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 ...

St. Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw confirmed his department spent about $1 million more on street light repairs due to copper wire theft in 2024 than in 2023. There were also a few hundred ...

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 ...

Minneapolis to spend $1M replacing street lights damaged by copper wire thieves originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Minneapolis has allocated $1 million to replace stolen copper wire from street ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is currently working to replace copper wiring on street lights after it was stolen by thieves. A spokesperson for KYTC said the wire theft ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles City Council has dedicated an additional $200,000 toward the copper wire task force, tripling the funds focused on curtailing the theft of metal from public infrastructure. Peter Brown ...

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 ...

Jennie Kappenman had been wondering, what's with all the exposed wire right outside her sister's house in the Bancroft neighborhood of Minneapolis? She soon found out why the lights were out on the ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A large portion of the 6th Street Bridge known as the "Ribbon of Light" has gone dark after thieves stole some of the structure's copper wiring. City officials said they're ...

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(TNS) — In Hollywood, it's lights, cameras, action. In San Bernardino, they're promising action over the city's street lights and surveillance cameras. Hundreds of lights are dark all over the city ...