No Bomb Found At UC Lab Building

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

(02-06) 13:18 PST EMERYVILLE -- A bomb threat Wednesday at an Emeryville office building used by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory caused a six-hour evacuation, but nothing was found, authorities said.

The bomb threat at 5885 Hollis St. was reported about 7 a.m., drawing a response by UC Berkeley and Emeryville police, Emeryville firefighters and officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The university runs the lab - whose main campus is in the Berkeley hills - under contract with the federal government.

The Emeryville building houses the lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute, according to the research center's website. The institute's mission is to "advance the development of next generation biofuels," the website says.

Police evacuated the building, called in explosive-detecting dogs and the campus bomb squad. A search found no explosive, authorities said.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee

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Bomb Scare

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From the Mercury News:

Emeryville: Police investigating bomb threat at Lawrence Berkeley Lab facility By Daniel M. Jimenez Bay Area News Group Posted:   02/06/2013 07:50:11 AM PST Updated:   02/06/2013 08:07:53 AM PST EMERYVILLE -- Police and firefighters are at the scene of a bomb threat reported this morning at a laboratory space rented by Lawrence Berkeley Lab. The threat to the office in the EmeryStation East building at 5885 Hollis Street was received about 7 a.m., according to Emeryville police Sgt. Fred Dauer. The building, completed in 2007, houses workspaces for the Berkeley lab as well as the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Amyris Biotechnologies, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceutical, KineMed and Berkeley Lights, according to a website created by Wareham Development, the building's owner. Officials were still clearing the building as of about 7:40 a.m., according to UC Berkeley Police Lt. Eric Tejada. Dauer said his agency was working with UC Police and the Alameda County Fire Department. Tejada confirmed that UC officials had received a threat, but would not elaborate further.