Vandals Cause Verizon Outage in Southern California, Restored by Evening

TL;DR
Vandalism cut multiple fiber cables, triggering a hours-long outage for more than 12,000 Verizon users in Southern California. Repairs were underway and service was restored by about 7:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, with officials warning about the dangers of network theft.
- Verizon service back after outage caused by vandalism FOX 11 Los Angeles
- Verizon suffers outage in 'some parts of the US' with thousands of reports Fox Business
- Vandalism linked to Verizon outages affects customers for hours in Southern California Los Angeles Daily News
- Verizon service restored for SoCal customers after outage caused by vandalized fiber lines NBC Los Angeles
- Verizon service outages restored in Piedmont Triad FOX8 WGHP
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