Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks while holding copper wire at a news conference. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) Eighty-two arrests have been made in a recent escalation to ...

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 ...

A new state law designed to combat copper theft will take effect Jan. 1, after a judge denied a request to suspend the law as part of an ongoing lawsuit. The ruling by Ramsey County District Judge ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A man who was found inside a manhole attempting to steal copper wire in an unincorporated neighborhood in West Los ...

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.

For months, 7 On Your Side Investigates has looked into the copper wire thefts plaguing neighborhoods in Southern California.

BUFFALO, Mo. (KY3) - The Buffalo Police Department arrested two men in connection to the theft of copper wire from an internet business last month. Officers were called to East Main Street on November ...

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 ...