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After bargaining all through the night, teachers reached a deal with the school district this morning, averting a crippling strike. Failure to settle, explains Joe Eskenazi, would have endangered a proposed $1 billion school bond and a contentious series of citywide negotiations with labor in 2024.

New video shows a SF police sergeant shot and killed Zhanyuan Yang, 31, right after Yang drove his car into the Chinese consulate.ย Sgt. Troy Carrasco pinned Yang to the wall, then shot him twice in the back when Yang swung a knife behind him.

A Cultural Mission talks with visually impaired choreographer Christopher โ€œUnpezverdeโ€ Nรบรฑez about his childhood on Costa Rica’s Atlantic Coast, his life as an undocumented kitchen worker in New York, and his spiritually-informed dance techniques.

More soon,

Sara


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Long lines of teachers waiting to vote for the strike

SF teachers, district reach deal after all-night bargaining session; strike averted

“Itโ€™s all fun and games until somebody loses $1 billion.”

A man in a blue shirt is being held by a police officer.

Video: SF police shot man at Chinese consulate

“You guys shoulda told me he had a knife!”

A man in a pink costume kneeling on the floor in front of a crowd.

A Cultural Mission catching FLACC at Dance Mission Theater

“I didn’t come to dance, dance came to me.”


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