Suspicious Package Prompts Closure of Intersection in Berkeley

Update:

A North Berkeley intersection has reopened this afternoon after police determined a suspicious package found there was not dangerous, according to police.

Police announced just before 4 p.m. that the intersection of Monterey Avenue and Hopkins Street had reopened. It had been closed since at least 1:30 p.m. A suspicious package was found there sometime earlier today.

Police checked the package and determined it did not contain anything dangerous, police said.

Original story:

A suspicious package has prompted the closure of a Berkeley intersection this afternoon, police said. Police said in an alert issued shortly after 1:30 p.m. that the package was found near the intersection of Monterey Avenue and Hopkins Street.

The intersection is closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic while authorities investigate the package, police said.

By Bay City News