Pala Today News – 4/25/24

Written by John Fox on April 25, 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

Carlsbad High School went on lockdown out of an abundance of caution this morning following a phoned-in threat. Police deemed the threat “unsubstantiated” and lifted the lockdown at 10:25a. Regular classes resumed with officers remaining on-site. https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/2024-nfl-draft-first-round-order/

The driver of a car possibly linked to a robbery was injured after crashing into a tree during a police chase early yesterday in Escondido. Officers stopped the vehicle around midnight near Harmony Grove Creek. As they questioned the suspect, the driver sped away and a chase began that ended with the crash near the 1200 block of W. Mission Avenue. After arresting the driver, who was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, officers discovered two firearms in the vehicle. https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/2024-nfl-draft-first-round-order/

Pala’s gun takeback netted a total of 56 unwanted firearms during Saturday’s event at the Pala Band of Mission Indians Administrative Building. Individuals received a $100 gift card for handguns, rifles and shotguns or a $200 gift card for assault weapons and ghost guns. During the event, 49 cable locks and 76 gun safety lock boxes were also given out for free to people looking to secure firearms kept in their homes. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2024/04/25/news/gun-buyback-brings-in-56-firearms/75963.html

A Marine was killed during routine operations at Camp Pendleton on Tuesday. The unidentified Marine was assigned to the Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3^rd Marine Aircraft Wing. https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/2024-nfl-draft-first-round-order/

The Temecula City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved dispersion of $27k previously earmarked for the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival to event organizers. The event is run as a non-profit partnering with the Temecula Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. In exchange, the city logo will appear on all Festival materials. The city annually supports the event which draws thousands to the Lake Skinner Recreation area. This year’s musical headliners are Stone Temple Pilots on Friday, May 17, Lynryd Skynyrd the following night, and George Thorogood and the Destroyers Sunday night, May 19. Details at www.TVBWF.com . https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-valley-balloon-wine-festival-gets-27k-city-support

Following two weekends of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival at the Polo Grounds in Indio, its country cousin, the Stagecoach Festival kicks off tomorrow at the same venue for one weekend with musical headliners Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen. The event is sold out. You can join the waitlist at www.StageCoachFestival.com . https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/24/stagecoach-2024-what-you-need-to-know-before-heading-out-to-the-three-day-country-festival/

Cloudy, cool and breezy with a fair chance of a little measurable rain tonight and tomorrow in Pala. Warming into the 80s by Monday. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

COVID-19 BULLETIN BOARD AND RESOURCE LISTINGS – has moved to the end of this newsletter

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 NBA playoffs – The Miami-Boston series is tied at a game apiece after Miami’s 111-101 win at Boston last night. Oklahoma City won its second game against none for New Orleans with a 124-92 rout of the Pelicans. Tonight, the Lakers host Denver for Game 3. Denver won the first two. Cleveland is at Orlando leading two games to none. And New York is at Philadelphia leading two games to none. All rounds are best-of-seven.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres topped the Rockies 5-2 last night in Denver. The rubber game of the series is tonight. The Dodgers stomped the Nationals in Washington 11-2. They play each other again today. Baltimore edged the Angels 6-5, taking the series three games to two.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost 10-8 to the Quakes at Rancho Cucamonga last night. Game 3 of 6 is tonight.

In the NHL playoffs – Boston beat Toronto 4-2 to take a 2 games to one lead in the Eastern first round. Vegas topped Dallas 3-1 and leads that series two games to none. The Kings tied their series with the Oilers, winning 5-4 in overtime last night in Edmonton.

In Soccer – LAFC hosts Portland and The Galaxy are at Austin this Saturday.

In the NFL – This year’s draft of college players begins today in Detroit at 5p Pacific time. The Bears pick first. https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/2024-nfl-draft-first-round-order/

The man who fatally shot New Orleans Saints star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash eight years ago was sentenced to 25 years in prison today. It was the second trial for 36-year old Cardell Hayes. His first conviction on a 10-2 jury decision was tossed out by the U.S. Supreme Court for not being a unanimous vote. The second verdict, delivered on January 27 of this year was unanimous. Hayes had already served four years of his original 25-year sentence, but was out on bail during Covid delays and much of the retrial. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40023644/man-killed-saints-smith-gets-25-year-prison-sentence

In college football – Nearly 15 years after former USC running back Reggie Bush had to give up his Heisman Trophy, he’s getting it back. In 2010 Bush had been forced to relinquish the prestigious award after an NCAA investigation found that he and his family had received money and gifts from prospective agents while he was playing for SC. The Heisman Trust made the announcement to return Bush his trophy yesterday because of NCAA rule changes in 2021 that now allow some player compensation. The 39-year old from Spring Valley is expected to continue his defamation lawsuit against the NCAA over its allegation that he was part of a pay-for-play program while at school. www.morningbrew.com

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals open the league playoffs this Saturday hosting Panther City at Pechanga Arena in a single-game elimination first round. The Seals finished the regular season with a 13 and 5 record are the second seed in this year’s playoffs. https://www.sealslax.com/news/seals-set-to-open-the-2024-nll-playoffs-saturday-night-at-home/

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is Saturday at Houston.

In Golf – At the Zurich Classic in New Orleans, the team of Brehm and Hubbard had the early lead at 11 under-par in today’s first round. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In Local High School sports …

Bonsall – baseball at High Tech North County at 2:30p;

Great Oak – track & field hosting the Southwestern League finals at 2:30p; boys’ varsity golf at Murrieta Mesa at 3p; varsity softball hosting Murrieta Mesa at 3:30p; varsity baseball against Murrieta Mesa at Storm Stadium in Lake Elsinore at 7p

Fallbrook – boys’ varsity golf hosting Valley Center at Pala Mesa at 3:30p; boys’ JV golf against Escondido at Reidy Creek at 3:30p; boys’ volleyball hosting Oceanside at 4p

Valley Center – baseball against Mission Vista at 3:30p, varsity hosting, JV away; track & field at San Pasqual at 3:45p; softball hosting Fallbrook at 4p; boys’ volleyball at Ramona at 4:30p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow fell 1 ¼%. The S&P 500 was off by almost 9 tenths. The NASDAQ was down 1.2%. Gold gained $3 on the Comex at $2,341.40 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 21 cents at $82.60 a barrel.

Today’s report on U.S. Gross Domestic Product showed economic growth slowing to 1.6%. It had been growing by 4.9% in the third quarter of last year and 3.4% in Q4. Today’s data also showed inflation accelerating in the first three months of this year. The annualized GDP chain price jumped from 1.6% to 3.1%. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/markets/wall-street-reaction-gdp-report/index.html

Mortgage rates continue to climb, hitting a five-month high today. In spite of that and a lack of homes for sale, pending home sales rose 3.4% nationwide in March. They’d been expected to fall by 3 tenths of a percent. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/economy/us-pending-home-sales-march/index.html

Stock in Meta plunged 15% today as the company’s earnings reflected the high cost of building the best AI tools moving forward. While first quarter profit more than doubled year-on-year and revenue was up 27%, the $5b projected for investment in AI and the likely need for even more in the future made investors nervous. Meta’s projection for capital expenditure has already increased by about 10% for this year. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/business/boeing-problems-southwest-ends-service-4-airports/index.html

As a result of its report of increased losses in the first quarter, Southwest Airlines today announced it will halt service to four airports – Bellingham in Washington state, Cozumel International in Mexico, Syracuse-Hancock in New York, and George Bush Intercontinental in Houston. It will continue to serve Houston’s other airport. In an interview after the announcement, CEO Bob Jordan walked back earlier comments that delayed deliveries of new jets from Boeing figured into today’s cutbacks. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/business/boeing-problems-southwest-ends-service-4-airports/index.html

The Federal Communications Commission today voted 3-2 along party lines to ban internet service providers from tampering with the speed their customers receive to browse the web and download files. It restores the so-called net neutrality rules enacted in 2017 which were rescinded during the Trump administration. With today’s vote, the FCC reasserted greater regulatory power over broadband and for the first time said it would override any state or local policies that conflict with federal net neutrality rules. The Commission called it a public safety and national security issue. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/tech/net-neutrality-is-back/index.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Mike Pinder from the Moody Blues passed away yesterday at the age of 82 surrounded by family. He was the last surviving founding member of the group and was part of their first nine albums, pioneering the use of a unique instrument known as the mellotron – an electro-mechanical keyboard that uses segments of magnetic tape to playback musical notes. It was invented in the Moody’s home town of Birmingham, England the year before the group formed in 1964. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mike-pinder-the-moody-blues-keyboardst-founding-member-dead-obit-1235010490/

Venice, Italy today instituted a fee for day-trippers in that city. It’s a first among tourist destinations. Other places charge tourists through taxation. The 5-Euro fee is to help offset costs borne by the city to host millions of tourists each year – the majority of whom only stay for the day, but who only contribute about 20% of the tourist dollars spent in Venice. The pilot program which runs for 29 peak days between now and July 14 got off to a shaky start with confusion among visitors and residents protesting it as a restriction on freedom of movement and saying it won’t meaningfully address over-tourism. The most put-upon visitors today were those who’d booked accommodation, but had to prove their exemption from the fee. By late afternoon, 15,700 people had paid for a ticket. Venice attracted 3.2m overnight visitors in 2022. On busy days, it gets 40k day trippers. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/confusion-protests-first-day-venice-tourist-charge

On this day in music history – April 25,

1960, Elvis Presley began the first of four weeks at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Stuck on You”. It was his first hit following a two-year stint in the Army.
In 1967, just days after completing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, the Beatles began recording the title track for their next project, “Magical Mystery Tour” which would be released about six months after Sgt. Pepper.
In 1970, the Jackson Five began 2 weeks at #1 with “ABC”, their second #1 hit.
In 1977, Elvis Presley made the last recordings of his life at a concert in Saginaw, Michigan. Three of those songs were later released on the album, “Moody Blue”.
In 1987, U2’s “The Joshua Tree” album was at #1 for the first of five weeks on the U.S. album chart. Since then, over 25m copies have been sold.
In 1990, the Fender Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock was auctioned for a then-record $295k.
In 2002, TLC member Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras at age 30.
In 2003, the London Times listed Paul McCartney as the world’s richest musician with a net worth of 760m British Pounds – about a billion dollars at current exchange rates.
In 2014, Spotify removed an album of total silence by American funk band, Vulfpeck from its streaming site. The band had encouraged fans to stream it on repeat overnights so they could generate money to go on tour and not charge admission to their shows.

Born on this day …

In 1918, Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald who famously broke a wine glass with her singing both live and recorded in TV’s “Is it Live, or is it Memorex?” recording tape commercials.
In 1923, blues guitarist and singer Albert King
In 1933, Songwriter Jerry Leiber from the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller who wrote songs for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Monkees and Cliff Richard among others. He wrote Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock and Yakety Yak.
In 1945, Bjorn Ulvaeus, one of the members of ABBA and Stu Cook, bassist for Credence Clearwater Revival.
In 1949, Michael Brown, singer for The Left Banke and Stories
In 1950, Steve Ferrone, drummer for Average White Band and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers beginning in 1994.
In 1965, Eric Avery, bass player for Jane’s Addiction.

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=25&month=4

Other celebrities celebrating birthdays and birth anniversaries today …

Al Pacino is 84.
Actor Hank Azaria is 60. He’s the voice of many characters on The Simpsons.
Actor Jason Lee, best known as the title character on TV’s “My Name is Earl” is 54
Among those who’ve passed, Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the wireless telegraph, known today as radio was born in 1874
Comedian, game show host, announcer and disk jockey Robert Q. Lewis was born in 1920
Actor and basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters, Meadowlark Lemon was born in 1932

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0425.htm

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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (4/26) – hot dogs, chili, cheese and dessert

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly cloudy with a high of 63 today and tomorrow … winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour today through Saturday … 30% chance of up to a tenth of an inch of rain tonight through tomorrow evening … mostly sunny and 71 Saturday … 76 Sunday … 82 Monday and Tuesday … patchy night and morning fog, clearing to sunny and 79 Wednesday … overnight lows, about 49 tonight and tomorrow night … 46 Saturday night … 50 Sunday night … about 52 Monday and Tuesday nights

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FIRE PERMITS

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PALA

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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