Striking LA teachers, district to resume talks

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles teachers are back on rainy picket lines for a fourth day.

The strike continued Thursday with a new round of contract bargaining with the Los Angeles Unified School District scheduled at midday.

United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl said it would be unrealistic to assume the new bargaining session could immediately end the walkout after 21 months of negotiations had failed to produce an agreement.

He says there are still hard issues to work through.

Thursday’s bargaining will be held at City Hall, facilitated by the office of Mayor Eric Garcetti.