Bomb Threats Orange County

About 1,000 middle school students were evacuated from a Huntington Beach campus Thursday after a bomb threat, authorities said, but no explosives were found. Police officers and school staff searched Isaac L. Sowers Middle School on Indianapolis Avenue after an adult male called the school, warning that there were explosives around the building, Huntington Beach Police Lt. Luis Ochoa said. The students, who were evacuated to a nearby field, resumed school about 11 a.m., Ochoa said.

A student at Los Amigos High in Fountain Valley was arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat at the campus last week, police said Friday. The 14-year-old boy, who was not identified because of his age, was arrested Thursday. He was released to his parents the same day, police said. School officials called police after a note was found at the school March 21, Police Capt. Paul Sorrell said. He declined to say what the note said or where it was found, citing an ongoing investigation.

A La Habra man who strapped a wired propane tank to his body, prompting a bomb scare that forced street closures and evacuation of hundreds of people in Anaheim, was involved in a continuing workers' compensation dispute, officials said Wednesday. A spokesman for the Division of Workers Compensation said Jesus Rodriguez Lozano filed a complaint with the board seven years ago alleging back, knee and ankle injuries on the job.

A La Habra man who strapped a wired propane tank to his body, prompting a bomb scare that forced street closures and evacuation of hundreds of people in Anaheim, was involved in a continuing workers' compensation dispute, officials said Wednesday. A spokesman for the Division of Workers Compensation said Jesus Rodriguez Lozano filed a complaint with the board seven years ago alleging back, knee and ankle injuries on the job.

A Bank of America branch was robbed by two men Friday who handed tellers notes that said they were carrying bombs. Police said bank employees saw no bombs or weapons but gave the two an unknown amount of money. The men got into a black compact sedan that was parked on nearby Atlanta Avenue and drove away. The robbery took place about 1:45 p.m. at 21022 Beach Blvd. Police described the suspects as Latino with dark hair.

The Costa Mesa Freeway at the Riverside Freeway transition shut down for about four hours Thursday after a California Highway Patrol officer found what he believed to be a pipe bomb. The sheriff's bomb squad detonated the device, which authorities later determined was not a bomb, Sheriff's Lt. Lynn Nehring said. "There was nothing inside," Nehring said. No serious injuries were reported and authorities did not arrest anyone in connection with the incident. About 2:45 p.m.

Two Harbor Boulevard restaurants were evacuated Thursday night after a male caller told the managers he had planted a bomb inside and would detonate it if they didn't deliver cash to him, police said. The first call went to Kaplan's Deli at about 9:25 p.m. The man asked manager David Kling if he had heard about a robbery that occurred the night before at an Outback Steakhouse in Las Vegas, where the robber reportedly had used a bomb.

The bomb squad is called in to investigate a wrapped box with the word 'boom' written on it. The box turns out to be empty. A bomb scare at a Rancho Santa Margarita shopping center prompted evacuation of a handful of employees Monday morning, but the suspicious package turned out to be empty. The package was spotted about 8:15 a.m. when employees at Petco in the Target Shopping Center, 30682 Santa Margarita Parkway, noticed a box in front of the store.

Dozens and possibly hundreds of workers in a federal building in the city's Civic Center are likely to remain at home or to work in other locations today after a bomb threat that federal officials are calling a hoax. Shaken and angry federal workers leaving their offices Tuesday evening said managers of half a dozen agencies in the building met with workers twice, some offering them the option of taking a personal leave today or working in other locations.

A shopping plaza was evacuated during a one-hour bomb scare Monday that Orange County sheriff's investigators believe may have been a diversion for a nearby bank robbery. As a sheriff's bomb squad was removing a fake incendiary device from a Los Angeles Times news rack at about 11:30 a.m., two men were robbing a Bank of America about half a mile away from the shopping center at El Toro Road and Moulton Parkway, authorities said.

About 1,000 middle school students were evacuated from a Huntington Beach campus Thursday after a bomb threat, authorities said, but no explosives were found. Police officers and school staff searched Isaac L. Sowers Middle School on Indianapolis Avenue after an adult male called the school, warning that there were explosives around the building, Huntington Beach Police Lt. Luis Ochoa said. The students, who were evacuated to a nearby field, resumed school about 11 a.m., Ochoa said.

The bomb squad is called in to investigate a wrapped box with the word 'boom' written on it. The box turns out to be empty. A bomb scare at a Rancho Santa Margarita shopping center prompted evacuation of a handful of employees Monday morning, but the suspicious package turned out to be empty. The package was spotted about 8:15 a.m. when employees at Petco in the Target Shopping Center, 30682 Santa Margarita Parkway, noticed a box in front of the store.

Two eighth-grade friends in Anaheim have been arrested after police found a recipe for disaster at their homes: two bombs, bomb-making material, two stolen guns, 1,500 rounds of ammunition and an infatuation with Nazis. Police said Thursday they are trying to determine what the boys, ages 13 and 14, were going to do with their arsenal.

More than 200 students and staff were evacuated from classrooms and offices at Cal State Fullerton on Monday after a caller said there was a bomb on campus. "It basically was a hoax," said Pamela McLaren, a campus spokeswoman. "Periodically we'll get bomb threats, but everything's normal now." Campus police dispatcher Judy Ryker said a man called the public safety office at 2:06 p.m. and said there was a bomb in the area but did not specify its location.

Two Harbor Boulevard restaurants were evacuated Thursday night after a male caller told the managers he had planted a bomb inside and would detonate it if they didn't deliver cash to him, police said. The first call went to Kaplan's Deli at about 9:25 p.m. The man asked manager David Kling if he had heard about a robbery that occurred the night before at an Outback Steakhouse in Las Vegas, where the robber reportedly had used a bomb.

The Costa Mesa Freeway at the Riverside Freeway transition shut down for about four hours Thursday after a California Highway Patrol officer found what he believed to be a pipe bomb. The sheriff's bomb squad detonated the device, which authorities later determined was not a bomb, Sheriff's Lt. Lynn Nehring said. "There was nothing inside," Nehring said. No serious injuries were reported and authorities did not arrest anyone in connection with the incident. About 2:45 p.m.

The question on everyone's mind Saturday at the deposition of embattled fertility specialist Ricardo H. Asch is this: Can things get any weirder at the Grand Hotel? First, there was the midmorning bomb threat, forcing some 20 attorneys to evacuate, lickety-split, the packed salon where they had gathered to hear the second day of sworn testimony by the doctor accused in the UC Irvine human egg stealing scandal.

A student at Los Amigos High in Fountain Valley was arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat at the campus last week, police said Friday. The 14-year-old boy, who was not identified because of his age, was arrested Thursday. He was released to his parents the same day, police said. School officials called police after a note was found at the school March 21, Police Capt. Paul Sorrell said. He declined to say what the note said or where it was found, citing an ongoing investigation.

A bomb threat issued by a computer-generated voice early Wednesday forced Cal State Fullerton officials to evacuate hundreds of students who were preparing for final exams, authorities said. Campus police said they answered a 911 call that came about 6:50 a.m. from a campus phone line. "What sounded like a computer-generated voice said, 'There's a bomb in McCarthy Hall. It will go off and people will die,' " campus Police Sgt. Sam Summerlin said. "It was repeated twice."

The question on everyone's mind Saturday at the deposition of embattled fertility specialist Ricardo H. Asch is this: Can things get any weirder at the Grand Hotel? First, there was the midmorning bomb threat, forcing some 20 attorneys to evacuate, lickety-split, the packed salon where they had gathered to hear the second day of sworn testimony by the doctor accused in the UC Irvine human egg stealing scandal.