You've probably seen them before: a random pair of shoes on power lines, hanging there like they're part of the scenery. It's ...

This is part of an on-going series answering "Why is that?" questions about Salem and the Mid-Valley. The question: Why are shoes dangling from overhead utility lines in our community? We try to ...

The woman e-mailed Chronicle Watch after first calling 311, then Pacific Gas and Electric Co., then AT&T about how exactly to get the shoes down. PG&E removed one pair hanging from its wires, but not ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Lakhvir Sohal, a rising senior at the University of Michigan, knows what he’s going to do to celebrate graduation – throw a pair of shoes onto some power lines near his rented house.

Fear not, gentle readers and citizens of Richmond. Those shoes often seen suspended high from power lines do not mark gang territory or availability of crack-cocaine. At least, that is the final word ...

They may be an eyesore to some, but a new video shows all of those dangling shoes on wirelines having some fun in Philly. South Philly resident Andy Rothwell has put together a short video called ...

SOUTH WHITTIER — A dozen pairs of shoes dangle from the telephone wires across from a public housing complex in South Whittier. Were they placed there as an advertisement for a local drug dealer? As ...

The mystery hangs above our streets, as much a part of the cityscape as pigeons and litter, but tangled up in urban myth: those sneakers dangling from overhead wires. Some say the errant shoes stake ...