With the United States engaged in a war with Iran, law enforcement officials throughout California are stepping up security measures around public gatherings, places of worship and other potential targets. Security is expected to be extremely tight for the March 15 Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The area around the theater, which sits along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, has seen barricades and fencing installed as in previous years, but when the Oscars ceremony takes place, the presence of Los Angeles Police Department personnel and federal agents participating in a multi-agency operation will be visible.
There is no specific threat against the event or Los Angeles, but federal officials have issued warnings about the transmission of a sequence of numbers in Farsi, the language spoken in Iran, that could be a signal to operatives, according to published reports.
