Posted by Yup, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood, on Jun 30, 2011 at 9:34 pm

Yup...they are being stolen for their recycling value.

Posted by Anon, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Jun 30, 2011 at 9:47 pm

No. The city is taking them off.

Posted by Yup, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood, on Jul 2, 2011 at 11:43 pm

Fire Department says they are being stolen...city doesn't remove them.

Posted by Scott Walsh, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood, on Jul 5, 2011 at 8:39 am

Stolen for cash. What is bad is recyclers should be on the look out for that and refuse to buy them. The threads on the hydrants are now exposed to damage. Should be recapped and we used to do that with plastic caps that eventually became brittle and broke. Maybe a clip-on system would be better as they use in the British Fire Service but that would be very expensive. The connection to a British Fire Hydrant is underground and they use a play pipe to connect to the hydrant fitting and then hook their hose to the play pipe. Too bad the police have not been able to catch the cowards. By the way the water department assumed care and maintainance of the hydrants towards the end of my career in LPFD, a mistake I thought. Don't know what happens now.

Posted by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Jul 5, 2011 at 11:51 am
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The Police Department said the City was removing them. What's the real story now?

Posted by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Jul 5, 2011 at 11:54 am
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Addendum: "and being replaced with new caps."

Posted by Scott Walsh, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood, on Jul 6, 2011 at 9:04 am

Hard to believe they wold just take them off, leave the threads and innards exposed and then make a second trip around replacing them. But if you say so......

Posted by Sam, a resident of the Oak Hill neighborhood, on Jul 6, 2011 at 9:11 am

"Hard to believe they wold just take them off, leave the threads and innards exposed and then make a second trip around replacing them."

If they caps are at risk of being stolen, then it would make sense for the city to remove them as quickly as possible. If they get replacement caps on in a timely manner, then I doubt that there is much risk to the threads and innards for the limited time they are exposed.

Posted by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Jul 6, 2011 at 12:53 pm
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That's the story I was told when I inquired, but it seems like its been a rather long time for replacements now.

Posted by Blossom, a resident of the Stoneridge Orchards neighborhood, on Jul 6, 2011 at 2:58 pm

Like Stacey I called 911 several times about this extremely pressing issue. At each and every turn I was stonewalled by the union greedy dispacher.