SoCal Post Offices on the Chopping Block
Future of American delivery system up in the air
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Before e-mail, IMs, fax machines, cell phones, text messages, tweets and status updates, there was the postal service.
Hundreds of post offices, including dozens in Southern California, are in the recession crosshairs.
The United State Postal Service selected 677 branches nationwide for either closure or consolation, the Washington Post reported.
At least 38 of those locations are in Southern California. The complete list was posted on washingtonpost.com.
"The writing is on the wall and the postal service obviously has to make some tough decisions if it wants to weather this storm," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).
"You better believe that if those post offices have to be closed I'm going to be besieged by people asking, 'Please don't close my post office,'" she added later.
Only about 200 of the 677 are likely to be closed, the Post reported.
Threatened SoCal Locations:
- Los Angeles CRENSHAW-IMPERIAL PRT INGLEWOOD CA
- Los Angeles ING-MAIN OFFICE INGLEWOOD CA
- Los Angeles LENNOX BRANCH INGLEWOOD CA
- Los Angeles MORNINGSIDE PK STA INGLEWOOD CA
- Los Angeles NORTH REDONDO STATION REDONDO BEACH CA
- Santa Ana ANA-BROOKHURST ANAHEIM CA
- Santa Ana ANA-CANYONSTA ANAHEIM CA
- Santa Ana ANA-FEDERAL STA ANAHEIM CA
- Santa Ana ANA-STADIUM STA ANAHEIM CA
- Santa Ana FUL-COMMONWEALTH FULLERTON CA
- Santa Ana HBC-BEACHCENTER HUNTINGTON BEACH CA
- Santa Ana IRV-EAST IRVINE STA IRVINE CA
- Santa Ana LBC-BELMONTSHO LONG BEACH CA
- Santa Ana LBC-NOLONGBEAC LONG BEACH CA
- Santa Ana LBC-TRADECENTER LONG BEACH CA
- Santa Ana NBC-BALBOA ISLAND NEWPORT BEACH CA
- Santa Ana NBC-BALBOA STATION NEWPORT BEACH CA
- Santa Ana NBC-BAYSTA NEWPORT BEACH CA
- Santa Ana NBC-BAYSTA STAMP STORE NEWPORT BEACH CA
- Santa Ana ORANGE - OLIVE STA ORANGE CA
- Santa Ana ORANGE-EL MODENA STA ORANGE CA
- Santa Ana POMONA- YORBA STA POMONA CA
- Santa Ana RC - ETIWANDA RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA
- Santa Ana RC- ALTA LOMA RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA
- Santa Ana SJC - PLAZA STA SAN JUAN CPISTRANO CA
- Santa Ana SNA-DIAMOND STA SANTA ANA CA
- Santa Ana SNA-FOUNTAINVAL SANTA ANA CA
- Santa Ana SNA-INDUSTRIAL STA SANTA ANA CA
- Santa Ana SNA-P&DC RETAIL SANTA ANA CA
- Santa Ana SNA-SPURGEONST SANTA ANA CA
- Santa Ana TORRANCE- MARCELINA STA TORRANCE CA
- Santa Ana TORRANCE- WALTERIA STA TORRANCE CA
- Santa Ana WHI-BAILEYSTA WHITTIER CA
- Santa Ana LA PUENTE-BASSETT BR LA PUENTE CA
- Santa Ana LA PUENTE-CITY OF INDUSTRY LA PUENTE CA
- Santa Ana LAG-SOUTHLAGUNA STA LAGUNA BEACH CA
- Santa Ana LBC-Station B LONG BEACH CA
- Santa Ana WHITTIER- SANTA FE PLAZA WHITTIER CA
