NOVATO, Calif. -- A homemade pipe bomb was delivered this morning to the Novato Police Department and has since been rendered safe by a University of California at Berkeley bomb squad, police said.
A Novato resident brought the bomb into the Police Department on Machin Avenue at 11 a.m.
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Police said the resident found the bomb earlier this morning near the side of the road at Olive Avenue and Deer Island Lane.
The bomb was about 8 inches long and in a plastic tube with a silver metallic powder inside.
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Police said officers immediately closed the Police Department lobby and Machin Avenue to vehicles and pedestrians.
The Police Department and Machin Avenue have since reopened.