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1of5California attorney general Xavier Becerra (left) speaks during a press conference at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy, on Friday, August 9, 2019 in Sausalito.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less2of5Middle school students mingle in the hallway between classes at Bayside-Martin Luther King Academy school in Marin City, Calif. on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.Paul Chinn/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less3of5Terrie Green (second from right) , grandparent with grandchildren in two schools in district and chair of Marin City Community Services District and Kahaya Adams (right), parent with two incoming students at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy, listen as California attorney general Xavier Becerra (left) announces that the Sausalito Marin City School District agrees to end segregation in its schools as he speaks speaks during a press conference at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy, on Friday, August 9, 2019 in Sausalito, Calif.Photos by Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less4of5Barbara Sapienza (l to r) and Peter Sapienza, who both volunteered for a number of years at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy, listen during a press conference at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy where it was announced that the Sausalito Marin City School District agrees to end segregation in its schools, on Friday, August 9, 2019 in Sausalito, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less5of5Sausalito Marin City school district Board of Trustees president Ida Green (l to r) and California attorney general Xavier Becerra shake hands after a press conference at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy, where it was announced that the Sausalito Marin City School District agrees to end segregation in its schools on Friday, August 9, 2019 in Sausalito, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
A tiny Marin County school district “intentionally” segregated its students, corralling black and Latino children in an under-performing public school for years, and must now develop a plan to quickly reintegrate its classrooms, according to settlement terms in a racial discrimination case announced Friday by the state attorney general’s office.
Former leaders of the Sausalito Marin City School District failed their students and their community by creating a deliberately segregated school system, Attorney General Xavier Becerra said, using pointed language, at a news conference at the public Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy.
An air quality advisory for the Bay Area has been extended through Wednesday because of heavy smoke churning out of the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park.
![A Marin County Sheriff’s deputy knocks on doors to evacuate residents from the fire near Marin City on July 18. The evacuation order was later lifted.](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100" height="100"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
![A Marin County Sheriff’s deputy knocks on doors to evacuate residents from the fire near Marin City on July 18. The evacuation order was later lifted.](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="200" height="200"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
