Pala Today News – 4/12/24

Written by John Fox on April 12, 2024

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

The California Department of Education has determined that the Murrieta Valley Unified School District’s policy of notifying parents if their child identifies as transgender is illegal and has ordered the district to not enforce it. Yesterday’s DOE letter to the district gives them five days to notify staff and students of the department’s decision. First approved in August, the Murrieta school board voted 3-2 last month to keep the policy, though it has yet to be enforced. The state DOE letter stems from a March complaint filed by two Murrieta district teachers who call the policy an injustice. The letter says the school district’s policy for mandatory notification of parents about “sensitive, often private information unique to a class of students with protected characteristics” and not with the consent of the student can harm students’ constitutional rights and protections afforded by state anti-discrimination polices. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/11/murrieta-schools-ordered-to-stop-enforcing-transgender-policy

The Riverside County Transportation Commission on Wednesday approved an ambitious $30b Traffic Relief Plan focusing on highways in the southwest part of the county including Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Menifee, and Lake Elsinore. One third of the money would be directed at highway projects, with public transportation getting one fourth. Safe streets and roads get 18%. The 34-member RCTC made up of elected representatives from every city in the county and all five county supervisors will decide this summer how to begin funding the plan’s projects. https://patch.com/california/temecula/traffic-southwest-riverside-county-plan-aims-fix-it

There was a hit-and-run vehicle versus pedestrian incident on Cool Valley Road in Valley Center Wednesday morning. At about 7a, a construction flagman was struck by a tan Toyota Corolla, which then fled the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital with eventually fatal injuries. Thanks to help from the community, CHP investigators located and arrested the driver of that car yesterday around 4:30p. He’s identified as Ruperto Jesus Lopez. He’s now in Vista jail. It’s not known whether drugs or alcohol were a factor. https://www.valleycenter.com/articles/driver-arrested-for-fatal-hit-and-run/

Firefighters responded to a call of a truck on fire in De Luz yesterday morning just after 10a. The truck had reportedly exploded and caught fire while driving south on De Luz Road near Patton Oak Road. No injuries reported. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2024/04/04/news/north-county-fire-extinguishes-raging-truck-fire-in-de-luz/75799.html

A reminder that your income taxes are due Monday. Residents of Maine, Massachusetts and Washington DC get a one-day extension because Monday is legal holiday there. Those who live or work in federally-declared disaster areas have an IRS-granted six-month extension. But if you don’t and are not covered by other fairly rare exceptions, you either need to file your 1040 and state returns by 11:59p Monday or submit Form 4868 to get a six-month extension to file. A 4868 extension only delays filing your return. If you owe money, it’s still due Monday. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/success/tax-filing-late-past-deadline-pay/index.html

Today begins the first weekend of this year’s Coachella Music and Art Festival at the Polo Grounds in Indio. Tonight’s headliner is Lana Del Rey. No Doubt will give their first live performance in almost a decade on Sunday. Tickets for this weekend are sold out. Some are still available for next weekend. Live streaming is available beginning today at 4p on Coachella’s YouTube channel. For those who attend in person, the desert is being spared this weekend’s forecast of rain west of the mountains. But it will be very windy there with gusts up to 40 miles an hour tomorrow night. https://www.coachella.com/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/11/watch-coachella-livestream-2024/73291037007/

In Pala, a nice day today with a fair chance of up to a third of an inch or rain tomorrow. Back to normal Spring weather next week. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

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SPORTS

In the NBA – Last night’s winners were Chicago, New York, Utah, Golden State and New Orleans. Thanks to Houston’s loss, the Lakers have clinched the final Western Conference play-in spot.

There’s a full schedule of games tonight and Sunday – the final day of the regular season. Tonight, the Lakers are at Memphis and the Clippers host Utah. The top six teams get a play-in bye. 7^th place Phoenix along with Sacramento, Golden State and the Lakers are the play-in teams for the West. In the East, five teams are all within three games of each other, fighting it out for fourth through seventh place with Miami currently in 8^th followed by guaranteed play-in teams Chicago and Atlanta.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres, Dodgers and Angels didn’t play yesterday. Two of the seven scheduled games were postponed. Among the five games that did happen, Kansas City routed Houston 13-3 including a 9-run first inning. The Royals now have a 7-game win streak. An even bigger blowout for the Mets over Atlanta 16-4. Other winners were Oakland, Philadelphia and Baltimore over Boston in ten innings. Weekend series begin today including the Dodgers hosting the Padres and the Angels at Boston.

Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara surrendered to federal authorities this morning. He’s accused of stealing more than $16m over two years to pay off gambling debts to an illegal sportsbook. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39929102/shohei-ohtani-ex-interpreter-ippei-mizuhara-custody

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost 12-3 last night at Modesto. Game 4 of 6 is tonight.

In the NHL – The Kings beat Calgary 4-1. Other winners included Buffalo, New Jersey, Ottawa, Florida, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Winnipeg, San Jose, and the New York Islanders. The final week of the regular season begins tonight with five games including Anaheim hosting Calgary. Both teams have already been eliminated from playoff contention. Only Vegas has yet to clinch or be eliminated in the Pacific division. St. Louis is still uncertain in the Central. Detroit’s future has yet to be decided in the Atlantic. And four teams are still alive but undecided in the Metropolitan – Pittsburgh, Washington, Philadelphia and the New York Islanders. https://www.espn.com/nhl/standings

The minor league San Diego Gulls next game is tonight at Ontario.

In Soccer – LAFC and the Galaxy each have games tomorrow.

In the minors – The San Diego Sockers next game is a 2-game series against Chihuahua beginning on the road the 18^th.

In the NFL – Apparently embracing his feminine side, 46-year old Tom Brady says he is once again changing his mind regarding retirement. After waffling twice before, the star quarterback said he was retiring “for good” in February of 2023. But in a sports podcast yesterday, he opened the door for a late season return to the field, saying he would pick up the phone if a team called him in the event of an injury to their quarterback. He’s under an agreement with Raiders owner Mark Davis to become a part-owner of the Las Vegas franchise. He says he’s not sure if he’d be allowed to play again if his ownership stake in the Raiders is approved by the league. https://www.espn.com/nhl/standings

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals next game is tomorrow at Saskatchewan.

In Rugby – The San Diego Legion’s next game is Sunday hosting NOLA Gold.

In Golf – At the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, Bryson DeChambeau led early in round 2 at 7-under par https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – NASCAR Cup at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. The Grand Prix of Long Beach is next weekend.

In Local High School sports …

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – swimming & diving at Mt. San Antonio College at 1:30p today and 3p tomorrow; JV softball at Murrieta Valley at 3:30p; boys’ varsity lacrosse at El Camino at 7p; Tomorrow – JV and freshman baseball at Murrieta Valley at 11a

Fallbrook – swimming & diving hosting Escondido Charter at 3:30p; baseball against Rancho Buena Vista at 4p, varsity hosting, JV away; girls’ lacrosse at University City at 5:30p; boys’ lacrosse hosting Sage Creek at 7p; Tomorrow – track & field at the Jaguar Invitational in Valley Center at 8a; swimming & diving at the Ironman Relays at La Jolla at 9a

Valley Center – varsity baseball hosting Ramona at 4p; Tomorrow – hosting various schools at the Jaguar Invitational at 8a; JV baseball at Ramona at 10:30a

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks gave back yesterday’s gains and more. The Dow fell 1 ½%. The S&P 500 was off by 1.7%. And the broader NASDAQ was down more than 1.8%. Gold fell also, down $2 an ounce on the Comex to $2,370.70. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were up $1.07 to $86.09 a barrel. That’s a six-month high.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group are plunging. The company, which owns Truth Social dropped another 5% this morning. That’s seven down days out of the past eight. Shares are now trading below $31. March 26, when the company went public, the intraday value was $80. Donald Trump owns a dominant 78.8m share stake in the company. The stock’s decline has cut his net worth by $2.4b. Trump Media reported losing $58m in 2023 on revenue of just $4.1m. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/trump-media-stock-truth-social/index.html

The end of the road may be near for U.S. Steel. Once the world’s premiere steel-maker and one of the top U.S. companies in any field, shareholders are expected to approve a deal today to sell the company to Japan’s Nippon Steel. The $14b deal would still have to be approved by the Justice Department and the normally low-profile Committee on Foreign Investments in the US, which includes five Presidential cabinet members and the US Attorney General. Steel is considered a strategic resource. President Biden opposes the deal at least in part due to United Steelworkers union opposition to it. The USW has endorsed Biden for re-election. But a lot of Republican lawmakers oppose the merger as well. Shares of US Steel plunged yesterday, closing 23% below Nippon’s $55 a share asking price. That premium means shareholders almost certainly will vote to merge. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/us-steel-nippon-steel-deal/index.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

New this weekend at the movies, five new wide releases. The action/drama “Civil War” includes an IMAX version. A pet spider transforms into a giant flesh-eating monster in the mystery-thriller “Sting”. “The Long Game” follows the true story of five Mexican American golf caddies in 1955. There’s a remake of the 1991 film, “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead”. And a theatrical re-release of “Shrek 2). https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/april/2024?view=list

On this day in music history – April 12,

1954, Bill Haley recorded “Rock Around the Clock”. Widely regarded as the song that put rock and roll on the map, it was used in the opening titles for the movie, “Blackboard Jungle” starring Glenn Ford. It was #1 in countries around the world.
In 1957, Scottish musician Lonnie Donegan, known as the King of Skiffle was at #1 in England with “Cumberland Gap”. Skiffle was the style of music played before rock and roll by many young Brits, including The Beatles.
In 1963, Bob Dylan performed his first major solo show at Town Hall in New York City. His 24-song set included “Blowin’ In the Wind”, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”, “Highway 51”, and “Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie”.
In 1966 Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was almost killed when his car crashed into a parked truck near the real “Dead Man’s Curve” on Sunset Boulevard in LA. Berry required extensive therapy to learn to walk again.
In 1967, Mick Jagger got punched in the face by an official at Bourget Airport in France after losing his temper when a search for drugs caused the band to miss their flight.
In 1969, The 5^th Dimension began the first of six weeks at #1 with “Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine In”.
In 1989, Garth Brooks released his self-titled debut album. It was a critical and chart success, including his first-ever single “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)”, and his first #1 hit, “If Tomorrow Never Comes”.
On the same day, LA DJs Mark and Brian on their morning radio show asked what ever happened to David Cassidy, who played Keith on TV’s “The Partridge Family” and whose birthday it was that day? The singer/actor called in and Mark and Brian invited him onto the show where he played three songs live on the air resulting in his getting a record deal with a new label.
In 1990, The Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced that asteroids 4147-4150 would be named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr after the four members of The Beatles.
In 1997, R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” featured in the movie “Space Jam” peaked at #2 on the singles chart.
In 2005, Mariah Carey released the album “The Emancipation of Mimi” which entered the charts at #1 and became the most successful album of the year, going six times platinum.
In 2010, the Vatican newspaper published a story praising The Beatles and forgiving John Lennon for his 1966 comment about The Beatles being “bigger than Jesus”.
In 2012, saxophonist Andrew Love from the studio session group, The Memphis Horns died. He and trumpet player Wayne Jackson created the signature sound on many Stax label records including hits by Sam and Dave, Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley and Otis Redding.
In 2016, a court ruled that Led Zeppelin would stand trial for alleged plagiarism involving “Stairway to Heaven” and an earlier song by Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe, who played on the same touring bill with Zeppelin in the late 1960s. Zeppelin ended up winning the case.

Born in this day …

In 1933, Tiny Tim, who had the 1968 novelty hit “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”, the same song he was singing onstage in Minneapolis when he died of a heart attack in 1996.
In 1940, keyboardist, composer and bandleader Herbie Hancock, a member of the jazz fusion group Return to Forever in the 1970s and who had a mainstream solo hit with “Rockit” in 1983.
In 1944, John Kay from Steppenwolf.
In 1950, David Cassidy
In 1957, country singer Vince Gill

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born-on-this-day/

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Ed O’Neill from Married with Children and Modern Family is 78
David Letterman is 77
Actor, television producer and former owner of the San Diego Padres, Tom Werner is 74. He’s currently chairman of both the Liverpool Football Club and the Boston Red Sox.
Actress Shannen Doherty is 53
Among those who’ve passed, actress Jane Withers, a former child star, remembered for her adult role in the movie “Giant” and as Josephine the plumber in 1960s TV commercials was born in 1926.

http://www.davesfunstuff.com/a-mb/2080-date0412.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 74 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon … partly sunny and 67 with a 40% chance of up to a tenth of an inch of rain with winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour tomorrow … another quarter of an inch 50% likely tomorrow night … mostly sunny and 64 with continued wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour Sunday … a slight chance of rain Sunday evening before 11p … mostly sunny and 68 Monday … 74 Tuesday … 75 Wednesday … 74 Thursday … overnight lows, 48 tonight … 42 tomorrow night … about 45 Sunday and Monday nights … about 48 Tuesday and Wednesday nights

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