6:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to 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.
Russia deals the Kyoto global warming pact a devastating blow when it announces it will not ratify it. The Bush Administration pulled the U.S. out of the pact in 2001. Former Vice President Al Gore rallies Democratic party support for San Francisco mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom, locked in a tough run off election against Green … Continued
The California Assembly joins the Senate in voting to repeal a law that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses Advocates for children say Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to cap enrollment in the state’s Healthy Families Program could put tens of thousands of low income children on a waiting list for health insurance … Continued
In the heaviest fighting in Iraq in months, US troops kill 46 resistance fighters in a battle north of Baghdad Palestinian and Israeli delegates are on their way to switzerland for the official signing of the Geneva Accord, a peace plan that doesn’t have the backing of their respective governments but – according to polls … Continued
Seven Spanish intelligence agents and 2 Japanese diplomats are killed in Iraq A small group of family members of US military personnel serving in Iraq is headed to Baghdad to deliver a message of friendship Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia strongly condemns Israel’s West Bank security barrier and threatens to pull out of peace negotiations … Continued
The ballot counting is complete in Northern Ireland’s legislative election, and the Democratic Unionist Party has emerged with a plurality – The Party’s leader is opposed to the Good Friday Peace Plan The Sudanese government and Southern Rebel Forces agree to a truce extension – the 2 sides are set to resume talks this weekend … Continued
President Bush pays a surprise visit to US troops in Baghdad, spending two and a half hours in Iraq before returning to the US As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a United Nations report says world hunger is getting worse, with nearly 800 million people effected. Housing activists move into a vacant public housing unit in SF’s … Continued
The Pentagon announces that severl thousand more Marines will go to Iraq next year, boosting teh numbers of troops deployed amid increasingly bloody resistance attacks GOP Repuclican congressional leaders and Bush administration officials repare a $370 billion spending bill for approval when lawmakers return to work next month.. Democrats are balking SF Mayoral candidate Matt … Continued
The Schwarzenegger Administration details its proposals to resolve the state’s budges crisis.. The Governor’s Finance Director wants $2 billion in midyear budget cuts, including $440 million from health and human services and $159 million from higher education. The Governor also wants the authority to declare a fiscal emergency and make unilateral cuts that the legislature … Continued
The Senate is poised to approve a sweeping transformation of Medicare which critics warn is the first step towards dismantling the health care system for seniors and the disabled State lawmakers prepare to repeal legislation granting undocumented immigrants the right to a drivers license.. author Gil Cedillo says he’ll work with the Governor on a … Continued
Senators threaten to filibuster Medicare Bill Civil liberties groups and politicians question FBI monitoring of anti-war demonstrations 2 soldiers dead in Iraq what witnesses describe as "savage attack" Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze announced his resignation Public Pressure brings release of 100 Fair Trade demonstrators in Miami This year’s "School of the America’s" protest largest ever
