Live shotgun shell booby traps prompt evacuation of Southern California home

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A 61-year-old man may face felony charges for assembling, placing and maintaining shotgun shell booby traps at a residence in Santa Monica, officials announced Monday. Officers with the Santa Monica Police Department discovered the booby traps after responding to a “shots fire” call Sunday at a residence in the 3300 block of Exposition Boulevard,
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Son wakes to screams as brother stabs mom to death at California home, cops say

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A man who woke to his mother’s cries for help found his brother standing over her with a knife in her bedroom, California police reported. The woman, who had been stabbed repeatedly in her upper body, died on her way to a hospital following the 5:30 a.m. incident Saturday, Nov. 16, Santa Monica police said in a news release.
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Santa Monica starts the season early with a tree lighting and DJ dance party

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While the new year starts when the clock chimes midnight at the close of Dec. 31, the yuletide revels begin when you want them to begin. That means you can break out your faux Christmas tree in August, if you like, or a few hours before Santa arrives.
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