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'First Look': CALM's 30th anniversary celebrated

Apollo the kestrel bird and Jewel the king snake visited "First Look with Scott Cox" on Friday. Unlike most guests on the simulcast, these from the California Living Museum were mostly silent.

So host Scott Cox did the talking -- he had no problem with that -- saying "nature is full of stuff you shouldn't be afraid of but too many people are."

He said it was awesome to be three feet away from a bird, and to hold a snake. "We try to teach people and knock some of those myths away," zoo manager Lana Fain said of the animals, such as the belief that snakes are slimy.

She visited the show because CALM is celebrating its 30th birthday Saturday. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the zoo, 10500 Alfred Harrell Highway.

'First Look': Evans on BC football sanctions

How will the sanctions against Bakersfield College's football program impact game attendance? The efforts to raise funds for Memorial Stadium improvements? The team, and boosters' support of it? Californian sports writer Jeff Evans talked...

'First Look': First News for May 17

Take a look at your First News for Friday, May 17. The Sheriff's Department says a man suspected of stabbing another man in Oildale was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff's Office deputy Thursday. The suspect, 33-year-old Caleb Wade...

'First Look': Country singer shares debut CD

Bakersfield country singer Whitney Wattenbarger will celebrate the release of her debut CD, "Just Getting Started," on Saturday. But before that big night, the Centennial High School graduate sang Thursday on "First Look with Scott Cox."...

'First Look': Craft Beer Festival coming up

The inaugural Craft Beer Festival, with 50 craft beers, live music and food, is coming up May 25. "It's a big culture that's been picking up steam," James Brown of Eureka! Gourmet Burgers & Craft Beer said of craft beer. Brown, who's...

'First Look': 16th Senate candidate Ramirez pitches run

Francisco Ramirez Jr., a candidate for the 16th Senate District seat, talked about "going for the gold" during an appearance on "First Look with Scott Cox" Thursday. The candidate said he's doing a grassroots campaign that includes phone...

'First Look': First News for May 16

Take a look at your First News for Thursday, May 16. Two cellphones confiscated last week from witnesses to the in-custody death of David Sal Silva were returned Wednesday to the attorney representing the witnesses. The video on one of...

'First Look': Cody Canada & The Departed preview tonight's show

Cody Canada & The Departed shared its Texas alt-country music Wednesday morning on "First Look with Scott Cox" as a preview to tonight's show. Their latest record is "Adventus." The concert will be at 7 p.m. at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace...

'First Look': 16th District candidate Vidak pitches run

"It's jobs, jobs, jobs." That's the biggest issue driving 16th District Senate candidate Andy Vidak's campaign, he said Wednesday on "First Look with Scott Cox." The Hanford cherry farmer, joining the simulcast by phone, says new industry...

'First Look': First News for May 15

Take a look at your First News for Wednesday, May 15. Responding to what he called a case that "has consumed the media and our community," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Tuesday he has asked the FBI to conduct a "parallel"...

'First Look': Growing concerns about obesity discussed

Representatives from Bustamante Pediatrics led a discussion about obesity and proper nutrition Tuesday on "First Look with Scott Cox." They discussed Food Revolution Day, a national campaign to change people's diets using a comprehensive...

Attorney shares more about Silva's life, death

Attorney David Cohn revealed more Tuesday about 33-year-old David Lee Silva and the events leading up to his encounter with deputies and subsequent death. Cohn said in an interview with The Californian that Silva had had an argument with...

'First Look': First News for May 14

Take a look at your First News for Tuesday, May 14. The Kern County Sheriff's Office is conducting an administrative investigation into last week's death of 33-year-old David Sal Silva. But the seven deputies involved have not been placed...