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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 Bush nominates federal judge Michael Chertoff as new Homeland Security Chief. ..in his former role as Assistant Attorney General he developed guidelines allowing FBI infiltration of religious and political gatherings. With the presidential inauguration nine days off, federal officials describe plans for unprecedented security by thousands of police and canine bomb teams.. A former … Continued
Governor Schwarzenegger announces a nearly 112 billion dollar budget which limits state support for schools, health care for the poor and other services. ..there are no new taxes… Palestinian president elect Mahmoud Abbas says he’s ready to talk peace with Israeli prime minister Sharon. ..president bush invites Abbas to the White House. . . opponents … Continued
At a ceremony in Kenya, Sudan’s government and southern rebel forces sign a final peace agreement; if successful, the pact would end a civil war more than two decades old. . . Mahmood Abbas wins the Palestinian election, taking about two-thirds of the vote… Two weeks after the Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe, aid officials say … Continued
Rescue workers pull thousands more dead bodies from the debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast two weeks after a devastating tsunami hit South Asia. . . . U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan reluctantly agrees to stay out of disaster-stricken areas of Sri Lanka controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels…. A U.S. warplane mistakenly bombs … Continued
Former Mississippi Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen pleads not guilty to state murder charges in the 1964 killings of the civil rights workers Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman… California death row inmate Donald Beardslee inches closer to the death chamber after federal courts dismiss two challenges …he’s set to be executed in12 days Palestinian … Continued
Congress certifies President Bush’s re election, but only after democrats force a rare debate in both houses of Congress on the Ohio election. In San Francisco, voting activists gather to thank Senator Boxer for providing the sole — and needed — senate signature challenging the Ohio vote Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales faces criticism from … Continued
Governor Schwarzenegger calls for a special session of the state legislature to require across the board spending cuts when spending increases above revenues …he vows to seek no new taxes.. .Schwarzenegger also calls for teacher pay based on merit and not tenure… Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales is expected to promise senators at his confirmation … Continued
The United Nations says international aid pledged to victims of the South Asian tsunami has risen to up to three billion dollars …but critics say the aid isn’t getting to intended recipients in parts of Indonesia and Sri Lanka that are home to rebel movements… Iraqi militants assassinate Baghdad’s governor in Iraq’s highest profile killing … Continued
The United Nations says some 150 thousand people are now believed dead in the South Asian tsunami and thousands more are at risk unless they receive aid quickly… Stung by criticism of a slow and inadequate response, president Bush says his father and former president Clinton will lead a private fundraising drive for victims of … Continued
The tsunami death toll continues to rise; official figures now put it at 124,000, but aid officials estimate it could hit 150,000. meanwhile, air drops of food and medicine reached remote Indian ocean islands, and in hardest hit Aceh, independence fighters accuse the Indonesian government of stepping up attacks against them. Separate attacks kill 18 … Continued
