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Nail that siding tight! Metal thieves grow brash

Sign of a bad economy? Thieves have been stealing catalytic converters across the region, including some from the same guarded parking lot in Silicon Valley. The pilfered parts are sold to scrap metal recyclers, some of whom will pay $50 to $100 for the precious metals inside. The spree is part of the widespread and rapidly growing crime of metal theft.