Washington is seeing a sharp rise in copper and fiber-optic wire theft. It’s not just an inconvenience — it’s a growing ...

SILICON VALLEY LEADERS are filling utility boxes with sand, running undercover stings and devoting entire municipal teams to ...

A serial copper thief brought delayed subways last month, causing hundreds of delays, the MTA revealed this week.

See how scrap copper wires are transformed into fine, usable copper wire! This step-by-step video covers everything from ...

As surging copper wire thefts are leaving many Los Angeles communities in the dark, a new statewide metal theft law set to kick in next year is aimed at recyclers who buy the stolen metal. The Sixth ...

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.

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Elected officials and law enforcement personnel met in Los Angeles Monday morning to urge California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a new bill that calls for tougher laws on copper wire theft and metal ...

Underground power systems on the Tahuya Peninsula were damaged on Thanksgiving last year, leading to a power outage. (Photo courtesy of Mason County Public Utility District No. 3) A public utility in ...

A public utility in Mason County has started labeling its power poles hoisting fiber-optic cables so thieves don’t mistake the lines for expensive copper wire. “This wire is steel core, not copper,” ...