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Oakland’s Chabot Elementary School Shut Down Tuesday Over Bomb Threat With ‘Racial Undertone’

A Rockridge elementary school was forced to close Tuesday after a bomb threat police described as having “a racial undertone,” the day after a prominent right-wing social media account made the inaccurate claim the school had an event that excluded white students.

AirDrop Bomb Threat Forces Hawaii-Bound Flight to Divert to Oakland

A flight attendant on a Southwest Airlines flight received an AirDrop image that appeared to be a bomb threat earlier this week, so the Vegas-to-Maui flight was forced to make a brief stop in Oakland. No bombs were found, but passengers recorded some scary TikToks.

Another Bomb Threat Leads To Shelter In Place In Tenderloin

A suspicious package panic on Eddy Street between Jones and Leavenworth caused a shelter-in-place order from the SFPD. The order went out just after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, and was rescinded within

Teacher Arrested For Bomb Threat That Shuttered SF Preschool

An arrest has been made in a series of voicemailed bomb threats to a Civic Center-area school, and it turns out that the calls were coming from (figuratively) inside the house. You likely

Evacuation, Shelter In Place After Bomb Threat At San Francisco School

Residents near San Francisco's Civic Center were ordered to shelter in place Tuesday morning, after an area school received a bomb threat. Police say that a preschool located at 50 Fell Street, which

Market Street Offices Of Anti-Defamation League Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Toward the end of a day during which Jewish Community Centers across the country received a wave of bomb threats, the 720 Market Street offices of the Anti-Defamation League were evacuated late this

Mysterious Woman Threatens To Blow Up Mission District Building

An anonymous voice mailer spurred the evacuation of a Mission District building Thursday, after she made multiple calls threatening to bomb the structure. The saga actually began on Wednesday, police say, when a

[Update] Bomb Threat At DNA Lounge Turns Out To Be Hoax

Scene: pic.twitter.com/QrQoS8RykV— Mr. Eric Sir (@mrericsir) June 3, 2016 On Friday, the SFPD shut down 11th Street between Harrison and Folsom Streets starting around 3:30 p.m. due to

SFPD: Bomb Threat Was Called Into High School By 'Erratic' Bigot, Not Finals-Fearing Student

Like many of you, I assumed that the bomb threat phoned into a San Francisco high school during finals week was the work of a slacking student — after all, who here hasn't flirted

Two SF Schools Put On Lockdown, One Evacuated Following Bomb Threat

An individual calling and claiming to be near George Washington High School in San Francisco this morning and saying he had a bomb put that school on lockdown Friday morning, as KRON 4

[Update] St. Luke's Hospital Entrance Briefly Shut Down By Bomb-Like Device

The area of Cesar Chavez Street around Valencia Street and San Jose Avenue, in the vicinity of St. Luke's Hospital, has been shut down by the SFPD as they investigate a suspicious device.

Possible Explosive Found In Home Of Trump-Obsessed Richmond Man Who Allegedly Threatened Muslims

A device that may have been an actual bomb was detonated yesterday by a Walnut Creek bomb squad after being found in the house of a man who had allegedly threatened to harm

SF Unified School District Deems New Email Threat Not Credible, Remains Open

In a message to parents today, the San Francisco Unified School District, responsible fro nearly 60,000 students each year, revealed that it had received a violent threat similar to several across the

Bomb Threat, Empty Box, Jumper: Emergency Responders Juggle False Alarms Across SF

Man threatening to jump off SF Ferry Terminal shuts down Golden Gate ferry service. Cops trying to talk him down. pic.twitter.com/0DmbAlG1Ln— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) February 2, 2015 Monday was a

Oakland Coliseum BART Station Reopens After Bomb Scare

The Oakland Coliseum BART Station has been reopened after a rush hour closure and evacuation due to concerns over a possible bomb threat to the station. According to BART spokesperson Jim Allison, an

Former SF Politico Wanted By FBI Appears To Have Posted Suicide Note Online [Update]

Ryan Chamberlain, a public-relations executive and former Gavin Newsom associate whose apartment was raided by the FBI on Saturday on suspicion of possessing explosives, seems to have posted a suicide note on a

Nationwide Alert For S.F. Man Wanted By FBI For Possessing Explosives [Update]

The FBI is on a manhunt for this 42-year-old man, pictured at right, Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, whose San Francisco apartment was found to have explosives and bomb-making material in it on Saturday.

BREAKING: Bomb Threat At Riordan High School [UPDATE]

This just in from Nextdoor Sunnyside: "There is SFPD activity at Riordan High School due to a bomb threat. According to SFPD dispatcher, some homes near Riordan and Riordan High School (175 Phelan

UC Berkeley Lab Evacuated Due To Bomb Threat

Firefighters and police are on the scene at 5885 Hollis in Emeryville, an office building used by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, after a bomb threat was called in this morning. The threat

SFO-Bound Plane Evacuated In Denver Due To Bomb Threat

An United Airlines plane headed for San Francisco Airport was evacuated in Denver after authorities got wind of a bomb threat. Yikes! "Carrie Harmon of the Transportation Security Administration, according to Associated Press,

Bomb Scare Evacuates City College Mission Campus

Following reports of possible explosive devices found on the 1100 block of Valencia, the Mission campus of City College was fully evacuated and searched last night. The bomb squad ended up giving the

Bomb Threat Investigated at Oakland International

A note threatening to blow up an Alaskan Airlines plane heading from Seattle to the Bay Area was removed form the tarmac at Oakland this morning. Passengers were checked and re-screened, and no

Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat Closes California & Presido Area [Updated]

A bomb threat reported on the 3200 block of California Street at 8:25 a.m. has closed off the area around California and Presidio. The threat was called in to the Jewish

That Bomb Scare Yesterday? It Was All About Some Crazy Dude's Backpack

We know you can never be too careful in these crazy times we live in, but the enormity of the reaction yesterday to an abandoned backpack near Civic Center -- that apparently no

Case Dropped Against Mentally Ill Guy Who Falsely Confessed to Bomb Threat

Our favorite crime reporter, Mike Aldax over at the Examiner, brings us news today of the case against Pacifica resident Antonio Santiago III, age 26, whom authorities accused of making a bomb threat