Scene clear after UCLA bomb threat scare

WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- Students were allowed back into their dorm rooms after a bomb threat prompted precautionary evacuations at UCLA Wednesday night.

According to a tweet from UCLA Bruin Alert, the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center was evacuated around 10:15 p.m. Dorms were also evacuated.

Campus police said the threat was called in by an unknown person.

Students were told to head to Drake Stadium until further information was released. Students in other parts of the campus were told to remain indoors unless otherwise instructed.

Police set up road blocks on a few streets surrounding the campus.

Around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, some students were allowed to reenter their residence halls as police continued to inspect the scene.