For three years, law enforcement across Southern California have been fighting thieves who rip copper wire from streetlights, ...

Copper wire thieves face tall order with new street light wiring Crews fix wiring on a street light at the intersection of Lamb and Charleston boulevards on Monday, April 8, 2024.

Currently, close to 10%, or around 20,000, of LA’s streetlights are out of working order, according to Miguel Sangalang, Executive Director of the BSL. At the same time, copper wire thefts ...

Repairs to street lights due to copper wire theft cost the City of St. Paul about $1.2 million in 2023. In 2024, repairs cost more than $2 million, according to Kershaw.

The city of L.A.'s Bureau of Street Lighting has a staff of about 180 people responsible for maintaining a network of nearly a quarter million street lights scattered across 470 square miles.

"We've over $1 million in remediation efforts to recover and repair the street light wire that has been stolen and recycled throughout the city. The value of recycled copper fluctuates on a day-to ...

Clark County installed 12 solar-powered street lights in an east Las Vegas neighborhood in August in hopes they could cut down instances of copper wire theft.

LA City Council backs anti-wire theft bill; meanwhile, city works to relight 6th Street Viaduct The City Council voted to support a California bill aimed at cracking down on copper wire theft, as ...