Video shows city streetlights which are being targeted by thieves for the copper wire. The number of instances of copper wire theft from street lights is getting worse. While thieves may only get a ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two Los Angeles City Council members are calling for the creation of a police task force to crackdown on copper wire thefts that have impacted neighborhoods throughout the city.

For 68-year-old retiree Blanca Ornelas, stepping outside after dark in Boyle Heights is no longer an option. Broken streetlights have left her neighborhood shrouded in darkness, creating an ...

An investigation in South Jersey has identified two men as suspects in the theft of wiring from street lights that caused ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Thieves are stealing copper wire which is putting the City of Tucson out of millions of dollars that it didn't need to spend. The wire is key to powering street lights leaving ...

Nearly two years after thieves stripped the Sixth Street Viaduct of its copper wiring, the iconic bridge, dubbed the “Rainbow of Lights” for its illuminated arches glowing across the Los Angeles River ...

With copper wire theft becoming a major problem for Clark County, officials are looking at going above ground to combat the growing issue. Since 2022, the Clark County Public Works Department ...

Copper wire theft is on the rise in the Bay Area and now it's threatening infrastructure. In San Jose, hundreds of streetlights are out and in Contra Costa County, Richmond’s police chief said it’s a ...

Dozens of light poles were stripped of their copper wiring in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood, though there have been fewer reports of such thefts in the city this year. The darkening of city ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: This issue of wire theft has been going on for some years now (“Copper thefts turned these upscale ...