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Flashing report 10:31 p.m. - 600 block of Ranger Lane. Public Service. A flashing security light at a home was bothering the residents who live behind the house. Dispatch was unable to contact the home's owner.

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Aug. 28 Sunset sidetrack 7:37 p.m. -- 5100 block of GMD. Missing Person. A man told police he had left his wife in the car while he went back to his room to make sure it was locked. When he returned, his wife was gone. A half hour later, an officer spotted her on the beach.

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