Bomb squad destroys ‘hoax device’ left outside Whittier Planned Parenthood office

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad examined a pipe with protruding wires found at the front door of a Whittier Planned Parenthood office on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. (Courtesy, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)A bomb squad destroyed a pipe with wires sticking out of it that was found by the front door of a Whittier Planned Parenthood office on Saturday morning and determined the object was not explosive, labeling it a “hoax device,” officials said.