California: Live mortar round found at Grass Valley transfer station

The McCourtney Transfer Station in Grass Valley was evacuated and closed on Friday after what turned out to be live explosives was found, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. At 10:30 a.m., deputies were called to the transfer station Read More …

California: Explosives found in Putah Creek Canal

Just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, workers cleaning out the Putah Creek Canal between Martin Road and Hilborn Road located what appeared to be a smoke grenade and fragmentary grenade. Officers responded to the scene and called Travis Air Force Base’s Read More …

California: Bomb squad detonates improvised explosive device found in Placer County

A bomb squad team safely detonated a potentially deadly improvised explosive device that was found off a road in Placer County earlier this week, the sheriff’s office said. The device looked like a pressure cooker with wires coming from it, Read More …

Marine EOD Tech Inspires Students at San Clemente High School’s Military Appreciation Night

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – As the sun set on a Friday night football game at San Clemente High School, a different kind of spectacle captivated the crowd during the football team’s military appreciation night, Sept. 8. Marine Read More …

Wyoming: 60,000 pounds of an explosive chemical lost during rail shipment

About 60,000 pounds of a chemical used as both a fertilizer and an explosive is missing after likely disappearing during a rail trip from Wyoming to California last month, according to federal records. A rail car carrying ammonium nitrate left Read More …

California: Suspected explosive device ‘neutralized’ by Butte County Inter-Agency Bomb Squad

An investigation is continuing after a suspected improvised explosive device found Sunday in Plumas County was neutralized by bomb technicians. Deputies from the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report in Portola of a suspected bomb near Portola Riverwalk Read More …

California: Huge Shipment of Explosive Chemicals Disappears In Mojave Desert, Investigation Underway

California officials are investigating the disappearance of 30 tons (61,000 pounds) of ammonium nitrate from a railcar crossing the Midwest. Ammonium nitrate, which is used as fertilizer, can also be used to create explosives and was a key component in Read More …

San Francisco woman sentenced to prison for possession of bomb-making supplies, ammunition

A San Francisco woman named Thor Kill was sentenced last week to two years in prison after authorities seized a large ammunition supply, bomb-making supplies and gun parts from a storage unit. Kill was convicted of possession of ammunition by Read More …

California: Police uncover 100 pounds of explosives at Bay Area business

When police responded to a report of a burglary at a San Jose business Monday, they stumbled across something they weren’t expecting to find — a bomb-making operation, officials said. The San Jose Police Department said in a news release Read More …