Have street lights gone dark in your neighborhood? That could be due to copper wire theft. Increasing thefts from light poles across the Greater Los Angeles region have forced cities and utilities to ...

WELL, A SURGE IN COPPER WIRE THEFTS IS TURNING NEIGHBORHOODS INTO CRIME SCENES. GOOD EVENING. I’M BRYA BERRY AND I’M LARA MORITZ. AT&T IS OFFERING A $20,000 REWARD FOR HELP IN FINDING THESE SUSPECTS.

There’s a stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland, near where it connects to Interstate 205, that for weeks last year was unnervingly dark at night. The reason: many of the streetlights weren’t working.

Eighty-two arrests have been made in a recent escalation to combat the “growing epidemic” of copper wire thefts, city officials announced Tuesday. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park ...

The 6th Street Viaduct, dubbed the “Ribbon of Light” for its illuminated tilted arches, is now completely in the dark. Billy Avellan, who walks the bridge daily from his home in downtown Los Angeles ...

Often strung from utility poles or buried beneath our feet, copper wire has played a critical role in powering America’s electrical grid for more than a century. But brazen thefts are threatening the ...

Copper theft is spiking in the U.S. due to tariffs and more demand. This is copper wire recovered after an investigation that involved AT&T security. In the last six months of 2024, some 6,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks while holding copper wire at a news conference. (Michael Blackshire / Los ...