'First Look': First News for Jan. 8

Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Top Stories:

SMALL PRICE DECLINE SPARKS THEORIES ABOUT LOCAL HOME MARKET: The median closing price for a single-family home in Bakersfield dropped 1.5 percent in December from the same month a year before. And it's the first time that figure has been negative since December 2010. Local appraiser Gary Crabtree compiled these figures and cal