Suspicious Device Found At San Ramon Shopping Center Not A Threat

SAN RAMON (CBS SF) -- Bomb squad personnel determined a suspicious device that prompted the evacuation of a shopping center in San Ramon was not a threat late Tuesday morning, according to police.

Police received a call at 8 a.m. regarding a suspicious device in the area of 3110 Crow Canyon Place. Officers arrived at the location at 8:04 a.m. and evacuated people from the area, according to San Ramon police Capt. Denton Carlson.

Police said on social media that the device was described to them as a "pressure cooker with exposed wires."

The Walnut Creek police dbomb squad was called to the scene to assess the device, San Ramon police wrote on Twitter around 10 a.m.

By about 11:30 a.m., the device was deemed safe. Streets were reopened and workers in nearby businesses that had been evacuated were able to return to their jobs.

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