LA teachers, district to resume negotiations amid strike

Teachers walked rainy picket lines today at Los Angeles schools for a fourth day ahead of a new round of contract negotiations that a union leader said is unlikely to quickly end the walkout.

United Teachers Los Angeles president Alex Caputo-Pearl says "after 21 months of negotiations I think it would be an unrealistic expectation to say that this is going to be over after today because there are hard issues to work through."

The office of Mayor Eric Garcetti announced it would facilitate the latest talks at City Hall. The announcement didn't indicate whether any new contract offers would be on the table.

The mayor doesn’t have authority over the Los Angeles Unified School District but he has sought to help both sides reach an agreement.

Talks broke off last week, sending tens of thousands of teachers onto the street.