Bomb exploded at the San Jose home of a member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club

Bomb exploded at the San Jose home of a member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club early Thursday, but police would not speculate about whether the attack was connected to the murder of the head of the rival San Francisco Hells Angels earlier this month.San Jose police received multiple calls of an explosion shortly after 3:30 a.m. in the 700 block of Melannie Court near Melbourne Boulevard, Officer Jermaine Thomas said."It was just an explosion, a loud noise in which several people actually heard it and dialed 911," Thomas said.Thomas said devices that had been placed in the motorcycle club member's driveway exploded, damaging two parked cars. No one was injured, nor was the house damaged.San Jose bomb squad officers and agents from the ATF responded, according to Thomas. No details on the devices were released by the police and the incident remains under investigation.The incident comes three days after about 1,000 bikers attended a memorial service in Daly City for Mark Guardado, the slain president of the San Francisco chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
Guardado, 46, was shot dead around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 2 outside a bar in San Francisco's Mission District, allegedly by a member of the Mongols, who are rivals of the Hells Angels.The suspect in the killing, 35-year-old Christopher Ablett of Modesto, is still at large.Thomas said it is not clear whether this morning's explosions were retaliation for Guardado's killing.Police "don't know if it was retaliation, or if it even has something to do with the previous incident. We are investigating all aspects of it," Thomas said.Police searched Ablett's home Sept. 11 and seized a motorcycle and other potential evidence.The Mongols are based in Southern California, but there are local chapters in Modesto and San Jose, authorities said. The Mongols and the Hells Angels clashed six years ago in a notorious incident at Harrah's Casino in Laughlin, Nevada that left three people dead.