Happy Valley Elementary School

Lafayette, Local Police Tracking Origin Of Computer-Generated Bomb Hoax

In a twist on the traditional phone call bomb hoax, Lafayette police say a recent threat naming Happy Valley Elementary school as a target and resulting in an area-wide search of local schools appears to have been computer-generated in origin. Investigators were able to trace the telephone number where the initial threat originated and have determined…

Lafayette police, supported by canine teams trained to detect explosives, conducted an overnight sweep of local schools after a bomb threat was made against Happy Valley Elementary School Tuesday night. Local authorities said they were notified of a non-specific threat for a “location” in the city by Walnut Creek police around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. Police…