Don’t Delay, Send Your Holiday Gifts Today!
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — If you’re sending gifts to friends and family this year, be sure to send your presents on time. The United States Postal Service has posted its delivery cut off dates for First...
View ArticleGetting Ready for 3-Day A Week Mail Delivery
Facebook users: make Kent Shocknek your friend Twitter: follow KentShocknek So the Post Office wants us to consider an end to Saturday deliveries. Is that a bad thing? It’d mean no more weekends,...
View ArticleUSPS ‘More Obsolete’? Red Ink To Close Post Offices, End Saturday Mail
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The U.S. Postal Service will close over half of the nation’s mail processing facilities — including several in Southern California — in order to stem a rising tide of red ink. KNX...
View ArticleLiving People Can Now Appear On U.S. Stamps
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it is ending its longstanding rule that stamps...
View ArticlePostal Services Raises Prices Of First-Class Stamp By A Penny
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Love to snail mail? That letter might cost you an extra pretty penny. Starting Monday, the postal service is raising the price of a first class stamp a penny – to 45 cents. Even...
View ArticlePostal Service Delivers Stamps Featuring 4 Legendary Film Directors
HOLLYWOOD (CBS) — The US Postal service Wednesday issued stamps depicting the late film directors Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston and Billy Wilder. The background art of the Capra stamp shows a...
View ArticleUSPS: LA Is America’s Worst City For Dog Attacks On Mail Carriers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles was the worst city in America for dog attacks on letter carriers last year, and it urged pet owners to help reduce the attacks. The agency on...
View ArticleUSPS Launches This Year’s ‘Operation Santa’
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The U.S. Postal Service Tuesday launched its annual “Operation Santa” program. Officials held a press event at 11 a.m. providing information to the public on when and where...
View ArticleBold Thieves Stealing Mailboxes In Inland Empire Community
EASTVALE (CBSLA.com) — Bold thieves have been stealing mailboxes in the community of Eastvale and officials say the victims of the crime might end up paying for it. KCAL9’s Crystal Cruz reports that...
View ArticleVideo: Postal Service Worker Seen Throwing Package In Drive-By Delivery
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Highland Park resident says a surveillance camera caught a U.S. Postal Service worker driving by her home and tossing a package over her fence without ever stopping. Home...
View ArticleFree Services Help Keep Deliveries Out Of Thieves’ Hands
TORRANCE (CBSLA.com) — With the holiday shopping season ramping up, doorstep package thefts are on the rise, but there are free services to help shoppers manage their deliveries and keep them out of...
View ArticleResistance Is Futile: Postal Service Unveils Trekkie Stamps
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — These Forever stamps will live long and prosper. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek,” the U.S. Postal Service dedicated four stamps in Hollywood Friday paying...
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