09-01-2015 16:30 via bakersfieldcalifornian.com

'First Look': First News for Jan. 9

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

PARTICULATE POLLUTION SPIKES: Delightful winter weather in Bakersfield often equals horrible winter air. Weather and air quality experts say the high pressure ridge that settled over the southern San Joaquin Valley this week has pushed the inversion layer -- a weather ceiling that traps and concentrates wintertime particulate poll
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