Pala Today News – 12/11/25
Written by John Fox on December 11, 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 bicyclist was struck by an SUV during a nighttime ride near Oceanside Harbor Monday. It happened around 10:42p in the 300 block of South Harbor Drive. The 52-year old victim was airlifted to Scripps Memorial in La Jolla where he died of head trauma and other injuries. The driver of the SUV remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. Drugs or alcohol do not appear to have been a factor. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/bicyclist-fatally-struck-suv-near-oceanside-harbor
A DUI and license checkpoint will be held from 6p tomorrow through 2a Saturday at an undisclosed location in the city of Carlsbad. https://patch.com/california/oceanside-camppendleton/dui-checkpoint-scheduled-friday-north-county-0
Carlsbad Police are investigating the discovery of a hidden camera found in a bathroom at The Shoppes at Carlsbad, along the 78 freeway at El Camino Real. A mall customer found it over the weekend concealed below a diaper kit dispenser aimed at the toilet in a unisex bathroom. https://thecoastnews.com/carlsbad-police-investigate-hidden-camera-found-in-mall-bathroom/
San Diego County Supervisors have approved a lease for United Airlines that will allow the carrier to operate out of McClellan-Palomar Airport beginning in March. The 4-1 vote allows United to proceed with plans to fly a 70-seat Embraer 175 twice a day out of Carlsbad to Denver and San Francisco. American Airlines already got county approval to fly out of Carlsbad back in January. But a citizens group filed suit against the county “for violating state environmental laws.” It’s possible there will be a suit against the United decision by the same group. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-county-supervisors-ok-lease-for-united-airlines-flights-out-of-carlsbad
Western-wear and boot store Tecovas is set to open a new location in Old Town Temecula in the summer of next year. It will replace the Old Town Antique Faire which closed earlier this year. The ten-year old Tecovas chain has 50 stores nationwide. Other new businesses coming soon to Old Town Front Street are Gaucho Grill, an Argentinian steak house going into the former Bank Building, and Tabu Shushi in place of the former Devilicious restaurant. https://patch.com/california/temecula/new-cowboy-business-slated-old-town-temecula-what-know-when-it-will-open
Pala will have sunny days with highs in the 80s for at least another week. 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 15 begins tonight with Atlanta at Tampa Bay at 5p on Prime Video.
Former Chargers star and one of the most decorated NFL quarterbacks ever, Phil Rivers could be playing for Indianapolis this weekend. As a result of David Jones suffering an Achilles injury last weekend, Colts head coach Shane Steichen reached out to a receptive Rivers who accepted the offer on Tuesday. He’ll be practicing with the team the rest of the week as staff decides whether to use Rivers or backup quarterback Riley Leonard, who’s coming off an issue with his right knee. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267938/philip-rivers-anticipated-colts-call-daniel-jones-injury
College Football – First round playoff games begin a week from tomorrow with #8 Oklahoma at #9 Alabama.
2025 Bowl Game schedule – (partial)
Sat 12/13 – Cricket Bowl in Atlanta – South Carolina State v. Prairie View A&M – noon on ABC
Sat 12/13 – Bucked Up LA Bowl at SoFi Stadium – Boise State v. Washington – 8p on ABC
Tue 12/16 – Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery, AL – Troy v. Jacksonville State – 9p on ESPN
Wed 12/17 – StaffDNA Cure Bowl in Orlando – Old Dominion v. S. Florida – 5p on ESPN
In the NBA – Oklahoma City seems to be unstoppable. They won their 16th game in a row last night with a 138-89 rout of the Phoenix Suns. The Thunder’s season record is now 24 and 1. In last night’s only other game, the visiting Spurs beat the Lakers 132-119. Four games tonight including the Clippers at Houston.
In college basketball – #6 Purdue, #7 Houston, and #23 Nebraska all won against unranked opponents yesterday. San Diego State beat Lamar 89-71.
In hockey – The Kraken edged the visiting Kings 3-2 in overtime. Other winners were Chicago, Calgary, and Florida. 13 games tonight including the Ducks at the New York Islanders.
In the minors – The San Diego Gulls beat the Barracuda in San Jose last night 3-1. Their next games are tomorrow and Saturday hosting Henderson.
In Major League Baseball – Former Padres closing pitcher Robert Suarez has signed a three-year, $45m contract with Atlanta. He became a free agent last month after opting out of $8m options for 2026 and 27. He led the National League last season with 40 saves in 45 chances. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47277944/sources-robert-suarez-agrees-3-year-45m-deal-braves
In lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is the home opener Sunday hosting Rochester.
In golf – PGA Tour Q-School teed off today on Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Lanto Griffin is the defending champion. With half the field still on the course, Chan Kim led by two strokes through 17 at 6 under par. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267938/philip-rivers-anticipated-colts-call-daniel-jones-injury
In local high school sports:
Bonsall – girls’ basketball hosting Chula Vista Learning Community Charter at 5p
Great Oak – girls’ soccer at Rancho Verde at 4p; girls’ water polo at Vista Murrieta at 5p; girls’ basketball hosting Elsinore at 5:30p
Fallbrook – no schedule published
Valley Center – boys’ and girls’ wrestling at Orange Glen at 5p; boys’ basketball hosting Classical Academy at 5:30p
BUSINE$$
As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1 ¼%. The S&P 500 was flat. And the Nasdaq fell 6 tenths of a percent. Gold shot up over $89 an ounce, trading on the Comex at $4,313.70 an ounce. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil plunged $1.16 to $57.32 a barrel.
On a 9-3 vote, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by another quarter percent – the third rate cut this year. That brings prime lending rates into the 3 ½ to 3 ¾% range. The Fed also indicated there may be only one rate cut all of next year. Experts are saying the cut won’t have much effect of the budgets of average Americans. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/business/consumer-interest-rates-savings-debts-fed
Market analysts are saying today’s rally on the Dow is the result of yesterday’s interest rate cut, but the decline in the tech-heavy Nasdaq is due to worries over slumping numbers released yesterday by Oracle, whose stock fell 14% this morning after revealing soaring quarterly AI costs. Oracle reported capital expenditures of $12b for the fiscal second quarter – up from $4b the previous year and $4b higher than analysts expectations. Though Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up, it didn’t meet expectations. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-stock-sinks-as-ai-costs-jump-past-wall-street-estimates-200454370.html
Resale home prices nationwide have gone negative for the first time in about 2 ½ years. That was when the Federal Reserve first brought interest rates up from zero, causing mortgage rates to spike by more than 3 percentage points to about 7%. According to Parcl Labs, the nationwide average price fell less than 1% from a year ago. But it was off by 1.4% over just the past three months. Some housing markets dropped more than others. Austin, Texas was down 10%. Denver was down 5% with Tampa and Houston not far behind. Cities where prices are still rising include Cleveland – up 6%, Chicago and New York both up 5%. And Philadelphia up 3%. Inventory is still historically low, but not at record lows. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/us-home-prices-negative.html
LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING
Pala Alto-based EV manufacturer Rivian today announced new AI tech, an in-house chip and ambitions to enter the robotaxi field. The advances will enable sophisticated new self-driving features. New AI models will power Rivian’s Automony+ subscription service, which it intends to roll out early next year. It’ll cost $2.500 up front or $50 a month. By comparison, Tesla’s premium FSD (supervised) program costs $8k up front or $99 per month. Rivian says there will soon be a software update to Autonomy+ that will allow “Universal Hands-Free” driving on the majority of marked roads in the U.S. Unlike Tesla, Rivian will use lidar, or light detection and ranging systems as well as radar. By SAE standard definitions, Rivians will have the same “level 4” capabilities as Waymo, the current robotaxi leader in the U.S. – meaning Rivian will be positioned to enter the robotaxi field. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/rivian-autonomy-ai-day.html
AI itself had been the odds-on favorite to be name Time magazine’s 2025 Person of the Year. But at today’s announcement, it turns out the distinction is being shared by a bunch of people, who the publication refers to as the “Architects of AI”. Holy Matrix … The Architect? Really? According to the editors, “2025 was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the possible, the Architects of AI are Time’s 2025 Person of the Year.” On the cover are the likenesses of Mark Zuckerberg from Meta, Lisa Su from Advanced Micro Devices, Elon Musk from xAI, Jensen Huang from Nvidia, Sam Altman from Open AI, Demis Hassabis from DeepMind Technologies, Dario Amodei from Anthropic, and Fei-Fei Li from Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/times-2025-person-of-the-year-the-architects-of-ai-172342364.html
On this day in music history – December 11,
- 1961, Elvis Presley was at #1 on the album chart for the first of 20 weeks with “Blue Hawai’i, his 7th #1 album. The Marvelettes were at #1 on the singles chart with “Please Mr. Postman”.
- In 1964, Sam Cooke was shot and killed by the manager at the Hacienda Motel in LA. She told police he’d attacked her. Cooke’s body was found in Bertha Franklin’s apartment-office clad in a sport coat and shoes but no shirt, pants or underwear. The shooting was ruled a justifiable homicide.
- In 1968, filming began for The Rolling Stones “Rock & Roll Circus”. Among the performers, a super-group called The Dirty Mac consisting of John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards. The show’s release was withheld for 31 years because the Stones were unhappy with their performance in it.
- In 1971, British comedian Benny Hill had the #1 hit in his home country with the novelty Christmas song “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)” – something he’d written in 1955 as the introduction to a screenplay that never got produced.
- In 1972, James Brown was arrested after a show in Tennessee for trying to incite a riot. When Brown threatened to sue the city for $1m, the charges were dropped.
- In 1973, KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was electrocuted during a concert in Florida when he touched a short-circuited light. He was carried off stage but returned to finish the show ten minutes later.
- In 1982, choreographer, actress and one-hit wonder Toni Basil was at #1 with “Mickey”.
- In 1989, The Recording Industry Association of America certified four Led Zeppelin albums multi-platinum – “Presence” at 2m copies, the first album and “Physical Graffiti” at 4m each, and “In Through the Out Door” at 5m.
- In 2001, actor/singer David Soul won a lawsuit against a London theater critic who panned Soul’s stage performance without ever seeing it. The critic referenced attending a Monday performance, even though the play did not run on Mondays.
- In 2012, Indian musical legend and San Diego County resident, Ravi Shankar died after undergoing heart valve replacement surgery.
- In 2016, Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Born on this day …
- in 1926, Perez Prado who had the 1955 chart-topping hit “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”.
- In 1926, Big Mama Thornton, whose hits “Ball and Chain” and “Hound Dog” were covered by Janis Joplin and Elvis Presley.
- In 1940, singer-songwriter for Bread, David Gates. He also wrote “Popsicles and Icicles for The Murmaids, “Saturday’s Child” for The Monkees and songs for Elvis, Bobby Darin, and Duane Eddy.
- In 1944, Brenda Lee.
- In 1954, Jermain Jackson from The Jackson Five.
- In 1958, Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue.
- In 1962, Curtis Williams from Kool & The Gang.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=11&month=12
Other celebrity anniversaries today …
- Actress Rita Moreno – one of a select few to have received an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony award is 94
- Among those who’ve passed, actress Teri Garr whose movies include “Tootsie”, “Mr. Mom” and “Young Frankenstein” was born in 1944.
http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1211.htm
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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (12/12) – parmesan chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables and dessert
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WEATHER
Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 86 this afternoon … 84 tomorrow … patchy morning low clouds and fog clearing to sunny and 81 Saturday and Sunday … 83 Monday … 81 Tuesday … mostly sunny and 80 Wednesday … overnight lows, about 51 all week
PROGRAMMING
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