SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are being dispatched to Coast Guard Base Alameda within the next 24 hours, according to base officials. ABC News confirmed with a source familiar with the plans that the agents are part of an "immigration surge operation." RELATED: ICE, National Guard coming to San Francisco? Here's what we know "This support of DHS agencies continues the Coast Guard's operations to control, secure, and defend U.S. borders and maritime approaches," said Coast Guard spokesperson.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military anniversary celebration off Camp Pendleton's coast in San Diego County - where Navy ships are expected to fire over the freeway onto the base. Newsom's office has received, but not confirmed, reports that live ordnance will be fired from offshore vessels during the event commemorating the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary.