High school basketball coach fired after tortilla-throwing incident many saw as racist

A San Diego-area school district voted Tuesday night to fire a head basketball coach after tortillas were hurled at a team from a mostly Latino high school.

The Coronado Unified School Board voted 5-0 in a closed session to release JD Laaperi of Coronado High School, CBS San Diego affiliate KFMB-TV reported. The board also discussed but didn't take action on student discipline, The San Diego Union-Tribune said.