The San Francisco Police Department is urging the public to avoid the 700 block of Market Street, while the department investigates a bomb threat.
#SFPD investigating bomb threat on 700 block of Market Street. Please avoid area until further notice.
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) February 28, 2017
In a video Examiner reporter Jonah Owen Lamb posted on Twitter at 5:47pm, Tenderloin Station Captain Teresa Ewins confirms that the Central Pacific chapter of the Anti-Defamation League received a bomb threat by phone. The organization's building, 720 Market St. (between Grant and Kearny/Third), has been evacuated. The 700 block of Market Street has also been shut down.
"At this point, we are just waiting for a dog to go through the building to make sure that it’s safe and there’s nothing inside," Captain Ewins said in the video.
#Sfpd TL station captain on #sf's Anti Defemation League bomb threat that shut down Market St. pic.twitter.com/7N3KuxogWq
— Jonah Owen Lamb (@jonahowenlamb) February 28, 2017
According to Al Jazeera, the Anti-Defamation League is one of 20 different Jewish community centers and schools around the United States that received bomb threats today. However, no bombs were found following previous threats.
Market Street transit lines are being re-routed while the investigation continues.
UPDATE: #SFMuni reroutes: 6, 7/7R, 9, 21, 31 OB off Market at 2nd via Mission. 5/5R OB rerouted off Market via Mission to 7th/McAllister.
— SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) February 28, 2017
We'll update this story as more details are released.
Update, 6:30pm: The ADL has announced on Twitter that "it was found to be just a threat."
.@ADL_SF evacuated after #bombthreat. Today saw 20 incidents and a wave of #antiSemitic incidents nationwide: https://t.co/xu1tR7cWMM pic.twitter.com/lDEY2RLXJh
— ADL (@ADL_National) February 28, 2017