HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CA — The Hawaiian Gardens Branch Post Office, 21101 Norwalk Blvd., will close effective Nov. 10, 2012, under Emergency Suspension procedures after the owner of the building notified the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that they would not be renewing the lease. USPS could not find a suitable replacement facility within the Hawaiian Gardens ZIP Code. The current lease expires on Nov. 30, 2012.

Hawaiian Gardens Post Office Boxes will be relocated to the Los Alamitos Post Office, 10650 Reagan St, Los Alamitos CA 90720, approximately 2.3 miles away. Hawaiian Gardens Post Office Box customers will retain their same Post Office Box number and Hawaiian Gardens address and ZIP Code.

Letter carrier delivery operations for the city of Hawaiian Gardens have already been relocated, with some routes stationed at the Los Alamitos Post Office and some at the Lakewood Post Office. This relocation of delivery operations is transparent to the community with no change to addresses or ZIP Code and will have no adverse impact on delivery service to residents and businesses.

Nearby locations for USPS retail service can be found online at usps.com. Today's expanded retail access provides all members of the community a variety of convenient ways to take care of business as Postal Service products and services move out of brick and mortar Post Offices and into grocery stores, pharmacies, retail outlets and office supply chains. Customers can also go online at usps.com to buy stamps, hold mail when they are away, print shipping labels with postage, schedule a free package pick up and almost anything else that can be done in a Post Office.

Termination of a lease when suitable alternate quarters are not available, especially when the termination is sudden or unexpected, is considered a special circumstance and justifies an Emergency Suspension action under the Code of Federal Regulations Title 39 241.3.

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