Police investigating suspicious object

9:23 p.m. May 1
UC Davis police are investigating a suspicious object found near a Cargo coffee kiosk between the School of Education and Olson Hall on the eastern edge of campus.

Campus police received a call about the possible explosive device at 5:30 p.m. today. Nearby buildings were evacuated.

The Yolo County Bomb Squad and the UC Davis Fire Department responded.
By 8:45 p.m. UC Davis Police Lt. Nader Oweis said the object had been rendered safe.

A Cargo coffee kiosk located near the law school on the south side of campus burned to the ground Friday morning in what UC Davis fire officials described as a suspicious fire. That incident also remains under investigation.

Further updates will be posted here as they become available.

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Clifton B. Parker, Dateline, (530) 752-1932, cparker@ucdavis.edu

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