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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.
Secretary of State John Kerry blasts Israel in unusually blunt language for its settlements policies on occupied Palestinian lands. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly responds, calling Kerry’s Mideast policy speech a great disappointment, but saying better days lie ahead with the incoming Trump Administration. Turkey’s foreign minister says his country and Russia have prepared an agreement … Continued
President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe make a symbolic joint visit to Pearl Harbor at the site of the Japanese attack that drew the U.S. into World War II. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to lay out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech tomorrow. The speech will come amid … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu verbally lashes out at the United Nations Security Council member states who approved a resolution condemning Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian lands. New California gun safety laws take effect on January first. Water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux encampment protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline ride out a blizzard with … Continued
The Obama Administration deals a historic blow to Israel at the United Nations Security Council. The U.S. abstains on a resolution condemning Israel instead of exercising a veto as usual. The action comes despite fierce lobbying by Israel and interference by President-Elect Donald Trump. California releases a massive environmental impact report supporting Governor Jerry Brown’s … Continued
The Obama Administration announces it’s dismantling an inactive registry largely for people from Moslem countries. The action comes less than a month before Donald Trump takes office and means he would have to start from scratch if he wants to implement a registry of his own. Donald Trump uses twitter to call for expanded U.S. nuclear … Continued
North Carolina lawmakers stage a day of rancorous debate — and then fail to repeal the anti-LGBTQ bathroom law HB2. German police commandos raid two apartments in Berlin as they press their search for a Tunisian man suspected of carrying out Monday’s deadly truck attack on a Christmas market. More than ten thousand people sign a … Continued
With just a month left of his presidency, Barack Obama bans new oil and gas leases in federal waters in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, delighting environmentalists. The self styled Islamic State claims responsibility for the Berlin, Germany truck attack that killed 12 people and injured nearly 50 more. German officials aren’t endorsing the claim quite … Continued
Donald Trump clinches his victory in the electoral college as thousands of anti-Trump protesters converge on state capitols across the country. The Russian Ambassador to Turkey is gunned down by an off-duty police officer while speaking at a photography exhibition in the Turkish capital Ankara. A state agency that oversees judicial discipline in California clears … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Evacuations are underway from the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. The Obama Administration suggests that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the hacking of Democratic officials’ email accounts in the run-up to the presidential election. Shelters are overflowing as the pouring rain poses perhaps the biggest challenge to homeless people trying to stay dry. AT&T … Continued
