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Minions adorn a manger scene by the Bedford CTC FFA club at the second annual Holiday Nights of Lights, a grassroots, community-based drive-thru light display at the Bedford County Fairgrounds. Businesses, schools, churches and families have created displays as part of the socially distant celebration of the season. Mirror photo by Holly Claycomb
Whether it’s a walk through the neighborhood or a drive through one of the region’s sponsored holiday light displays, viewing outdoor lighting displays is a holiday tradition undeterred by COVID-19.
Displays in Bedford and Altoona are reporting increased business, most likely because the coronavirus is preventing people from doing so many other activities.
classrooms in the nation s second largest school district demanding higher wages. students are set to arrive at those schools across los angeles as their teachers stage this strike. our stephanie elam is there. you have been talking to these teachers. what s bringing them into the streets today? reporter: the teachers have been working without a contract since july 2017. they ve been negotiating with the school district and that has fallen apart as of friday. so now as promised, despite the weather here in los angeles, teachers are out here protesting along with people who are supporting them. i m joined by andrea cohen who has been teaching at this high school for 24 years. it s not just the pay raise that the teachers are looking for. what else is so important to teachers? absolutely not the pay raise. it s about class size reduction. in other words, hire more teachers. we want to have fully staffed schools. that means librarians, nurses, psychiatric, social workers and