LAX Police Department officers arrested two men for stripping and cutting copper wiring from street lights along Vista Del ...

Region-wise, the copper wire and cable market trends have been analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA. North America contributed significant revenue in 2020.

Copper wire thefts have been rising for the last few years, and it’s most commonly noticed with our streetlight network. In 2024 alone, more than 19,000 streetlight issues have been reported so far.

The nonprofit’s president says thieves pried back a gated fence to get in and sawed off the locks on the door.

Copper wire theft continues to plague San Jose and leave many residents in the dark due to thieves stripping wires from public lights. Many cities around the Bay Area and across the state are ...

A registered sex offender now faces ten new felony charges related to an investigation into utility lines that were cut in ...

Italian and Japanese researchers have developed a novel method to free copper wire from its PVC coating, by treating electric cables with microwaves. The technique could go a long way towards ...

Among growing concern over copper wire thefts, L.A. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park proposed a task force anchored by the LAPD.

All of LA’s 223,000+ streetlights require copper to function. In 2023, 40% of all streetlight repair requests stemmed from copper wire and power theft, up from 5% in 2016, according to the ...

Copper wire thieves have made short work of the lighting in and around Como Park, as well as along many of St. Paul’s other parkways and thoroughfares, cloaking much of the city in darkness by 5 ...