Crime & Safety
Pipe Bomb Exploded At Santa Cruz School This Weekend, Police Say
A makeshift pipe bomb exploded at a local public school Saturday evening, prompting a response from the sheriff's bomb squad, police said.
SANTA CRUZ, CA — A pipe bomb exploded Saturday evening at the Harbor High School baseball field, police said.
An explosion was reported in the area just before 7 p.m. Saturday and police said they found a "makeshift" pipe bomb lodged in chain link fencing at the baseball field.
Law enforcement got in touch with area residents through a reverse 911 alert and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office bomb squad was called to the area. The bomb squad rendered it safe.
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The explosion was one of 120 calls for service police responded to during a busy 10-hour weekend shift, police said.
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