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Pala Today News – 12/16/24

Written by John Fox on December 16, 2024

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 pedestrian was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Oceanside yesterday. It happened just after noon near where Mission Avenue crossed the tracks between North Cleveland and North Myers Streets about two blocks from the beach. No information about the victim has been released. There were some road closures in the area and the Coast commuter train after the crash was delayed about 40 minutes. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/15/pedestrian-struck-killed-by-train-in-oceanside/

The city of Escondido yesterday declared a local emergency over the city’s homeless encampments and will meet in special session today to discuss remedies. Neighbors along Escondido Creek have complained. Some call the growing encampment “the jungle”. Recent water quality tests have shown elevated levels of bacteria in water from the creek – about two to three times acceptable levels for coliform bacteria with some other bacteria at 7 to 14 times higher than acceptable. The council will consider ratifying a proposed $4m to deal with the problem including putting up fencing and paying for removal of debris and invasive plant species. Three previous efforts to clean up the creek bed have been unsuccessful in spite of removing 120 cubic yards of trash and debris from the creek from Harmony Creek Road to Citricado Parkway. Firefighters have responded to 64 calls in that area this year compared with 24 all of last year. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/15/escondido-declares-state-of-emergency-over-impacts-from-homeless-encampments/

The Fallbrook Library will reopen tomorrow after being closed for almost two months to replace the existing roof. It had been planted with live materials back when the facility was built. That proved problematic for both maintenance and the integrity of the roof itself. (Fallbrook Village News)

Up to 100 SDG&E customers lost power in Valley Center this morning at 11a. It’s expected to be back on by 10p tonight. https://www.sdge.com/residential/customer-service/outage-center/outage-map

Temecula on Ice returned with a Friday night celebration, kicking off the holiday season. The ice skating rink set up at Town Square Park, 41000 Main St., brings family holiday fun under the glow of the sun during the day, and the twinkling lights in the evening, according to a media release by the city. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/12/14/ice-skating-returns-to-old-town-temecula-for-2024-holiday-season

There will indeed be glowing sun this week. Pleasant, slightly warmer and most importantly, uneventful weather is forecast for the next 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. It may not be possible to broadcast mass some weeks between now and November due to staffing issues.

SPORTS

In the NFL – In Week 12, the Rams beat the 49ers in Santa Clara 12-6 last Thursday. Yesterday’s games included the Chargers taking a 40-17 shellacking at the hands of Tampa Bay. Other winners were Kansas City, Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Dallas, the Jets, Houston, Denver, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Arizona, and Green Bay.

KC’s win came at a cost. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain and left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game. He’ll be evaluated through the week to determine if he can play Saturday against Houston. The Chiefs will also be playing Pittsburgh on Christmas Day for a total of three games in an 11-day span. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43006423/source-chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-high-ankle-sprain

In college football – This year’s annual Army-Navy game was won by Navy 31-13. Midshipman Blake Horvath was both the passing and rushing leader in the game. In the postseason, he’s accounted for 1,261 yards including 13 touchdowns and four interceptions. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5081504/blake-horvath

Bowl games begin tomorrow with #25 Memphis at West Virginia at 6p on ESPN.

In the NBA – The Lakers bounced back from Friday’s loss at Minnesota to beat the visiting Memphis Grizzlies yesterday 116-110. The Clippers stomped the Nuggets 120-98 in Denver Friday. They host Utah tonight. Yesterday’s other winners were Indiana, Boston, New York, Minnesota, Phoenix and Dallas. The Clippers and Lakers are tied in the standings, holding on to the last two playoff spots in the Western Conference, one game ahead of San Antonio and Sacramento.

In college hoops – Top five teams that played Saturday all won. #6 Marquette was upset by unranked Dayton 71-63. #18 Connecticut upset #8 Gonzaga 77-71. #17 Texas A&M over #11 Purdue 70-66. #24 UCLA beat Arizona 57-54.

In the NHL – Five games yesterday. The winners were Chicago, Toronto, Carolina, St. Louis, and Vegas.

Longtime Anaheim defenseman Cam Fowler has been traded to St. Louis. www.pe.com

In Major League Baseball – Baseball winter meetings were last week in Dallas. All 30 teams gather to talk about players, agents, general managers and rule changes. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42950091/mlb-winter-meetings-2024-managers-survey-rules-playoff-format

In Soccer – The LA Galaxy beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 in Carson on Saturday.

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals are 3 and 0 in the season with a 14-11 win over Colorado at Pechanga Arena on Friday. Their next game is Saturday hosting Georgia.

In golf – Lanto Griffin won the PGA Tour Q-School tournament at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida with a 9-under par 271 – three strokes better than his nearest opponent. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing –

In local high school sports:

Bonsall – no schedule published

Great Oak – girls’ basketball at a tournament at Vista Murrieta all day

Fallbrook – girls’ basketball hosting Chaparral at 4p

Valley Center – girls’ basketball hosting Classical Academy at 7p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow was down a small fraction. The S&P 500 was up a half percent. The Nasdaq was up 1.2%. Gold fell $5.60 on the Comex to $2,670.20 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 31 cents to $70.98 a barrel.

Treasury note yields are holding steady after mixed data on the services and manufacturing sectors.

Nvidia shares had hit an all-time high of $152.89 last week, but now its stock is falling into correction territory because of news today that China’s State Administration for Market Regulation is investigating whether the chip maker has violated its antimonopoly laws. That’s on top of Nvidia losing its appeal last Thursday to a six-year old securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders. Large investors and funds have been leery of investing in Nvidia in the past couple of trading sessions. https://www.investors.com/research/nvidia-nvda-stock-december-2024/#:~:text=From%20January%20to%20November%2C%20sales,has%20violated%20its%20antimonopoly%20laws.

The cost of gas will be relatively kind to your travel budget this Christmas. The average price for a gallon of regular today in San Diego County is $4.46, according to the Auto Club. That’s 14 cents more than the California average. Today’s nationwide average price is $3.02. These prices are all a few cents lower than this time last year and the lowest that prices have been in either year. Today’s lowest local price is $3.65 at Stars & Stripes Travel Center on N Escondido Boulevard and Son’s on 5^th at Centre City Parkway in Escondido. The lowest price in the Temecula Valley is $3.75 at Murrieta Sam’s Club. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/california/san-diego

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movies, “Moana 2” and “Wicked” remain the #1 and #2 movies, earning another $26.6m and $22.5m respectively. “Kraven the Hunter” debuted in 3^rd place with $11m in ticket sales, followed by “Gladiator II”, now in its fourth week of release. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” debuted with a very low $4.6m take. The only other current wide release, “Red One” was 6^th. Total movie attendance for the weekend was down by a third over last weekend, but better than average for the year. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W50/

Legal experts are saying it’s rare to see a settlement of the magnitude of what ABC is paying to settle the defamation suit by President-elect Donald Trump over comments made by George Stephanopoulos on the program “This Week” back in March at this stage of a case – before summary judgement. Stephanopoulos repeatedly said Trump had been “found liable for rape” in the E. Jean Carrol civil case. In fact, the jury found that Trump sexually abused Carrol, making him liable for battery. But it did not find that there was proof of rape. Trump’s case against ABC alleged actual malice, the highest and most difficult bar a public figure must meet to prove they were defamed. Some pundits say ABC paid because they knew they were wrong and it’s costing them. Others say they did it to get on the incoming President’s good side. Anonymous insiders at the network say they just needed the case to go away, hence the $15m payment to the Trump Presidential Library. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/media/george-stephanopoulos-trump-settlement-abc/index.html

Some people are once again stockpiling food and other consumables, not because of shortages caused by a pandemic, or a disruption in distribution. This time it’s because they think prices are about to soar because of tariffs. President-elect Trump has promised increased tariffs on all imported goods. Trump has threatened a 10% to 20% tariff on all goods imported into the US, a 60% or more levy on goods from China, and a 25% across-the-board tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada – places where many US companies located factories over the past several decades to take advantage of lower labor rates. The threat could just be a negotiating tactic, but they have the potential to significantly increase the prices consumers pay on nearly everything that isn’t made entirely within the U.S. – and there aren’t very many things that are. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/economy/stockpiling-fear-higher-tariffs/index.html

On this day in music history – December 16,

1966, the first Jimi Hendrix Experience single, ‘Hey Joe’ was released in the UK on Polydor records. The track had been rejected by the Decca label. It went on to be a #6 hit in Britain, but failed to chart in America. It was the final song in Hendrix’ set at Woodstock, making it the last song of the event. Chas Chandler from The Animals, who was by then managing Hendrix had first seen the song performed by folk singer, Tim Rose at Cafe Wha? in New York City. It’s been covered many times by many groups beginning with the LA garage band, The Leaves in late 1965. That version went to #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1967, The Rolling Stones announced that Marianne Faithfull was the first artist signed to their new ‘Mother Earth’ label.
In 1970, A banner year for Credence Clearwater Revival as five singles and five albums by CCR were certified gold in the US. The singles were: ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Lookin out My Back Door’, ‘Travelin’ Band’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘Up around the Bend’. The LPs were ‘Cosmo’s Factory’, ‘Willy and the Poor Boys’, ‘Green River’, ‘Bayou Country’ and ‘Credence Clearwater Revival’.
In 1971, Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ film debuted. The film which also featured Ringo Star, covered a loose storyline about Zappa’s group, The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town of Centerville.
In 1972, Billy Paul began a three-week run at No.1 on the charts with ‘Me and Mrs Jones’.
In 1974, guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving The Rolling Stones saying he felt it was time to move on and do something new.
In 1989, Billy Joel went to No.1 on the US album chart with his 11th studio release ‘Storm Front’. The album featured one of Joel’s three No.1 hits, ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’, a fast-paced song, mentioning some of the major historical events that took place during his lifetime.
In 1991, Chubby Checker filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s in Canada seeking $14million for its alleged use of an imitation of his voice. The song ‘The Twist’ had been used on a French fry commercial.
In 1993, MTV aired the Nirvana episode of ‘Unplugged’ for the first time. The acoustic performance was taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993. Unlike many artists who appeared on Unplugged, the entire performance was filmed in a single take. The band’s fourteen-song setlist included six cover versions.
In 2000, the estranged father and former manager of LeAnn Rimes made embarrassing allegations during a legal battle involving millions of dollars. One was that LeAnn paid her mother $10k every time she styled her hair before a show.
In 2005, the two surviving Beatles and relatives of the band’s late members began legal action against EMI to get $40m in unpaid royalties.
In 2007, American singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine at the age of 56. The US singer, songwriter discovered he had advanced prostate cancer three years earlier. His 1981 album ‘The Innocent Age’ featured the hits ‘Leader of the Band,’ ‘Hard to Say,’ and ‘Run for the Roses.’
In 2011, an ultra-rare ‘Beatles VI’ in-store promotional poster sold at an eBay auction for $6,300. Seventeen bids were placed for the 20 by 28-inch rarity.
In 2013, It was reported that Miley Cyrus had insured her infamous tongue for $1 million. A source told Heat magazine: “Miley is totally aware of how her tongue is getting more headlines than she is, and getting it insured is just part of her trademarked image.” It’s not the first time she’d done something like this. When she first cut her hair short, she tried to get her new crop patented. She wanted it to become known as The Miley”

Born on this day …

In 1945 – Tony Hicks, guitarist with British pop/rock group The Hollies who had over 30 top 40 hits, including ‘Just One Look’, ‘Bus Stop’, ‘Carrie Anne’, ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and ‘The Air That I Breathe’.
In 1946 – Benny Andersson from ABBA.

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actress and author, Joyce Bulifant from several 70s and 80s TV sitcoms and a regular on The Match Game is 87
Among those who’ve passed, Sci-Fi novelist Sir Arthur Clarke was born this day in 1917.
TV actress and game show panelist Patti Deutsch was born in 1943

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date1216.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 75 this afternoon … 78 tomorrow … 84 Wednesday … 81 Thursday … 78 Friday … 75 Friday and Saturday … overnight lows, 42 tonight … 49 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 46 Thursday night … 42 Friday and Saturday nights.

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