Crime & Safety
Bomb Squad Determines 'Suspicious Device' in Alameda is Safe
Police had closed some streets as a precaution.

ALAMEDA, CA — Alameda Police have reopened all streets after the Alameda County Sheriff's Office bomb squad determined that a suspicious device was not an explosive device and was not a threat to public safety.
Police announced on social media just before 11:30 a.m. Monday that the suspicious device had been found and closed both Hibbard Street and Buena Vista Avenue between Grand and Paru Street.
All streets reopened in just a few hours.
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@ACSOSheriffs has determined the device is not an explosive or a threat to public safety. The item has been collected & the roadways are reopening.
— AlamedaPD (@AlamedaPD) April 8, 2019
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