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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.
Governor Schwarzenegger declares the State is in a fiscal crisis and invokes emergency powers to impose $150 million in spending cuts without the Legislature’s approval. The funds will go to cities and counties to make up for the money lost when Schwarzenegger rolled back the vehicle license fee The Bush administration’s judicial conduct is repudiated … Continued
U.S. Occupation forces surround the Iraqi town of Samarra and conduct house to house searches for members of the armed resistance Some of Iraq’s neighbors want to take part in criminal proceedings against Saddam Hussein – a trial on Iran’s claims could implicate the U.S. for supplying the chemical weapons materiel Iraq used in the … Continued
A federal appeals court in San Francisco rules that the federal law outlawing marijuana may not apply to sick people with a doctor’s recommendation in California and other states that have approved medical marijuana laws What’s believed to be the longest nurse’s strike in State history has ended at Doctor’s Medical Center in San Pablo … Continued
President Bush says the U.S. and Iraq will organize Saddam Hussein’s trial – human rights groups are urging international safeguards Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean says Hussein’s capture has not made America safer and will not help defeat Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network – Democratic rival Dennis Kucinich says Hussein’s capture should spark the … Continued
Former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein is now a U.S. prisoner – U.S. forces captured Hussein last night in a Hideout near his hometown An explosion in Pakistan was apparently an assassination attempt against President Pervez Musharaff A constitutional convention opens in Afghanistan, with president Hamid Karzail proposing a plan that enhances his own power Cuts … Continued
The U.S. Military is training hundreds of Iraqis it recruited from militias to defend Baghdad Syria says congressional legislation threatening sanctions will make it harder to improve relations with the U.S. Negotiations collapse in the European Union’s attempt to produce the first constitution in the organization’s history Iran says it will sign an agreement in … Continued
Hundreds of people angered by the repeal of a law allowing undocumented imigrants to get driver’s licenses take to the streets around the state in a day long boycott of schools, work, and stores – the action is intended to underscore the economic power of California’s Latino community The State Senate passes a compromise budget … Continued
Changes in how the Oakland police department will deal with demonstrators – the City’s police chief announces the cops will no longer fire wooden pellets or use motorcycles to control crowds – the changes come after Oakland police inflicted numerous injuries at an anti Iraq war demonstration at the Oakland Port in April The State … Continued
Gavin Newsom prepares to take the reins of SF after winning a close mayor’s race against Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez Kamala Harris will become SF’s first female District Attorney after beating incumbent Terence Hallinan International reaction is swift and angry after the Pentagon announces it won’t accept bids for construction projects in Iraq by … Continued
Former Vice President Al Gore endoreses Howard Dean’s bid for teh Democratic presidential nomination, praising Dean’s fervent opposition to the Iraq war which Gore calls the US’s biggest foreign policy blunder in over 200 years – Gore says that to beat president Bush Democrats don’t have the luxury of fighting among themselves SF voters are … Continued
