Pala Today News – 4/15/24

Written by John Fox on April 15, 2024

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

The San Pasqual tribe has purchased Liberty Bell Plaza in Valley Center for a reported $8.5m. The parcel of currently undeveloped land on Valley Center Road across from McDonald’s and adjacent to Native Oaks Golf Club, which the tribe also owns was to be the site of a new Vons/Albertsons. A couple of other small adjacent parcels have been purchased by the tribe as well. The tribe still plans to have a market there, but not a gas station, which would compete with their Verizon Fuel station at Valley Center and Lake Wohlford Roads. (Valley Roadrunner FB post)

The long-vacant Claim Jumper restaurant across the road from the Temecula Duck Pond is set to be torn down with two new businesses in its place – Ono Hawaiian BBQ and Better Buzz Coffee Roasters. Claim Jumper closed in 2018. A resolution for the project is on the agenda for Wednesday’s Temecula Planning Commission meeting at 6p in City Council chambers. https://patch.com/california/temecula/temecula-claim-jumper-restaurant-set-demolition-see-whats-coming

One pedestrian was killed and two others injured yesterday evening in Oceanside. At about 7:30p, a gray Toyota eastbound on Oceanside Boulevard hit the three who were crossing the roadway about 100 yards west of the College Boulevard intersection. All three were hospitalized. The fatally-injured one died at Tri-City Medical Center. The driver remained at the scene, was not speeding and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. https://patch.com/california/carlsbad/3-pedestrians-struck-1-killed-car-north-county

An Escondido carjacking ended in Fallbrook on Saturday afternoon with a wreck at the intersection of W. Fallbrook St. and S. Mission Road, sending a woman to the hospital with minor injuries. 18-year-old Chase Trulove from Fallbrook was one of the suspects arrested just before 4p. He’s being held in Vista jail pending arraignment tomorrow. The carjacking happened around 2:30p. Escondido Police initiated the chase. CHP and Fallbrook Sheriff’s deputies assisted. One of the suspects was armed. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2024/04/11/news/update-fallbrook-man-identified-as-carjacking-suspect/75850.html

Two men were injured in separate shootings four miles apart in Vista on Saturday night. The first shooting happened at 8:35 p.m. in the 300 block of S. Santa Fe Avenue. San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies found a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. At least one suspect fled the scene on foot. An investigation is ongoing. The second shooting occurred at 9:06 p.m. near Smilax Road and Mimosa Avenue. Officials said a male teenager was shot in the chest. He was sent to a local hospital, and is in stable condition. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/sheriff-investigating-back-to-back-shootings-in-vista

This is Tax Day. Federal and state tax returns are due for residents of our area no later than 11:59p tonight. You can apply to extend your paperwork filing deadline by six months. 19m filers are expected to do that by submitting a Form 4868. But any taxes owed are still due tonight. Residents of declared disaster areas get an automatic six-month extension. Residents of some other states where today is a legal holiday get until tomorrow to file. With more than 100m returns already filed, the IRS is expecting tens of millions more today alone. Two out of three filers are owed money back. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/success/tax-day-2023-tax-returns/index.html

Most local areas had between 2 and 3 tenths of an inch of rain from the weekend storm. At just over a half inch, Palomar Mountain was the exception. It’ll be sunny with a high of 70 today in Pala. Mid-70s to about 80 for the next week. 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 – The regular season is over. The Lakers finished with a pair of wins – 123-120 at Memphis on Friday and 124-108 yesterday at New Orleans. The Clippers lost Friday 110-109 to the Jazz and 116-105 to the Rockets yesterday. Both games were at Cryto.com Arena. The Clippers finished the season in fourth place in the Western Conference, six games out of first with a 51 and 31 record. The Lakers finished 8^th at 47 and 35. Oklahoma City clinched first place on a tie-breaker with Denver. Both finished at 57 and 25. In the East, the Celtics ran away with it, finishing with a 64 and 18 record, 14 games ahead of second-place New York. Only four games separated the next seven teams in the East.

The play-ins begin tomorrow with a rematch of the Lakers and Pelicans’ final regular season game at 4:30p on TNT. Golden State is at Sacramento at 7p. The Eastern play-ins begin Wednesday. The winners of games the next two days play each other Friday to decide the two conference 8^th seeded teams for the playoffs, which begin Saturday. https://www.espn.com/nba/schedule

In Major League Baseball – The Padres took two out of three from the Dodgers in LA over the weekend, winning 8-7 in 11 innings on Friday, losing 5-2 on Saturday and finishing with a 6-3 win yesterday. Outfielder Jurickson Profar hit the game-winning double in the 7^th inning. That brings San Diego back up to .500 for the season so far. The Angels lost two out of three at Boston, winning only the opener in a 7-0 shutout. Today, San Diego opens at series at Milwaukee. The Angels are at Tampa Bay. And the Dodgers host Washington.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost 4-3 at Modesto on Friday. The Saturday and Sunday games were cancelled due to wet field conditions. Their next series begins tomorrow hosting Visalia.

In the NHL – Vegas beat Colorado 4-3 in overtime. St. Louis won 4-1 at Seattle. Carolina topped the Blackhawks in Chicago 4-2. And Calgary edged the visiting Coyotes 6-5. Just four days left in the regular season.

Boston College’s Cutter Gauthier, the highest-scoring NCAA player in 25 years has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks. He’ll make his NHL debut Thursday in the Ducks final game of the season at Vegas. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39944902/cutter-gauthier-signs-entry-level-deal-anaheim-ducks

It looks like the Coyotes may be heading north a couple hundred miles. The franchise, which relocated from Winnipeg to Phoenix in 1996 is on the verge of moving to Utah. Jazz owner, Ryan Smith is acquiring the troubled franchise. The deal is awaiting the approval of the NHL board of governors. Though the Coyotes just released photos of a proposed new arena in Phoenix, the team is being sold to a deep-pockets new owner with an arena already available in Salt Lake City. The move became more likely when news hit that the NHL is preparing two schedules for next season – one with the team playing home games in Phoenix and one playing them in Salt Lake City. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39940303/nhl-arizona-coyotes-move-utah-new-name-schedule-players-coaches

The minor league San Diego Gulls lost 4-3 in overtime Friday at Ontario and 2-1 yesterday at Coachella Valley. Their next game is Tuesday at Colorado.

In Soccer – On Saturday, LAFC tied the Timbers at 2-all in Portland, and the Galaxy beat the Whitecaps 3-1 in Vancouver. LAFC’s next game is Saturday hosting the New York Red Bulls. The Galaxy hosts San Jose on Sunday.

In the minors – The San Diego Sockers next game is a 2-game series against Chihuahua beginning on the road Thursday.

In the NFL – This year’s draft begins one week from Thursday.

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals lost 13-8 Saturday at Saskatchewan. Their next game is Friday hosting Vancouver.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion beat NOLA Gold 33-20 yesterday at Snapdragon Stadium. Their next game is Sunday hosting the Utah Warriors.

In Golf – At the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, Scottie Scheffler cruised to a four-stroke victory with an 11 under-par 277. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – Chase Elliot won his first NASCAR Cup race this season at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday. The Grand Prix of Long Beach is this coming weekend.

In Local High School sports …

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – boys’ tennis against Murrieta Mesa, varsity away at 3:15p, JV hosting at 4p; baseball and softball against Temecula Valley at 3:30p, varsity away, the rest hosting; lacrosse against Vista Murrieta at 5:30p, girls’ hosting, boys’ away

Fallbrook – baseball against Westview at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; softball at Mission Hills at 4p; boys’ volleyball at Del Lago at 4:30p

Valley Center – JV softball at Mission Hills at 3:30p; girls’ lacrosse hosting Vista at 7p

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined a quarter percent. The S&P 500 was off by a half percent. And the broader NASDAQ index was down 9 tenths. Comex gold fell $2 an ounce to $2,372.10. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down 86 cents to $84.80 a barrel.

U.S. retail sales rose in March for the second consecutive month. It’s been higher 7 of the past 10 months. Sales were higher for gasoline, online retail and to a lesser extent, at restaurants. Sales of electronics, clothes and sporting goods fell. Today’s Commerce Department report adds evidence that the domestic economy remains strong, keeping the Federal Reserve in a wait-and-see mode regarding interest rates. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/economy/us-retail-sales-march/index.html

Tesla is cutting 10% of its global staff. That’s 14k jobs. The official announcement didn’t mention Tesla sales or the general slowdown of demand for electric vehicles. It said the cuts were needed for “cost reductions and increasing productivity.” The number of employees at Tesla had doubled over the past four years. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/business/tesla-staff-cut/index.html

Sales of Apple iPhones plunged 10% last quarter, according to market research firm, IDC. It’s mainly due to lost sales in China where nationalism, a rougher economy and increased competition have hurt Apple. Samsung had been the top smartphone manufacturer for the past 12 years. Apple gained the crown for just one quarter last year before handing it back to Samsung. IDC says sales of Android phones like Samsung are expected to grow at twice the rate of iOS, which is Apple’s operating system. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/tech/iphone-sales-plunging/index.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

At the movie box office over the weekend, “Civil War” had a modest debut weekend, selling $25.7m in tickets on 3,800 screens. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” was 2^nd with $15.4m in its third week in theaters, followed by “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”, “Kung Fu Panda 4”, “Dune: Part 2”, “Monkey Man” and “The First Omen”. The re-release of “Shrek 2” on 1,500 screens placed 9^th. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W15/

Bird flu is spreading to cattle for the first time. Associated Press reports more than two dozen herds in eight states have been infected, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. The FDA says there is no concern about “risk to consumer health,” or that the outbreak “affects the safety of the interstate commercial milk supply.” The 26 infected herds of cattle are in Idaho, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and South Dakota. Officials believe cows were most likely infected by exposure to wild birds, but haven’t ruled out cow-to-cow spread. The infected animals appear to recover within two weeks. Two people have been infected so far – a Texas dairy worker who was in close contact with infected cattle. He developed a mild eye infection and has recovered. Two years ago, a prison inmate working at killing infected birds at a Colorado poultry farm was diagnosed. His only symptom was fatigue. He also recovered. The FDA says the risk of eggs from infected birds getting to market is low due to inspections and safeguards. Health officials say there’s no evidence that people can catch the virus if food is pasteurized, otherwise heat treated or properly cooked. https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-h5n1-food-raw-milk-dairy-9d3a579b9bdb6f4d879b14b153174102

Coachella weekend 1 is history. No Doubt’s first live performance in almost a decade included a surprise appearance by Olivia Rodrigo in a duet with Gwen Stefani on the band’s 2000 hit “Bathwater”. Lana Del Rey’s set included guest appearances by Billie Eilish and Jon Batiste. Weekend 2 is coming up. Some tickets are still available. www.coachella.com

On this day in music history – April 15,

In 1957, the Jerry Lee Lewis single “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” was released by Sun Records. It was a cover version of the Curlee Williams song first recorded by Big Maybelle. The Killer’s version topped out at #3 on the Billboard pop chart and #1 on the country chart.
In 1964, The Beatles were in the midst of filming “A Hard Day’s Night” on the streets of London. It would be released that summer, just as they were beginning their first full U.S. concert tour.
In 1967, Nancy Sinatra and her dad, Frank began the first of four weeks at #1 with the duet, “Something Stupid”. They were the first father-daughter act ever to top the Hot 100.
In 1972, Roberta Flack began the first of six weeks at #1 with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”. Written in 1957 by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl, Flack recorded her version in 1969 for her first album. It didn’t become popular until Clint Eastwood used it in his 1971 film “Play Misty For Me”.
In 1982, Billy Joel was reported to be in good condition after major surgery on his left wrist as a result of hitting a car ridding his Harley on Long Island.
In 1989, The Bangles were at #1 in the U.S., England and Australia with “Eternal Flame”.
In 1996, the rest of Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia’s ashes were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. A small portion had been scattered in the Ganges River in India 11 days earlier.
In 1999, the body of Tammy Wynette was exhumed for a new autopsy after three of her daughters filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her doctor, her husband and her manager claiming they were responsible for the country singing star’s death a year earlier.
In 2001, punk music pioneers The Ramones’ lead singer Joey Ramone died of lymphatic cancer at the age of 49.

Born on this day …

In 1894, American blues singer Bessie Smith
In 1932, country music singer and musician Roy Clark, best known for hosting the syndicated television “Hee-Haw” along with Buck Owens.
In 1934, Tim Field from the British folk trio The Springfields where Dusty Springfield got her start
In 1944, Welsh singer Dave Edmunds who had the 1970 hit, “I Hear You Knocking”
In 1965, Linda Perry, lead singer for 4 Non Blondes who had the 1993 hit, “What’s Up”
In 1968, guitarist from Radiohead, Edward John O’Brien.
In 1980, Patrick Carney, drummer for The Black Keys

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=15&month=4

Other celebrities with birthdays or birthday anniversaries today …

Actress Emma Watson from the Harry Potter series is 34
Actor Seth Rogen is 42
Thomas F. Wilson who played Biff on the Back to the Future movies is 65.
Among those who’ve passed, actor and comedian Hans Conried who appears in a lot of our Old Time Radio Shows at midnight on Rez Radio and was on many early TV shows including the Danny Thomas Show and Burns & Allen was born in 1917.
Marian Jordan who played Molly to real-life husband Jim Jordan’s character, Fibber McGee – also heard here on the Old Time Radio Hour was born in 1898. You can hear Fibber McGee & Molly Wednesdays at midnight and Sundays at 3:30p here on Rez Radio.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0415.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 70 this afternoon … 80 tomorrow … 81 Wednesday … 77 Thursday … patchy morning fog Friday and Saturday, clearing to mostly sunny and about 75 both days … sunny and 79 Sunday … overnight lows, 46 tonight … about 51 tomorrow through Thursday nights … 48 Friday night … 50 Saturday night

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