6:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays - Fridays
The Pacifica Evening News is a collaboration of KPFA and KPFK in Los Angeles and KFCF in Fresno. The hour-long newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6:00 PM. KPFA News broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5:55, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and 4:00. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
The U.S. Supreme Court says the Trump Administration can enforce its Muslim travel ban while the case proceeds through the courts. Donald Trump formally endorses Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. The attorney for the man acquitted in the killing of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier says he’ll ask the judge to set aside the … Continued
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty to making false statements to the FBI and is believed to be cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether Trump campaign officials coordinated with Russian officials during the presidential campaign. Angry reaction from Donald Trump and administration officials to the not guilty verdict for the undocumented … Continued
British Prime Minister Theresa May rebukes Donald Trump for retweeting inflammatory anti-Muslim videos from a far-right British group. Graduate students speak out against a provision in the House tax bill that would tax their tuition waivers as income. A San Francisco jury returns a not guilty verdict in the case of the undocumented man who … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Donald Trump travels to Capitol Hill to rally Senate Republicans to vote for tax overhaul legislation. Senator Bernie Sanders introduces a $146 billion dollar relief bill for Puerto Rico. State lawmakers take up the issue of sexual harassment, a day after Democratic Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra resigns in the wake of multiple accusations.
Dueling directors at the nation’s consumer watchdog agency the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Al Franken apologizes following sexual misconduct allegations but says he won’t resign his Minnesota Senate seat. Undocumented immigrants rights activists urge Congressional Democrats to refuse to vote for a budget that doesn’t contain protections for Dreamers whose DACA protections run out in … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa returns to the country and addresses thousands outside the headquarters of the ruling ZANU-PF party. Consumer groups denounce Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai’s proposal to unravel net neutrality.
Zimbabwe’s 93 year old leader Robert Mugabe tenders his resignation as the Parliament was debating his impeachment. A San Francisco federal judge permanently blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut funding from cities that restrict cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Michigan Democratic Congressman John Conyers is the latest high profile official to be tarred … Continued
