{
  "id": "2025-11-24-allan-hancock-college-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "allan-hancock-college-bomb-threat-2025-11-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Allan Hancock College",
    "shortName": "AHC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "AHC Emergency Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-11-24",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Santa Maria bomb threat; campus evacuated then all-clear",
    "summary": "Allan Hancock College evacuated Santa Maria campus after a bomb threat. The college [published an all-clear news release](https://www.hancockcollege.edu/publicaffairs/newsreleases/allclearnr.php). Full text recovered.",
    "outcome": "A thorough sweep of all campus buildings and facilities found no evidence of any explosive device. The Santa Maria Police Department was assigned to investigate the source of the threat. Classes and services resumed normally on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "headlinePublic": "Santa Maria bomb threat; campus evacuated then all-clear"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Official college statement recovered 2026-07-26",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "NOVEMBER 24, 2025-- At approximately 2:21 p.m. on Monday, November 24, Allan Hancock College received a bomb threat via phone call at its Santa Maria campus. Out of an abundance of caution, the campus was immediately evacuated, and all classes and services were canceled for the remainder of the day.\n\nAs of 5:20 p.m., law enforcement has issued an all-clear.\n\nOfficers from the Allan Hancock College Police Department and the Santa Maria Police Department conducted a thorough sweep of all campus buildings and facilities. No evidence of any explosive device was found. The Santa Maria Police Department will continue to investigate the source of the threat.\n\n\"Allan Hancock College is deeply grateful to our students, employees, and community for their cooperation throughout today's incident,\" said Hancock Superintendent/President Kevin G. Walthers, Ph.D. \"The safety of our campus community is always our highest priority. We appreciate the swift and professional response of local law enforcement.\"\n\nAll Hancock classes and services will resume tomorrow morning (Nov. 25).\n\nThe college will continue to provide further updates and information as necessary.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hancockcollege.edu/publicaffairs/newsreleases/allclearnr.php",
      "sourceDescription": "Official college public statement",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official college page; prior unconfirmed reconstructions replaced."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1162,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "On the afternoon of Monday, November 24, 2025, the day before Thanksgiving, [Allan Hancock College received a bomb threat via phone call at its Santa Maria main campus at approximately 2:21 p.m. PST](https://www.ksby.com/santa-maria/allan-hancock-college-campus-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat). The campus was immediately evacuated and all afternoon classes and services were canceled. Officers from the Allan Hancock College Police Department and the Santa Maria Police Department conducted a thorough sweep of all campus buildings and facilities, [finding no evidence of any explosive device and issuing an all-clear at approximately 5:20 p.m.](https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/update-all-clear-issued-following-bomb-threat-at-hancock-santa-maria-campus/article_346fa61f-f41c-4d48-9bd1-612e62a43a39.html) Classes and services resumed as normal on Tuesday, November 25. [KCLU and CalCoastNews also reported the evacuation](https://www.kclu.org/2025-11-24/bomb-threat-prompts-evacuation-of-central-coast-college-campus), noting it disrupted the final Monday of classes before the Thanksgiving break for thousands of commuter students. The Santa Maria Police Department continued to investigate the source of the call. Allan Hancock College is a California community college serving Santa Maria, Lompoc, and the surrounding Central Coast communities, with an enrollment of approximately 12,000 students per semester.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Update: Allan Hancock College campus in Santa Maria evacuated due to bomb threat - KSBY",
      "url": "https://www.ksby.com/santa-maria/allan-hancock-college-campus-evacuated-due-to-bomb-threat",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "All-clear issued following bomb threat at Hancock Santa Maria campus - Santa Maria Times",
      "url": "https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/update-all-clear-issued-following-bomb-threat-at-hancock-santa-maria-campus/article_346fa61f-f41c-4d48-9bd1-612e62a43a39.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Central Coast college campus - KCLU",
      "url": "https://www.kclu.org/2025-11-24/bomb-threat-prompts-evacuation-of-central-coast-college-campus",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bomb threat leads to evacuation of Allan Hancock College - CalCoastNews",
      "url": "https://calcoastnews.com/2025/11/bomb-threat-leads-to-evacuation-of-allan-hancock-college/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "All Clear Issued following Bomb Threat at AHC Santa Maria Campus - Allan Hancock College Public Affairs",
      "url": "https://www.hancockcollege.edu/publicaffairs/newsreleases/allclearnr.php",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "evacuation",
    "community-college",
    "california",
    "santa-maria",
    "central-coast",
    "thanksgiving",
    "emergency-notification",
    "confirmed-hoax"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-31",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}