Some 1,200 San Bernardino street lights — roughly one in 10 — have gone dark as copper wire thieves and layoffs are taking a toll on the city’s Public Works Department.
About 100 of the poles are down as a result of traffic accidents, San Bernardino Public Works Director Nadeem Majaj said. Most of the others don’t work, because thieves stripped them of their copper wiring to sell for recycling.
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