Amelia Nosehart liked to fly through the malls to get a head start on Christmas. But a policy she\u2019d purchased from California Health Insurance<\/a> agent Matt Lockard literally helped save her sight when \u201cshopping\u201d went horribly wrong.<\/p>\n Amelia Nosehart\u2019s favorite day of the year was the day after Thanksgiving when Rancho Bernardo shoppers could get a head start on their Christmas shopping with early bird specials. Retail stores in neighboring burbs would open at two, three, four, five a.m. in efforts to woo obsessed shoppers just like Amelia. But at Ye Olde Pet Shoppe what should have been a touch exotic, as 3:37 a.m. sprees go, almost turned deadly.<\/p>\n The chain store\u2019s \u201cexotic reptile\u201d section was selling \u201cbaby spitting cobras\u201d for an amazing $1.99 each. As Amelia joined the crazed throng of \u201cearly birders\u201d she knew she had to have two or three of the venomous little critters, assuming they\u2019d been (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amelia Nosehart liked to fly through the malls to get a head start on Christmas. But a policy she\u2019d purchased from California Health Insurance agent Matt Lockard literally helped save her sight when \u201cshopping\u201d went horribly wrong. Amelia Nosehart\u2019s favorite…<\/span><\/p>\n