12:31 UPDATE:

No bomb, says Courtney Hunt-Munther of St. Joe’s. She added that, after moving a few scheduled surgeries from the North Coast Surgical Center, everything at the hospital is back to normal.

The Times-Standard reports that an empty box caused the kerfuffle:

“The box was X-rayed and the probed by a bomb squad robot that turned the box over at which time the box was found to be empty. The clinic remains evacuated and some emergency personnel remain on the scene.”

We expect more information later today from the Sheriff’s department.

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The LoCO is being told St. Joseph’s received a bomb threat. The off-campus surgical center has been evacuated and is currently being swept for suspcious material. The Sheriff’s office promises more detail soon.

The below email was sent out to St. Joseph’s staff: 

Subject:               Important Code Yellow                

A bomb threat was received by Urgent Care for the North Coast Surgery Center. A Code Yellow was announced for the main campus, NCSC, and GH campus. All three sites have been locked down and the NCSC is being evacuated. The sheriffs are there now. Visitors at SJE and GH are being screened and are only being allowed if they agree to leave all personal belongings in their vehicle. 

Please await further information from the ELT.