The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays
6:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays - 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 – April 16, 2004
President Bush and British Prime Minster Blair stand together at the White House, backing Israeli Prime Minister Sharon’s unilateral plan for Gaza and the West Bank and endorsing a United Nations proposal for a provisional government for Iraq. U.S. occupation in Iraq slay at least 20 Iraqis in the besieged city of Fallujah and in … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 15, 2004
Iraqi resistance fighters kill an Iranian diplomat in Baghdad as Iran undertakes a mission to negotiate a settlement between occupation authorities and a radical Shiite cleric in the southern city of Najaf.. U.S. officials are still trying to end the stand off in the beseiged city of Fallujah but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 14, 2004
Pentagon officials say they’re extending the tour of duty for some 21 thousand U.S. soldiers who have served a year in Iraq and were set to leave U.S. warplanes strafe Fallujah as the nominal cease fire there threatens to disintegrate completely.. in southern Iraq, mediation may avert a U.S. assault on the holy city of … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 13, 2004
In the wake of the bloodiest week of U.S. combat in Iraq, President Bush holds only the third news conference of his presidency U.S. troops are massed outside the holy city of Najaf — the current home to Shiite cleric Moqtadar Al Sadr, whom the military has threatened to capture or kill The State Department … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 12, 2004
A shaky ceasefire in Fallujah is interrupted by sporadic clashes between U.S. occupation troops and resistance fighters.. The toll of dead and wounded Iraqis over the past week nears 2,000 U.S. occupation officials maintain their tough stance towards Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, saying they seek to locate, capture, or kill him More than 40 … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 11, 2004
The Iraqi body count grows in Falluja, as U.S. forces continue an offensive against resistance fighters. NGOs report dead bodies lying in the streets, ambulances being shot by snipers, and medical aid being stopped by U.S. occupation forces A battalion of the new U.S. trained Iraqi Army refuses to go to Falluja to fight.. They … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 9, 2004
Fighting in the Central Iraq city of Falluja resumes after a pause in the Marine offensive.. During a brief ceasefire, hundreds of women and children flee, but the marines won’t let men of fighting age out.. U.S.-appointed members of the Iraqi Governing Council denounce the assault – one is threateneing to quit Thousands of Japanese … Continued
The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – April 8, 2004
National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice before the September 11th Commission for 3 hours today.. Rice insists President Bush fully understood the threat of terrorism before September 11th, 2001.. But she says there was no silver bullet that could have prevented the deadliest attacks ever on American soil Four more American soldiers killed in Iraq – … Continued