An East Oakland school was closed Monday morning after it received a telephone bomb threat.
OAKLAND — A telephoned bomb threat forced the closure of an East Oakland school Monday morning, authorities said.The school has more than 600 students in kindergarten to eighth grade.
The threat was serious enough that Oakland police evacuated the school, escorting students to a playground area where they could be picked up by parents. Classes were not expected to resume Monday, a school district spokesman said. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office responded to the school with bomb sniffing dogs to search the building.
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