{"id":617767,"date":"2026-02-26T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/617767\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:15:09","slug":"suspicious-package-prompts-closure-of-east-l-a-metro-station-east-la-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/617767\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspicious package prompts closure of East L.A. Metro station | East LA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Map of Metro E Line Atlantic Station\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1208\" height=\"938\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/3nNmsvNJdLUPMCuf9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>East Los Angeles\u2014<\/strong>Technicians from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs&#8217; Department&#8217;s Arson and Explosives Detail Thursday are investigating who might have left a suspicious device on a Metro train in East Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The detail responded at 7:32 p.m. Wednesday to the Metro E Line&#8217;s Atlantic Station in 5100 block of Pomona Boulevard and South Woods Avenue regarding a suspicious backpack, LASD Deputy Daniel Dominguez told City News Service.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                <strong>Success!<\/strong> An email has been sent to <strong><\/strong> with a link to confirm list signup.&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                <strong>Error!<\/strong> There was an error processing your request.&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>Initially using a robot to inspect the backpack, the arson and bomb squad removed it from the train and operations at the station were resumed around 10:40 p.m., Dominguez said.<\/p>\n<p>The station was closed for over three hours while the LASD arson and explosives unit investigated the contents of the backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the scene showed an officer from the arson and bomb squad leaving the station carrying the backpack.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/sl\/D2JgZNl\/Eastside911\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/sl\/D2JgZNl\/Eastside911&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772170654231000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bgtCC2YV1_swZ1v92xODB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up here for Eastside 911 Weekly<\/a>, a weekly roundup of crime, fire and public safety news delivered on Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>                400 Monthly Reader Sponsors and Counting!<\/p>\n<p>Join the nearly 400 readers who  make monthly contributions to The Eastsider..<\/p>\n<p>Even a small monthly contribution will create a more stable source of revenue, giving us confidence to expand staff and provide you with more of the community news you can\u2019t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Jes\u00fas Sanchez, Publisher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google Maps East Los Angeles\u2014Technicians from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs&#8217; Department&#8217;s Arson and Explosives Detail Thursday are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":617768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[264638,91904,1582,276,51082,2961,224,5337,264637],"class_list":{"0":"post-617767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-atlantic-station","9":"tag-bomb-scare","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-l-a-county-sheriff","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-metro-e-line"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116137592518955660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}