Pala Today News – 5/1/24

Written by John Fox on May 1, 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 suspect is under arrest in connection with a double stabbing around 9:30p last night at Poet’s Square in Fallbrook. 24-year old Ivan Paterson was booked on two counts of attempted murder and one count of child cruelty. Both victims were women. Both were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. https://www.villagenews.com/story/2024/04/25/news/breaking-news-suspect-arrested-after-double-stabbing/75969.html

The City of Oceanside hopes to have its pier mostly reopened by Memorial Day … all but the outer 25%. They’re set to proclaim last week’s fire that destroyed a restaurant and damaged the far end of the pier as local emergency, opening up extra funding from FEMA and the state to help rebuild and to reimburse fire crews that fought the fire. The fire has been determined to have been accidental. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/city-leaders-hope-to-reopen-oceanside-pier-by-memorial-day-weekend ‘

The Poway Unified school board has voted to fire Superintendent Marian Phelphs following an investigation into accusations that she bullied students at Del Norte High School. The problem began at a softball awards banquet last year with Phelps allegedly retaliating against another student over the amount of applause given her own daughter compared to other players accepting awards. https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2024/04/30/poway-unified-board-votes-to-terminate-superintendent-following-investigation-of-student-bullying

Leapfrog’s annual hospital ratings are out. The independent, nonprofit watchdog group issues grades A through F for 3k hospitals on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections. 93 California hospitals got a top grade including UCSD in Hillcrest, Scripps Green in La Jolla, Sharp hospitals in San Diego and Chula Vista, Kaiser in San Diego, Loma Linda in Murrieta and Inland Valley in Wildomar. Hospital-acquired infections and preventable errors are the third-leading cause of death, accounting for 250k American deaths annually. 92% of U.S. hospital have improved their performance in preventing infections since the height of the pandemic. https://patch.com/california/across-ca/93-ca-hospitals-get-rating-new-safety-grades-see-full-list

There was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake last evening at 7:41p about five miles southwest of Corona. It was only lightly felt in Corona and eastern Orange County. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40734416/executive

We’ll have cloudy mornings and warm sunny afternoons in Pala the rest of this week with a cool down and slight chance of rain Saturday night into Sunday morning. 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 – Philadelphia pulled back from the brink, beating the Knicks in New York 112-106 in overtime. Tyrese Maxey scored seven points in the final 29 seconds of regulation play including back-to-back three-pointers to erase a six-point Knicks lead and send the game to overtime. New York’s lead is now cut to three games to two as the series returns to Philadelphia for Game 6. Cleveland is now up three games to two over Orlando after edging the Magic 104-103 last night. Milwaukee avoided elimination by beating the visiting Pacers 115-92. Indiana leads that series three games to two. Tonight, the Mavericks play the Clippers in LA with the series tied at two. Miami is at Boston with the Celtics leading three games to one. The Western semifinals begin Saturday with Minnesota at Denver.

In Major League Baseball – The Padres broke their losing streak, beating the visiting Reds 6-4 last night. Yu Darvish got the win. He pitched five scoreless innings. The Padres had a five-run lead before Cincinnati got on the boards. Arizona beat the Dodgers 4-3 in ten innings thanks to a two-run walk-off homer by Christian Walker. Philadelphia beat the Angels 7-5 in Anaheim. All three series conclude today.

Three Milwaukee Brewers including manager Pat Murphy and Tampa Bay outfielder Jose Siri all received league suspensions for their parts in a bench-clearing brawl in the 8^th inning of last night’s game between the two teams. Starting pitcher Freddy Peralta is out for five games for intentionally throwing at Siri in the top of the 6^th. Reliever Abner Uribe got six games time-out after he and Siri squared off against each other two innings later when Siri grounded out to first and the two had words. Siri received a three-game suspension. Murphy is out for two. Being a manager, he can’t appeal his suspension. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40064273/four-suspended-roles-brewers-rays-brawl

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm lost 5-4 last night at San Jose. Game 2 of 6 is tonight.

In the NHL playoffs – Carolina and Colorado both wrapped up their respective 1^st round series last night. Carolina beat New York 6-3 to take that series four games to one. Same score for Colorado over Winnipeg, taking that series four games to one. Nashville edged the Canucks in Vancouver 2-1, cutting Vancouver’s lead to three games to two. Toronto edged the Bruins in Boston 2-1 in overtime to cut Boston’s lead to three games to two. Tonight, it’s Vegas at Dallas tied at two games apiece. And the Kings at Edmonton on the verge of elimination with the Oilers leading three games to one.

In Soccer – LAFC is at San Jose on Saturday. The Galaxy host Seattle on Sunday.

In Lacrosse – The San Diego Seals host Game One of the playoff semifinals against Albany this Friday at Pechanga Arena. Game Two is Sunday in Albany.

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

In Local High School sports …

Bonsall – no scheduled games today

Great Oak – varsity boys’ golf in the Southwest League Finals; varsity boys’ tennis hosting La Quinta in CIF Round 1 at 6p; boys’ varsity lacrosse in CIF playoffs at Mira Costa at 7p

Fallbrook – boys’ golf against NCC at Twin Oaks today; swimming & diving in CIF preliminaries at Granite Hills at 1p; baseball against Sage Creek at 4p, JV hosting, varsity away; JV gymnastics at La Costa Canyon at 4p

Valley Center – varsity boys’ golf in the league tournament at The Vineyard today; boys’ tennis CIF Individual Playoffs wrap up today at 1p at Balboa Tennis Center

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were mixed. The Dow gained 3 tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 lost 3 tenths. The NASDAQ was down 4 tenths. Comex gold was up $12.10 to $2,315 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures were down $2.82 to $79.11 a barrel.

The Federal Reserve wrapped up its latest meeting today. No change for interest rates, which are at a 23-year high. Fed Recent economic data has put a damper on chances for a rate cut any time soon and raised the possibility of an increase. Chairman Jerome Powell reassured everyone that any further rate hikes are unlikely. Just six weeks ago, Powell and his colleagues had planned for three rate cuts this year. Wall Street is now betting there may only be one, and not until November. https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/markets-federal-reserve-meeting-05-01-24/index.html

Tesla has fired the team that runs its electric vehicle charging business. Over the past year, virtually every major EV manufacturer has committed to making its vehicles compatible with the Tesla charging standard. Charging providers including Electrify America and EVgo have also announced they will be making chargers with Tesla-style North American Charging Standard cables. No one is sure what this action by Tesla means for the future of the NACS standard. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/business/tesla-ev-charging-layoffs/index.html

The Dave & Busters restaurant and entertainment chain is looking to capitalize on the boom in online gambling. A new partnership with gaming tech company Lucra could give 5m D&B Loyalty members the ability to make small bets up to $10 on arcade games through the company app. Lucra insists its product is a skill-based game and never refers to “betting” or “wagering”, allowing it get around gambling regulations. That means any collaboration with D&B could be up and running in as little as a week. Dave & Busters has 222 venues in North America with almost 50m visitors a year. Shares in the company are up more than 50% in the past 12 months. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/investing/dave-and-busters-gambling-betting/index.html

Starbucks plans to speed up service and increase the number of promotions following a disappointing first quarter. Shares dropped 12% in premarket trading today after the quarterly report shows a drop in same-store sales for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Sales fell 3%. One year ago, they’d been up 12%. Global revenue dropped nearly 2%. Plans for recovery may be off to a rocky start with the chain increasing its prices locally by about 10% last month, coinciding with the fast-food minimum wage increase in California. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/business/starbucks-earnings-second-quarter-2024/index.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is winding down. One in five Americans have qualified for reduced internet charges over the past two years. But that monthly credit was more than double for tribal members. Part of the $75 a month discount for Native Americans disappeared today. It’ll be gone completely in June unless Congress acts to extend it, which it doesn’t plan to. The loss of ACP hits especially hard in Indian Country because many reservations are in remote areas already struggling to get reliable broadband. Much of their infrastructure is about 50 years behind that of urban areas. A significant portion of the Navajo nation still doesn’t have grid electricity or a public water supply. Most back-country tribes are also generally non-gaming, so online commerce is a vital part of their economy, especially if members want to live and work on their respective reservations. It’s also an important component of cultural preservation and keeping Native languages alive. About 329,500 tribal households are enrolled in ACP. Its loss means a $900 a year higher internet bill for each of them. Some see the end of ACP as another stain on the US government’s centuries-long history of broken promises to tribes. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/tech/tribes-congress-cuts-acp-internet-subsidy/index.html

Tipping has expanded to just about everything touched by the service industry thanks to apps and electronic checkout with suggested tips often added automatically. Domino’s is fighting tipping fatigue with a new promotion now through September. With “You Tip, We Tip”, Domino’s customers get $3 off a future online delivery order for every $3 or more they tip a Domino’s driver. Marketing experts say it’s a clever way to engage with customers on a societal issue in a humorous way. An ad for the campaign shows a minister asking for a tip at the end of a wedding ceremony. It also may grow sales after some consumers pulled back on restaurant purchases as a result of three years of pandemic-induced price increases on everything. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/business/dominos-tipping-pizza/index.html

On this day in music history – May 1,

1957, Elvis Presley recorded “Jailhouse Rock” which later became the title track for his third movie. Upon its release, the song became the first to ever debut at #1 on the British singles chart.
In 1966, the Rolling Stones “Aftermath” album went to #1 in Britain. It was the Stones first album to contain only songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
In 1970, Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager for the Allman Brothers Band was arrested for murder after stabbing a club manager during an argument over a contract. His lawyers claimed temporary insanity since touring with the Allman Brothers would drive anyone crazy. That argument must have worked. Lyndon was acquitted.
In 1976, The Who’s drummer Keith Moon paid nine New York cab drivers to block off both ends of a city street so he could safely throw the contents of his hotel room out the window onto the street below.
In 1977, Glen Campbell was #1 on the singles chart with “Southern Nights”.
In 1983, blues legend Muddy Waters died in his sleep at the age of 68.
In 2008, Gail Renard, who had been given the hand-written lyrics to “Give Peace a Chance” by John Lennon in 1969 announced plans to sell the document at Christie’s auctions. Lennon had told Renard to hang onto it. It would be worth something someday. It was. The winning bid almost 40 years later was $790k.
And in 2015, Ben E. King, former member of the Drifters and later, a solo artist died at the age of 76. His hits included “Save the Last Dance For Me” and “Stand By Me”.

Born on this day

In 1928, James Loden, better known as Sonny James whose best-known song was the 1957 hit “Young Love”. He had 23 #1 hits on the country and pop charts from the 1950s through the 80s.
In 1930, American blues musician Little Walter – the first blues singer to amplify his harmonica, giving it a distorted echoing sound.
In 1939, singer/songwriter Judy Collins who was also the inspiration for the Crosby Stills & Nash song “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”.
In 1945, Rita Coolidge
In 1946, Nick Fortuna, bass player with The Buckinghams
In 1954, Ray Parker Jr.
In 1967, country star Tim McGraw

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=1&month=5

Other celebrities with birthday anniversaries today …

Comedian Louie Nye was born in 1913
TV talk show host, Jack Paar who preceded Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show was born in 1918
Actor and game show host Art Flemming, who preceded Alex Trebek as the host of “Jeopardy” was born in 1924.

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0501.htm

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Pala seniors’ lunch menu for tomorrow (5/2) – breaded pork chops, mashed potatoes and vegetables

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – sunny with a high of 75 this afternoon … patchy morning fog tomorrow and Friday, clearing to sunny and 78 tomorrow … 79 Friday with winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour all three days … mostly sunny and 76 Saturday … a slight chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday morning … mostly cloudy and 65 Sunday … partly sunny and 71 Monday … sunny and 74 Tuesday … overnight lows, about 51 tonight through Saturday night … 45 Sunday night … 48 Monday night

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FIRE PERMITS

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PALA

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