UPDATE: No Bombs Found At Evacuated Sonoma County Schools

No bombs were found at Cardinal Newman High School and two other schools north of Santa Rosa following a threat made this morning and Old Redwood Highway has reopened to traffic, a Sonoma County sheriff’s sergeant said this afternoon.

Two bomb detection dogs from the San Francisco Police Department searched all three schools for about two hours before clearing the area around 4:35 p.m., Sgt. Cecile Focha said.

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More than 1,000 students were evacuated around 10:45 a.m. from the high school at 50 Ursuline Road, St. Rose K-8 Catholic School at 4300 Old Redwood Highway and Roseland Collegiate Prep school at 80 Ursuline Road.

A person called the high school around 10:30 a.m. and again 10 minutes later about a bomb sat the high school, principal Graham Rutherford said.

The high school notified parents by email, and most students were picked up by 1:20 p.m. The high school and Roseland Collegiate Prep school were closed for the day.

--Bay City News

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