An AT&T spokesperson said the company had seen a recent increase in copper wire theft across South L.A., a neighborhood with almost 300,000 residents, according to the Department of City Planning ...

The Hot Springs Parks and Trails Department reported vandalism to a tree in the 600 block of Malvern Avenue. AT&T reported a theft of cable and internet wire at 101 McGowan Court. Barry Wendell Loyd ...

Brown, who lives with her husband in South L.A. near Compton, stopped paying the phone bill about three months ago after their landline stopped working due to a copper wire theft. “I don’t even ...