The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
6:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to Fridays
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.
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 24, 2005
The Pentagon acknowledges the existence of a secret intelligence unit with operations in Iraq and Afghanistan… At least five are dead and many more injured in a car bomb explosion near the party headquarters of the interim Iraqi prime minister… The ACLU releases more U.S. army internal documents.. they show that the government failed to … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 23, 2005
New Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says he’s close to reaching a deal with militants to cease attacks on Israelis, and Israel says it too could agree to a cease-fire if militants suspend attacks… 10 Iraqi civilians are killed by roadside bomb explosions in the latest violence in Iraq, one week before national elections… The Bush … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 21, 2005
Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Powell announces his resignation ….Powell, who leaves in March, used his post to push looser rules on media ownership and to crackdown on broadcast indecency …. .media activists are glad to see him go….. In the aftermath of president Bush’s inaugural address, questions in the nation’s capital about his pledge … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 19, 2005
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes 16-2 to confirm the nomination of Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State. . .John Kerry and Barbara Boxer vote no. . . Democrats succeed in delaying a final senate vote on the nomination of Rice and a committee vote on Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales. .. Despite a series … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 18, 2005
Governor Schwarzenegger and the U. S. Supreme Court turn down the appeals of Donald Beardslee. . . he ‘ s scheduled to be executed at midnight at San Quentin… California Senator Barbara Boxer mounts a sharp challenge to Condoleeza Rice at her confirmation hearings to be Secretary of State …Rice accuses Boxer of impugning her … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 17, 2005
Thousands around the country mark the day of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior.. .gay rights marchers in Atlanta say King would have supported their rights …King’s son preaches against the war in Iraq …governor Schwarzenegger claims King as a hero… and president Bush, who has clashed with the NAACP, praises King’s intellect … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – January 16, 2005
Raids by U.S. troops across Iraq today, as insurgents step up attacks on polling places in advance of elections later this month …meanwhile, the CIA releases a report that claims U.S. occupied Iraq is the number one training ground for terrorists Over a thousand gather in downtown Berkeley to both support and protest the display … Continued