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Pala Today News – 11/12/25

Written by John Fox on November 12, 2025

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.

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

An Oceanside pedestrian died Monday evening after being struck by a Chevy Tahoe around 6:45p near Mission Avenue and Francesca Drive. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. Drugs or alcohol were not believed to be a factor. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4343190209887-pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-vehicle-in-oceanside

A big rig crash closed the northbound onramp to I-15 from Highway 76 yesterday morning around 9a. Vehicles were able to pass intermittently as crews worked through the morning to remove the rig from the ramp. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/11/06/news/box-truck-crash-closes-ramp-from-highway-76-to-northbound-i-15/80389.html

The Escondido City Council will consider the future of a subdivision and 12k square foot Hare Krishna temple for 20 acres on the northern edge of the city limits at its regular meeting tonight. The planning commission had recommended approval by a 5-1 vote September 23. Local residents had expressed concern about the project, which requires a conditional use permit. The temple would be in a residential neighborhood which also includes a commercial nursery. Tonight’s meeting is at 5p at Escondido City Hall. https://www.times-advocate.com/articles/council-to-consider-hare-krishna-temple-wednesday/

Following two vessel accidents in as many weeks, the Marine Safety Department in Oceanside is warning slip holders in Oceanside Marina about shifting sands causing shallow conditions near the mouth of Oceanside Harbor. Boaters are advised to use extreme caution entering or exiting the harbor. Be sure to stay in the middle of the channel and away from the jetty. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4343997262573-boaters-being-warned-about-waters-in-oceanside-harbor

Over 1k SDG&E customers in Southern Vista lost power last night around 12:30a. The utility reports that it is repairing damaged equipment and has not given an estimated time for restoration of power. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

This week’s anticipated storm could bring clues about local water supplies for this winter. The upcoming atmospheric river combined with last month’s storm that brought almost an inch of rain to Pala and many foothill areas will give a boost to rainfall totals early in the season which began October 1. January and February are usually our rainiest months. Last year, San Diego proper had only about half its normal rainfall after going about 20% over normal the year before. This year’s La Niña effect suggests an overall drier than normal winter ahead. But this weekend could put us ahead at least for now. Studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography show that about a third of an inch of rain over a three-day period is optimal for mitigating wildfire risk. Winter snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is the most important thing for year-long water supplies to Southern California. https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2025/11/11/atmospheric-river-headed-to-san-diego-county-and-what-it-means-for-the-water-year

Enjoy the nice, fall weather. Pala can expect rain beginning early Friday morning, with cold temperatures and at least a chance of showers continuing through Tuesday – a total of up to two inches. Sandbags are available at most North County fire stations. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NFL – Former NFL All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown will be released on $25k bail and have to wear an ankle monitor as he faces an attempted murder charge in Florida. The 37-year old pleaded not guilty to the charge, which carries a possible 15-year prison sentence and $10k fine if convicted. Brown has said on social media that he was defending himself. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/46941762/ex-nfl-star-brown-gets-bail-gps-monitor-attempted-murder-case

Tennessee Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was indicted by a Texas grand jury yesterday on a misdemeanor charge of failure to report a felony last December. Sneed is currently being sued for $1m by an exotic car dealer who alleges Sneed and his personal assistant drove up to a dealership in a rented Lamborghini and shot at him while he was sitting in his vehicle. Sneed and his accomplice were arrested by local police and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Sneed is currently on injured reserve with the Titans. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46941114/titans-ljarius-sneed-indicted-failure-report-felony

Aside from the NFL police blotter, Week 11 begins tomorrow with the Jets at New England.

In college football – The AP Top 25 list this week has the same five schools at the top as it has had for over a month – Ohio State, followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia. Texas Tech moved up two to #6, displacing new #7, Ole Miss. Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas and Oklahoma each moved up one, followed by BYU who dropped 5 places to #12 after Saturday’s upset loss. USC moved up two places to #17.

In the NBA – Last night’s winners were Toronto, New York, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, Utah, and Denver. Twelve games tonight including the fourth-place Lakers at first-place Oklahoma City and the 11^th place Clippers hosting third-place Denver.

In college basketball – Four of the top seven-ranked teams all beat unranked opponents last night. #12 Louisville upset #9 Kentucky 96-88. #14 Illinois surprised #11 Texas Tech 81-77.

In hockey – Nine games last night including the Kings rout of the Canadiens in Montreal 5-1. The Ducks lost at Colorado 4-1. Other winners were Boston, Dallas, Washington, St. Louis, San Jose, Winnipeg and Columbus in a shootout at Seattle.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls next game is Friday hosting Bakersfield

In Major League Baseball – Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy won National League Manager of the Year for the second straight year. Bobby Cox is the only other manager to win consecutive honors when he was with Atlanta in 2004 and 2005. And Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt also repeated as AL Manager of the Year with 17 of 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Toronto’s John Schneider got ten first-place votes. Voting was conducted before the postseason. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46934088/brewers-pat-murphy-repeats-nl-manager-year

In Major League Soccer – San Diego FC leads the Western conference in a tie-breaker with Vancouver. Both teams have 63 points. LAFC is in third with 60. The conference semifinals begin on Saturday, November 22 with LAFC at Vancouver. San Diego hosts Minnesota on Monday the 24^th.

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no scheduled games

Great Oak – girls’ tennis CIF singles preliminaries all day; boys’ wrestling hosting Elsinore at 5p

Fallbrook – no scheduled games

Valley Center – no scheduled games

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow gained 8 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 was flat. And the Nasdaq fell a half percent. Gold shot up another $88.20 to $4,204.50 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures plunged $2.49 to $58.55 a barrel.

The U.S. House of Representatives votes today on a stopgap funding package to end the government shutdown, restart the disrupted food assistance program, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and get air traffic control back to normal. The Senate approved the amended bill Monday on the same 60-40 split as Sunday’s test vote. The final legislation extends funding for most government agencies through January 30. It includes full-year funding for some parts of government. If the House passes the bill, the President is expected to sign it into law. https://www.reuters.com/

Airlines cancelled about 6% of domestic flights at the 40 busiest U.S. airports yesterday – an increase from the average of 4% over the weekend. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-house-senate-vote/

Toyota announced today that it has begun production at a new $14b battery plant in North Carolina. It’s the first company-owned battery plant for Toyota outside of Japan. The carmaker also said it will invest up to $10b more in the U.S. than previously expected over the next five years. Although Toyota is not a leader in plug-in-electric vehicle sales, it is the largest manufacturer of hybrid vehicles – a segment that is getting renewed attention now that pure-EV sales are falling. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/toyota-battery-plant-north-carolina.html

President Trump has suggested sending Americans rebate checks from his administration’s tariffs. The promise of $2k checks to all but the rich comes with complications. Trump wants the money to come from the collected tariffs, not the general fund like the pandemic stimulus checks initiated during his first term in office. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was more vague, saying a $2k payment could come in lots of forms. Also, the math doesn’t add up. A $2k check to every American who filed a tax return last year would total $326b. Only $220b in tariffs have come due and only $100b has been collected. Even if the cutoff for so-called rich people was $100k annual income, tariff rebate checks would still cost the government $300b. And Trump set tariffs in motion, saying they would go to pay off the nation’s nearly $40 trillion of debt. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/economy/tariff-rebate-check-proposal-what-to-know

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Actress Sally Kirkland died yesterday at the age of 84. A one-time member of Andy Warhol’s The Factory, the daughter of Life and Vogue fashion editor Sally Kirkland, Sr. began acting in 1960s New York avant-garde theater. She’s best known for her Golden Globe winning and Oscar-nominated role in 1987’s “Anna”. Other credits include supporting roles in “The Way We Were”, “The Sting”, “Ed TV” and “Heatwave”. Her most recent film was last year’s comedy, “Sallywood” about a young writer who meets up with Sally and tries to revive the actress’ fading career. Kirkland passed yesterday morning at a Palm Springs hospice. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sally-kirkland-dies-age-84-anna-the-sting/

Today marks the official death of the penny. After 238 years, the last U.S. penny will be minted this afternoon in Philadelphia. The last U.S. coin previously to cease production was the half-penny 168 years ago. Although it will no longer be made, the penny is still legal tender, even if it mainly lives in coin jars, junk drawers and “leave a penny/take a penny” trays. Those of us of a certain age remember using it in gumball machines or for feeding parking meters. The penny is survived by the nickel, dime, quarter and more rarely-seen half dollar and dollar coins. The penny’s removal from circulation is happening faster and causing more problems than anticipated. Countries that have removed low denomination coins recently including Canada, Australia and Switzerland all had plans for what would happen after discontinuation. The U.S. didn’t. Some merchants plan to round prices to the nearest nickel – up or down several cents. But that’s not currently legal in some cities and states. Four states and a number of major cities including New York and Philadelphia require merchants to provide exact change. Currently, some merchants are asking customers to pay with pennies to help keep them supplied with the coin they can no longer reliably get from banks. The whole thing began when President Trump called for the end of the penny shortly after taking office this term because it costs four cents to make one. But the savings could be offset by the need to mint more nickels, which cost even more to make than a penny – pretty close to what they’re actually worth. A July study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said that rounding to the nearest nickel would cost consumers an extra $6m a year. That’s actually not much, working out to about five cents for each of the estimated 133m American households. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/business/last-penny-minted

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is once again nearing $1b with no top winner last night. And no, if you win you can’t take it in pennies.

On this day in music history – November 12,

1956, Johnnie Ray had the #1 hit with “Walking in the Rain”, a song written four years earlier by two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville.
In 1965, Toby Tyler changed his name to Marc Bolan and appeared on British TV for the first time performing his first single, “The Wizard” – not the same as the later song of the same name by Black Sabbath. Bolan went on to form the group, T. Rex.
On the same day, Velvet Underground made their live debut at Summit High School in New Jersey, for which they were paid $75.
In 1966, The Monkees debut album began the first of 13 weeks at #1, selling 3m copies in 3 months.
In 1971, Led Zeppelin’s basic international concert tour set list included “Immigrant Song”, “Heartbreaker”, “Black Dog”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, “Rock and Roll”, “Stairway to Heaven”, “That’s the Way”, “Going to California”, “Tangerine”, “Dazed and Confused”, “What is and What Should Never Be”, “Celebration Day”, “Whole Lotta Love”, and “Communication Breakdown”.
In 1977, The Sex Pistols hit #1 on the British album chart with their debut, “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols.”
In 1990, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood broke both legs after his car crash on the M4 motorway as he tried to wave other cars past and was run over by one.
In 1997, the Spice Girls’ second album “Spiceworld” was released. It continued Spicemania at the time with four more singles and total sales of over 20m copies while it remained on the album chart. The following November 12, Spice Girls won best group in the MTV Europe Awards where Madonna won best female artist and album for “Ray of Light.” Natalie Imbruglia won best song for “Torn”.
In 2000, LeAnn Rimes sued Curb Records to void a contract signed by her parents on her behalf five years earlier. The then-18-year-old singer sought full rights and publishing interests and future profits from Curb.
In 2001, the three surviving Beatles met for the last time at George Harrison’s hotel in New York. He died two weeks later in LA at the age of 58.
In 2008, former Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell was found dead in his hotel room. He was 61.

Born on this day …

in 1943, John Walker, founder of The Walker Brothers and Bryan Hyland, whose hits included “Sealed With a Kiss” and “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”.
In 1944, Booker T. Jones from Booker T and the MGs.
In 1945, Neil Young.
In 1947, Donald Roeser from Blue Oyster Cult.
In 1948, Errol Brown from Hot Chocolate.
In 1949, Arthur Tavares, from the disco-era group Tavares.
In 1952, Laurence Juber, guitarist in Wings.
In 1955, Les McKeown from the Bay City Rollers.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3782214660/?ref_=bo_ne_nl

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor and writer Wallace Shawn, from movies including “The Princess Bride”, “Clueless”, as the voice of Rex in the Toy Story movies, and most recently as Dr. Sturgis on TV’s “Young Sheldon” is 82
Actress Megan Mullally from TV’s “Will and Grace” is 63
Among those who’ve passed, actor Jack Oakie was born on this day in 1903

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1112.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly cloudy with a high of 80 this afternoon … mostly sunny and 77 tomorrow … rain likely, beginning before dawn Friday with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon – the high will be 68 with up to an inch of rain possible Friday … 64 with continued rain heavy at times Saturday … mostly cloudy and 62 Sunday … 63 Monday … 62 Tuesday with a chance of rain all three days … overnight lows, 50 tonight … about 52 tomorrow and Friday night … 46 Saturday and Sunday night … 43 Monday night

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