1:34 p.m. “All clear given for Sproul Plaza and MLK/Student Union. Evacuation order lifted. Area can be re-entered.”
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‘Suspicious package’ shuts down Public Safety Building
Berkeley Police Department. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley authorities were on alert Wednesday afternoon after a suspicious package appeared at the Public Safety Building, which houses the police and fire departments, authorities said. The Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials Team and the Police Department’s Bomb Squad were sent to investigate the package, said Deputy Fire Chief Donna McCracken, […]
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North Berkeley package destroyed, likely a hoax
The suspicious package (on the left) in North Berkeley has been rendered safe. Photo: Devin Taylor-McDonald Update, July 29, 12 p.m. One local resident said she spotted this box July 19, prior to the police incident: “That was in a neighboring yard full of freebies on Sunday. My husband found a romulan warbird model next to […]
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Berkeley Hills ‘suspicious package’ rendered safe
Image: Google Maps Authorities shut down roads and evacuated some residents in the area of the 100 block of Tunnel Road on Wednesday afternoon after a report of a suspicious package. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said “some homes” were evacuated and the department’s bomb squad was called in to investigate. A resident told […]
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Shattuck re-opened after suspicious package scare
Authorities used a bomb-detecting robot to determine whether a suspicious item on Telegraph Avenue was safe on Monday. Photo: Ted Friedman Update, 7 p.m. As per a notice released by the Berkeley Police Department at 4:11 p.m., “The Bomb Squad examined the package, rendering it safe and determined it to be harmless. The investigation into […]
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Channing, Piedmont blocked due to suspicious device
The bomb squad robot near Channing and Piedmont. Photo: Siciliana Trevino Update, June 5, 9 p.m.: Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats told the Daily Cal that the device turned out to be “some kind of prop used for a fraternity’s costume party.” The device was spotted by a passer-by in a parking lot next to the […]
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UC Berkeley receives anonymous email bomb threat
Update: Oct. 31, 11 p.m. UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor John Wilton said Wednesday, in a memo, that university police “completed searches of the main and Clark Kerr campuses, as well as UC properties adjacent to the campus, and have recommended that all campus operations return to normal status.” He continued: “We always encourage the campus community to use […]
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Bomb squad tackles suspicious package at fire station
Berkeley Fire Station 5: a bomb squad was called out Sunday to investigate a suspicious package found there at around 2:46pm A bomb squad removed devices contained in a suspicious package that was left at Berkeley’s Fire Station 5 at 2680 Shattuck Avenue this afternoon. The section of Shattuck between Carleton and Ward streets was […]
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Bomb threat closes several Berkeley streets Wednesday
Several streets, including Le Roy and Le Conte avenues were blocked during a suspected bomb threat on Wednesday May 2 in Berkeley Police blocked several streets and prevented people getting into their homes Wednesday night on the north side of the UC Berkeley campus after a man reported hearing a ticking in his van and said he […]
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No bomb at Cragmont school
Berkeley police have determined that the suspicious package found at Cragmont Elementary School was not a bomb; it was a lunchbox. But it did have wires coming out of it, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. The principal of Cragmont spotted the “suspicious package” in her office and called Berkeley police to report it at 2:41 […]
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Breaking: Cragmont School evacuated
The Berkeley bomb squad is on its way to Cragmont Elementary School to investigate a suspicious package. As a precaution, the school has been evacuated and nearby streets have been closed, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss of the Berkeley Police Department. Berkeleyside will have more information as it becomes available.
