LAKEPORT, Calif. – Officials are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a bomb threat at the Lake County Courthouse on Thursday morning.

 

Employees and courthouse visitors were evacuated following the receipt of a threat that a bomb would go off in the building at around 10:30 a.m., according to Sheriff Frank Rivero.

 

Rivero said the threat was phoned in to the County Counsel's Office.

 

He said the caller said to “leave the marijuana people alone.”

 

At 10 a.m. the Lake County Planning Commission had been scheduled to hold a hearing on a medical marijuana dispensaries ordinance.

 

A perimeter was set up around the building with Lakeport Public Works barricading off the streets, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.

 

Rivero said a bomb sniffing dog from the Department of Defense was sent in to help clear the building.

 

No explosives were found and the building was reopened to employees and the public at around 1 p.m., officials reported.

 

The sheriff's office reported that the investigation into the incident is continuing.

 

A full story will follow later tonight.

 

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