Three people inside the truck were detained, but investigators did not find the copper wire. They later learned that the wire ...

Six months after its inception, Councilwoman Traci Park and then-Councilman Kevin de León announced the task force had arrested 82 people and recovered 2,000 pounds of copper wire.

Among growing concern over copper wire thefts, L.A. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park proposed a task force anchored by the LAPD.

Authorities allege that on Feb. 1, a man clad in a red hooded sweatshirt and dark-colored pants cut a section of copper wire from the portal and left the area with three other men.

A copper wire theft shut down light rail service on the 2 Line for much of Saturday, and it isn’t immediately clear how Sound Transit plans to protect the Eastside corridor from falling victim ...