With little fanfare, Fresno County supervisors unanimously cleared the way for a controversial ordinance to take effect on Tuesday.

Chile is the top source of U.S. copper imports (51%), followed by Canada (31%), Mexico (7%), Peru (5%), and Congo (2%). Refined copper accounts for the majority of U.S. copper imports from Chile.

Officers say they learned that two suspects were seen removing copper wire from a victim's truck in the hotel’s parking lot before fleeing the scene in a black Saturn. Shortly after the incident ...

(KRON) — Three suspected thieves were caught with burglary tools and copper wire in a vacant building by police — all thanks to a timely tip from an alert resident, said the Pleasanton Police ...

Proposed by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, AB 476 also seeks to revise penalties for offenders to better reflect the true cost ...

Waterloo Regional Police are seeking information regarding the ownership of a quantity of copper wire discovered in Waterloo late last month. On Monday, March 31, at around 9:45 a.m., police say ...

This piece of legislation — introduced by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez — seeks to crack down on copper wire theft by enhancing reporting requirements for junk dealers and recyclers ...

A church burglar who carried copper wire and glue for fishing money out of collections has been jailed for four months. Mark Pierce (43), who also stole charity boxes in “sneak” thefts at two ...

A surge in copper-wire theft has plunged entire neighborhoods into pitch-black darkness. “It scares me,” resident Barbara Wright told KTLA 5. “I’m afraid to go out. All of the lights are ...