The City of Sacramento has spent nearly half-a-million dollars in repairing or replacing more than a thousand parking meters since October, according to the Sacramento Police Department. Within a period of two months,

The city of Sacramento is experiencing a wave of vandalism targeting parking meters, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in damages, police said.

Sacramento police say of the city's 6,000-plus meters, more than 1,300 have been damaged in the past three months.