3:46 PM: No suspicious packages were located in a culinary school near San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza that was evacuated this afternoon because of a bomb threat, according to police.
Officers responded at 10:59 a.m. to the International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California, located at 1130 Market St., on reports of a bomb threat, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said that a note was discovered on the sixth floor of the school, which is having midterm exams.
The Police Department’s bomb squad searched the building with assistance from bomb-sniffing dogs while Market Street was closed between Seventh and Eighth streets, Esparza said.
12:09 PM: A culinary school near San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza was evacuated this afternoon because of a bomb threat, according to police.
Officers responded at 10:59 a.m. to the International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California, located at 1130 Market St., on reports of a bomb threat, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said that a note was discovered on the sixth floor of the school, which is having midterm exams.
Bomb-sniffing dogs are being used to sweep the building and look for bombs and Market Street has been closed between Seventh and Eighth streets, Esparza said.
As of about 11:40 a.m., no bomb had been located.
Scott Morris, Bay City News
