Coast Guard Fires on U-Haul at Alameda Base

Late Thursday around 10 p.m., U.S. Coast Guard security officers fired multiple rounds at a U-Haul that was driving erratically and attempted to back into the gated entrance ramp of Coast Guard Base Alameda after ignoring repeated verbal orders to stop. The vehicle left the scene; no Coast Guard personnel were injured, it was unclear whether the driver or others were hurt or detained, and the FBI is leading the investigation. The shooting followed a day of large protests—hundreds of demonstrators gathered to oppose a planned ramp‑up of federal immigration enforcement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were staged at the base. Earlier clashes at the entrance involved flash‑bangs and pepper spray; two people reported injured and two detained as protesters tried to block a convoy, though much of the evening demonstration was described as mostly peaceful. President Donald Trump said he called off a planned National Guard/federal deployment to San Francisco the same day, while details of any immigration operation remained unclear.