The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – August 17, 2023 Rescue and recovery efforts continue in Maui, Governor promises to protect homeowners. Wildfires in Northern Canada force thousands of evacuations.

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.   Rescue and recovery efforts continue in Maui, Governor promises to protect homeowners. Wildfires in Northern Canada force thousands of evacuations. FBI raids lead to nine arrests of former and current Antioch and Pittsburg officers. Environmentalists and … Continued


From the Probabilities Archive: Two interviews conducted by the late Richard A. Lupoff. Fritz Leiber, noted fantasy and science fiction author, interviewed in the KPFA studios, September 1977. Tony Hillerman, master of detective fiction, interviewed January, 1987 while on tour for his novel “Skinwalkers.” Digitized, remastered and edited by host Richard Wolinsky in August, 2023. Neither interview has has been heard on radio since the initial airings.


Guests: Douglas Frantz is a former managing editor of the Los Angeles Times and shared a Pulitzer Prize as a foreign correspondent at The New York Times.  After his career in journalism, he was chief investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, an assistant secretary of state in the Obama administration, and deputy secretary-general at the Organization for Economic Cooperation … Continued