Pala Today News – 11/19/25
Written by John Fox on November 19, 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.
LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS
Tribal elections were held yesterday in Pala. Three executive committee seats were at stake. Incumbent Brandon Johnson was reelected Vice Chairman. Theressa Villa was reelected Secretary. And Bud Machado was elected as first-time committee member-at-large.
Just a little more rain yesterday, mostly in the mountains, creating a pretty double rainbow east of Pala in the afternoon. Many areas didn’t get any. The following areas reported rainfall yesterday:
- .12” in Pala
- .06” in Pauma Valley
- .04” in Valley Center
- .17” at Lake Wohlford
- .01” inches at Rincon
- .10” inches at Birch Hill
- .02” at Palomar observatory
- .08” inches at Lake Henshaw
- .02” at La Jolla reservation
- .07” inches at Mesa Grande
- .06” inches at Santa Ysabel
- .02” at San Felipe
- .01” at Oak Grove
- .12” at Lake Skinner
- .20” at North Lake Elsinore
Cal Fire says the current suspension of burn permits in San Diego County will be lifted Friday. Burn permits are required for all agricultural and residential burning. Starting Friday, people with current and valid agricultural and residential burn permits can resume burning from 8a to sunset on permissible burn days. Agricultural burns must be inspected by Cal Fire before being lit. Inspections may also be required for residential burns. Residents can verify inspection requirements by contacting their local Cal Fire station. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/residential-burning-restrictions-be-lifted-san-diego-county
Saturday’s house fire on Reche Road in Fallbrook has been attributed to an explosion of a portable solar generator outside, which quickly spread to the rental home. Six people were displaced by the fire. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/family-escapes-fallbrook-house-fire-after-solar-generator-explodes
Following a contentious five-hour Vista City Council meeting last night, sanctuary city policies were approved on a 3-2 vote with Mayor John Franklin and Councilman Jeff Fox dissenting. Key points are: distributing “know your rights” information including a city-backed website; prohibiting federal law enforcement from conducting raids at non-public city-owned or city-controlled properties without a warrant; ensuring that future city contracts prohibit sharing sensitive information with immigration authorities unless required by law; and requiring the same involving city-collected information. More than 100 people spoke at last night’s second reading of the measure. Most were in favor. About half of Vista’s population is Hispanic/Latino and about one quarter were born outside of the U.S. https://www.newsbreak.com/abc-10-news-kgtv-563645/4355570072470-vista-city-council-approves-sanctuary-city-policies-after-contentious-meeting
A portion the 78 freeway will be fully closed overnight tonight through Sunday night as crews demolish parts of the Mar Vista Drive bridge during ongoing construction work.
Pala will get one more storm tomorrow and Friday followed by a full week of dry, fall weather. 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 – The one-game suspension for Ja’Marr Chase for spitting on Steelers defensive back Jalen Ramsey in Sunday’s Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game was upheld by the league yesterday. The Bengals wide receiver won’t be able to play Sunday against New England. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47016818/jamarr-chase-suspension-upheld-bengals-wr-sit-vs-pats
Week 12 begins tomorrow with Buffalo at Houston on Prime Video at 5p.
In college football – The only major movement in the AP Top 25 this week was Alabama dropping six places to #10 and Texas falling 7 to #17 – both following upset losses Saturday. Four teams joined the list beginning with Illinois at #21 followed by Missouri, Houston, Tulane and Arizona State. Louisville, Iowa, Pittsburgh, South Florida and Cincinnati were dropped from the list. https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings
In the NBA – Lebron James made his season debut for a league-record 23rd time last night as the Lakers topped the Jazz 140-126. James had 11 points, 12 assists and 3 rebounds in his 30 minutes on the court. He has now scored in double digits for a record 1,293 straight games. That’s every game he’s played since January 6, 2007. He’d been sidelined this season up until last night, suffering from sciatica. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47016229/sources-lakers-lebron-james-make-season-debut-vs-jazz
Last night’s other winners were Orlando, Boston, Detroit, san Antonio, and Phoenix.
In college basketball – #5 Duke won its game last night. #17 Michigan State upset #12 Kentucky. UCLA routed Sacramento State 79-48. San Diego State was upset by visiting Troy 108-107 in double overtime.
In hockey – Last night’s winners were Toronto, Detroit, Tampa Bay, Winnipeg, Chicago, Vegas, San Jose, and the New York Islanders.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls next game is tonight hosting San Jose.
In Major League Baseball – Pitcher Randy Jones, who was the Padres first-ever Cy Young award winner died yesterday at the age of 75. The fan favorite was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 and had been an ambassador for the Padres in the decades since the end of playing career. Jones was drafted by the Padres in 1972 and debuted the following season. In his seven years with San Diego he twice pitched in the all-star game and led the National League in ’76, the year he won the Cy Young with 22 wins, 25 complete games pitched, and315 1/3 innings pitched. His jersey number 35 was retired by the Padres in 1997. https://www.10news.com/sports/padres/san-diego-padres-legend-randy-jones-dies-at-age-75
The Angels have traded away outfielder Taylor Ward for right-handed pitcher Grayson Rodriguez from Baltimore. Ward was entering his final season before free agency. The Angels needed a top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher. Rodriguez was a promising prospect who spent all of last season on the bench with injuries. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47017746/orioles-acquire-taylor-ward-angels-grayson-rodriguez
In Major League Soccer – The conference semifinals begin this Saturday with LAFC at Vancouver. San Diego hosts Minnesota on Monday.
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – boys’ basketball hosting Guajome Park Academy at 6:30p
Great Oak – girls varsity golf at State finals; boys’ basketball hosting the Bob Goodbody JV Tournament at 3p; girls’ basketball at Liberty Winchester at 4p
Fallbrook – no schedule published
Valley Center – boys’ basketball at El Capitan at 4:30p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks showed modest gains. The Dow was up a small fraction. The S&P 500 gained three tenths of a percent. And the Nasdaq was up four tenths. Gold was up $10.90 on the Comex to $4,077.40 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures plunged $1.36 to $59.38 a barrel.
Because of the government shutdown, the Labor Department has cancelled the October jobs report and the November one will come out too late to be of use to the Federal Reserve at its December meeting. www.marketwatch.com
A federal judge yesterday ruled against the Federal Trade Commission in its anti-trust suit against Meta. The FTC alleged five years ago, during the first Trump administration that the social media giant stifled competition and furthered its monopoly by buying out rivals. The commission argued that only solution was to break up the company, spinning off Instagram and WhatApp into separate companies. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-s1-5495626/meta-ftc-instagram-whatsapp-antitrust-ruling
Target has cut its profit outlook in the face of a third quarter decline in sales. The company also announced today that it is launching an experience with OpenAI next week that will allow customers to shot the Target app with ChatGPT. Overall sales at Target have been fairly stagnant for about four years. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/target-tgt-q3-2025-earnings.html
On the flip side, the owner of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Home Goods says the holiday season is off to a strong start. The bargain chains’ sales were up 7% last quarter as it benefits from higher-income shoppers trading down this year. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/tjx-companies-tjx-earnings-q3-2026.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
One of Broadway’s most prominent figures, composer Andrew Lloyd Weber, whose credits include “Cats”, “Evita” and “Phantom of the Opera” says the future of Broadway musicals is dim. He says they’ve become “cripplingly expensive” to produce. It often costs up to $20m to stage a play. And attendance has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20251119214/andrew-lloyd-webber-says-broadway-musicals-may-be-an-endangered-species-the-costs-of-production-are-just-cripplingly-high
Porsche today revealed its all-electric version of the Cayenne SUV. It’s the most powerful production vehicle ever made by the German sports car company. The Cayenne EV has 1,139 horsepower and 1,106 foot-pounds of torque, and is capable of going 0-60 in 2.4 seconds. The top-end and most powerful version starts at $163k. Lesser versions begin at $109k. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/2026-porsche-cayenne-ev.html
On this day in music history – November 18,
- 1955, Carl Perkins recorded “Blue Suede Shoes” at Sun Studios in Memphis. It became a #2 hit for Perkins the following year.
- In 1964, The Supremes became the first all-girl group to top the British music chart with “Baby Love”. It was the second of five #1 singles in a row by the Supremes in the U.S.
- In 1965, another concert we all wish we could have attended – The Kinks, The Who, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Hollies, and Wilson Pickett at the Glad Rag Ball, Empire Pool, London, England. Tickets were a little over $4.
- In 1966, Paul McCartney, on a flight home from an African safari vacation came up with the concept for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The alter egos were to break from the “boy” image the Beatles were trying to leave behind. The name came from free-associating the salt and pepper packets served with the in-flight meal while chatting with band roadie and confidant Mal Evans.
- In 1979, Chuck Berry was released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for tax evasion.
- In 1983, songwriter and member of Badfinger, Tom Evans committed suicide after a bitter argument with Badfinger guitarist Joe Molland over the royalties from “Without You”, the Harry Nilsson hit song they co-wrote. Those close to Evans said he never got over former bandmate Pete Ham’s suicide years earlier.
- In 1994, David Crosby had a successful liver transplant at UCLA Medical Center. It was the only solution after years of alcohol and drug abuse, as well as Hepatitis C.
- In 2000, The Beatles began the first of 11 weeks at #1 with “The Beatles 1”, a compilation of their chart-topping hits from 1962 through 1970 issued on the 30th anniversary of the band’s breakup. It has since sold over 31m copies.
- In 2002, Michael Jackson was blasted by the media for dangling his baby from a third-floor hotel balcony. He was showing the infant off to fans outside the hotel. One year later, police issued a warrant for Jackson over allegations of sexual abuse involving a 12-year old boy. The singer negotiated a time and place to surrender.
- In 2004, record producer Terry Melcher, son of actress Doris Day died at age 62 after a long battle with skin cancer. He co-wrote “Kokomo” for the Beach Boys and produced hits for The Byrds and The Mamas & The Papas.
Born on this day …
- In 1934, Dave Guard, one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio.
- In 1937, Ray Collins, who was the lead singer on Frank Zappas first two albums, “Freak Out!” and “Absolutely Free”.
- In 1938, Hank Medress from the vocal group, The Tokens who had the 1961 #1 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”.
- In 1939, Pete Moore from The Miracles.
- In 1943, Fred Lipsius from Blood, Sweat & Tears.
- In 1946, Joe Correro from Paul Revere & The Raiders.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=19&month=11
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Billionaire yachtsman and TV tycoon Ted Turner is 87
- Actor Robert Beltran from “Star Trek Voyager” and “Big Love” is 72
- Actress Allison Janney from TV’s “Mom” and movies including “Juno” and “The Help” is 66
- Actress Meg Ryan is 64
- Actress Terry Farrell from TV’s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Becker” is 62
- Actor Adam Driver is 42
- Among those who’ve passed, Alan Young, best remembered as Wilbur from “Mr. Ed” was born in 1919
- TV talk show host Larry King was born in 1933
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1119.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (11/20) – it’s the annual Seniors’ Thanksgiving Luncheon
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high 64 this afternoon … up to an inch of rain 80% likely tomorrow with most of it coming after 4p … tomorrow’s high will be 61 … mostly cloudy and 62 Friday with up to another inch of rain possible – most of it before 10a … a slight chance of showers, then mostly sunny and 68 Saturday … sunny and 72 Sunday through Tuesday … overnight lows, 45 tonight … 47 tomorrow through Saturday night … 49 Sunday and Monday night
PROGRAMMING
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FIRE PERMITS
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PALA
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