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Stop signs replace some Oakland traffic lights to deter copper theft
CBS ^ | 05 18 2024 | Da Lin

Posted on 05/18/2024 9:27:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Oakland has removed the traffic lights from one intersection and replaced them with 4-way stop signs due to people stealing copper and then tampering with an electrical box.

It's a sight that has made drivers do a double take: a stop sign hanging overhead where a traffic light would normally be, located above the intersection of E. 12th Street and 16th Avenue in Oakland.

Neighbors said city workers removed the all the traffic lights in the last week and replaced them with four-way stop signs. The installation came after months of people stealing copper wires and tampering with the city electrical boxes that supply power to the traffic lights.

"It's just telling us that the city is giving up on us," said Tam Le, owner of Le's Auto Body & Engine Repair, located at the corner of the intersection.

Neighbors said the lights that were there before hadn't worked in months, either blinking red or being completely out.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; california; copper; crime; dystopia; metalthieves; oakland; theft
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To: Angelino97

We don’t have problem….we have…


21 posted on 05/18/2024 10:52:07 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: yesthatjallen

“fundamental transformation”


22 posted on 05/18/2024 11:00:26 AM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

About 15 years ago someone stole the Sakagawea sculpture from a beach lookout on the Oregon coast. They drove it out of town and attempted to sell it for scrap. They were all arrested. How does someone explain why they have a chopped up well know bronze Sakagawea sculpture?

https://www.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/01/sacagawea_statue_found_at_bend.html


23 posted on 05/18/2024 11:19:16 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: TalBlack

In Oakland does anyone stop at stop signs?

Years ago I was transferred to SF. MY workmate was driving late evening as we were doing interviews. He was zipping down a thoroughfare when I said hey slow down at intersections. Next intersection he slowed to a crawl when a box truck driven by a local denizen blew right past a stop sign crossing to our front. He gasped how did you know? I said culture awareness.


24 posted on 05/18/2024 11:20:00 AM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit will not solve our problems now.)
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To: yesthatjallen

We should give this a catchy name like “downteching” and see if we can get it to trend into more and more areas of life.


25 posted on 05/18/2024 11:25:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Gen.Blather

Several years back I was driving through Fort Myers and I noticed that I was behind a pickup truck advertising AC condenser cage installation. Several blocks later I realized I had entered into his prime sales territory. Everyone of the small houses we passed had a steel enclosure around the AC condenser to prevent theft.


26 posted on 05/18/2024 11:40:08 AM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: yesthatjallen

In the 1990s, I was spending time in Mexico and Central America. With fluent Spanish, I was able to learn more about every day life. One day in Mexico City, two cars collided at a four way intersection. My local friends described how such accidents were ‘settled.’ Of the two drivers, whoever’s family showed up first, then the other driver was at fault. Strength in numbers.

I no longer travel in Mexico, or Oakland.


27 posted on 05/18/2024 11:41:45 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Reno89519

Soon the entire state will be covered in traffic circles and turn lanes


28 posted on 05/18/2024 11:54:16 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: yesthatjallen

California has been highly successful in getting homeowner’s insurance carriers to leave the state. I guess they want to replicate their success with auto insurers.


29 posted on 05/18/2024 11:59:09 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: null and void
Peasants murdering peasants is of little concern to The Crown.

Police departments weren't really common until the 19th century. Until then, individuals, or volunteer posses or militias, hunted down miscreants and often exacted street justice without involving the sheriff.

30 posted on 05/18/2024 12:23:12 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Organic Panic

Isn’t that awful? Did they get the statue back to the park?

If the rotten leftist bastards aren’t tearing down our history and culture, the druggies are selling statues and plaques for scrap metal.

About a month ago, I took a six-day tour down the coast from Ilwaco, WA to the SF Bay Area. I spent some time at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria and visited many lighthouses on the Oregon coast, but didn’t get a chance to stop at Clasp or the many Lewis & Clark historic points. Maybe next trip!


31 posted on 05/18/2024 12:25:06 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’ve gotta wonder if criminals were arrested held and put to hard labor while waiting trial and after conviction if it would effect crime rates.


32 posted on 05/18/2024 12:31:52 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

In Texas they are getting rid of lights and stop signs by putting in round-abouts.


33 posted on 05/18/2024 12:42:50 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: fella

We are seeing lots of that in Idaho, too. I think they work very well.


34 posted on 05/18/2024 12:44:09 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: yesthatjallen

https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/electrical-wire-cable/indoor-electrical-cable/12-2-nm-b-cable-with-ground/sku3691335/p-1474478926948-c-6441.htm

Current copper is $96. It got as high as $269.

I was $62 before the above started.

Used copper prices can’t be that good, so something else is going on. Drug prices went up?


35 posted on 05/18/2024 12:48:09 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I suspect that contractors who previously bid on the traffic signal maintenance decided not to bid on the current contract as it’s too dangerous and these bankrupt Democrat cities are trying to lowball them on the pricing anyway.


36 posted on 05/18/2024 1:02:06 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: yesthatjallen

Politicians are importing crime as fast as they can. Why would anyone think they’ll fix the problem?


37 posted on 05/18/2024 1:07:47 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: yesthatjallen
It's more than what it seems. If swiping copper wiring from live elec boxes makes the news, think of what other things these creeps are doing, and also what they might be capable of.

And, how far from Oakland are they willing to travel to commit crimes? (There are some very exclusive places in the East Bay hills.)

A few decades ago, I had a satellite office in Oakland. I never felt safe, and that was then. I avoid the area completely now, and I avoid the entire state as much as possible.

38 posted on 05/18/2024 1:15:17 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: gundog

They pay for aluminum on the spot. For copper you have to wait a week to get your money. In both cases, they take your fingerprint, your picture, and a picture of your vehicle and license plate and driver’s license.


39 posted on 05/18/2024 1:49:05 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: MtnClimber

How to become a millionaire, first start with a billion, next elect democrats


40 posted on 05/18/2024 2:37:47 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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