San Diego on Alert After Boston Bombings

Updated 2:45 a.m. April 16.

Law enforcement officials in the San Diego area were on heightened alert Monday in the aftermath of bombings that killed three people and injured more than 100 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

"We're working very closely with our local and federal law enforcement counterparts," said Jan Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. "These appear to be tragic, isolated events in Boston. We have no indication there is any (local) threat ... If that changes, we will immediately let the community know."

Likewise, the San Diego Police Department's personnel were being extra vigilant due to the bombings, SDPD public information officer Gary Hassen said.

"We're aware of what happened in Boston ... and there is a heightened awareness (on the part of) our officers," SDPD spokesman Gary Hassen said.

Hassen declined to disclose whether the department had increased or shifted patrols, or instituted any other out-of-the-ordinary measures.

"We do not discuss security (publicly)," he said.

Administrators at Lindbergh Field made no immediate changes, since the Transportation Security Administration had not directed them to do so, according to airport spokeswoman Rebecca Bloomfield.

"We'll take our cues from TSA," she said.

20 members of the San Diego Track Club took part in the marathon
along with scores of other people from San Diego County, which has "a very
large running community," said Kate Garcia, president of the organization.

"As far as I know, everyone (from this area) is OK," she said.

Among the track club's contingent, 18 had completed the race when the
explosives detonated, and the other two had not gotten close enough to the
finish line to have been in any danger, Garcia said.

No Imperial Beachians took part in the marathon, according to the Boston Marathon website. 6 Coronadans did take part in the race.

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– City News Service