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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.
3 days before SF voters are to elect a new mayor – signs of desperation from the Gavin Newsome camp as it appeals to former president Bill Clinton for help – and outgoing mayor Willie Brown has reportedly swung a weekend endorsement for Newsome from Jesse Jackson – meanwhile a poll by a labor union … Continued
President Bush reverses field and removes US tarriffs on steel imports – the decision avoids a trade war with the Europian Union and Japan but may cost his re-election campaign votes next fall in the key steel-making states of Pennsylvania and Ohio Democrats in the State House offer alternatives to Gov. Schwarzenegger’s financial plan – … Continued
The Bush administration rolling back another Clinton era environmental protection as it proposes new rules on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants – critics call it another gift to polluters President Bush signs a landmark rewrite of forest rules – he says the Healthy Forest Restoration Act will prevent wildfires like the devestating ones this … Continued
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
