In response to a rash of copper wire theft, hundreds of solar-powered street lights will be installed in Filipinotown, Mayor Karen Bass announced Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, Bass joined Bureau of ...

(The Center Square) - “Rampant copper wire theft” is plunging Los Angeles into darkness, leading city officials to install solar-powered streetlights as a fortification measure. Critics say undaunted ...

For years, thieves have stolen the copper wire used in streetlight poles, leaving Los Angeles communities in the dark. The solar-powered streetlights are expected to reduce copper wire thefts because ...

Los Angeles is expanding its program to install hundreds of new solar-powered streetlights to curb rampant copper wire theft. On Wednesday, Mayor Karen Bass joined Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez ...

Powers' job is to install the copper wire and fiber optic cables that keep lights and internet on. If there's copper wire theft in a public light pole for example, Powers is the one to the rescue.