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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Senator Bernie Sanders demands President's Build Back Better plan include medicare expansion, White House says it won't include everything they want. F.D.A. advisory panel approves kid-size Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds. [1] San Francisco Supervisors introduce first in the nation ordinance to help domestic workers access paid leave they're entitled to. [2] Lawmakers grill CEO's of social media companies Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube about impacts on childhood mental health. [3] Peace activists block entrances to Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, California to protest drone warfare program that killed family of 10 in Afghanistan. [4] More prosecutors flee San Francisco District Attorney's office, support recall; District Attorney Chesa Boudin kicks off reject recall campaign. [5] Weather Underground activist, David Gilbert, released from prison, after 40 years incarceration for involvement in shooting death of armed guard. Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff Andrew Hall found guilty of assault with a firearm in 2018 shooting death of Laudemer Arboleda. Governor Gavin Newsom tours site of the new University of California Merced Medical School, the first public medical school in the Central Valley. [6] Photo by Hakan Nural [7] on Unsplash. [8] [1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MARTINEZ_Pfizer_Kids.mp3 [2] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MERICLE-ON-DOMESTIC-WORKERS.mp3 [3] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10.26.21-Monahan-on-Social-Media-Hearing_mixdown.mp3 [4] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MERICLE-ON-DRONE-PROTEST.mp3 [5] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mericle-on-SFDA.mp3 [6] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Witte-on-merced-visit-final-production.mp3 [7] https://unsplash.com/@hakannural?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText [8] https://unsplash.com/s/photos/covid-19?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText