A woman entered the grounds of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Malibu property on Friday night, prompting a response from private security and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were not home when the incident unfolded at their Point Dume residence.
Private security personnel encountered the woman before she reached the house and contacted authorities about a suspicious person. Deputies from the Lost Hills station were dispatched at about 10:30 p.m. When they arrived, the woman was still outside the property. Deputies made contact with Harris’s security team, warned the woman, and advised her to leave. She departed voluntarily. There was no reported confrontation, and no one was arrested.
The sheriff’s department documented the encounter as a trespassing report after speaking with those involved. Deputies also planned increased patrols around the property as a precaution. Harris spokesperson Eduardo Negrón said security personnel stopped the individual before she could approach the residence. “Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff were not present,” Negrón said. “They are grateful to the security and law enforcement personnel who responded swiftly.”
No injuries were reported, and law enforcement has not announced criminal charges connected with the Friday-night incident. Officials have released no evidence of weapons, threats, property damage, or any effort to harm Harris or Emhoff. Investigators have announced no motive and no further enforcement action against the unidentified woman.
Fox News reported that the woman had appeared at the property twice before deputies were called. That account said she initially arrived by Uber, approached security, and was told she needed to leave. She later returned, according to the report, prompting the private security detail to request assistance from sheriff’s deputies.
The episode drew renewed attention to security arrangements around Harris, who left the vice presidency in January 2025. Under federal law, former vice presidents generally receive Secret Service protection for six months after leaving office. Friday’s response also illustrated how private security and local law enforcement can work together around former national officials. Private personnel identified the problem first, kept the woman from reaching the house, and then summoned county deputies. Deputies arrived, spoke with those present, directed the woman to leave, and recorded the matter as a trespassing report. The decision to increase patrols suggests officials are taking extra precautions even without an arrest.
Harris and Emhoff own an approximately $8 million residence in Malibu’s Point Dume area, according to multiple reports. Local reporting also says the couple owns a home in Los Angeles’s Brentwood neighborhood. In January 2025, authorities arrested two people near that Brentwood home during restrictions connected to the Palisades Fire. Those arrests were described as curfew violations, not as evidence of a targeted attempt against Harris.
Harris previously served as San Francisco district attorney, California attorney general, United States senator, and vice president. She became the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024 after President Biden ended his reelection campaign and ultimately lost to Donald Trump. Since leaving office, she has remained a prominent Democratic figure while keeping her future political plans largely unsettled.
For now, the incident ended without injury. Harris and Emhoff were never confronted, and authorities said the woman left peacefully after deputies issued their warning. The episode has nevertheless renewed public discussion of protection arrangements for former vice presidents.
