MemeMachineGo!

[This was written 5/20, and I neglected to actually post it…]

Thursday morning, running an errand brought me to the Berkeley Y, where I’m a volunteer. Milvia between Allston and Center, where the Berkeley Civic Center is, was cordoned off. A few minutes later, inside the Y, someone was talking about having heard a gunshot or an explosion. When I left the building, I could smell sulfur, and I saw a cop walking away from the Civic Center rolling up detonation wire.

When I got to work, I immediately checked all the local news sources, but didn’t find anything for hours. (The trouble with instant gratification is that it takes so long!)

Here’s the story :

The Berkeley Police Department’s Bomb Squad detonated a suspicious cardboard package on the steps of the Civic Center Thursday after evacuating the first two floors and closing down traffic in front of the building. “The package did not contain anything of note, really, just more folded up cardboard boxes,” police spokesman Mary Kusmiss said after the package was detonated by the bomb squad.