"People will steal anything that's not bolted down." It's one of those things people sometimes say. Steven Mayer can be reached at 661-395-7353. Follow him on Facebook and on Twitter: @semayerTBC.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For years, spinning red, white and blue poles could always be spotted outside neighborhood barbershops. But in the city of Thornton, the poles may soon be ...

(CBS/AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. - Seems every time you turn around someone's taking a poll these days. In central Kentucky, thieves even took a couple of barber poles. The most recent pole was taken Wednesday ...

SEATTLE — An item that can fetch a lot of money in pawn shopshas become the object of a series of thefts in Seattle. No, it’s not laptops, iPods or stereos. It’s barber poles. Three barber shops in ...

STAMFORD -- In the 1950s, you could probably find a spinning barber pole in every downtown across the country. The red- white-and-blue poles represent a time when everyone knew their neighborhood ...

Barbers and beauticians are splitting hairs over an iconic image: the swirling red, white and blue striped pole that often stands outside a barber shop. Barbers in several states are proposing ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- There's a classic cut of history at one barber shop in Manhattan. The NYC Barbershop Museum, located on the Upper West Side, is home to an array of colorful ...

Before Gabriel Friedland moved to Westwood more than 15 years ago, his hair was a problem. “I always had thick, curly hair,” Friedland said. “No one could cut it right. I would be walking around with ...

Cover Story New wave of barbershops brings back golden age of men's grooming with old-style shaves, haircuts - plus a few twists Barber James Lizotte is giving a shave today - and he's going back to ...