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Several buildings on the liberal arts campus of Long Beach City College were evacuated Thursday while authorities checked out a report of a possible explosive device, which turned out to be unfounded, police said.
Police received a call about 9 a.m. from someone reporting that “there may be an explosive device in a vehicle in one of the parking lots” at the campus in the 4900 block of East Carson Street, said Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt.
A bomb squad was sent to the scene, and the college evacuated about five buildings and canceled classes scheduled to begin in those buildings before 2 p.m.
Police blocked traffic along a section of Carson Street and narrowed down their search to a specific vehicle, and a bomb squad determined that no explosives were in the car, Pratt said.
The area was declared safe shortly after noon, and classes scheduled to begin after 2 p.m. were to be held as scheduled.
— Staff and wire reports