory”, which was the first to feature all the members of the band that would become known the following year as The Spiders From Mars, the backing band for Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust persona. Two singles were released from the album: ‘Changes” in January 1972 and ‘Life on Mars’ which was released late June 1973.
In 1982, Karen Carpenter did her last live show when she performed in Sherman Oaks. Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder which was a little-known illness at the time. She died of complications from her illness at the age of 32 from heart failure, on February 4, 1983.
In 1994, a remixed version of The Four Seasons’ “December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)” re-entered the US Hot 100, where it stayed for another 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The combined run established a record for the longest total chart appearance ever for a hit single.
In 2004, Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley agreed to sell 85% of his estate to businessman Robert Sillerman in a deal worth $100m. Sillerman would operate Presley’s Memphis home Graceland as a tourist attraction, and own Elvis’ name and the rights to all revenue from his music and films. Lisa Marie would retain ownership of Graceland and many of her father’s ‘personal effects.
In 2012, Adelewas named Billboard’s top artist of 2012, while her hit record “21” was named top album of the year in the music magazine’s annual review. The 24-year-old became the first to receive both accolades two years in a row. The year’s top three songs were Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know’, Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Fun’s ‘We Are Young’.

Born this day …

in 1937, Art Neville from The Neville Brothers.
in 1939, Eddie Kendricks from The Temptations.
In 1942, Paul Butterfield.
In 1947, Jim Hodder, drummer for Steely Dan.
In 1949, Paul Rodgers from Free.
In 1958, Mike Mills, bass player for R.E.M.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=17&month=12

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Comedian, writer and actor Eugene Levy from SCTV and more recently, Schitt’s Creek is 78
Actor Barry Livingston who played Ernie on TV’s “My Three Sons” is 71
Actor Bill Pullman from “Spaceballs” and “Independence Day” is also 71
Actor Giovonni Ribisi from “Avatar”, “Saving Private Ryan” and “Gone in 60 Seconds” and his twin sister, actress Marissa Ribisi are 50
Among those who’ve passed, actor/comedian George Lindsey, who played Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Mayberry RFD” was born this day in 1928
Actor Dave Madden who played band manager Reuben Kinkaid on “The Partridge Family” was born in 1931
Actor/comedian Steve Landesberg from TV’s “Barney Miller” was born in 1936

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1217.htm

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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (12/18) – broccoli beef, brown rice, egg roll, vegetables and dessert

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 78 this afternoon … 87 tomorrow … 83 Thursday … 79 Friday … 76 Saturday … 73 Sunday … 75 Monday… overnight lows, 49 tonight … 50 tomorrow night … 47 Thursday night … 43 Friday through Sunday nights.

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