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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two Los Angeles City Council members are calling for the creation of a police task force to crackdown on copper wire thefts that have impacted neighborhoods throughout the city.

The Los Angeles City Council has dedicated an additional $200,000 toward the copper wire task force, tripling the funds focused on curtailing the theft of metal from public infrastructure. Peter Brown ...

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AND JAMIE, HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS THIS? RICK. VICKY, THE MAYOR SAYS THOSE COPPER WIRE THEFTS ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM LYNN FAMILY STADIUM. YOU CAN ...

ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS. COPPER WIRE THEFT IS DOWN IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY THANKS TO A DEDICATED TASK FORCE AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AND THE TEAM HAS NUMBERS TO BACK UP ITS PROGRESS. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park looks at wire as Councilmember Kevin de León speaks on a recent copper theft bust in Los ...