Government offices \u2014 Los Angeles city and county, national and state offices \u2014 and superior courts, libraries and schools \u2014 are normally closed for a federal holiday.<\/p>\n
However, if a federal holiday falls on a Saturday \u2014 as July 4th does in 2026 \u2014 some government office and other services, may observe the holiday on the Friday before the holiday; or on Friday and Saturday; or they may be on a regular schedule.<\/p>\n
Confused? Read on.<\/p>\n
Here is a sampling of services that are closed, on a regular schedule or closed on Friday-Saturday, July 3-4:<\/p>\n
Banks: Closed. New York Stock Exchange markets are closed (nyse.com\/trade\/hours-calendars<\/a>).<\/p>\n Courts: Closed. Superior Court 2026 holidays: lacourt.ca.gov\/holiday\/ui\/index.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n Libraries: Los Angeles Public Library locations are closed on July 3-4 (lapl.org\/holiday-closures<\/a>), and Los Angeles County Library locations are also closed on July 3-4 lacountylibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mail: The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail, and post offices are open on July 3. Post offices are closed and there will be no mail delivery on July 4 (usps.com<\/a>). Holidays 2026: about.usps.com\/newsroom\/events<\/a>. facebook.com\/USPS\/<\/a><\/p>\n Transit: Metro buses and subway services in Los Angeles run on Saturday, Sunday and holiday schedules on July 4. Check this page for rail and bus schedules: metro.net\/riding\/schedules-2\/<\/a>. Metro\u2019s home page: metro.net<\/a><\/p>\n Metrolink trains run on a weekend schedule on July 3 with service on the Antelope Valley, Orange County, 91\/Perris Valley, San Bernardino, Inland Empire-Orange County and Ventura County Lines (metrolinktrains.com<\/a>). Also, see metrolinktrains.com\/ticketsOverview\/discounts\/current-promotions\/holidaytickets\/<\/a><\/p>\n Trash: Pickups for Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment customers are on a regular schedule. LA Sanitation explains: \u201cIndependence Day 2026 falls on a Saturday, so there will be no collection delays that week. If the holiday is on a Saturday or Sunday: There is no delay in service. You should place your bins out on your normal collection day.\u201d<\/p>\n For future holidays, on the website under the section \u201cWhat We Do,\u201d click on Collection, and then click on Holiday Trash Collection: tinyurl.com\/mrm67jhp<\/a>. 800-773-2489. In addition, see the LA Sanitation and Environment 2026 Service Calendar: tinyurl.com\/3xfuu3tw<\/a>.<\/p>\n For other cities in Los Angeles County, consult your local company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government offices \u2014 Los Angeles city and county, national and state offices \u2014 and superior courts, libraries and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17427,7,8,91344,2646,48,52,51,16229,1071,47,137,50,49,4182,9730,100,7611,136],"class_list":["post-381943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-banks","tag-california","tag-california-news","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-holidays","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-libraries","tag-local-government","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-metro","tag-metrolink","tag-news","tag-san-fernando-valley","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}