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The United States Postal Service will close eight mail-processing centers in California this year. In southern California, Bakersfield, City of Industry, Long Beach and Pasadena will be shuttered. In the central part the state, Stockton, Petaluma and North Bay will cease operations as soon as mid-May. Augustine Ruiz with the Post Office says employees will be given the option to follow their jobs to the centers that will be picking up the slack.
POSTAL1A:11 “We are currently working with the unions and management associations right now on some kind of incentive or early retirement package. But, right now, we don’t know what that is and it’s still being discussed.”
Ruiz says overnight mail will be delayed by at least a day if the delivery address is more than 90 miles from one of the remaining processing centers. Redding and Eureka will have their mail processed in West Sacramento and Medford, Oregon respectively.
