Employees at a California newspaper were evacuated from their building on Thursday because of a bomb threat, but were allowed in later after police determined the suspicious package was not an explosive device.

The Sacramento Bee reported that a suspicious package was discovered outside the entrance of its main office, according to the Sacramento Police Department.

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Building supervisor Mark Walters told the Bee that a security guard had found the package and proceeded to call the police. Employees were then told to evacuate the building.

Sacramento Bee Executive Editor Lauren Gustus also sent an email to employees telling them not to come to the office.

The Bee noted that a police department’s bomb squad came to the building to "clear" the package shortly after the report was made. It was determined not to be an explosive device after being examined by a bomb squad officer, the newspaper reported.

Employees at the newspaper were then allowed to return to the office.

The report of a bomb threat at the Bee comes only weeks after a gunman opened fire at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Md. and killed five people.

The shooting led police in multiple cities to announce that they would increase patrols near local media outlets. In Boston, it was reported after the shooting that officers would “make a point” to show increased presence near the media outlets.

The Bee also reported that it had installed new security measures at its building after the Capital Gazette shooting.