Pala Today News – 12/4/25
Written by John Fox on December 4, 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
A Marine with Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died during training exercises on the base yesterday. It happened in the early afternoon. No other details are being released and the Marine’s identity is being withheld until family can be notified. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/12/04/camp-pendleton-marine-killed-in-tactical-training-vehicle-mishap/
More details are coming out about the man arrested for the hit-and-run death of an 11-year old Escondido boy last week. At his arraignment yesterday, 44-year old Hector Amador Balderas pleaded not-guilty. It was also revealed that he has been removed from this county four times and is currently once again here illegally. Balderas is now at the center of an immigration clash between state and federal officials and his bail has been tripled to $300k. https://thecoastnews.com/federal-state-officials-clash-over-suspect-in-fatal-escondido-hit-and-run/
More than a million bags of shredded cheese sold at Walmart, Target, Aldi, Sprouts, Stater Bros. and other major retailers have been recalled on the chance that they may contain shards of metal. Ohio-based Great Lakes Cheese Co. initiated the ongoing recall as far back as October 3. The FDA reclassified and upgraded the recall on Monday. The recalled cheeses are various shredded mixes sold in California and 30 other states, and including store brands such as Good & Gather, Great Value, Sprouts and Happy Farms. USA Today has published a full list of the recalled cheeses. Use the link below: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/12/03/shredded-cheese-recall-walmart-target-aldi/87584984007/
Brixton Capital closed the $30.5-million sale of the Pavilion Shopping Center on Hacienda Drive in Vista. Milan Capital Management acquired the fully renovated 138k square foot shopping center. https://www.connectcre.com/stories/brixton-capital-trades-grocery-anchored-vista-center/
About 100 SDG&E customers at the south end of Fallbrook and San Luis Rey Heights lost power this morning at 2:40a. Crews were expected to have damaged equipment replaced and power restored by noon. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map
Another week of beautiful fall weather ahead for Pala with temperatures increasing by about ten degrees to the low 80s by Sunday. 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 – Week 14 begins tonight with Dallas at Detroit at 5p on Prime Video.
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert still hopes to play in Monday’s game against the Eagles. But he has yet to practice since surgery to add screws and a plate to his left hand, which he injured in the first quarter of last Sunday’s game against the Raiders. He stayed in the game and threw a touchdown pass on the next play, but eventually went to the locker room to have a hard cast and glove applied to his non-throwing hand. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47194738/chargers-justin-herbert-coming-hand-surgery-preparing-play-vs-eagles-mnf
In college football – There’s a lot of squabbling and finger-pointing surrounding coach Lane Kiffin’s departure from Ole Miss for LSU. The deal was done on Saturday and announced Sunday. Kiffin had wanted to continue with Ole Miss through the playoffs. The school has dismissed that idea and disputed claims made by Kiffin to the media. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47190811/ole-miss-ad-disputes-kiffin-version-events-exit-lsu
In the NBA – Winners last night included Portland, Denver, San Antonio, New York, Brooklyn, Houston, Milwaukee and Dallas. Five games tonight including the Lakers at Toronto.
The Clippers won last night in Atlanta 115-92 … and they did it without the services of Chris Paul. In they early hours of Wednesday morning, both Paul and Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank confirmed to ESPN that Paul is no longer with the team. He was expected to retire at the end of the season – his 21st in the NBA. Now he’s been retired. Even though the Clippers had lost 14 of the previous 16 games, Frank insists Paul is not being blamed for underperformance. The team now needs to either waive him and pay off the $3.6m salary due under his one-year contract, agree to a buyout, or look to trade him, which is something they can’t complete until December 15. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47187141/clippers-send-cp3-home-road-trip-say-no-longer-team
In college basketball – #25 Arkansas surprised #6 Louisville 89-80. #22 Indiana lost to unranked Minnesota 73-64. Five other Top 25 teams won their games against unranked opponents. San Diego State topped Utah Valley 77-66. UCLA edged Washington 82-80.
In hockey – Utah demolished the Ducks 7-0 in Anaheim. Other winners were Dallas, Montreal, Philadelphia and Washington.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls next game is Friday hosting Texas.
In Major League Baseball – 36-year old Miguel Rojas has agreed to a one-year, $5.5m deal that will keep him with the Dodgers for what will be his final year on the field. He’ll also assist with player development and in the front office in 2027. After sitting out most of this year’s World Series, Rojas made defensive and offensive plays in Games 6 and 7 that saved the Dodgers’ season. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47194492/sources-miguel-rojas-finish-career-dodgers
In Major League Soccer – The championship game between Inter Miami and Vancouver is Saturday in Ft. Lauderdale at 11:30a on Fox.
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is the home opener Sunday, December 14 hosting Rochester.
In golf – The Hero World Challenge teed off this morning in the Bahamas. Scott Scheffler is the defending champion. He was still on the front nine as of 11:30a. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – boys’ basketball hosting San Pasqual Academy at 6p
Great Oak – freshman, JV and varsity boys’ basketball at or hosting three separate tournaments today; girls’ water polo hosting Norte Vista at 4p
Fallbrook – boys’ soccer at Vista beginning at 4p; wrestling at Mission Vista at 5p; girls’ basketball at Rancho Buena Vista at 5:30p
Valley Center – boys’ soccer hosting Classical Academy at 4p; girls’ soccer at Oceanside at 4p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed and trading in a narrow range. The Dow was down a small fraction. The S&P 500 was up a small fraction. And the Nasdaq was up a tenth of a percent. Gold gained $12.10 on the Comex at $4,244.60 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up 90 cents to $59.85 a barrel.
Payroll company, ADP released a jobs report yesterday showing the US private sector lost 32k jobs in November. It was the largest dip in the company’s report in almost three years. Companies with fewer than 50 employees shed 120k jobs. Large companies actually expanded by 90k. But even that growth was a slowdown from previous months. The government’s November jobs report isn’t due until December 16 – too late to be considered by the Federal Reserve at its final meeting of 2025 next week. If the Fed takes ADP’s numbers into account, it might be more likely to cut interest rates.
Costco has become one of the largest companies to sue the Trump administration over tariffs, hoping to secure refunds if the Supreme Court declares import duties imposed this year to be illegal. Lower courts have previously ruled that Trump improperly used emergency economic powers to enact the new levies. In May, Costco had said that about one third of its merchandise comes from overseas. The latest numbers from Costco have put the company’s stock on target for a net loss this year. https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5629011/costco-sues-trump-tariffs-refunds
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
The city of San Francisco on Tuesday initiated a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers alleging that ultra-processed food is responsible for a public health crisis. Ten companies were named including those responsible for Coca-Cola, Oreo cookies, Kit Kat, Cheerios and Lunchables. The suit argues these and other ultra-processed foods are linked to fatty liver disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer. City Attorney David Chiu noted that the foods in question are “formulations of often chemically manipulated cheap ingredients with little any whole food added.” And that “These companies need to take responsibility for the harm they have caused.” The companies named in the lawsuit are Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, Kraft Heinz, Post, Mondelez, General Mills, Kellogg, Mars, and ConAgra. https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-lawsuit-processed-foods-ea0fd3fc1b76d1e37cda9c132dbcf477
The doctor who gave actor Matthew Perry Ketamine was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in federal prison. Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of Ketamine. He could have gotten as much as 10 years on each count. The judge noted that Plascencia did not give the fatal dose, but agreed that his actions contributed to the actor’s death. He is one of two doctors who’ve lost their medical licenses and been convicted of providing Perry with ketamine. https://abcnews.go.com/US/1st-person-set-sentenced-connection-matthew-perrys-fatal/story?id=128051617
The influential Consumer Reports 2026 auto brand rankings have been released. Subaru tops the list, followed by BMW, Porsche, Honda and Toyota. Tesla jumped from a mid-pack #18 last year to #10 this year. Lincoln was the only American brand scoring higher at #7. The only Tesla model that continues to score below average is the Cybertruck. Competing all-electric manufacturers Rivian and Fisher models are near the bottom of the reliability list. Manufacturers scoring at the bottom of CR’s list were Jeep, Land Rover, GMC, Dodge and Alfa Romeo. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/consumer-reports-auto-brand-rankings-tesla.html
President Trump has announced plans to roll back fuel efficiency standards set during the Biden administration. Under newly-proposed Department of Transportation rules, most cars would need to get at least 34 ½ miles per gallon by the 2031 model year. That’s down from the 50 miles per gallon standard set under Biden. The DOT says the change will save consumers $109b over the next five years – even though they’ll use more fuel. Critics say it allows auto makers to continue environmentally-unfriendly vehicles that’ll eventually cost us more that the gas pump. www.morningbrew.com
On this day in music history – December 4,
- 1956, an incredible jam session took place between four 50’s legends at Sun Studios in Memphis – Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins.
- In 1960, the Crickets released the single “I Fought the Law”, written by the group’s Sonny Curtis. A cover version by the Bobby Fuller Four six years later made the Top Ten. The Clash did their own version in 1979.
- In 1964, The Beatles released their fourth album, “Beatles For Sale” including the tracks, “I’m a Loser”, “Baby’s in Black”, “I’ll Follow the Sun”, and “Eight Days a Week”.
- In 1965, The Byrds began the first of three weeks at #1 with “Turn! Turn! Turn!” Their second #1 hit and the first one on which the entire band was allowed to play instead of studio musicians.
- In 1967, as part of a 16-date tour of the UK, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move and four other groups were playing at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Hendrix was having equipment problems. In frustration, he rammed his Gibson Flying V into a speaker cabinet which the guitar pierced and stuck in like a giant arrow. The audience thought it was part of the act and loved it. Hendrix had already begun destroying instruments early that same year including smashing a damaged guitar on a European tour and lighting one on fire at Monterey that summer. Pete Townsend was known for smashing guitars as far back as September of 1964. But long before either one, Beethoven was known to pound on a piano until it broke.
- In 1971, the Montreux Casino in Switzerland burned to the ground during a concert by Frank Zappa. The incident was immortalized in Deep Purple’s biggest hit, “Smoke on the Water”.
- On the same day, Led Zeppelin’s Four Symbols album, commonly known as “Led Zeppelin IV” featuring “Stairway to Heaven” hit #1. It stayed on the US album chart for one week short of five years and sold over 23m copies during that time in the US alone.
- In 1976, guitarist Tommy Bolin from The James Gang and Deep Purple died from a heroin overdose at age 25.
- In 1979, a relatively unknown U2 played a small venue in London to an audience of only nine people. The show ended when The Edge broke a guitar string and didn’t have a replacement available.
- In 1980, two months after the death of drummer John Bonham, the three remaining members of Led Zeppelin made the decision to disband.
- In 1988, Roy Orbison played his final concert ever in Cleveland. He died of a heart attack two days later.
- In 1993, Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer.
- In 2006, the most searched subject on Yahoo! was “Britney Spears”.
- In 2015, a bronze statue of The Beatles was unveiled in Liverpool, exactly 50 years after their last live show in Merseyside.
Born on this day …
- in 1940, Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon.
- In 1942, Bob Mosley from Moby Grape.
- In 1944, Dennis Wilson from The Beach Boys and Chris Hillman from The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers.
- In 1951 Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- In 1969, Dionne Farris from Arrested Development and rapper Jay-Z.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=4&month=12
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Max Baer Jr. who played Jethro on TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” is 88
- Comedian Fred Armisen from Saturday Night Live and Portlandia is 59
- Speaking of SNL, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco … who is still dead … was born this day in 1892
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1204.htm
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 72 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour … 72 again tomorrow without the wind … 73 Saturday … 78 Sunday … 81 Monday … 83 Tuesday … 82 Wednesday … overnight lows, 41 tonight … about 44 tomorrow and Saturday night … 48 Sunday night … 51 Monday and Tuesday night
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