WED April 29 Alfandary

Headlines for Pacifica Radio Monday, May 4, 2015.

Pacifica Radio Headlines 5-4-2015

JONES FOR ALFANDARY - HEADLINES - TUESDAY JUNE 2 2015

JONES FOR ALFANDARY - HEADLINES - WEDNESDAY JUNE 3 2015

Pacifica Radio Headlines for Monday June 22, 2015.

Pacifica Radio Headlines for 6-22-2015

Pacifica Radio headlines for Monday, July 6, 2015.

Pacifica Radio Headlines July 6, 2015

Pacifica Radio headlines for Monday, July 13, 2015.

Pacifica Radio Headlines 7-13-2015

Pacifica Radio headlines for Monday, July 20, 2015.

Pacifica Headlines Monday, July 20, 2015

Last week, Senators Dianne Feinstein, Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Barbara Lee condemned the immigration policies that will separate an Oakland nurse, her husband and son from three of their children who are staying behind at home. On Tuesday, the family will return to Mexico under a deportation order. Pacifica’s Saadia Malik reports:

Family Forced to Split Under Deportation After 20 Years in Oakland

The California Appropriations Committee held a hearing this week on the controversial bill SB 649, which would allow telecommunications companies to place equipment like batteries, cables, and antennas on any public lamposts, street signs, and other vertical infrastructure at the discretion of the company. Local governments would lose power to regulate location and rent price for putting private telecommunication equipment on public property. The telecom industry says that streamlining the permitting process will benefit the public by paving the way for more high speed internet. 
215 California city governments have publicly voiced strong opposition to SB 649.

Telecom Bill to Strip Regulatory Power From Local Governments

August 22 was Women's Equality Day and to commemorate it, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and other women democrats discussed the party’s agenda, called A Better Deal, which they say will benefit women.

Pelosi promotes A Better Deal on Women's Equality Day

Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist, passed away on Saturday.

Dick Gregory, Comedian and Activist Died 10/12/1932 - 8/18/2017

Thousands of people turned out in the streets of San Francisco today to demonstrate against racism and facism. Right wing organizers who had planned to hold a self styled  Patriot Prayer rally in Crissy Field were reduced instead to a Facebook Live event in a hotel room and then traveled outside of San Francisco city limits to  Pacifica for a brief press conference. 

Reported by Corinne Smith and James Green

Anti-Racist Protesters Declare Victory, Thousands March Against Canceled Right-Wing Rally

California will make another attempt at resuming executions for its Death Row inmates with a new lethal injection protocol proposed by the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation. This comes on the heels of the state supreme court upholding the constitutionality of proposition 66; that was the fall 2016 ballot measure to speed up the execution process. The new protocol is not without its share of detractors, as a number of groups have come out against both the protocol and the possible resuming of the death penalty. Pacifica's Justin Gold has more

Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Speak Out Against Newly Proposed Lethal Injection Protocol

The UN Security Council voted unanimously today to further sanction North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Policy analysts say that new economic sanctions alone won't address the tensions in the region.

KPFA

Popular tracks