Copper thefts keep Oakland from replacing stoplights at intersection 

Isn’t Oakland the shittiest place ever. Always on the news for all the wrong reasons. 😂😂

Oakland so bad and so broke, even the stoplights are beginning to move to Las Vegas.

What's next, the stop signs being stolen for scrap metal or decoration?

Imagine not arresting the criminal who is stealing electricity

Just another normal day in oakland

FYI folks $24B budget got disappeared in CA books. The money was supposed to be used for solving homelessness crisis.

Hey at least crime is down, because its no longer reported!

So that's what giving up looks like

How third world 🇺🇸

Funny! Every time there’s a new story about crime, homeless, crime, etc. the worthless mayor is never heard from. But I am sure she will be at the next press conference bragging about how crime is down!

Ur kidding me , no traffic lights 🚦 because of theft 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

The only businesses that are thriving in this area are prostitutes and weed dispensaries. Sad.

It looks like Nigeria

So... instead of arresting the people committing the thefts you endanger public safety by taking away traffic lights at a busy intersection. Is there something in the water out there?

We have to stop letting criminals from dictate how we live our lives

The weirdest thing is watching someone on the Bart pop open a maintenance box to plug in and charge their phone

*Oakland is going GREEN. good for them.* 🤣

People need to stop with the bleeding heart compassion for the homeless and criminals. Start with that.

This is what the end of societies looks like.

Gavin, destroyer of cities.

detroit CA. man how many RVs are parked there. do what you want but dont blame others.

" I love this neighborhood; I love how diverse it is" says a glittering jewel of colossal ignorance. Just amazing how willfully ignorant our fellow citizens are.

Welcome to Oakland America's first Purge city.

Oakland has poor city management. That is why I left San Jose

The homeless are like dandelions: if you don't uproot the first one immediately, they will take over in no time. Being soft on and compassionate to the homeless is to be cruel to and dismissive of everyone else.

Escape from oakland sounds like a good horror movie to me.

AND THEY LITERALLY KEEP VOTING FOR THIS

As Oakland likes to highlight it to the world "First electric free community ran 4 way stop" *While blasting I'm feeling myself in the backgrouns* . Oakland is a virtue signalers dream

Impound the RV for stealing electricity.

How progressive

Little known fact: Traffic cameras have over 2 and a half pounds of copper wire in them. Just Sayin' 🙂👍

The bay is so progressive! Beautiful!

I hope Da Lin is getting paid well. He is a genuinely great reporter and always covers stories of actual interest.

RIP Oakland.

THEY RATHER DO THIS THAN STOP CRIME.......... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Meanwhile the Oakland coliseum parking lot is just sitting there. Oakland could set up showers, food and services inside the old Oracle arena. And give free A's tickets so the stadium looks full

It’s not the thieves, it’s the city and state leaders failing to make crime pay.

So, if you're stealing electricity, and the cops can easily trace the wiring to your RV, then why aren't you arrested? Or is it easier to just let PG&E raise rates on people to cover the losses from these thefts? And if you disable a traffic light and a crash occurs, why aren't you arrested? If Al Queda or ISIS hacked into government computers and disabled a traffic light to cause injuries or death to people, wouldn't they get arrested? Should the tourists who are flying into the newly-renamed airport be told to avoid that intersection?

Soon enough Oakland will go back to the stone ages at this rate. Hello Flintstones

Keep it classy California

failed culture. dont tell pammy price or the mayor that though

WORSE than 3rd World.

There are fences somewhere that's buying all that copper, and selling it for large profit in some company turning a blind eye.

Sad that a city can’t uphold the law. Mayor is a failure. Remove from office. Hold those accountable! Arrest and don’t release.

I've seen it all, now. lmao

Use candles

pam price making oakland great

haha, Oakland is devolving.

I think Oakland needs the great president Nayib Bukele to clean up that dump.

This is what happens when you vote for people who live in the Oakland/Berkeley Hills, NOT Oakland . These homeless enchantments aside from being a fire hazards and human trafficking areas, are literally making Oakland to go into a recession. Causing more people to become homeless . In Comparison look at Alameda how dealt with the problem. They’re going to build more housing than any city in the area (On an island btw) and they’re breaking up camps to stop Crime. Stop voting for people who don’t actually live in the city. they only care about pretending to look liberal, Not actually solving problems.

And to think folks want to build a San Antonio neighborhood bart station- totally blind and oblivious to this massive encampment.

pamela thought of this all by herself

Must be rich folks parked on the side of the streets in them RV's. Got so much bills to pay, I can't even afford a tent.

Welcome to California, where the criminals outsmart law enforcement.😂

Thank goodness the stop signs aren’t made of copper!

Lets go old school. Lamp powered

I approve this. Traffic lights suck.

You have got to be kidding me. What a world.

At what point does the community of Oakland say enough? I know the city is struggling but at one point the community needs to put their effort to stop their city from falling apart.

years ago in san francisco in the 90s some stupid politician decided to put a stop sign on geary boulevard at an extremely busy intersection, i drove through there one day and there were multiple fender benders because drivers didn't expect to see a stop sign. it was a disaster.

Dude thinking a 4 way stop is better must not have experience with 4 way stops... accidents incoming.

East 12th is a scary place. Miss that trainyard, emptied many krylon cans there.

When a shed is turned in to a house and the government says it's worth $100,000. Something is wrong.

Bruh just trash the whole city

Here’s a thought… how about more roundabouts and less stop lights. We need less stop lights anyways and they always require maintenance even before accounting for copper theft.

He's Da Lin.

What could possibly go wrong in Oakland, California??? Absolutely stunning beyond belief. 😁🤣🤪😂😆😄😊👌

That's the greedy scrap yards doing the crime of Not reporting their wrong doing!

Use aluminum wiring instead of copper. Should be fine for low current LED lights used.

Defund the police they said

Why bother to put the lights back up? The stop signs don't cost anything to operate and maintain. In my small town, they took out 3 red/green/yellow traffic lights right downtown and, replaced them with 4 way stops.. Traffic has never flowed better!

The city motto for Oakland should officially be “Oakland California. donde la vida no vale nada, donde la cuidad nos tiene abandonados.”

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It's sad Oakland has come to this.

people cant even look up from their cell phones let alone a stop sign that high up

Remove the recycling centers

The news guy's voice-over work is hilarious to me.

If a traffic light is not working you call 911 not 311- but if you mean if the electrical box is not working I have to check in to confirm if you are correct or wrong. TBD...

Replace with aluminum wire. Very simple solution. Airbus aircraft use aluminum wire to save cost.

Amputate

The whistles go wOOO!

If an all way stop adequately regulates traffic, it’s a better solution than a traffic light anyway.

Truck crashes into repair shop. 😂 IRONY!!!

Try modern roundabout?

Increase the circuit to 3,000 volts and eventually people will stop messing with it one way or another.

Thank you Da!

Vote Democrat - insert chaos.

Defund the police tho right guys?😂

Stop using copper wires & etc. & hide the control unit in one of the poles. Give out solar electric power kits to stop the electricity theft. Use aluminum coated wires.

Common denominator, scrap dealers. Cant sell copper if the scrapper is in jail for receiving stolen goods. Government has failed, on all levels. This is what happens when law enforcement and the courts don’t do anything.

Great opportunity to try a roundabout. ..not a joke.

Oakland---the arm pit of the bay area. We are witnessing a devolution process. Next year, instead of street talk and chatter, you will hear just grunting and howling and hunched over people dragging their knuckles while chewing on copper wire.

Tam Le should just move out of Oakland. The City doesn’t care about him and his business, so why should he stay?

what a city!!!

Hey can you send them over to Boston so they can take down some of our 1 million traffic lights?

Third World City.

it's "easier said than done" because you let it continue. You're just making it easy for these people to hover just above rock bottom. You have to hit bottom in order to fix your own life.

Wow every Oakland video is basically saying this place is a hellscape. I remember before COVID that Oakland was considered a cool place to be.

Make it a roundabout, they are safer and it will stop those crazy sideshows. Problem solved.

put a traffic circle in. costs no copper and is better.