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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 names Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Democratic Senators and judicial watch group warn that Trump used a litmus test in picking him. A California State Senate committee approves legislation to make the state a sanctuary state, barring local police from working with federal agents to enforce immigration laws. … Continued
Donald Trump defends his ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries while opposition mounts. Thousands protested at airports, five federal judges weigh in against the order, a growing number of Republican lawmakers and the CEOs of major banks have come out against it today. The city of Oakland files its response to a … Continued
Vice President Mike Pence becomes the highest ranking presidential administration figure ever to address the annual anti-abortion March for Life in person. Pence highlights President Trump’s pending nomination of a Supreme Court Justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox calls Donald Trump “childish” and a C.E.O. and says Mexico has … Continued
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancels his scheduled visit next Tuesday to the White House. The cancellation comes after President Trump tweets that the meeting shouldn’t go forward if Mexico is unwilling to pay for the border wall. The Muslim civil rights group CAIR joins with other groups to denounce Trump’s anticipated order restricting refugee … Continued
President Donald Trump signs executive actions to jumpstart construction of the border wall with Mexico and to punish localities that pursue sanctuary city policies. State and local leaders vow to resist in the streets and in court. University of California Regents consider a proposal to raise tuition and fees for the first time in seven … Continued
President Donald Trump moved swiftly to reverse actions the Obama Administration took to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline and delay the Dakota Access Pipeline. California Governor Jerry Brown vows to defend immigrant rights and advance climate change policies as he delivers his state of the state address. Senate committees advance the nominations of Ben … Continued
President Donald Trump issues orders withdrawing the U.S. from the Transpacific Partnership Trade Deal, banning federal funds to international organizations that provide abortions or information about them, and instituting a federal hiring freeze. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee swears the city’s new police chief into office. San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin proposes new legislation to … Continued
Donald Trump becomes the 45th president with a divisive inaugural address that paints a bleak picture of a country facing “carnage”. More than 200 people are arrested in Washington D.C. protests. Protests too in San Francisco, Oakland and elsewhere in the Bay Area. A unity action as people join hands across the Golden Gate Bridge. … Continued
President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Treasury Secretary defends himself against charges that he ran a foreclosure machine as head of One West Bank during the great recession. Former Texas Governor Rick Perry testifies on his nomination to be Energy Secretary. President Obama denies clemency to Native American activist Leonard Peltier, a move Amnesty International says may … Continued
President-Elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Health and Human Services Secretary, Congressman Tom Price, defends himself against charges of profiting from insider trading on a biotech firm. Trump’s nominee to head the E.P.A., Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, tells a Senate confirmation hearing that he believes global warming is real, breaking with both his past … Continued
