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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.
President Donald Trump unveils what critics call Muslim Travel Ban 2.0. His revised order banning travel to the U.S. for the next 90 days for nationals of six majority Muslim countries leaves Iraq off the list and makes allowances for people with valid visas and green cards. The U.S. Supreme Court returns the case of transgender … Continued
The Republican Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee rejects a request from the panel’s nine Democrats to have Attorney General Jeff Sessions return to testify about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul roams the Capitol dramatizing his demand for a draft of the Republican repeal and replace measure for the … Continued
Democratic Congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi call on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign following the revelation that Sessions met twice with the Russian Ambassador while serving as a top advisor to the Trump presidential campaign — a fact he didn’t disclose under questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing. Jeff Sessions says he’ll … Continued
Congressional Republicans with collective relief after President Trump successfully passes muster in his speech last night to a joint session of Congress. Trump’s plans for a whopping cut in the E.P.A. budget will cost about 3,000 federal workers their jobs. At the State Capitol, an immigration judge says the lack of legal representation for refugees … Continued
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress. Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters stays away. Other Democrats invite young undocumented “Dreamers” and Muslim-Americans to attend the speech. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and the Consul General of Mexico sign an agreement on protecting immigrant communities experiencing an an increase in hate crimes, but who fear … Continued
President Donald Trump proposes what may sound to some as a police state budget, with major boosts to military and law enforcement spending, to be paid for by cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency, other domestic programs and foreign aid. Proposed statewide legislation would forbid nonprofit hospitals from closing their doors without a public hearing and … Continued
In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Donald Trump promises to start building the border wall with Mexico very soon and again attacks the “dishonest media”, saying reporters shouldn’t be allowed to use anonymous sources. Governor Jerry Brown announces a plan to boost dam safety, improve flood protection and fix the state’s aging transportation and … Continued
The Trump Administration signals it will step up federal prosecution of the recreational use of marijuana in states like California have have legalized it. The mayor and police chief of Santa Cruz are denouncing the Department of Homeland Security after learning that a gang raid police participated in turned into an immigration sweep. Central Valley … Continued
Los Angeles State Senator Ricardo Lara introduces single-payer health care legislation for California, citing the dysfunction in health care and the threatened repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Bay Area mayors including San Francisco’s Ed Lee take part in a national mayor’s day of action to save the A.C.A., also known as Obamacare. Los Angeles … Continued
The Department of Homeland Security issues sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants. In Oakland, immigrants rights advocates hold a march and rally calling on Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern to immediately halt what his critics call his involvement in Donald Trump’s “deportation machine”. Homeless people, some clinging to trees, are rescued … Continued
