Continuing its efforts to crack down on metal thefts, Los Angeles city and law enforcement officials on Tuesday, Aug. 27, announced the recent arrest of copper wire thieves and the recovery of 1,668 ...

Seattle City Light is struggling to keep up with copper wire thieves. Some neighborhoods were left in the dark as the utility company worked to get a handle on the problem. People living off of Martin ...

A proposed bill in Olympia would add requirements for metal recyclers who purchase copper wire for scrap to disincentivize thieves from stealing utility wires. H.B. 2213, sponsored by Rep. Cindy Ryu ...

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.