F.D.A. advisory panel approves kid-size Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds; Lawmakers grill social media CEOs over impacts on childhood mental health; S.F. D.A. kicks off reject recall campaign, two prosecutors leave his office in support of recall

Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 6 p.m.

Comprehensive coverage of the day\u2019s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.\n\nSenator Bernie Sanders demands President\u2019s Build Back Better plan include medicare expansion, White House says it won\u2019t include everything they want.\nF.D.A. advisory panel approves kid-size Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds.\nSan Francisco Supervisors introduce first in the nation ordinance to help domestic workers access paid leave they\u2019re entitled to.\nLawmakers grill CEO\u2019s of social media companies Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube about impacts on childhood mental health.\nPeace activists block entrances to Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, California to protest drone warfare program that killed family of 10 in Afghanistan.\nMore prosecutors flee San Francisco District Attorney\u2019s office, support recall; District Attorney Chesa Boudin kicks off reject recall campaign.\nWeather Underground activist, David Gilbert, released from prison, after 40 years incarceration for involvement in shooting death of armed guard.\nContra Costa County Deputy Sheriff Andrew Hall found guilty of assault with a firearm in 2018 shooting death of Laudemer Arboleda.\nGovernor Gavin Newsom tours site of the new University of California Merced Medical School, the first public medical school in the Central Valley.\n\nPhoto by Hakan Nural on Unsplash.\nThe post F.D.A. advisory panel approves kid-size Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds; Lawmakers grill social media CEO\u2019s over impacts on childhood mental health; S.F. D.A. kicks off reject recall campaign, two prosecutors leave his office in support of recall appeared first on KPFA.