2 Strikes Spotlight Calif. Teacher Frustration

By The Associated Press
Los Angeles

California is facing a second teacher walkout in the span of a week as calls for cuts spawned by the state's deep budget crisis bring dozens of local school districts and unions to impasses.

Teachers in Alameda County's Oakland Unified School District plan a one-day strike Thursday on the heels of a three-day strike by teachers in Orange County's Capistrano Unified district.

"It's been a long time since we've seen teachers' strikes, but we're just being squeezed more and more," said Betty Olson-Jones, president of the 2,800-member Oakland...

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