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Copper Theft Suspects Nabbed On Richmond Railroad Tracks
RICHMOND (KCBS) - For three men caught allegedly attempting to steal copper wire alongside railroad tracks north of Richmond, it turned out to be a very unlucky day as a train with half a dozen...
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PG&E Hit Hard By Antioch Copper Thefts
ANTIOCH (KCBS) – Copper wire continues to be snatched from the East Bay city of Antioch this year, and that’s translating into a big problem for Pacific Gas and Electric – considering how much the...
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Antioch Copper Wire Thieves Reach New High – Or Low
ANTIOCH (KCBS) – Just days after Pacific Gas and Electric lamented the ongoing and widespread theft of copper wire from its Antioch power poles, the utility is now revealing that a particularly brazen...
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Copper Thieves Strike 3 Times At Future Headquarters Of Facebook
MENLO PARK (CBS SF) – Police in Menlo Park are investigating three separate thefts of copper wiring this month from the future headquarters of Facebook. On June 17, construction crews reported that...
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Copper Thieves Targeting Schools In San Francisco’s Sunset District
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — San Francisco police are investigating the theft of copper from schools in the city’s Sunset District, including one school that has been hit four times in the past week, police...
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3 Arrested In San Francisco Stolen Metal Sting
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Three people were arrested at a recycling center in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood after buying stolen copper and other metals from undercover police officers early...
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Suspected Antioch Burglar Shot Dead By Homeowner
ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — An Antioch homeowner who shot and killed a man in one of his vacant properties Saturday may have interrupted a burglary, police said Sunday evening. Police were called to the home on...
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Copper Thieves Stealing From Operating BART Tracks
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – In recent weeks, copper thieves have begun targeting Bay Area Rapid Transit tracks during normal service hours. A BART spokesperson said there have been three incidents this week....
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Concord Votes To Foot The Bill For Copper Thefts
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – As cities and agencies around the Bay Area work to figure out how to pay for the recent rash of copper thefts, the Concord City Council voted Tuesday night to spend nearly half...
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Metal Thieves Steal 500 Flower Holders From Colma Graves
COLMA (CBS / AP) — Metal thieves looking to cash in on the rising value of copper and brass have swiped cables from subway tracks and wiring from utility poles. Now police say they’ve hit the cemetery...
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Concord Plagued By Copper Thefts
CONCORD (KCBS) – Concord officials are looking to stop copper thieves from striking in the city when it can least afford it. Like other cities in the state, Concord is struggling with a budget that...
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Copper Thieves Score Massive Haul in American Canyon
AMERICAN CANYON (KCBS) – American Canyon may have to spend as much as $7,000 to replace the roughly 1,000 ft. of copper wire snatched from Veterans Memorial Park sometime within the past week. A thief...
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2 Arrested During Milpitas Copper Theft
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Two San Jose men were arrested on suspicion of stealing copper wire from a commercial building in Milpitas on Friday morning, police said. Police received a call from an employee at...
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2 Suspected Copper Thieves Arrested In Petaluma PG&E Yard
PETALUMA (CBS SF) — Two men were arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of stealing copper wire from a PG&E yard in Petaluma, police said. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person...
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Newark Man Arrested For Stealing City-Owned Copper Spool
NEWARK (CBS SF) — A Newark man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of stealing a city-owned spool of copper wire from a work site in Benicia, police said. Daniel Reeves, 37, was arrested around 8:30...
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Novato Cop Hurt While Chasing PG&E Copper Theft Suspects
NOVATO (KCBS) – A Novato police officer was injured during a chase with two suspects believed to have been attempting to steal copper from a PG&E substation, according to police. Around 3:00 a.m.,...
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Copper Thieves Target Metering Lights, Add To Bay Area Gridlock
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — Motorists are quick to blame solo drivers, out-of-sync traffic lights and an improving economy for San Francisco Bay area traffic gridlock. But copper thieves are a hidden culprit...
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Vallejo Using Tech Tricks To Bring An End To Copper Thefts
VALLEJO (CBS SF) – A high-tech solution may be the answer to a national epidemic of one low-tech crime – metal theft. The Contra Costa Times reports that Vallejo has invested in GPS technology to help...
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Bay Area Power Outages Blamed On Copper Thieves, Downed Trees
OAKLAND (KCBS)—PG&E is investigating the possibility that copper thieves were to blame for a power outage in Oakland’s Fruitvale District on Tuesday night. Meanwhile a fallen tree in San Francisco...
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1 Arrested In Attempted Copper Theft At Fremont Shopping Center
FREMONT (CBS SF) — Police arrested a suspect and attempted to locate another suspect who were interrupted while attempting to steal copper wire from a shopping center rooftop in Fremont on Tuesday...
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Power Outage At UC Berkeley Leads To Explosion; 1 Hospitalized
BERKELEY (KCBS/KPIX 5) — A power outage triggered an explosion and fire at the University of California at Berkeley on Monday evening, prompting an emergency evacuation of the campus and hospitalizing...
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Power Restored To Most Of UC Berkeley After Outage, Explosion
BERKELEY (CBS / AP) — Power was restored to most of the University of California, Berkeley, on Tuesday as officials confirmed that the theft of copper cables from a substation caused a campus-wide...
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Arrest Made In Copper Theft At Apple’s ‘Spaceship’ Campus
CUPERTINO (CBS SF) — A Belmont man was arrested Saturday in the theft of copper pipes and wiring from a former Hewlett-Packard Corp. property in Cupertino where Apple Corp. is planning its Apple 2...
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Copper Thieves Vandalize More Than A Dozen Street Lights In Morgan Hill
MORGAN HILL (CBS SF) — Copper thieves have vandalized more than a dozen street lights in Morgan Hill, stripping away around 2,700 feet of copper wiring, police said Friday. The theft and damage were...
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Sheriff Hoping Social Media Helps Catch VTA Copper Thieves
SAN JOSE (KCBS)— Copper thieves have struck once again in the Bay Area, this time ripping out copper wiring from a VTA light rail train station in San Jose, but this time authorities have taken to...
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Copper Theft Blamed For Flooding On Highway 87 In San Jose
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – Caltrans is blaming a group of metal thieves for flooding on Highway 87 during stormy weather Friday morning. The agency said thieves took copper wiring from a sump pump that was...
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Man Electrocuted While Allegedly Stripping Copper Wiring From Oakland...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A man who was electrocuted while allegedly trying to strip copper wiring from an abandoned warehouse in West Oakland last Wednesday night has been identified as 40-year-old Aaron...
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Transient Arrested For Copper Wire Theft At Vacant Belmont Building
BELMONT (CBS SF) — A 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing copper wire from a vacant building in Belmont on Friday morning, police said. Officers responded to a report of suspicious...
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2 Men Allegedly Caught Stealing Copper Wire From Bay Bridge Bike Path
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The California Highway Patrol arrested two people Wednesday who were allegedly caught in the act of stealing copper wire from along the Bay Bridge bike path. The arrest occurred...
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Copper Wire Stolen From San Jose Police Activities League Field
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Police in San Jose are finding themselves the victims of a crime, after someone stole copper wire at the Police Activities League’s baseball field. According to authorities, wire...
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Surveillance Cameras Capture Copper Theft At San Jose Recycling Business
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — The copper thieves knew what they wanted and wasted little time in taking it. “It’s a pretty big loss for us,” said Adam Dao of Leo Recycling. Surveillance cameras recorded the...
View ArticleMan Electrocuted Trying to Steal Copper in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man has been electrocuted in Los Angeles while trying to steal copper from electrical equipment. It happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday in an industrial area...
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