OAKLAND, CA — While there will be no delivery or retail service at Post Offices on the President’s Day holiday, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, business customers can still drop off their mail at 78 Post Offices throughout the Bay-Valley postal district between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Many businesses will be open on the President’s Day Holiday, and the Postal Service suggests that businesses can avoid mailroom clutter by bringing their mail to a local Post Office that Monday instead of waiting the following day when the mail processing centers usually experience heavy volumes the day after a holiday.

Our mail processing centers work around the clock, even on holidays, which means businesses can benefit by taking advantage of up-and-running postal operations and get a jump on daily business transactions, ensuring their mail gets advanced in the mail stream and on its way to their destination.

The Bay-Valley postal district includes Napa to the north, east to Fairfield, all the I-880 corridor to San Jose, south past Salinas and Monterey to King City and along the coast from Big Sur to Santa Cruz.

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