Is Your Neighborhood Post Office on Hit List?

By MICHELLE WAYLAND and LORI PREUITT

Updated 6:47 AM PST, Tue, Aug 4, 2009

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Hundreds of post offices, including more than two dozen in the Bay Area, are in the recession crosshairs.

The United State Postal Service selected 677 branches nationwide for either closure or consolation, the Washington Post reported. The complete list was posted on washingtonpost.com.

"The writing is on the wall and the postal service obviously has to make some tough decisions if it wants to weather this storm," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).

"You better believe that if those post offices have to be closed I'm going to be besieged by people asking, 'Please don't close my post office,'" she added later.

Only about 200 of the 677 are likely to be closed, the Post reported.

Bernal, SF
Civic Center Box, SF
Federal, SF
McLaren, SF
Oakridge Mall, San Jose
Bradford, Hayward
Colonnade, San Jose
Dimond, Oakland
Kaiser Center, Oakland
Oakland Station B, Oakland
Oakland Station E, Oakland
Landscape, Berkeley
Mills College, Oakland
Casa Correo, Concord
Mira Vista Station, Richmond
Mission San Jose, Fremont
Mount Eden, Hayward
Niles, Fremont
Park Sation, Berkeley
Point Richmond Station, Richmond
Richmond Station A, Richmond
San Pablo Branch, Richmond
South Berkeley, Berkeley
Todos Santos, Concord
San Mateo 25th Ave, San Mateo

First Published: Aug 2, 2009 7:47 AM PST

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