California Conservative

S.F. Chronicle reports:

About 100 people were evacuated today and traffic on two busy San Francisco thoroughfares was rerouted after a Starbucks employee found a homemade bomb in a restroom.

The employee found what appeared to be a “suspicious device” inside the unisex bathroom at the Starbucks at Van Ness Avenue and Bush Street around 1:15 p.m. and called police, Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

Gittens would not describe the device or its size other than to say it “would have caused damage if it exploded.”

The bomb squad disabled the device in about 20 minutes, and witnesses said they heard a popping sound at the time.

Police received a call reporting a suspicious package at the coffee house, located at 1401 Van Ness Ave., at 1:15 p.m. The police explosives ordinance unit defused an improvised explosive device, or IED, around 2 p.m., Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

Gittens said he could not comment on the size or type of device found or on its potential explosive capacity. A police investigation is ongoing.

Story is developing.

UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin has thoughts on the story

UPDATE: 1/13/06
Uh, it was just a flashlight. Move along.

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