take this postoffice in berkeley, it shut down back in april and since 2009, hundreds of postoffice branchescountry have closed their doors. now all of this is happening because the postal service is facing some big financial problems. the agency says it lost $8 billion last year. and there are a number of reasons why. first because of the recession. there's been a steep decline in mail. much of the mail is now being sent electronically and private postal service. if they do shut down a significant number of postal branches, they will look into opening up village postoffices. but again, the postal service is expected to announce today about an hour from now they'll be studying 3,600 postoffice for possible closure. that's one out of approximately every 10 postoffice outlets nationwide. about an hour from now we should be getting a better idea. we'll get a hold of that list and we'll get a better idea of how this could affect postoffices in the area. live in berkeley, allie rasmus. >> good story. >>> time now 6:49. anything big on our roads or commute so far? >> we don't have a lot of big thi

the postoffice has released a list of postoffices it wants to shutdown. the reason is, those postoffices don't do a lot of business. customers say if those offices are closed, they're going to miss the routine of going to their local postoffice. >> it's convenient, you can get off the bus if you want to get off the bus, you can take the t train there or right there. >> reporter: the postal service is on track to lose $8 billion this year. a spokesman tells us no decisions will be made until december at the earliest. for a list of the bay area postoffices that could be closed you can go to ktvu.com and look for the right now section which is in the middle of home page. >>> a uc berkeley law professor is in the running to become the next u.s. supreme court justice. governor brown named goodwin liu to the position. at a news conference in san francisco today, governor brown said that's what caught his attention. >> i noticed that he was getting trouble getting confirmed in the congress, and because of that process, his strengths he came to my attention. i pi

the postoffice has released a list of postoffices it wants to shutdown. the reason is, those postoffices don't do a lot of business. customers say if those offices are closed, they're going to miss the routine of going to their local postoffice. >> it's convenient, you can get off the bus if you want to get off the bus, you can take the t train there or right there. >> reporter: the postal service is on track to lose $8 billion this year. a spokesman tells us no decisions will be made until december at the earliest. for a list of the bay area postoffices that could be closed you can go to ktvu.com and look for the right now section which is in the middle of home page. >>> a uc berkeley law professor is in the running to become the next u.s. supreme court justice. governor brown named goodwin liu to the position. at a news conference in san francisco today, governor brown said that's what caught his attention. >> i noticed that he was getting trouble getting confirmed in the congress, and because of that process, his strengths he came to my attention. i pi

that means postoffice desks inside of bay area town offices.we reached out to spokesperson from the postal service in washington, we're waiting to hear back from them and get more detailed information from that. live in berkeley, allie rasmus. >>> time now 5:35, oakland international airport has stopped building the air traffic control tower. the airport broke grown on this project last october. but because of the continuing federal debt ceiling debate, congress missed a deadline to reauthorize funding to the faa and faa projects. improvements to airports in new york, las vegas, palm springs they were also halted yesterday. the city of oakland planned to finish that tower in 2013. >>> now that the nfl lock out is over, it's back to business for the oakland raiders and the 49ers. ktvu's kraig debro live at niner headquarters. they're about to see players come back in about 90 minutes from now. >> reporter: players can start coming back voluntarily starting today at 7:00. not a good year for the stations both having new coaches. i just spoke to p

. >>> some united state postoffices may will closing. the u.s. postal service unveiled a list of 3,700 postoffices across the country that could potentially be shut down. san francisco's bay view postoffice is one of those on the chopping block. postal officials say more and more people are using e-mail and electronic transaction instead of paper mail. the agency lost $8 billion last year. that's almost three times as the year before. >> about 50% of our bills are being paid online now. so, you know that's revenue that's lost i mean that was basically our bread and butter. >> 13 bay area postoffices could be closed in san francisco, oakland, san jose and on the peninsula. the postal service will hold public meetings before making any final decisions. >>> the congress department revealed new home sale totals. for the second month in a row, home prices were up in 16 of the 20 largest cities. housing remains the weakest part of the u.s. economy. >>> and worries about the debt limit pushed stocks lower today. bottom line here the dow jones industrial

eastern, the postal service is expected to list the postoffices to be closed down. >>> all right, let'se world. a big human trafficking raid in mexico. over a thousand people arrested. 20 girls rescued. this is huge. what happened? >> it is. police basically raided bars, hotels, boarding houses and they arrested a thousand people about 500 men and 500 women and they rescued 20 female miners. all part of mexico's amber alert program, dedicated to trying to find missing children. this happened just on the border with texas. >> which dan brown book i read about, there's reality, so-called search for the god particle? apparently this is developing. not just the stuff of novels. >> they're looking for the god particle. scientists deep under ground in switzerland, they want to crash two beams of particles in opposite directions at the speed of light. they say they're pretty close to finding it. by the end of 2012, it could happen. if it does happen it would be incredible. what is the universe made of? who are we? how did we get that? all of that stuff that you like to think about all the time

postal service is considering closing up to 10% of its postoffices to cut costs. the postmaster general is expected to release a list of 242 postal services. the postal services lost eight billion dollars last year. officials say they are now looking into putting postal facilities inside local businesses, town halls or community centers. >>> still no solution to the debt crisis. but with the clock ticking the debate went live this evening on national television. as karen kaifa reports, democrats and republicans each have their own plans and as the president said this evening, compromise seems to be a dirty word. >> reporter: president obama reenforced the potential dangers if the debt is not raised by next tuesday august 2nd. >> we would risk sparking a deep economic crisis. this one caused almost entirely by washington. >> reporter: the president addressed the nation and his political opponents in prime time and how speaker john boehner delivered a rebuttal. >> the situation is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants another blank chec

postal service is considering closing up to 10% of its postoffices to cut costs. the postmaster general is expected to release a list of 242 postal services. the postal services lost eight billion dollars last year. officials say they are now looking into putting postal facilities inside local businesses, town halls or community centers. >>> still no solution to the debt crisis. but with the clock ticking the debate went live this evening on national television. as karen kaifa reports, democrats and republicans each have their own plans and as the president said this evening, compromise seems to be a dirty word. >> reporter: president obama reenforced the potential dangers if the debt is not raised by next tuesday august 2nd. >> we would risk sparking a deep economic crisis. this one caused almost entirely by washington. >> reporter: the president addressed the nation and his political opponents in prime time and how speaker john boehner delivered a rebuttal. >> the situation is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants another blank chec

learn more about postoffice operations online. search, watch, clip and share. it's what you want when you want. >> the dodd-frank financial regular laces law established a new watchdog agency. called the consumers financial protection bureau. the new agency has just recently beagain it's work in regulating credit cards, loans, and other financial products. this house small business subcommittee hearing looked at the bureau's potential effect on small businesses and the economy. it's a little more than an hour. >> the committee is now in session. i would like to take a moment to mention the subcommittee has received a statement from the independent community bankers of america. without objection, i would like to insert this statement in the record. hearing none, the statement will be inserted into the record. if committee members have an opening statement prepared, i ask that they be submit for the record. i would like to take a moment to explain the timing rights for you. you will each have five minutes to deliver your testimony. the light will start out as gre