Pala Today News – 11/17/25

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

At just a month and a half into the rainfall year, most areas are now above average, even though getting it all at once with a snow level above 6k feet generally isn’t that helpful.  With two more storms on the way, most additional rainfall is going to run off.  Here are the rainfall totals since Friday. 

• 1.95” in Pala
• 2.58” in Oceanside
• 1.67” in Vista
• 2.17” in Carlsbad
• 1.1” in Fallbrook
• 2.38” in Rainbow
• 1.85” in Bonsall
• 1.80” in Couser Canyon
• 1.50” in Pauma Valley
• 1.43” in Valley Center
• 1.67” at Lake Wohlford
• 1.55” in Escondido
• No report for Deer Springs
• 1.14” inches at Rincon
• 2.35” inches at Birch Hill
• 2.73” at Palomar observatory
• 2.47” inches at Lake Henshaw
• 1.57” at La Jolla reservation
• 2.28” inches at Mesa Grande
• 1.67” inches at Santa Ysabel
• 1.88”at Warner Springs.
• .77” at San Felipe
• 1.52” at Oak Grove
• .84” at Borrego Springs
• 1.15” at Ocotillo Wells
• 1.46” at Temecula
• .88” at French Valley
• 1.49” at Lake Skinner
• .91” at Anza
• 2.05” at La Cresta
• 2.17” at North Lake Elsinore

 

Too many accidents to count on wet roadways over the weekend.  One of the bigger ones involving multiple vehicles jammed traffic on the southbound I-15 near Mission Road just before 10a Saturday.  https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/11/13/news/multiple-vehicle-collision-causes-slowing-on-i-15-southbound/80451.html

A man was transported to a hospital with moderate injuries when his pickup rolled over several times after leaving Gird Road near Bluebell Lane Saturday morning around 8:45a. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/11/13/news/rescue-traffic-collision-after-rollover-down-embankment/80449.html

An SUV erupted in flames alongside northbound I-15 near Rainbow Valley Boulevard Friday night just after 10p.  There were no injuries and it happened far enough off the roadway that no lanes were affected. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/11/13/news/suv-erupts-in-flames-along-i-15-near-rainbow-valley/80447.html

An unidentified pedestrian walking on South Melrose Drive in Vista was hit and killed by an SUV Friday night.  Deputies with the Vista Sheriff’s Station responded to the incident at 8:14p Friday where they found a person lying in the road in the 300 block of South Melrose Drive. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4350582653487-pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-suv-in-vista

A home in the 2800 block of Reche Road in Fallbrook was destroyed by fire before dawn Saturday.  The family of five plus five dogs have been relocated.  Nothing was salvageable.  Reche Road was closed most of the morning for the firefighting effort and cleanup.  Almost 100 people have contributed to a Go-Fund-Me page which is halfway towards its goal of $24k.  https://www.villagenews.com/story/2025/11/13/news/update-gofundme-launched-for-family-displaced-by-reche-road-house-fire/80448.html

A portion the 78 freeway will be fully closed overnight from Tuesday through Sunday as crews demolish parts of the Mar Vista Drive bridge during ongoing construction work.  Work began to improve Highway 78 from I-5 in Oceanside to Broadway and Lincoln Parkway in Escondido in May.  It’s part of the $126 million Caltrans SR-78 Asset Management Project. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4350710363881-caltrans-to-close-highway-78-for-bridge-demolition

Tomorrow is Pala Tribal Election Day.  Poll hours at Old Tribal Hall are 8a to 7p.  You must have a valid tribal or state-issued ID to vote.

There was a 3.0 magnitude earthquake in a mostly uninhabited area in the mountains 15 miles north of Borrego Springs about 4:10p yesterday afternoon.  No one reported feeling it.  https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40485794/executive

Pala will have more rainy days than sunny ones this week.  The second of three storms will drop up to a half an inch today and tomorrow.  The third storm arrives Thursday.  Sunshine this weekend.  The full forecast is coming up. (below)

 

Mass at Pala Mission Church is broadcast live on Rez Radio 91.3 and streamed live on the Rez Radio App every Sunday at 8a. 

 

SPORTS

In the NFL – Jacksonville routed the visiting Chargers 35-6.  The Rams edged the visiting Seahawks 21-19. Seattle had played catch-up the entire game, scoring a touchdown with 2 ½ minutes left.  But that was all.  Seattle’s Sam Darnold passed for twice as many yards as Matt Stafford, but was intercepted four times and had no touchdowns compared to Stafford’s’ two.  Seattle dominated most of the stats including 15 minutes more time of possession.  Yesterday’s other winners were Buffalo, Houston, Chicago, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Baltimore, Denver, Philadelphia and two overtime games – Miami over Washington 16-13 and Carolina over Atlanta 30-27. 

New York Jets cornerback and special teams player Kris Boyd is in serious but stable condition today after being shot in midtown Manhattan just after 2a yesterday.  Boyd has been on injured reserve since August 18 with a shoulder injury that required surgery.  He’d signed with the Jets in March.  Investigators are still looking for the shooter. https://apnews.com/article/kris-boyd-jets-shot-new-york-5f98dff2c8a51ec14ba83794d0c9974d  

In college football – The top three teams all won.  #4 Alabama suffered a 23-21 upset at the hands of #11 Oklahoma.  Ranked teams down to #23 all won.  Unranked Navy upset #24 South Florida 41-38.  Arizona knocked off #25 Cincinnati.  San Diego State beat Boise State 17-7 at Snapdragon Stadium.

In the NBA – The Clippers topped Dallas in double overtime and the Lakers beat New Orleans Friday night.  The Lakers won again the following night 119-95 at Milwaukee.  The Clippers lost at Boston yesterday 121-118.  Yesterday’s other winners were San Antonio, Brooklyn, Houston, Golden State, Dallas, Atlanta, and Utah 150-147 over Chicago in double overtime.  Eight games tonight including the Clippers at Philadelphia.

Multiple teams including the Lakers have been contacted by an independent law firm hired by the NBA in the investigation of illegal gambling that has already resulted in the arrests of two players.  About a dozen Lakers employees have been contacted including executive administrator Randy Mims and assistant trainer Mike Mancias.  https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46987426/firm-seeks-records-players-teams-nba-gambling-investigation

In college basketball – No upsets among Top 25 teams over the weekend.  San Diego State hosts Troy tomorrow.  The Aztecs are heavy favorites.

In hockey – Yesterday’s winners were Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Minnesota, Detroit, and Colorado.  Six games tonight including the Kings at Washington and the Ducks hosting Utah in Anaheim.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls beat Bakersfield 4-3 in overtime Friday at Pechanga Arena.  Then on Saturday, they demolished Abbotsford 7-0.  Their next game is Wednesday hosting San Jose.

In Major League Baseball – This year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was released today.  15 names are holdovers who collectively fell 19 votes short of induction in 2025.  There are also 12 newcomers – three of them eligible for the first time.  Some of the holdovers include steroids-tainted stars Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez.  Andy Pettitte’s name appears on the ballot for the eighth time after support for him doubled last year to 27%.  A player’s name can appear up to ten times.  https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46999718/hamels-braun-kemp-12-newcomers-hall-fame-ballot

In Major League Soccer – The conference semifinals begin this Saturday with LAFC at Vancouver.  San Diego hosts Minnesota one week from tonight.

In golf – At the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda, Adam Schenk was the winner by one stroke at 12-under par 272.  https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In local high school sports: 

Bonsall – boys’ and girls’ basketball at Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Catholic beginning at 4:30p

Great Oak – boys’ JV basketball at the Bob Goodbody Tournament at 3p today and tomorrow

Fallbrook – no scheduled games

Valley Center – no scheduled games

 

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down slightly.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a tenth.  The S&P 500 was down less than a tenth. And the Nasdaq was just barely negative.  Gold fell $12.80 on the Comex, trading at $4,081.40 an ounce.  West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down five cents to $60.04 a barrel. 

According to financial disclosures made public on Saturday, President Trump bought at least $82m in corporate and municipal bonds between late August and early October.  They included new investments in sectors benefitting from his administration’s policies including financial deregulation.  Because the 1978 Ethics in Government Act does not require listing exact amounts, those investments could be worth as much as $337m.  Trump acquired Intel bonds after the U.S. Government, under his direction acquired a stake in the company.  Other specific investments include Broadcom, Qualcomm, Home Depot, CVS Health, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.  The White House maintains that Trump has no role in running his investment portfolio – that it is managed by a third-party financial institution.  But his disclosure reports show the income still ultimately goes to him, raising concerns about conflicts of interest. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/15/trump-buys-82-million-in-bonds-since-late-august.html

The air traffic controller shortage during the government shutdown caused the cancellation of thousands of flights, affecting the travel plans for more than 5m people.  But even with partial pay hitting controllers’ bank accounts on Friday, the staffing problem will continue and possibly get worse because of the shutdown.  The problem is that air traffic controllers are required to work without pay – just the promise of back-pay whenever government is disrupted.  But with 2 out of five American workers living paycheck-to-paycheck, many air traffic controllers can’t afford to work without pay.  That led to many calling in sick, so they could work second jobs that did pay.  Knowing this will happen makes it hard to recruit new air traffic controllers.  Add to that, about twice as many as normal chose retirement during the shutdown.  A government tally last year showed the U.S. was short of its goal of 14,633 air traffic controllers by almost 4k.  The shortages tend to be worst at the busiest airports, like New York.  The FAA lowered its mandatory flight cuts from 6% to 3% on Saturday.  On Friday, for the first time since cuts went into effect, flights cancelled were fewer than the FAA mandate. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/15/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers.html

Ford today announced a partnership with Amazon that will let its dealers sell certified preowned vehicles through the online retail giant.  Buyers can secure financing, start paperwork and schedule a pickup time at participating Ford dealers.  Signing papers and taking delivery still needs to be at the dealer.  Amazon struck a similar deal with Hertz earlier this year. About 160 of Ford’s 2,900 dealers are diving in.  About a dozen in Los Angeles, Seattle and Dallas have already launched the program which only offers certified preowned vehicles.  It is still illegal in most states for franchised dealers to sell new vehicles directly to consumers. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/ford-amazon-used-vehicles.html

 

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movies, there was some real competition for ticket dollars.  The winner was “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”, the third episode in the franchise about the world’s greatest sleight of hand artists.  It collected $21.3m through ticket sales, beating the weekend’s other major release, “The Running Man” which earned $17m.  Last week’s top film, “Predator: Badlands” dropped to third place, selling another $13m in tickets.  It was followed by “Regretting You” which is now in its fourth week in theaters, “Black Phone 2”, “Nuremberg, and the debut of “Keeper” on just 2k screens.  Total movie attendance for the weekend was a little less than last week and below average for the year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W46/

It was economics that killed the penny, which stopped being minted last week.  Some are wondering if the nickel isn’t far behind.  The main reason for the penny’s demise was that it cost four cents to make one.  But it costs 9 cents to make a nickel.  Pennies were just copper-coated zinc.  A copper penny was really only about 2 ½% copper.  Zinc prices haven’t risen much since 2016.  But copper and nickel prices have doubled over that same time.  And nickels are 75% copper and 25% nickel.  The U.S. Mint and one of its suppliers are looking into metal blends that would reduce the cost of nickels down to no more than what they’re worth.  That could be accomplished within a year.  But then there’s also the question of how useful the nickel will continue to be moving forward.  Americans are using coins less and less often, even when paying cash.  Ironically, using them less reduces the pressure to drop them from production, as does lowering the cost of making them.  Banks and credit card companies would love a cashless society – no coins to deal with and a profitable transaction fee every time a card gets swiped.  Going cashless would hit low-income consumers the hardest.  Coin collecting nostalgia may slow the move towards eliminating nickels, but experts think it’ll still happen within 20 years. https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/business/penny-nickel-discontinue-currency


On this day in music history – November 17,

• In 1957, Harry Belafonte was at #1 in Britain for the first of seven weeks with “Mary’s Boy Child” lasting through Christmas.  The song is significant in that it was the first single to sell over 1m copies in Britain alone and also the first Christmas song to hit #1 in two different versions.  The other was by Boney M in 1978.
• In 1962, The Four Seasons were at #1 for the first of five weeks with “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, their second chart-topper of the year.
• In 1966, The Beach Boys were at #1 with “Good Vibrations”.  During childhood, Brian Wilson’s mother told him dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, making them bark at someone giving off bad vibrations.  Brian turned the idea into a song.
• In 1971, Slade was at #1 in its native Britain with “Coz I Luv You” – their first #1 hit.  The misspelling of “because” and “love” became trademarks of Slade songs, much to the consternation of English teachers everyware.
• In 1973, The Who’s second full-scale rock opera, the double album “Quadrophenia” entered the charts.  Six years later, a film based on the story and music starred among others, Sting from The Police.
• In 1979, Jethro Tull bass player John Glascock died at the age of 28 from a congenital heart defect.  He’d also been a member of Chicken Shack with Christine McVie, later of Fleetwood Mac.
• In 1984, Wham! were at #1 with “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”.
• In 1990, David Crosby from The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was hospitalized with a broken leg, shoulder and ankle after crashing his Harley.
• In 1992, two members of the late Frankie Lymon group, The Teenagers received an estimated $4m back royalties from the song “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” 35 years earlier.
• In 1996, The Spice Girls were at #1 with their debut album.  Two of the singles on the album, “Say You’ll Be There” and “2 Become 1” hit #1 in 53 countries.
• In 2003, soul singer Arthur Conley died of cancer at the age of 57.  He had a #2 hit in 1967 with “Sweet Soul Music”.
• On the same day, country music legend Don Gibson died of natural causes at the age of 75.  His song, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” has been recorded by over 700 artists – most notably, Ray Charles in 1962.
• In 2003, 21-year old Britney Spears became the youngest singer ever to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  The only other person to get one at that age was “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert.
• In 2011, Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters was arrested for possession of rock cocaine during a traffic stop in LA.

Born on this day …

• In 1938, Gordon Lightfoot
• In 1942, Bob Gaudio from The Four Seasons
• In 1944, Gene Clark from The New Christie Minstrels and The Byrds
• In 1946, Martin Barre from Jethro Tull
• In 1947, Robert Antoni from Nazz and Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
• In 1957, Jim Babjak from The Smithereens
• In 1960, drag queen RuPaul who also had a couple of hit singles in Britain in the 1990s.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=17&month=11

 

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

• Director Martin Scorsese is 82
• Actor Danny DeVito is 80
• So is SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels
• Actor Stephen Root from TV’s “NewsRadio”, “King of the Hill” and numerous movies is 73
• Among those who’ve passed, British actor and comedian Peter Cook, who often paired with Dudley Moore was born this day in 1937.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1117.htm

 

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – 60% chance of up to a tenth of an inch of rain, possible thunderstorms with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour and a high of 67 this afternoon … up to another half inch of rain likely tonight … 40% chance of up to a quarter inch of rain tomorrow with a high of 60 … sunny and 62 Wednesday … partly sunny and 62 with a slight chance of rain Thursday … partly sunny and 65 with a continued chance of rain Friday … sunny and 70 Saturday … 73 Sunday … overnight lows, 43 tonight … 38 tomorrow night … 40 Wednesday night … about 43 Thursday and Friday night … 45 Saturday night

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