CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Lake County Superior Court’s Clearlake courthouse was evacuated on Thursday afternoon due to a bomb threat.

The Clearlake court division, located on South Center Drive, houses Judge Stephen Hedstrom’s Department 4 courtroom as well as a Lake County Sheriff’s substation.

Clearlake Police and Lake County Fire Protection District firefighters were called to the scene at about 3:30 p.m., according to Fire Chief Willie Sapeta.

Sapeta said firefighters and police stood by at a nearby bus yard next to Yuba College’s Clear Lake Campus on Dam Road Extension, just around the corner from the courthouse, as the building was cleared.

The threat was unfounded and emergency personnel were released from the scene at 4 p.m., Sapeta said.

Additional information about the threat itself was not immediately available Thursday.

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