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'First Look': BC Helmet Club president talks about sanctions
Five or six months ago when it first was told there was something to correct, the president of the Helmet Club thought moving the Bakersfield College football boosters nonprofit under the Bakersfield College Foundation was all that was necessary. "We said, 'OK, let's do it,'" said Paul Pavletich, the booster club...
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Crews race to find twister survivors as death toll revised downward
MOORE, Okla. -- Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb. The state medical...
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'First Look': Eat at Outback, send a burn survivor to camp
It's pretty simple. Eat at Outback Steakhouse during a special fundraiser, and help send a child or teen who's suffered burns to a special camp designed just for them. The fundraiser takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Outback Steakhouse, 5051 Stockdale Highway. For $25, you get steak, chicken or salmon,...
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'First Look': Top Boys & Girls Clubs director from Kern
They're Kern County-wide, with 52 locations. They're in seven local school districts. They have about 5,500 kids walking through the doors each day. And more than 400 youth professionals mentor them. They are the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County. The organization's executive director, Zane Smith, was recently named...
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'First Look': First News for May 21
Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Big 6. CELL PHONE VIDEO: The attorney representing the witnesses in the in-custody death of a Bakersfield man releases cellphone video shot by one of the witnesses. Yesterday (mon) Daniel Rodriguez released the video shot by Francisco Arrieta the night 33-year old...
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Sun Pacific gets custody of Cuties in Paramount divorce
The two companies behind the popular Cuties brand of mandarins have begun a corporate divorce that forces a name change on a popular product that accounts for thousands of acres in Kern County orchards. Under a deal announced Monday, Pasadena-based Sun Pacific was to pay Paramount Citrus, part of Los Angeles-based...









