Fiber line vandalism causes Verizon outages across Southern California

Verizon customers across Southern California were experiencing service outages Sunday after multiple fiber lines were vandalized, the company said. The damage was affecting some wireless and internet customers in Los Angeles and other parts of the region, according to a Verizon spokesperson. The company did not specify exactly where the vandalism occurred or how many customers were impacted. Verizon engineers were working with third-party vendors at the affected sites to make repairs and restore service. The company described the vandalism as a threat to public safety, saying damaged communications infrastructure can leave entire neighborhoods without access to essential services, including...