Overview
- An AI-generated voice called in a bomb threat that delayed and then led Wheatland Union High School to cancel classes on Tuesday as officials and K‑9 teams swept the campus.
- A second wave of similar AI-produced calls on Wednesday named Wheatland High and Bear River Middle School, prompting Bear River to cancel classes and outside explosive-detection teams to join local police.
- After exhaustive morning sweeps over both days, the Wheatland Police Department and other agencies characterized the calls as hoaxes while investigators continued follow-up work.
- District leaders implemented new security steps, including overnight guards, daily site sweeps, morning video reviews and increased patrols, and said schools would resume normal operations the following day.
- Cybersecurity experts warn this type of AI-enabled swatting complicates quick verification, wastes law enforcement resources and can disrupt community services, as shown when a planned Yuba‑Sutter Food Bank distribution was canceled.