Pacifica

California is preparing for flooding and landslides as forecasters expect a super El Niño this year, a warming of equatorial Pacific waters that disrupts weather patterns worldwide. After years of coastal erosion, communities such as Pacifica, south of San Francisco, are already showing strain, and officials worry heavy winter storms could worsen damage to weakened cliffs and hillsides.

Pacifica Network's KPFA radio aired its Evening News broadcast for September 29, 2026, covering news, politics, geopolitics and human rights from a progressive perspective. The program is being shared by public media supporters, who frame it as part of efforts to resist and sustain independent, left-leaning journalism amid broader debates over the future of public media.