FBI Raids South Pasadena Convalescent Hospital

Update: Around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, representatives from the IRS U.S. Department of Treasury were seen outside the hospital and told Patch they were there on "official business."

Employees at the hospital declined to comment.

Original story: Patch is receiving reports that the FBI and federal agents executed search warrants at the on Mission Street Thursday morning.

A spokeswoman for the California Department of Justice told Patch that raids were taking place in “several other places” in Southern California Thursday.

We’ll update our story when we have more information.

Here's the Pasadena Sun story on the raids.

Federal agents issued a search warrant at the South Pasadena Convalescent Hospital, in the 900 block of Mission Street, Thursday morning.

The FBI declined to comment on the nature of the investigation, because the warrant was sealed by a judge.

Here's the Pasadena Star-News story on the raids.