Stretch of El Camino Real in Santa Clara reopens following suspicious package investigation

A stretch of El Camino Real in Santa Clara was closed Friday afternoon while authorities conducted a suspicious package investigation, police said.

The busy thoroughfare was shut down between Kiely and Calabazas boulevards, according to police.

A report of a suspicious package in the area of El Camino Real and Kiely came from a community member just before 3 p.m., police said.

Just after 5:40 p.m., Santa Clara police posted on social media that the roadways reopened after Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office's bomb squad inspected the package and "determined it posed no threat to public safety."