Pala Today News – 11/13/26

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

With the most recognized tribes in any single county anywhere in the United States, San Diego County honored our 18 local Tribal Nations including Pala with the dedication of a new Tribal Land Acknowledgement installation yesterday at the County Administration Center in San Diego.  It includes a 35-foot flagpole with a specially-designed Tribal Nations flag, a wall designed by the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association, and an educational plaque with QR code to connect visitors with the County Tribal Relations webpage.  Yesterday’s event included a blessing, bird songs and dancers, displays from various groups including All-Tribes Charter School, and appearances by Miss Kumeyaay and Little Miss Kumeyaay. https://www.countynewscenter.com/land-acknowledgement-installation-honors-tribal-nations/

It was announced this week that vandalism at the Temecula United Methodist Church is now being treated as a hate crime.  Investigation began on October 27 when a swastika was found on the wall of the church following the community’s annual Temecula Valley Pride festival.  The church’s American and inclusionary flags were stolen as well. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/temecula-church-vandalism-pride-hate-crime/3968511/?amp=1

A 420-unit luxury apartment community built on the site of a decades-old Escondido hospital has changed hands for $180.5 million. Greystar sold The Grand at Palomar Heights to investment firm Mesirow, which financed the purchase in part with a $112 million loan from AIG. https://hoodline.com/2026/11/greystar-sells-escondido-s-grand-at-palomar-heights-for-180-5m-in-downtown-comeback/?utm=newsbreak

Rain from the first of three storms began overnight.  Here are the storm totals as of 11a.

• .04” in Pala
• .33” in Oceanside
• .16” in Vista
• .40” in Carlsbad
• .10” in Fallbrook
• .11” in Rainbow
• .20” in Bonsall
• .03” in Couser Canyon
• .03” in Pauma Valley
• .04” in Valley Center
• .20” at Lake Wohlford
• .20” in Escondido
• .29” at Deer Springs
• .31” inches at Rincon
• .35” inches at Birch Hill
• .10” at Palomar observatory
• Nothing measurable at Lake Henshaw
• .21” at La Jolla reservation
• .04” inches at Mesa Grande
• .02” inches at Santa Ysabel

Nothing measurable at Warner Springs.

• Nothing measurable at San Felipe
• Nothing measurable at Oak Grove
• Nothing measurable at Borrego Springs
• Nothing measurable at Ocotillo Wells
• .07” at Temecula
• .08” at French Valley
• .32” at Lake Skinner
• Nothing measurable at Anza
• .16” at La Cresta
• Nothing measurable at North Lake Elsinore

More rain on the way tonight with two more storms lined up to pass through Pala over the next week.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

SPORTS

In the NFL – Last night in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the visiting Washington Commanders outlasted the New York Giants 24-21.  Washington scored first with a field goal, and that lead was pretty much maintained the entire game.  The Giants led in virtually all statistics including penalties, but held the ball a minute less than Washington.  Among Sunday’s games, the Rams are at Arizona.  The last-place Chargers are in Baltimore Monday at 5p.  The Ravens will be without quarterback Lamar Jackson, who’s recovering from a dislocated thumb.  Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Tampa Bay all have the week off.

In college football – Games tonight include #4 UCLA hosting Illinois and #14 Houston at Colorado.  Tomorrow’s highlights begin with #7 Miami hosting Duke at 9a on ABC.  #1 Georgia hosts #22 Missouri on ABC, #5 Notre Dame hosts Boston College on NBC, and #18 USC is at #9 Indiana on CBS – all at 12:30p.  #2 Utah is at #23 Arizona on Fox and #6 Texas is at #21 LSU on NBC, both at 4:30p.  San Diego State hosts Utah State at 6:30p.

In the NBA – Yesterday’s winners were Philadelphia, Minnesota, Phoenix, and Detroit over Washington 144-140 in double overtime.  Among tonight’s nine games, the Lakers host Oklahoma City.

In college basketball – #1 Florida hosts Merimack tonight.  #2 Duke hosts SIU Edwardsville.  #3 Illinois hosts Sam Houston.  #4 UConn hosts Ohio State.  #5 Michigan State hosts Northern Iowa.  USD hosts Chicago State.

In the NHL – Yesterday’s winners were Carolina, Montreal, Minnesota, Ottawa, New Jersey, Tampa Bay, Florida, Chicago, Winnipeg, St. Louis, and the New York Islanders over the Kings in Los Angeles 5-2.

Minnesota’s Matt Boldy and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov each scored hat tricks yesterday. 

In Major League Baseball – Last night, Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow Armstrong and Houston’s Yordan Alvarez were named the season MVP’s for the National and American Leagues, respectively.  Both votes were unanimous.  In the National League, four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani from the Dodgers ended up in second place. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50466186/cubs-pete-crow-armstrong-astros-yordan-alvarez-win-mvp-honors

In golf – Brian Harman leads partway through the second round of the Austin Championship at 11 under par. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Actor and race car driver Frankie Muniz has been released from a hospital following a practice lap crash at Daytona.  The 40-year old star of “Malcom in the Middle” was practicing for the Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic Wednesday night.  Muniz said he was a little sore, but otherwise alright and sorry to miss the event. https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/50456406/actor-frankie-muniz-hospitalized-daytona-crash

The late Kyle Busch was recognized as the NASCAR Cup Series’ most popular driver at Tuesday’s season-ending awards banquet.  He died in May after pneumonia progressed into sepsis. https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/50447862/kyle-busch-most-popular-driver-2026-nascar-cup-series

Local high school sports

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – cross country at Mt. San Antonio College all day and tomorrow; football hosting Murrieta Valley in the CIF quarter finals at 7p tonight; Tomorrow – girls’ wrestling at Capistrano Valley

Fallbrook – football CIF quarterfinals hosting Mt. Carmel at 7p; Tomorrow – cross country CIF finals at Morley Field at 11:45a

Valley Center – CIF football quarterfinals hosting El Capitan at 7p; Tomorrow – cross country at Morley Field at 9a, varsity boys’ basketball scrimmage at Orange Glen at 11a; boys’ basketball alumni game at Valley Center at 6p

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down today, but still up for the week.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a small fraction.  The S&P 500 was down 2/3 of a percent.  The Nasdaq fell 1.1%.  Gold gained $4.60 on the Comex, trading at $3,889.90 an ounce.  The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 9 cents at $88.65 a barrel.

The Labor Department today released its latest producer price index.  It’s a picture of inflation before it reaches consumers.  It shows inflation up 0.3% from September to October, down from a big 1.4% jump the month before.  That’s mostly the result of moderating energy costs.  Yet the annual rate of inflation increased to 6.5% from 6.3% in September, which is the biggest increase in four years.  One year ago, wholesale inflation was just 3.1%.  The producer price index generally signals where consumer inflation is headed. https://apnews.com/article/producer-prices-inflation-economy-iran-5f427443fd31a4aa2bd2a1b6cebfe549

Microsoft issued an apology today for the massive outage that shut down Outlook and other Microsoft 365 products beginning late yesterday morning.  The company spent almost 24 hours restoring service.  In a statement, Microsoft said the disruption was due to “an issue during an earlier network capacity upgrade.”  Major companies, public services and governments all were affected.  Services have been returning gradually and not in all geographic areas at the same time.  Some companies reported delaying third quarter reports due to the disruption of Microsoft services.  Many had to temporarily reroute emails to other services to maintain communications.  Some compared it to the cybersecurity company, CrowdStrike update failure that caused just about the biggest IT system outage to date in 2024, affecting airlines, banks and others.  Microsoft stock was relatively unaffected by reaction to the outage.   https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/microsoft-outage-outlook-aws-google.html

Electric vehicle startup, Scout Motors, which is backed by Volkswagen has taken about 212k reservations for new EVs as its $2b plant in Blythewood, South Carolina nears completion.  It’ll begin production of Terra pickup trucks and Traveler SUVs next year with first deliveries expected in 2028.  The company’s CEO says the number of reservations could top 400k by the time production begins.  But all those reservations won’t necessarily become sales.  Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Tesla’s Cybertruck, among others attracted strong interest that didn’t lead to meaningful numbers of vehicles sold.  Scout vehicles will be available as all-electric or hybrid. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/scout-motors-reservations-south-carolina-plant.html  

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

New this weekend at the movies in wide release, the thriller “Victorian Psycho”, the action-comedy “How to Rob a Bank” with Nicholas Hoult, Pete Davidson and John C. Reilly, and the latest reboot of A Christmas Carol, called “Ebenezer” and starring Johnny Depp.  https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/?ref_=bo_nb_we_tab

Comedian Anthony Clark, star of TV’s “Yes, Dear” and “Boston Common” has died of complications from the flu and pneumonia.  He was 62. https://abc7.com/story/anthony-clark-actor-comedian-known-dear-boston-common-dies-62/20036284/

More than 5,100 cases of the measles have been reported nationwide in 2026.  Eight of those people died – most of them in Pennsylvania.  That’s the worst outbreak in more than 30 years.  A new tool developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University estimates this year’s outbreak has cost nearly $83m.  That includes $56m for public health response, about $25m in lost productivity, and $1.8m in direct medical expenses.  Last year’s measles cases, of which there were less than half as many, cost over $37m.  A Johns Hopkins spokesman says, “We’re starting to see a whole bunch of people who decided not to get vaccinated as kids or have never been exposed to measles because they benefitted from herd immunity.”  Lost productivity also comes from those who are exposed to measles but never develop symptoms, because they quarantine.  And parents might miss work to care for sick or exposed children. One person who is quarantined could cost $300 in lost productivity alone.  But if that one case exposes 40 to 50 other people who then need to quarantine, that’s $12k to $15k in lost productivity, even if none of the contacts ever become sick or were even infected.  This ripple effect quickly sends economic loss far beyond the investment required to vaccinate the public against measles. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/11/measles-outbreak-us-economic-cost.html

On this day in music history – November 13,

• 1964, Decca released the Rolling Stones’ version of “Little Red Rooster”, written by Willie Dixon and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke.  Recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago, the Stones version is the only blues song to ever top the British pop music chart. 
• In 1968, Rolling Stone Brian Jones bought “Cotchford Farm” in Sussex, England.  That’s the home that had previously belonged to A.A. Milne, author of “Winnie the Pooh”. 
• In 1968, Hugo Montenegro topped the charts with the instrumental theme song from the Clint Eastwood so-called spaghetti Western, “The Good The Bad and The Ugly” movie soundtrack. 
• In 1970, former Pink Floyd front man Syd Barrett released his second solo album.  Bandmates David Gilmour produced it and Richard Wright played keyboards. 
• In 1973, Led Zeppelin’s soundtrack double album “The Song Remains the Same” recorded at Madison Square Garden, peaked at #2 on the U.S. album chart. 
• On the same day, Rod Stewart was at #1 on the singles chart with “Tonight’s the Night” featuring his then-girlfriend, actress Britt Ekland cooing and whispering in French. 
• In 1982, Men At Work began the first of 15 weeks at #1 on the album chart with their debut album “Business As Usual”. 
• In 1999, it was reported the Spice Girls were the biggest earners in pop music for the decade thanks to their debut album selling over 20m copies.  Elton John was second with 14m in sales from “The Lion King”. 
• In 2000, The Beatles launched their first official website TheBeatles.com on the same day their retrospective “Compilation 1” album was released. 
• In 2004, rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard collapsed and died in a New York recording studio at the age of 35.  He’d been a founding member of Wu Tang Clan a dozen years earlier. 
• In 2012 the original cover art collage from the The Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper” album sold at auction for almost $88k.  Designed by Peter Blake, an anonymous bidder bought it at a London Southeby’s auction.
• In 2016, Leon Russell died in Nashville at the age of 76.  Originally a session musician as part of the LA Wrecking Crew on many 1960’s Top 40 hits, Russell was the leader of Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen band, appeared at George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh and wrote songs including “Superstar” along with Bonnie Bramlett, which became a hit for the Carpenters, “Delta Lady” for Joe Cocker, and “This Masquerade” for George Benson.  More than 100 artists have recorded his “A Song For You” which Russell said he wrote in just ten minutes.

Born on this day …

• In 1934, one-hit wonder Timmy Thomas who had the 1972 hit, “Why Can’t We Live Together” which had been released in its original monaural demo form because the producer didn’t feel it needed any further work. 
• In 1949, guitarist Roger Steen from The Tubes. 
• In 1951, Bill Gibson from Huey Lewis and the News. 

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=13&month=11

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Actor Joe Mantegna is 79
• Actress, comedienne and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg is 71
• Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is 59
• Actor Gerard Butler is 57
• Among those who’ve passed, actress Hermoine Baddeley who played the maid, Mrs. Naugatuck on TV’s Maude was born in 1906
• Actor Richard Mulligan was born in 1932
• Producer/director, writer and actor Garry Marshall was born in 1934

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1113.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – Me she miyaxwe tamit?  Partly sunny with a high of 71 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … up to another quarter inch of rain likely tonight, ending late tomorrow morning, then sunny with a high of 70 … sunny and 75 Sunday … partly sunny and 70 with a 30% chance of rain Monday afternoon … mostly cloudy and 66 with a continued chance of rain Tuesday … sunny and 67 Wednesday … a third storm moving in Thursday when it will be partly sunny and 68 … overnight lows, 50 tonight … 46 tomorrow night … 48 Sunday night … 46 Monday night … 42 Tuesday night … 46 Wednesday night

 

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