Shrapnel rained down over a California highway and struck a patrol car after an artillery shell exploded “prematurely” during a US military demonstration for the United States Marines’ 250th anniversary.

An artillery round exploded over Interstate 5 at Camp Pendleton, cutting short the military's live-fire exercise.

A CHP vehicle was damaged by debris on Saturday, following a U.S. military demonstration involving live ammunition, discharged over tI-5 freeway near Camp Pendleton.

Posts claiming the U.S. Marine Corps fired live ammunition over Interstate 5 in Southern California, causing the highway to close temporarily during what the Marines called "a liv

CHP reports that a section of Interstate 5 in San Diego — from Harbor Drive to Basilone Road in Oceanside — will be closed from about 11 a.m. to 3 p.m

Residents should expect to see increased helicopter activity at night until 11 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday with training flights near Folsom Lake in Sacramento County, Georgetown in El Dorado County and Grass Valley in Nevada County, according to a Cal Fire news release.

A new classroom has been assembled, next to the fire training tower behind the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department.

California’s second Forester Prescribed Fire Training Exchange event will occur Oct. 26–Nov. 1 near Georgetown, El Dorado County. The public is invited to observe scheduled burns.