Overview

• Spectrum crews restored service for most of the affected 25,000 customers by Sunday evening after performing thousands of fiber splices.
• The vandalism stemmed from a failed attempt to steal copper wire despite Spectrum’s fiber lines containing no copper.
• Spectrum is collaborating with the Los Angeles Police Department and offering a $25,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest.
• Customers impacted by the outage will receive a full day’s credit on their next bill without needing to take any action.
• Data from California’s attorney general shows about 6,000 copper theft incidents nationwide in late 2024, with roughly one-third occurring in the state.