Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Campus Opened At 2 p.m. --Cabrillo College Evacuated After Package Found Thursday Morning: Evacuation Extended Until 2 p.m.
Police rushed to the Aptos campus of the community college and ordered students and teachers to leave while they investigated a possible bomb.
The upper campus of Cabrillo College was evacuated mid day Thursday after a mysterious package was found in the 400 building. The sheriff's bomb squad investigated the package which was wrapped in black electrical tape and looked like either a bomb or an attempt to make something look suspicious, according to witnesses.
College President John Hendrickson said the campus would be closed until 2 p.m. and then possibly reopened, depending on the situation.
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