More than 850 broken lights in St. Paul city parks will remain dark as the city struggles to turn the tide against copper wire theft. The cost of repairing thousands of lamps and streetlights — which ...

For 68-year-old retiree Blanca Ornelas, stepping outside after dark in Boyle Heights is no longer an option. Broken streetlights have left her neighborhood shrouded in darkness, creating an ...

A large swath of the 6th Street Bridge, known as the “Ribbon of Light” because of its illuminated arches of color across the Los Angeles River, has gone dark. Copper wire thieves are to blame, city ...

Body camera video of police arresting the suspect has been viewed millions of times online.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — You've likely noticed it's been darker than usual driving down many of Kentucky's busiest roadways lately. Hundreds of street lights have been out for weeks, even months. The ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Los Angeles is flipping the switch ...

Once the sun sets in the Pico-Union area, workers and residents approach the streets with trepidation. Here, and in other parts of Los Angeles, copper-wire thieves have stripped them of their sense of ...

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 ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Over the weekend, more than 18,000 feet of copper wire were stolen from dozens of outdoor light poles in Roseville's Central Park. The City of Roseville said in a news release that ...

Police are searching for Gregory Galitzeck, accused of posing as a Seattle City Light worker to steal copper wire from the West Seattle Bridge, prosecutors say.

SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies arrested two people suspected in copper thefts along VTA light rail lines on Monday, as officials warn rising thefts have caused hundreds of thousands ...