The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – August 21, 2017
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
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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.
Spanish authorities say a cell of at least nine people plotted to combine vehicles and explosives in a direct hit on tourists — and an accidental detonation of a gasoline bomb averted a more devastating attack. Steve Bannon is pushed out as White House strategist and back at Breitbart News. Berkeley officials grapple with how … Continued
Thirteen are dead and 100 injured after a van attack in a historic shopping and tourist area of Barcelona known as Las Ramblas, claimed by the Islamic State. Seven are injured in a second attack south of the city. Donald Trump doubles down on his defense of confederate monuments calling them” beautiful” and tweeting that its … Continued
A thousand people gather to remember Heather Heyer — killed when a white supremacist drove a car into a crowd of anti racist protesters in Charlottesville. Some Bay Area organizers say they’ll organize peaceful protests blocks away from right wing rallies planned in S.F. and Berkeley late this month — others say they’ll directly confront … Continued
A combative Donald Trump returns to his earlier insistence that “both sides are to blame” for the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and other city leader call for the National Park Service to withdraw permission for a right-wing rally at Crissy Field on August 26. Back from the brink on … Continued
It took two days of pressure, but Donald Trump finally denounces white supremacists in the wake of the car attack that killed one person and injured 19 following a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. California becomes the first state to sue the Trump Administration for withholding public safety grants from sanctuary cities. A rally at Oakland’s … Continued
Donald Trump with a new tweet that the U.S. is “locked and loaded” if North Korea acts “unwisely”. North Korea says Trump is driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war. 62 Democrats led by John Conyers write a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressing “profound concern” over … Continued
North Korea accuses Donald Trump of senility and says he’s “bereft of reason” as officials say a plan to fire ballistic missiles off the shores of Guam could be ready within a week. An alarming new government report says global warming helped make 2016 the hottest year on record. The levels of greenhouse gases reached a … Continued
Donald Trump’s threat to North Korea of “fire and fury” apparently was ad-libbed, according to unnamed officials close to the President. The heightened nuclear tensions with North Korea give added urgency to the annual protest at the Lawrence Livermore Lab, commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Featured Stories: https://soundcloud.com/kpfa-fm-94-1-berkeley/dozens-arrested-at-nuclear-weapons-protest-at-livermore-lab … Continued
President Donald Trump warns North Korea it will face “fire and fury” like the world has never seen if it persists in its nuclear threats. President Jacob Zuma survives a no confidence vote in the South African parliament. California sheriffs detail their opposition to sanctuary state legislation awaiting action in the State Assembly. Featured … Continued