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Registered car owners of Berkeley will be able to get their vehicle identification number, or VIN, engraved on their catalytic converters to prevent theft Saturday.

Catalytic converter thefts are becoming a growing problem in Berkeley, with incidents rising in number throughout the city. These valuable devices, which are located in the exhaust systems of vehicles, contain precious metals like platinum, palladium and rhodium.

Catalytic converter thefts continue to vex Bay Area motorists; police advise deterrents Catalytic converter thefts continue to vex Bay Area motorists; police advise deterrents Investigators say theres been a huge increase in catalytic converter thefts in San Leandro and regionally. Police advise vehicle owners to install aftermarket guards under their vehicles. SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - San Leandro Police responded to two separate catalytic converter thefts Tuesday morning in a span of just two hou...