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SF school board reverses course, decides to save controversial mural

Facing an international outcry, thousands of emails and celebrity opposition to the June decision to destroy a historic school mural, the San Francisco school board reversed course, voting to obscure the art rather than painting over it.

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, people fill the main entryway of George Washington High School to view the controversial 13-panel, 1,600-square foot mural, the "Life of Washington," during an open house for the public in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education President Stevon Cook says he plans to introduce a solution at the school board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, to cover the "Life of Washington" mural without destroying it. Cook says he will propose covering the mural with panels that contain artwork that shows "the heroism of people of color in America, how we have fought against, and continue to battle discrimination, racism, hatred, and poverty." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Before police showed up at a journalist’s home in a raid to uncover his source, investigators told a judge they were going after a man who “makes a career out of producing/selling hot news stories.”

Will Smith (13) shakes hands with Buster Posey (28) after striking out Chad Pinder (18) to end the game with Jurickson Profar (23), the tying run, stranded on third as the San Francisco Giants played the Oakland Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

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