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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.
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
The State’s nonpartisan legislative analyst says one time solutions in Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget will leave California taxpayers facing another $6 Billion deficit the following fiscal year – Elizabeth Hill says lawmakers should consider raising taxes President Bush’s homeless Czar comes to San Francisco to meet with new Mayor Gavin Newsome – The 2 announce a … Continued
Democratic Senate President John Burton vows to challenge Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts saying services are being slashed to the poor and disabled to underwrite a reduction in the car tax The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to the Bush Administration’s secret round up of hundreds of foreigners after the September 11th … Continued
