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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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