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Investigators shut down a North Berkeley intersection for over three hours while investigating a suspicious package found there today, according to police. But Berkeley police checked the package and determined it did not contain anything dangerous,they said. Streets were reopened at about 3:30 p.m. 

Officers first responded to the area of Monterey Avenue and Hopkins Street at 12:11 p.m. to investigate the package, which appeared suspicious because of its markings and how it was packaged, police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said.