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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.
Kerry poised to accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president at the party’s convention in Boston. .. . .Kerry’s acceptance speech will feature his Vietnam war military service and Kerry will say he will take them country to war only when we have to The State Senate passes the budget.. …the 105 billion dollar spending … Continued
John Kerry formally becomes the Democratic Presidential nominee tonight.. Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards will denounce the hateful politics of the Republicans.. .and Dennis Kucinich says President Bush took the nation to war based on distortions… Dozens of Iraqis are dead and dozens more wounded in a car bomb attack in the city of Baquba…. … Continued
Day two of the Democratic National Convention in Boston ….delegates adopt a platform that disavows President Bush’s doctrine of launching preemptive wars but takes no position on whether the U.S. attack on Iraq was justified Governor Schwarzenneger and legislative leaders strike a deal on a 103 billion dollar state budget, ending a 26 day standoff. … Continued
Former Vice President Al Gore tells the opening session of the Democratic National Convention that the Florida election debacle of 2000 should ‘inspire democrats to put John Kerry in the White House. A new analysis from a public interest group shows who’s giving most of the record 414 million dollars that George Bush and John … Continued
Militants raid a Palestinian Police Station and a local government office as unrest in Gaza stretches into a second week. . . . A demonstration in San Francisco against the Israeli security wall…. A group claiming to be the European wing of Al Qaida threatens Australia and Italy with attacks if they don’t pull their … Continued
An East Bay lawmaker with a novel plan to get more funds to the troubled Oakland schools …State Senator Don Perata is joined by religious leaders who demand that the state appointed trustee of the Oakland School District meet with them An Egyptian man the first diplomat taken hostage in Iraq. ….his captors want to … Continued
The September 11th Commission criticizes both the Bush and Clinton administrations for failing to fully grasp or effectively combat the threat posed by Al Qaeda and calls for a radical shake .up of U.S. intelliegnce… the commission’s final report — issued unanimously — points to deep institutional failures and missed opportunities to thwart the hijackings … Continued
Califormia, seven other states, and New York City issue some of the nation’s largest power companies to force them to reduce their emissions which contribute to global warming. Israel forges ahead with construction of its West Bank barrier hours after the U. N. General Assembly calls for the structure to be torn down in compliance … Continued
A day after Democrats take Governor Schwarzenegger to task for calling them "girlie men", the democratic assembly leader says there may be a break in the 20 day old budget Stalemate Sacramento Federal Judge Thelton Henderson threatens to put the State’s prison system into receivership.. He says that a prison guard contract renegotiated by Governor … Continued
