La Quinta High School Evacuated After Bomb-Making Materials Found

Five hundred students at La Quinta High School were evacuated from portable classrooms Wednesday morning after a student reported to school officials that a classmate brought bomb-making materials on campus.

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies said they found the materials, which were white and waxy, hidden between portable classrooms at around 10:20 a.m.

Students in the portable classrooms were told to leave, and remained on campus in a multi-purpose room while authorities investigated.

School officials said they questioned a student,who admitted he brought the explosive device to school.

The sheriff’s department and school officials have detained the student, while the device was disposed of with the help of the California Department of Forestry’s fire department.