KPCC studio and other businesses evacuated in Pasadena after suspicious package is found
Public radio station KPCC’s headquarters and nearby businesses in Pasadena were evacuated Monday night as authorities investigated a suspicious device found beneath a U-Haul truck.
Several businesses, including the headquarters for KPCC and the website LAist, were evacuated near Raymond Avenue and California Boulevard, as was a local homeless shelter.
Authorities detonated a cylindrical object, between 6 and 8 inches long, that was attached to a truck parked on the street, interim Pasadena Police Chief John Perez told reporters. The item, which had taping and wiring on it, probably wasn’t a real explosive device but was made to look like one, he said.
"Chances are it was not a device because we didn't hear a loud explosion," Perez said after it was detonated.
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