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Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Central Coast college campus

Allen Hancock College

Allen Hancock College officials say the threat to the Santa Maria campus came in the form of a phone call.

A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of a Central Coast college campus and the cancellation of classes for the rest of the day.

Allan Hancock College officials say the threat to the main Santa Maria campus came in the form of a phone call just after 2 p.m. Monday. The campus was cleared.

Campus police and officers from the Santa Maria Police Department are investigating the incident.

There’s no word of anything suspicious being found on campus.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.