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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 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
A suicide bombing in Baghdad on the eve of high-level talks with the United Nations has left some 20 dead and 60 hurt 1 person was shot dead and 5 were wounded Sunday when gunmen took to the streets to break up an anti-government demonstration in Haiti’s capital Israel plans to dispute the right of … Continued
A bomb explodes under a U.S. armored vehicle near Bagdad, killing 3 American soldiers and bringing the U.S. death toll in the Iraq occupation to 500 California Democrats gather in San Jose for their annual convention and set their sites on re-electing Senator Barbara Boxer and defeating President Bush Hundreds of local supporters of Democratic … Continued
The Bush Administration says it will revise its plan for self-rule in Iraq – the move comes after prominent Shiite clerics demand elections for a provisional legislature to choose an interim government – it’s still not likely that demand will be met One hundred thousand people gathering near Bombay India for the World Social Forum … Continued
Charges that Attorney General John Ashcroft broke federal finance campaign law and possibly the Internal Revenue Code during his failed 2000 Senate campaign, several groups call for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate; the tax law violation could be a felony Former Illinois Senator Carol Mosley Braun drops out of the Democrat race … Continued
President Bush announces plans to send humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond – critics say the election-year initiative could renew a military space race Seniors and disabled people who depend on in-home care to keep them out of nursing homes rally to oppose Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed severe cuts to the in-home support services program … Continued
