BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Though improvements are being made, City officials say Bakersfield continues to spend thousands on infrastructure repairs and maintenance due to ongoing copper wire theft.

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Often strung from utility poles or buried beneath our feet, copper wire has played a critical role in powering America’s electrical grid for more than a century. But brazen thefts are threatening the ...