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A 5 P.M. Bomb Threat Clears the Campus and Cancels Night Classes

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UnfoundedNo evidence of an actual threat was found. The institutional response is documented because the alert communication is identical to what would occur during a real incident.

San Jose City College evacuated its campus and canceled all evening classes on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, after police received a bomb threat at 5:03 p.m. CBS San Francisco reported the campus was emptied while San Jose police investigated. ABC7 reported that officers found no explosives and gave an all-clear, with classes set to resume the next day.

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Institution
San Jose City College
Community College · CA
~9,000 studentsSJCC Alert
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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

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SJCC Alert: Due to a reported threat, San Jose City College is being evacuated. All evening classes are cancelled. Please leave campus immediately and do not return until further notice.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed from news coverage of the evacuation and class-cancellation order; no archived verbatim copy was located, so it is marked unconfirmed.
The threat call came in at 5:03 p.m. PDT, just before evening classes, which is why the alert specifically canceled night sessions rather than the full day.
SJCC publishes an archived-alerts page, but the exact wording of this notice was not retrievable in this environment.
Context

Background

San Jose City College, part of the San Jose–Evergreen Community College District, evacuated its campus the evening of April 24, 2024, after San Jose police received a bomb threat at 5:03 p.m., according to ABC7. CBS San Francisco reported that all night classes were canceled while officers searched the grounds. KRON4 confirmed the evacuation, and authorities ultimately found no explosives and issued an all-clear, with classes resuming the next day. The college maintains an archived-alerts page for its emergency notifications.
Analysis

Key Findings

A 5:03 p.m. bomb-threat call led the college to evacuate and cancel specifically its evening classes, the sessions most affected by the timing
Police found no explosive device and issued an all-clear, with classes resuming the following day
The verbatim alert is reconstructed from local-news coverage; SJCC's archived-alerts page exists but the exact text was not retrievable
Outcome
San Jose police searched the campus and found no evidence of any explosive device. An all-clear was issued and classes resumed the following day.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Bomb threat evacuates San Jose City College campus; night classes cancelled - CBS San Francisco
    cbsnews.com
  2. News
    SJPD gives all clear after no bomb detected at San Jose City College - ABC7
    abc7news.com
  3. News
    San Jose City College evacuated after bomb threat report - KRON4
    kron4.com
  4. Official
    San Jose City College Archived Alerts
    sjcc.edu
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bomb-threatevacuationemergency-notificationcaliforniacommunity-collegeunfoundedUnfounded
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion