Bomb squad investigators determined a report of a suspicious package found near the Federal Building in Westwood Wednesday morning was not a bomb, officials said.
The package was reported near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue at about 7 a.m..
A SigAlert was issued for the southbound and northbound I-405 on-ramps and off-ramps on Wilshire Boulevard due to "police activity" in the area," officials from the California Highway Patrol said.
The ramps were reopened less than an hour later.
People near the area were tweeting about the incident. One person said the entrance to the building was blocked while another person said police were evacuating the parking lot of the Federal Building.
Officials reopened the area to pedistrian and street traffic at about 8:30 a.m.
No further details were available.
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