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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.
Former weapons inspector David Kay testifies before Congress that he and almost everyone else was wrong about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction – but he denies the Bush Administration doctored the intelligence findings – Kay does call for an outside investigation, a call likely to be echoed by Democrats British Prime Minister Exonerated in … Continued
They’ve been counting the votes for an hour now in the Democratic Presidential Primary in New Hampshire and it’s relatively easy victory for Senator John Kerry, Howard Dean finishes second and Senator John Edward and General Wesley Clark are battling for third A bloody day in Iraq – 6 American soldiers are killed, 2 Iraqi … Continued
For the first time a court throws out part of the controversial U.S.A. Patriot Act as unconstitutional – a Federal Judge in Los Angeles rules that the Act’s prohibition on providing advice and assistance to groups on the government’s terrorist list is too vague and a violation of the First and Fifth Amendments A border … Continued
President Bush signs an omnibus spending bill into law, legislation attacked by critics as a give-away to special interests and full of pork – it also contains controversial measures increasing media ownership concentration, ending overtime protections, and gutting a gun control law More charges of election irregularities in San Francisco – the same non-profit accused … Continued
Calls today for a wider investigation into alledged voter intimidation by the Gavin Newsome campaign during San Francisco’s mayoral run-off last month – several members of the Department of Public Works have charged they were coerced by their bosses into walking precincts for Newsome A crucial debate underway in New Hampshire between the remaining seven … Continued
Fiscal conservatives critisize Bush for the burgeoning budget deficit, while liberals and progressives take on the President for his State of the Union address on the themes of Iraq, the Patriot Act, and gay marriage Governor Schwarzenegger’s rollback of the vehicle license fee is challenged in a petition to the State Supreme Court Treasurer Phil … Continued
2 hour broadcast: Bush’s complete State of the Union Address A former prison warden breaks down in tears as he accuses fellow administrators of perjury and evidence tampering – and a State Senator who has led the prison probe says she was the target of an earlier death threat Longshore workers announce plans to raise … Continued
Iowa voters are meeting in some 2000 caucuses this evening to support a Democratic presidential candidate U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he’ll study a U.S. request to send a team to Iraq to examine the feasibility of the U.S. plan to transfer power to Iraq – a crowd estimated at up to 100 thousand … Continued
