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Pelosi Blames House Republicans For Postal Service Default
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — As the U.S. Postal Service was bracing for its first default on billion dollar loan payments due to the Treasury, Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi placed the blame on...
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Opponents Express Displeasure Over Plans To Sell Post Office Building In...
BERKELEY (KCBS) – The U.S. Postal Service’s plan to sell the building housing downtown Berkeley’s main post office is being met by a great deal of opposition. A public meeting was held on Thursday to...
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Cash-Strapped U.S. Post Office Tests Same-Day SF Delivery
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is moving aggressively this holiday season to offer same-day package delivery for Internet shoppers. Teaming up with major retailers, the...
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San Carlos Postal Worker Arrested For Stealing Mail, Identities
SAN CARLOS (CBS/AP) — A San Francisco Bay area postal worker is facing charges that he stole thousands of pieces of mail to obtain credit cards that he then gave out to friends. 38-year-old Romeo...
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Netflix Could Gain From Loss Of Saturday Mail Delivery
LOS GATOS (CBS/AP) – Netflix won’t miss Saturday mail delivery, even though the weekend service helped keep its DVD-by-mail subscribers happy. The U.S. Postal Service’s planned shift to five days of...
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Postal Service Planning To End Saturday Mail Deliveries
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — Saturday mail may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said Wednesday that it plans to cut back to five-day-a-week deliveries for everything...
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Cash-Strapped Postal Service Spending $2M On SF Conference
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The United States Post Office is bleeding red ink and likely discontinuing regular Saturday service, but the organization still had the money to fund a $2 million San Francisco...
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Shorthanded Antioch Police Ask Mail Carriers, Garbage Collectors To Help Spot...
ANTIOCH (CBS SF) – The shorthanded Antioch Police Department is enlisting the help of local garbage collectors and letter carriers tospot crime on city streets. Employees of the local trash collector,...
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ConsumerWatch: UPS Customer Caught Off Guard By ‘Insurance’ Claim Denial
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Byron Gee of San Francisco thought he did everything right when he recently shipped two headlights cross-country via UPS. The San Francisco chef re-packaged the headlights in...
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Steve Jobs Getting Postage Stamp In U.S. Post Office Tribute
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF)— The late Apple founder Steve Jobs is getting his own postage stamp as a tribute from the United States Postal Service. The irony is that many of the American entrepreneur’s...
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Campaign 2014 Special Report: Who’s Footing The Bill In Blitz Of Political Ads?
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— In the days before next Tuesday’s California primary election, voters are being buried in direct mail, and bombarded in radio and television ads, but much of the campaign...
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San Jose Postal Inspector Arrested, Accused Of Stealing & Destroying Mail
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — A San Jose postal inspector has been arrested and charged with stealing and destroying mail. A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District court earlier this week said alleges that...
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San Jose Postal Inspector Arrested, Accused Of Stealing Mail
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — A San Jose postal inspector has been arrested and charged with stealing mail, including Playboy magazines, passports and marijuana. A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District court...
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Walnut Creek Police Searching For Man Suspected Of Stealing Package From...
WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) — Police in Walnut Creek are asking for the public’s help in finding a man suspected of stealing a package from a home’s front doorstep on Tuesday evening. The theft, which was...
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U.S. Postal Service Sets Up Alternate Mail Service In Napa, Vallejo
NAPA COUNTY (CBS SF)— The U.S. Postal Service has set up alternate locations for mail service in Napa and Vallejo following Sunday’s earthquake. Customers of the Franklin Post Office at 1351 Second St....
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Suspects In Mail Theft Tag-Team Arrested With Bags Of Letters, Packages In...
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — Two people on probation have been arrested after Palo Alto police found bags of U.S. Mail addressed to residences and a business, personal checks stolen from a mailbox and burglary...
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Mornings With Melissa: Voting By Mail For November Election Starts Monday
(CBS SF) — Election Day isn’t for another month, but election season starts Monday as ballots are mailed out to millions of voters. California’s history of mail ballot voting goes all the way back to...
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Mail Stops Showing Up In Santa Clara Neighborhood; Post Office Overtime Fears...
SANTA CLARA (KPIX 5) – The U.S. Postal Service goes by the creed “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” but one...
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‘Substantial Amount’ Of Mail Damaged In USPS Truck Fire While En Route From...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A “substantial amount” of a mail was damaged during a vehicle fire involving a United States Postal Service tractor-trailer Sunday morning, according to a USPS spokesman. The...
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3 Hurt When Postal Service Truck Crashes With Vehicle On Highway 1 Near Half...
HALF MOON BAY (CBS SF) — Three people were hospitalized after a U.S. Postal Service truck collided with another vehicle on state Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay late Wednesday morning, a California...
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San Jose Postal Workers Take On Santa’s Responsibilities Delivering Packages...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Postal workers took on some of Santa’s responsibilities Thursday delivering packages on Christmas Day in San Jose. Deliveries were scheduled well into the afternoon with the post...
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Familiar White Postal Service Trucks Too Small For Increasing Amount Of...
SAN JOSE (KCBS)— Those familiar little white vehicles that mail carriers drive could soon be disappearing. They’ve been used for decades by the postal service, but according to a USPS spokesman, they...
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SF, Oakland And San Jose Rank Among Top U.S. Cities For Dog On Mail Carrier...
SAN JOSE (KCBS)— When it comes to dog attacks on mail carriers, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose are listed among the top 30 cities in the country according to the U.S. Postal Service. San Francisco...
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USPS Wants To Turn Your Email Inbox Into Your Home’s Mailbox
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The United States Postal Service wants to email your mail to you. It’s called Informed Delivery, and it’s already available in cities on the East Coast. Customers can sign up...
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Mailbox Theft Plagues Vallejo Residents
VALLEJO (CBS SF) — A recent rash of mailbox thefts has compromised more than 300 people’s deliveries in Vallejo and now residents are waiting in lines to pick up packages at the post office. The U.S....
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SF Residents At Risk For Mail Theft After Master Key Slips Into Wrong Hands
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — One of the master mailbox keys that belongs to the USPS slipped into the wrong hands in San Francisco, leaving everyone in the 94109 zip code at risk for having their mail...
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Thieves Target Dozens Of Mailboxes In Dublin Right Before Christmas
DUBLIN (KPIX 5) — Dozens of families were outraged when thieves stole mail out of more than 40 mailboxes in Dublin. The crooks targeted homes near Rolling Hills and Brittany drives in Dublin. On...
View ArticleUS Postal Service Suspends Mail Delivery On Sacramento Street Due To Fleas
SACRAMENTO (CBS) – The US Postal Service has suspended mail delivery indefinitely on one Sacramento street due to a flea infestation. Sherri Byrd lives in one of the dozens of affected homes on...
View ArticleUSPS Facility Processes 300K Packages A Day As Christmas Nears
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — At the USPS Facility in San Francisco’s Bayview district, the first break employees will get is on Christmas Day. The 650,000 square foot facility is processing 300,000...
View ArticlePostal Carrier Arrested For Threatening Package Recipient, Entering Residence
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — A postal carrier has been arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats for allegedly threatening a Berkeley man who complained when a package was thrown at his door, police...
View ArticleCalifornia AG Becerra Sues U.S. Postal Service Over Cigarettes Smuggled By Mail
NEW YORK (AP) — California and New York City sued the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday to stop tens of thousands of cigarette packages from being mailed from foreign countries to U.S. residents, saying...
View ArticleSeveral Sonoma County Post Offices Closed Due To Kincade Fire
PETALUMA (CBS SF) — The Kincade Fire is forcing temporary closure of most Sonoma County post offices, and postal officials have designated six pickup points in relatively unaffected areas as 15 post...
View ArticleCampbell Residents Complain Of Slowdown In Mail Service
CAMPBELL (KPIX) – Signed, sealed and delayed. A spokesperson for the United States Postal Service confirmed Monday there have been mail service issues in Campbell. The problems have become so bad that...
View ArticlePostal Service Hiring 1,000 In Bay Area Amid Rise In Deliveries Due To...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The U.S. Postal Service says it needs to hire as many as 1,000 workers in the Bay Area as the economic effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic continue to ripple across the...
View ArticleBerkeley Man Busted For Allegedly Stealing Mail From Dozens Of Homes, Apartments
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and other offenses for allegedly stealing mail from an apartment building in Berkeley on Monday, police said. A witness...
View ArticleNorthern California Agriculture Experts Warn About Strange Seeds Received In...
EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – The weird seed phenomenon happening across the country is growing in Northern California, with regional agricultural leaders sounding the alarm about strange seeds being sent...
View ArticleNewsom Criticizes ‘Weaponization’ Of U.S. Postal System By Feds
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday criticized what he described as the “sabotage” of U.S. Postal delivery by the federal government, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing the...
View ArticleKPIX 5 Vote Smart: KPIX Mail-In Ballot Survey Puts USPS On-Time Delivery To...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The United States Post Office prides itself on on-time delivery. So, with just weeks to go until Election Day and more people than ever voting by mail, KPIX’s Kenny Choi...
View ArticleBay Area Rep. Jackie Speier Revives Proposal Allowing Alcohol Shipments...
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) – Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo) has revived a proposal allowing for alcohol shipments through the U.S. Postal Service, which would end one of the last vestiges of the Prohibition...
View ArticleAsian American Attacks: Man Faces Hate Crime Charge For Threats Against Daly...
DALY CITY (CBS SF) – A man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly threatening an Asian American postal worker who was delivering mail in Daly City last week. According to the San Mateo County...
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