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.
California Democrats vote to extend the the state’s cap and trade climate initiative, despite opposition from environmental justice groups. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell forced to postpone a vote on the health and tax cut measure after emergency surgery sidelines Arizona Senator John McCain for at least a week. Muslim religious leaders urge a boycott … Continued
A Hawaii federal judge narrows the Trump Administration’s Muslim travel ban as he vastly expands the list of family relationships with U.S. citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the country. The House of Representatives approves a nearly 700 billion dollar military spending policy bill. A State Senate committee approves a watered down … Continued
Republicans unveil a revised health care and tax cut plan — it still contains 800 billion dollars in cuts to Medicaid. President Donald Trump holds wide-ranging talks with French President Emanuel Macron in Paris. California Governor Jerry Brown with a full-throttled call for an extension of the state’s cap and trade program to fight global … Continued
President Trump’s nominee to head the F.B.I. breaks with the president, saying he does not believe a special counsel investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign is a witch hunt. A bill to streamline housing construction passes out of an Assembly committee, despite opposition from some housing rights advocates who say … Continued
The noose appears to tighten as President Trump’s eldest son admits to a meeting last June with a Russian he was led to believe represented the Kremlin and had damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Net neutrality advocates prepare for a day of action. Seattle passes a city income tax on the city’s wealthiest residents. A … Continued
Senate Republicans are preparing for what could be their final try to pass a health care and tax cut bill. Iraq’s Prime Minister declares victory in retaking Mosul from the self-style Islamic State. Federal Judge Thelton Henderson orders the city of Oakland to court to account for its failures in addressing the Oakland Police Department sex … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
President Donald Trump vows to a friendly crowd in Warsaw, Poland to fight the threats of terrorism and government bureaucracy and tells Russia to stop “destabilizing activities” in Ukraine and elsewhere. Health care activists stage sit-ins at the offices of Republican Senators, demanding they vote no on the Republican health care and tax cut plan. Protests in … Continued
A day after a successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows that he will never put his nation’s weapons programs up for negotiation. President Donald Trump leaves for a four day visit, beginning in Poland and ending up with a G-20 meeting in Germany of the world’s leading … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
