The U.S. Postal Service today announced plans to move ahead with a modified plan to consolidate its network of 461 mail processing locations in phases. The first phase of activities will result in up to 140 consolidations through February of 2013.  Unless the circumstances of the Postal Service change...

More than 34 tons of that heavy lifting was done to ensure that no child in the SCV goes to bed hungry. Belinda Crawford, Executive Director of the SCV Food Pantry, said that this year’s collection bested last year’s by at least 450 pounds. “This will help us during the summer when the children...

In this episode: Valencia high school senior Michael Fernicola named Hart District Outstanding Student of the Year; U.S. Senate passes bill to save hundreds of postal processing centers and post offices. Also: Local agencies team up to fund water management plan;Sammy Choy fundraiser Saturday at Albertsons...

The Bakersfield postal processing facility is closing and its mail-sorting activity is shifting to Santa Clarita. Or is it? The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would give the faltering U.S. Postal Service an $11 billion cash infusion. The legislation calls for an immediate suspension of USPS...

[Supervisor Don Knabe] – Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe put forth a motion Tuesday to address federal regulations requiring the county’s Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) to send mail to itself.  Under the federal guidelines, DPSS must send paper mail to all those who receive...

The pace will pick up soon for postal workers at the US Post Office facilities on Franklin Parkway near Castaic. After several studies to improve productivity and conserve expenses, mail processing at the Bakersfield Processing and Distribution Center will cease and all operations will shift to Santa...

Click map to enlarge The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting tonight in Bakersfield to discuss the prospective closure of Bakersfield’s mail processing facility. So why are we telling you about it? Because the plan calls for Bakersfield’s mail to be sorted at the Santa Clarita...

[USPS] – The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will move forward with its proposal to change service standards. This action is being taken in response to ongoing financial challenges caused by the dramatic and continual decline in First-Class Mail volume and the resulting revenue loss. “The...

The U.S. Postal Service ended its 2011 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011) with a net loss of $5.1 billion. The year-end loss would have been approximately $10.6 billion had it not been for passage of legislation that postponed a congressionally mandated payment of $5.5 billion to pre-fund...

The mail processing facility on Franklin Parkway in the Valencia Commerce Center would remain in operation after the U.S. Postal Service shuts down more than half of its processing facilities nationwide next year. The Postal  Service announced Thursday it is targeting 252 of its 487 mail processing...