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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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