Oakland DMV That Was Ransacked by Copper Wire Thieves to Reopen Monday After Seven

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/07/oakland-dmv-that-was-ransacked-by-copper-wire-thieves-to-reopen-monday-after-seven-month-closure/A copper wire theft job at the Oakland Coliseum DMV ended up wrecking the HVAC system and flooding the place, leading to a seven-month repair job, but that DMV office will open again on Monday. It was a terrible time for a DMV office to close back in April, when the Oakland Coliseum DMV had to close because copper wire thieves hit that DMV. The thieves ransacked the place, and their theft of wires led to the HVAC system completely flooding the office. This was right when people were desperately trying to get their Real IDs before a May deadline, so it was a phenomenal inconvenience for East Bay residents to be deprived of a DM