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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.
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley bans the use of touch screen voting in 4 counties in the November elections.. Ten other counties must meet tough conditions if they are to use their machines.. Shelley also calls for a criminal investigation of the voting machine maker, Diebold, calling the company "reprehensible" Outrage in the Arab … Continued
The U.S. military trying to strike a deal on Falluja with former members of Sadam Hussein’s army .. The U.S. marines in the city would reportedly withdraw and turn security duties over to the former military men.. meanwhile the U.S. attacks on the city continue and elsewhere 10 American soldiers are slain President Bush and … Continued
As U.S. helicopter gunships pound three districts in Fallujah day and night, President Bush insists that most of the city is returning to normal U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warns that U.S. military action in Fallujah could bolster resistance and make it harder to end the U.S. occupation Supreme Court justices express concern that Americans captured … Continued
U.S. warplanes and artillery batter the city of Fallujah, as a fragile cease fire comes to an end The top U.N. envoy says that despite the fighting in Iraq, it’s possible to set up an interim government by the end of May – a month before the U.S. occupation authority hands over nominal power Explosions … Continued
Fierce fighting in Fallujah, although the nominal ceasefire remains in effect. Members of Fallujah’s town council ask for United Nations mediation between resistance fighters and U.S. troops. Dozens of former top ranking British diplomats offer a blistering critique of conduct of the war in Iraq and say Prime Minister Blair should use his influence to … Continued
A period of shaky clam continues tonight in the Iraq cities of Fallujah and Najaf. Meanwhile, the United Nations envoy to Iraq is warning the U.S. against sending American troops into those cities. More than one million people march in the nation’s capitol in support of women’s reproductive rights. Protests against the International Monetary Fund … Continued
Two U.S. soldiers are dead and five others are injured in attack on two Iraqi oil facilities. About a hundred people gather in San Francisco for roundtable discussions on how youth can empower themselves by working with the media. A couple of hundred people come together outside the Sony Metreon Theater to commemorate the death … Continued
Radical Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr threatens suicide bombings if U.S. troops strike the Holy City of Najaf in Iraq.. In fighting today another U.S. soldier is killed as is a member of the Bulgarian armed services.. Meanwhile the Bush Administration and the Congress contemplate spending tens of billions more dollars on the Iraq war and … Continued
An advisory panel unanimously recommends that California ban the use of 15-thousand touch-screen voting machines made by Deebold from the November election. The panel says the Texas company’s machines malfunctioned in the state’s primary election in March. US. Marines warn Iraqi resistance fighters in the city of Fallujah that they just have a few days … Continued
Dozens are dead-including 16 children, in a series of explosions outside of police stations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. A suicide car bomb blast at Saudi National police headquarters is described as a quantum leap by insurgents who have gone from attacking U.S. targets to Saudi security forces. Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu … Continued
