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Pala Today News – 11/24/25

Written by John Fox on November 24, 2025

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

If you traveled the 5 freeway through Camp Pendleton Saturday afternoon, you probably wish you hadn’t. A high-speed pursuit that began in Buena Park ended with barriers blocking all lanes of the freeway in both directions. Shots erupted and a K-9 was deployed when the suspect bailed from his vehicle. The suspect was arrested and no officers were injured. But many people were stuck on the freeway for up to five hours. Some ran out of gas. Even those who were able to detour added hours to their trips with traffic much heavier and slower than usual on the 15 freeway. Social media lit up all day with tales of the unplanned freeway adventure. Crews finally cleared the scene and the freeway fully reopened late Saturday evening. https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4362789700577-i-5-nightmare-wild-chase-turns-deadly-near-camp-pendleton-stranding-drivers-for-hours

A 72-year old bicyclist died on the San Luis Rey River Trial yesterday when a child on a scooter accidentally veered into his path. It happened around 10:40a just west of Mance Buchanon Park in Oceanside. The victim was wearing a helmet, but did strike his head on the ground in the fall. https://www.newsbreak.com/fox-5-san-diego-1589916/4363210736068-bicyclist-dies-after-collision-with-child-on-san-luis-rey-river-trail

Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from La Cima Conservation Camp in Julian sometime last night. 28-year old Joseph Lee Randall was first missed during a routine head count at 3:15a. He’s 5 foot 7 and weighs about 209 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a state issue orange T-shirt, gray sweatpants and either black boots or white tennis shoes. Anyone with knowledge of Randall should call 9-1-1 or local law enforcement. https://patch.com/california/san-diego/inmate-walks-away-conservation-camp-san-diego-county

Emergency Room visits are expected to rise right after the Thanksgiving holiday due to a trio of respiratory illnesses. One is a mutation of the common flu that doesn’t appear to respond to this year’s flu shot. Covid-19 and RSV typically become more common during the holidays. Even though it won’t help with the H3N2 subclade K strain, officials are urging people to get updated flu, RSV and Covid shots. https://patch.com/california/temecula/trio-illnesses-new-flu-mutation-concerns-experts-what-know-ca

Pala will have lots of sunshine and warm temperatures through Thanksgiving, cooling by at least 20 degrees this weekend with a chance of rain Sunday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NFL – The Rams demolished the visiting Buccaneers 34-7. Other winners yesterday were Chicago, New England, Green Bay, Seattle, Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, and Atlanta. Three games went to overtime. In those, Detroit beat the Giants 34-27. Kansas City topped Indiana 23-20. And Jacksonville over Arizona 27-24. With six weeks left in the season, the Patriots are the only team to have won 10 games. They’re three games ahead of Buffalo in the AFC East. Baltimore and the Steelers are tied at 6 and 5 atop the AFC North. The Colts lead the AFC South at 8 and 3. Denver is two games ahead of the Chargers at 9 and 2 in the West. In the NFC, the Rams lead the West at 9 and 2, a game ahead of Seattle. Tampa and Carolina are tied for first in the South at 6 and 5. Philadelphia leads the East at 8 and 3. And leading the North, also at 8 and 3 … Da Behrs. Week 12 wraps up tonight with Carolina at San Francisco at 5p on ESPN.

After blowing yet another double-digit lead, the Giants have fired defensive coordinator Shane Bowen. Head coach Brian Daboll was fired for the same reason two weeks ago. Mike Kafka is interim head coach. Linebackers coach Charlie Bullen will take over as interim defensive coordinator. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47084249/source-giants-fire-defensive-coordinator-shane-bowen

In college football – Top ranked teams all the way down to #16 all won their games Saturday. Unranked Pittsburgh embarrassed #16 Georgia Tech 42-28. Unranked Wisconsin knocked off #21 Illinois 27-10. Washington routed UCLA at the Rose Bowl 48-14. San Diego State bombed visiting San Jose State 25-3.

In the NBA – Yesterday’s winners were Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland over the Clippers 120-105, Toronto, Oklahoma City, Phoenix and the Lakers 108-106 over Utah. Ten games tonight.

In hockey – The Ducks edged the visiting Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime Saturday. Yesterday’s winners were Buffalo, Minnesota, Colorado, San Jose, Calgary and the New York Islanders 1-0 in a shootout with Seattle. Seven games tonight including the Kings hosting Ottawa.

In the minors – The San Diego Gulls lost a pair of games over the weekend – 3 -2 in overtime to the Firebirds in Coachella on Friday and by the same score to the visiting Calgary Wranglers on Saturday. Their next game is Wednesday at Tucson.

In Major League Baseball – Managers have been fired for a lot less. But even after a historically bad 119 losses in the 2025 season the Colorado Rockies are sticking with last season’s interim manager Warren Schaeffer. He’d been promoted from third-base coach on May 11 after the team started the season 7 and 33. Things didn’t get much better. But with a decade of service to the Rockies, Schaeffer will become the team’s eighth full-time manager in 2026. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47086322/rockies-retain-manager-warren-schaeffer-119-loss-season

In Major League Soccer – LAFC and Vancouver played to 2-2 tie on Saturday. San Diego FC hosts Minnesota United tonight at Snapdragon Stadium

In golf – At the RSM Classic on Saint Simons Island, Georgia, Sami Valimaki was the winner at 23 under par 259. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – At the Grand Prix of Las Vegas, yesterday’s winner was Max Verstappen. The 22^nd race of the Formula 1 World Championship season was held on streets including part of the Las Vegas Strip with the added difference of being at night. https://www.f1lasvegasgp.com/

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – basketball hosting Oceanview Christian at 11:30a

Great Oak – freshman boys’ basketball at a tournament in Ramona and girls’ basketball at a tournament at El Toro all day

Fallbrook – no schedule published

Valley Center – JV boys’ basketball at Tri-City Christian at 9:30a

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up across the board. The Dow gained 6 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 rose 1.6%. And the Nasdaq was up 2.6%. Gold was up as well, trading $14.60 higher on the Comex and at $4,094.10 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained 44 cents to $58.50 a barrel.

Airlines are expecting air travel to set records this Thanksgiving with 31m travelers set to fly between last Friday and December 1. This coming Sunday is expected to be the busiest single day. According to United, international trips are up 10% over last year. International flight capacity is up about 5% compared to last year. Record business may not result in record profits for airlines due to flight cancellations during the government shutdown. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/thanksgiving-air-travel-after-shutdown.html

Kohl’s has picked a new CEO – its third one in as many years as the chain’s sales decline. Michael Bender replaces Ashley Buchanan who was fired just a few months into his tenure. Bender has been on the board of Kohl’s since 2019 and has been acting CEO since May. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/kohls-picks-new-ceo-after-a-turbulent-year-and-sales-declines.html

The average tuition for both public and private four-year colleges has about doubled over the last 30 years – and that’s after adjustments for inflation. In 1970, tuition at Harvard was $2,400 a year. That’s $21k when adjusted for inflation. The actual tuition for next year will be $59k. Add in food and housing and it’s more like $86k per year. The only real bargain left is in-state tuition at public universities. It has also doubled, but has leveled off and even declined a bit since the pandemic thanks to increases in government funding. In-state students are also subsidized by those attending from out of state. Experts say rising costs, competition and certain amount of administrative bloat are some of the reasons for galloping tuition increases. But the tuition market is very opaque. Some families pay one thing, others pay a different price even though both are supposedly paying full price, making it hard to price shop for a college. Seems that the more you pay, the more prestigious your school is assumed to be. There have been efforts in Congress to standardize financial aid letter, to better allow comparisons between schools. The Trump administration has suggested freezing tuition. Purdue for one froze undergraduate tuition at $9k a year for in-state and $28k for out of state twelve years ago. That freeze is still in effect. The school’s treasurer says tuition revenue is up even without raising prices. In California, the biggest bargain is still going to a 2-year community college, then transferring to a Cal State or UC school to finish your four-year degree. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5600854/college-costs-have-risen-dramatically-in-the-last-20-years-heres-why

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Wicked: For Good” opened huge, selling $150m worth of tickets on 4,100 screens. That’s more than twice as much as the combined top ten movies have sold in each of the previous ten weekends. “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” dropped to second place with $9.1m, followed by “Predator: Badlands”, “The Running Man” and “Rental Family” which opened on 1,900 screens with a low $3.3m. “Sisu: Road to Revenge” debuted in 6^th place with $2.6m on 2,200 screens. The total for this weekend’s top ten was $181m – the third-best weekend this year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W47/

Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff has died of pneumonia brought on following a seizure. The Jamaican musician and actor was known for hits including “Many Rivers to Cross”, “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and the title track from the 1972 crime film, “The Harder They Come”. His first hit in his home country was “Hurricane Hattie” which referred to a 1961 storm that wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean. He was a Jamaican representative singing at the 1964 New York World’s Fair when a producer signed him to the Island label and persuaded him to move to England. Cliff always said he “grew up economically poor, spiritually rich.” In 2010 he became the second reggae artist, after Bob Marley, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Two years later, nearing the age of 70 his “Rebirth” album won the Grammy for best reggae album. Jimmy Cliff was 81. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/24/nx-s1-4526570/jimmy-cliff-obituary-reggae

On this day in music history – November 24,

In 1966, after taking a well-deserved rest, The Beatles got together for the first time since their final concert tour of the U.S. ready to begin recording their next album, “Sgt. Pepper”. The first song recorded was John Lennon’s “Strawberry Fields Forever” which did not end up on the album, but instead became their next single. They worked on the song the entire day.
In 1968, Diana Ross and The Supremes were at #1 on the singles chart with “Love Child”, their 11^th #1 hit. The song is notable for replacing The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” at the top of the chart.
In 1972, “In Concert” debuted on ABC Friday nights opposite NBC’s “The Tonight Show”, which it regularly beat in the ratings among younger viewers. Alice Cooper headlined the first night. The show ran through 1975 and was resurrected by ABC in the ‘90s. Producer Don Kirschner left the show the second year and created his own competing syndicated live concert show, “Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert”, which ran through 1981.
In 1973, Ringo Starr was at #1 with “Photograph”, his first of two chart toppers as a solo artist. It was written by Starr and George Harrison. The promotional film showed Starr walking around his new house at the time, which was John and Yoko’s old house at Tittnehurst Park where the “Imagine” promo film was shot.
In 1984, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married his girlfriend, a model who went simply by the name Candice. The marriage lasted one month. Lee’s previous marriages included TV stars Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson.
In 1991, KISS drummer Eric Carr died at the age of 41 of complications from cancer. Carr replaced the group’s original drummer Peter Criss in 1980 and remained with the band until his cancer forced him to stop.
On the same day, lead singer for Queen, Freddie Mercury died of complications from AIDS one day after publicly admitting he was HIV positive.
In 1993, blues guitarist and singer Albert Collins died of lung cancer at age 61. He was known as “The master of the Fender telecaster”.
In 1999, at a Bonham’s auction in London, Buddy Holly’s first driver’s license sold for about $5,500. And a copy of The Beatles “White Album” with serial number “1” sold for about $13k.
In 2006, winners at the American Music Awards included Kelly Clarkson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shakira, Jamie Foxx, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Faith Hill, Rascal Flats, Tim McGraw and Mary J. Blige.
In 2007, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers lost his $4.8m home in Malibu when it and 53 others were destroyed by a wildfire.

Born on this day …

In 1939, Jim Yester from The Association
In 1941, Wayne Jackson, soul and R&B trumpet player for the Mar-Keys and the house band at Stax Records in Memphis. He played trumpet on 52 #1 hit records.
Also in 1941, session bass player Donald Dunn from Booker T & The MG’s and The Blues Brothers band. He later toured with fellow session guitarist Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd.
And still in 1941, Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles until 1962.
In 1945, keyboard player and one-hit-wonder Lee Michaels who had a #6 hit in 1971 with “Do You Know What I Mean”
In 1950, original Lynryd Skynyrd drummer Bob Burns who was with the group through their first two albums.
In 1955, Clem Burke, drummer from Blondie
In 1957, Chris Hayes, guitarist from Huey Lewis and the News

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=24&month=11

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Comedian, actor and TV show host Billy Connolly is 83
Actor Dwight Schultz, best known as Murdock from “The A-Team” and Lt. Barclay from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is 77
Stanley Livingston who played Chip on “My Three Sons” is 74
Actress Denise Crosby, also from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is 68
Actress Katherine Heigl is 47

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1124.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 75 this afternoon … 82 tomorrow … 85 Wednesday … partly sunny and 81 Thanksgiving Day … 73 Friday … patchy morning fog, clearing to mostly sunny and 66 Saturday … 61 with a chance of rain Sunday … overnight lows, 47 tonight … about 50 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 47 Thursday night … 44 Friday night … 42 Saturday night

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