{"id":397107,"date":"2026-07-13T22:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397107\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:23:10","slug":"north-berkeley-post-office-has-been-mostly-closed-for-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397107\/","title":{"rendered":"North Berkeley post office has been mostly closed for weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The U.S. Postal Service office on Solano Avenue in Berkeley has had no internet, and drastically reduced services, for nearly two weeks. Credit: Zac Farber\/Berkeleyside<\/p>\n

The U.S. Postal Service office on Solano Avenue in North Berkeley has suspended most of its services while dealing with a nearly two-week-long internet outage.<\/p>\n

Customers have emailed Berkeleyside curious whether the location at 1831 Solano Ave. is shutting down entirely; the service reported that the branch is not closing, and will soon be back to full capacity.<\/p>\n

The reason for the outage, which began July 1, was \u201cunknown,\u201d according to a Postal Service spokesperson, Meiko S. Patton.<\/p>\n

It was unclear when that repair was likely to be complete; until then, the service center is allowing customers with post office boxes to access them, but is otherwise out of commission.<\/p>\n

When Berkeleyside visited around 10:30 a.m. Friday, the location was locked and nobody was visible inside, despite the posted hours for that location beginning at 9 a.m. that day, but the door was open again Monday afternoon and people were coming and going.<\/p>\n

The Postal Service suggests customers who typically use the location go about a mile west to a nearby full-service location at Cornell Avenue, on the Albany end of Solano. There are also collection boxes \u2014 curve-topped blue metal mailboxes \u2014 every few blocks all along Solano Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Within Berkeley there are three<\/a> more<\/a> service<\/a> centers around downtown and the UC Berkeley campus, another in West Berkeley<\/a> on San Pablo Avenue at Addison Street and one more in Northwest Berkeley<\/a> at Eighth and Harrison streets. In South Berkeley<\/a> there is a service center near the Ashby BART Station and Elmwood<\/a> has a storefront on Webster Street near College Avenue.<\/p>\n

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