Historic downtown Post Office on closure list

Post offices in Huntington Beach and in Fountain Valley are on a list of 677 national locations that the United States Postal Service indicated it may close due to lack of funds.

The list was provided July 30 to a House subcommittee that is holding a hearing about the future of mail delivery, following the rapid decline of postal mail usage due to the advent of Internet technology.

The historic Huntington Beach post office at 316 Olive Ave. near Main Street is the only Surf City location on the list. A location named as the Fountain Valley post office, but noted in the list as being in Santa Ana, also is on the list. The only standalone post office in Fountain Valley is at 17227 Newhope St.

For more information, call (800) ASK-USPS.

— Candice Baker