Law enforcement agencies across California were recently warned that the Iran war could lead to a surprise drone attack in the Golden State, but sources told The Times on Wednesday there’s no credible intelligence to support it. But the warning played into security strategies that local and national authorities enacted after the war began. The Department of Homeland Security declined to comment on the memo and referred questions to the FBI. Since the U.S. and Israel began launching strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Homeland Security Division has elevated its security posture. In February, U.S. lawmakers blasted the Department of Defense after reports that it had shot down a Customs and Border Protection drone using a “high risk counter-unmanned aircraft system.”

Source: Los Angeles Times March 11, 2026 21:56 UTC