GOLETA, Calif. — A stretch of Hollister Avenue was shut down Monday morning after reports of a suspicious package near the Santa Barbara Airport prompted a bomb squad response.
At 12:13 p.m., the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said the package — pictured below — was determined to be a bag filled with personal items. All previously closed roadways have since reopened.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office closed Hollister Avenue from Los Carneros Road to Aero Camino around 9:30 a.m. Deputies cordoned off the area and brought in a robot from the department’s bomb squad to investigate the package.
Officials did not say exactly where the package was found but confirmed it was located somewhere between Los Carneros and Aero Camino…