(Written by kencraw)

Man, could this case get any weirder? There has now been a bomb threat at the courthouse where the trail is occuring. There are two sources to read.

The first is the Oakland Tribune here. From their text it appears the bomb threat may have been more than a threat because it includes both that re-enforcements have come in and that an unidentified object was detonated. I know that sometimes they do that even when they don’t know if there is a bomb inside an unidentified bag or box or something.

The second report comes from Chris Avery of BearInsider.com:

“What little we know is that sometime very early this morning someone pasted a notice on the front door of the courthouse saying that a bomb had been planted.

My first indication that something was wrong was the police car that planted itself horizontally across the road to block all traffic in front to the courthouse – and blocked my access to the parking area.

I skirted a few blocks, got parked, and started walking toward the courthouse – thinking maybe a fire had occurred – and that it would probably be under control shortly – I was prepared to wait a short while if needed.

But when I got within a block or so of the courthouse, others standing around said that no one was being allowed any closer to the building in case an explosion occurred. We were then asked by the police to move back inside a large concrete parking structure that could provide some shelter in case there was an explosion.”

Note that there is no explicit information that the bomb was planted for any reason having to do with the Cal trial. It could be that it has nothing to do with it. Personally it seems that it is too high of a coincidence for it to be anything but related to the trial. At the same time the Tribune article states that this is not the first time this has happened. Of course since they didn’t give a recent example, it also seems that it has been a while since it has happened, re-increasing the level of coincidence if this was indeed not related to the Cal trial. Nevertheless, we should remain cautious and not over-speculate until we have more details. None of the other news outlets are covering the story so far.

As of 11:30, the courthouse was still closed.