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 Explosive Ordinance Disposal team to assist. EOD arrived and determined that although the smoke grenade was live the fragmentary grenade was not. EOD took control of both devices for disposal.
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Source: Daily Republic News
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