LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a strike by Los Angeles school teachers (all times local):
12:42 p.m.
Contract negotiations between teachers and the Los Angeles Unified School District have resumed for the first time since thousands of educators went on strike.
United Teachers Los Angeles spokeswoman Kim Turner confirms talks are underway Thursday.
The new negotiations were facilitated by the office of Mayor Eric Garcetti and are being held at Los Angeles City Hall.
It's the fourth day of teachers walking picket lines in the nation's second-largest school district. The strike followed 21 months of fruitless bargaining.
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9:10 a.m.
Los Angeles teachers are back on rainy picket lines for a fourth day.
