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The Secretary of the Interior is transferring around 720 acres of land — including a sacred site known locally as Gregory Mountain, or as Chokla in Luiseno — to the Pala Band of Mission Indians

A woman died and a father and his 11-year-old son were injured when a vehicle went over an embankment on state Route 76 near Pala Casino Resort overnight, leaving them stranded until they could call 911 Friday morning.

One passenger died and two others were injured on Tuesday afternoon when a Jeep slammed into a tree in unincorporated San Diego, according to the California Highway Patrol. The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 4:45 p.m. near the 39000 block of Pala Temecula Road, in the remote northeast San Diego County community of Pala, law-enforcement officials said. They believe the…