The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/20/trump-military-accident-in-san-diego-manages-to-hit-highway-patrol-with-shrapnel/Yes, there were “live weapons over the freeway” on I-5 near San Diego Saturday for a JD Vance and Pete Hegseth party, but the show had to be called off early, as the artillery blew off prematurely and pelted CHP vehicles with shrapnel. There was another Gavin Newsom vs the Trump administration fight in the headlines last week, over what seemed a minor matter at the time. In this case, the US Marines were set to celebrate their 250th anniversary on Saturday at San Diego’s Camp Pendleton, with Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on hand, and they decided that they would fire explosive artillery rounds over I-5 as part of

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