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Cal Gives 'All Clear' Notice After Campus Was on Lockdown Due to 'Credible Threat'

Golden Bears sports practices proceeding as scheduled Thursday afternoon. Friday's women's water polo match canceled because of COVID.

Jake Curtis

Cal Gives 'All Clear' Notice After Campus Was on Lockdown Due to 'Credible Threat'
Cal Gives 'All Clear' Notice After Campus Was on Lockdown Due to 'Credible Threat' /

The Cal campus was put on lockdown on Thursday morning because of what the campus police department called a "credible threat," SF Gate reported Thursday. However, the shelter in place mandate was lifted at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, and an "all clear" notice was issued soon thereafter.

The Cal campus was effectively closed down and classes were canceled for the rest of the day Thursday, and many campus services were closed. However, when the all-clear signal was given it meant all Cal sports events and practices scheduled for Thursday afternoon could be held as planned. The Bears' spring football practices take place in the morning, but since those practices are scheduled for Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, they were not impacted by the Thursday shutdown.

However, there was a significant sports cancellation for Friday. The No. 6 Cal women's water polo team's scheduled game against No. 9 Arizona State on Friday in the quarterfinals of the MPSF Championships was canceled due to COVID-19 developments within the Sun Devils program. The Bears will advance directly to Saturday's semifinals, where they will meet No. 1 USC at 2:30 p.m.

Earlier in the day, campus police had sent an emergency alert:

"Campus police are investigating a credible campus-wide threat. Please go inside and move away from doors and windows," campus police said in an emergency alert issued at 10 a.m. "If you are not on campus, please stay away from the area. Facilities Services are locking buildings on campus."

The campus police department issued an update that stated it is "actively looking for a person who may want to harm specific individuals," but said there is no threat of an active shooter at this time. 

According to the SFGate report, as of noon, officers were still conducting sweeps in search of the suspect.

Multiple sources told the Daily Californian that the suspect allegedly made threats against faculty at the Cesar Chavez Student Center, a student services building near the Bancroft and Telegraph entrance to campus.

The most recent update stated that the shelter in place order had been lifted.

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JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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