EL SEGUNDO, Calif. _ Authorities responded to the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Wednesday after four suspicious envelopes were delivered to the building.
Times security called police about 11:15 a.m. after a mail room employee discovered the envelopes addressed to "knots berry farm sweets" with the return address as the L.A. Times. But the envelopes were not sent from the Times; an unknown person sent them using the newspaper's return address, according to police and fire officials.
Police said the envelopes were bundled together. There was no threat of a bomb, and the building was not evacuated.
The El Segundo Fire Department's hazmat team, which will examine the envelopes, was en route to the building, Capt. Don Dennis said.
The envelopes were placed in a box outside the building.
The response comes hours after a suspicious package forced the evacuation of the San Diego Union-Tribune newsroom, a sister publication of the Times. That package was found to be harmless.
Shortly before 8 a.m., Fresno police were called to investigate a suspicious box in the parking lot of a building that houses TV stations CBS47 and KSEE 24, Fresno Police Lt. Mark Hudson said.
The Secret Service reported that it had intercepted potential explosive devices addressed to Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama, and CNN reported a third device was sent to its Manhattan bureau, prompting an evacuation.
