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Bay Area Headlines: Wednesday, 10/27/21

A probe of California’s unemployment benefits system reveals the state paid out at least $20 billion in fraudulent claims during the pandemic./ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Vaccine Advisory Committee met yesterday to make a decision on approving the Pfizer vaccine for children ages five to 11. / Alumni from Lowell High School in San Francisco are seeking an injunction to reverse the San Francisco School Board’s decision to end merit-based admission. / Many recent news reports have focused on shortages in the of nursing profession, but there haven’t been as many stories focused on doctors.

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Kevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community colleges, bookstores, libraries, and non-commercial radio stations, as well as from the people around him. When he's not on the radio, then he's selling books, taking care of his family, listening to music, entering stuff into a computer, or taking a class.