Bomb scare in P.G.

A SUSPICIOUS CONTAINER FOUND IN A TRASH CAN THIS MORNING IN PACIFIC GROVE, TURNED OUT TO CONTAIN A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE.

A MAINTENANCE WORKER FOUND THE BOX IN A TRASHCAN OUTSIDE AMERICAN TIN CANNERY ON OCEAN VIEW BOULEVARD.

THE BOX HAD A SkULL AND CROSSBONES PAINTED ON THE SIDE. ALSO IN THE TRASH CAN WAS A BIO-HAZARD WARNING.

THE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED AND SEVERAL STREETS IN THE AREA WERE CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE MORNING.