Christopher Buchanan is a reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, he covered national and state politics, protests, higher education and American subculture. Buchanan’s work has been featured in NBC, Politico, CalMatters, NPR and American Banker, the latter as a member of the Dow Jones News Fund, and he was a 2025 breaking news intern at The Times.
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San Francisco teachers on Monday went on strike for the first time since 1979, seeking higher pay and better health care benefits.
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Después de horas de protestas pacíficas en el centro de Los Ángeles el viernes, las tensiones aumentaron afuera del Centro de Detención Metropolitano cuando las fuerzas del orden empujaron a una multitud de unas 200 personas y rociaron un agente químico sobre los manifestantes.
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