Diablo Valley College Cancels Classes, Activities Due to Potential Threat

Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill announced early Thursday morning that all classes and activities on campus on March 22 have been cancelled due to a potentially serious threat.

They did not elaborate further, however, they did put notice on their website.

All classes and college activities at the DVC Pleasant Hill campus have been cancelled today, March 22.  All classes at the San Ramon location will continue as scheduled. We are investigating a potentially serious threat that has been made against the DVC Pleasant Hill Campus and are closing the location as a precaution. The safety of our students, faculty and staff is our top priority.

Update

Diablo Valley College Campus Closed Today

As a precaution, all classes and college activities at the Diablo Valley College (DVC)-Pleasant Hill Campus are cancelled today, March 22, 2018, due to a potentially serious threat made against the campus.

The college found graffiti threatening the use of a firearm on the DVC-Pleasant Hill Campus.  The situation is under investigation and so we are unable to share any further details at this time. DVC staff and students have been notified of this decision. All classes at the Diablo Valley College-San Ramon Campus, Contra Costa College, and Los Medanos College, are continuing as scheduled.

The safety of our students, faculty and staff is our top priority.  Additional information will be placed on the college website at www.dvc.edu as it becomes available.

DVC Pleasant Hill Campus will be open Friday – March 22, 4:15 p.m.

Diablo Valley College will be open tomorrow, March 23, with all classes and services resuming on the Pleasant Hill Campus as scheduled. The San Ramon campus will maintain its regular schedule of Friday closure.

We made the difficult decision to close the Pleasant Hill campus today, March 22, in order to continue the investigation into the threat received yesterday. We needed the time to make a more definitive assessment of the actual level of risk to our students and staff. While the investigation will continue, we have found no additional evidence to corroborate the validity of a greater than normal risk to our community.

There will be increased police presence on the campus tomorrow to ease any anxiety that our community may be feeling. For members of our college community who may be experiencing anxiety or stress, we are offering counseling services on Friday and, on a limited basis, during spring break.

As always, if you see anything suspicious or have any information to help the investigation, please contact Police Services at (925) 969-3000. The safety of our students, faculty, and staff remains our top priority.