THRONGS FINISH MAIL CHORE, BUT THERE'S TIME FOR MORE.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer VAN NUYS - Sam La Foca waited in line about 45 minutes Monday afternoon at the Van Nuys post office to mail Christmas presents to relatives in Oregon - but he didn't mind. The Canyon Country man shrugged it off. ``What's Christmas without waiting in endless lines?'' Monday was the busiest day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. , with 40 million packages and letters expected to move through Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, alone. The line at the Van Nuys post office Monday afternoon was about 25 customers long, but moved steadily, with a full contingent of five clerks at the window and a lobby director to answer questions. Procrastinators have until Wednesday if they plan to send packages or letters by standard mail and want to be certain they will arrive within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. by Christmas, said Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval spokeswoman Terri Bouffiou. ``This year I'm saying mail by the 20th and you can rest assured - barring a huge snowstorm or something like that - that your priority mail packages and Christmas cards will get across by Saturday the 23rd,'' she said. After that, depending on the distance, packages may not arrive in time for Christmas, although mail sent within Southern California typically takes only one to two days. Complicating matters this year is a Christmas mail delivery season that is a day shorter than usual because Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday, Bouffiou noted. But there's still time if customers opt for the more expensive overnight Express Mail, including deliveries on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , postal officials expect to make about 600 deliveries by Express Mail on Christmas Day. FedEx, however, will not make any deliveries or pickups on Christmas Day, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a spokesman, and has limited service on Christmas Eve. FedEx will deliver packages on Saturday and Sunday in its overnight service, but there is no delivery Sunday in its slower, less expensive ground service, spokesman Jim McCluskey said. United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. also will not deliver on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day unless there are serious weather conditions that hamper Saturday deliveries, spokeswoman Robin Roberts Robin Roberts can refer to a number of different people:
For customers sending something to any of the 13 Western states on Friday, the UPS locations open latest for drop-offs are the office at 333 Hope St. in Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , which will be open until 10 p.m., or the office at Ontario International Airport, open until 11 p.m. FINAL POSTINGS Post offices have increased staff and opened extra windows in preparation for the onslaught of holiday mail. Below are the operating hours for selected post offices in the Greater San Fernando Valley, Ventura County, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and Antelope valleys: --Van Nuys main office, 15701 Sherman Way, open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Woodland Hills main office, 22121 Clarendon St., open 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Burbank main office, 2140 N. Hollywood Way, open 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Glendale main office, 313 E. Broadway, open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Oxnard main office, 1961 North C St., open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday- Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Thousand Oaks main office, 3435 Thousand Oaks Blvd., open 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Antelope station, 43824 20th St. W, Lancaster, open 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. --Santa Clarita main office, 24355 Creekside Rd., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. The only 24-hour post office in Southern California is near Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , at 9029 Airport Blvd. For information on post office hours office hours, n.pl See business hours. and locations go to www.usps.com or call 1-800-ASK-USPS. For United Parcel Service, go to www.ups.com or call 1-800-742-5877. For FedEx, click on www.fedex.com or call 1-800-GOFEDEX. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Julia Baker of Northridge waits in line at the Van Nuys post office Monday to mail Christmas gifts to her sister in Nevada. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer Box: FINAL POSTINGS (See text) |
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