Post offices extend hours to accommodate last-minute tax filers

Midnight tonight is the final deadline for filing state and federal income tax returns. The U.S. Postal Service has announced extended hours at eight branches in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

The tax-day lines at post offices have shrunk in recent years as more taxpayers rely on electronic filing. The IRS reports that 85 % of the 142-million federal income tax returns filed last year were paperless. That still left more than 20-million in need of postmarks.

To help accommodate the traditionalists the following post offices will be open late tonight:

-- Airport Station, 9029 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles; mail
collection and retail service until midnight.

-- Los Angeles, 7001 S. Central Avenue; collection until midnight,
and retail service until 10 p.m.

-- Van Nuys, 15701 Sherman Way; collection and retail service until
midnight.

-- Industry, 15421 E. Gale Ave.; collection until midnight and
retail service until 6 p.m.

-- Long Beach, 2300 Redondo Ave.; collection until midnight, and
retail service until 7 p.m.

-- Pasadena, 600 Lincoln Ave.; collection and retail service
until 10 p.m.

-- Santa Ana, 3101 W. Sunflower Ave.; collection until midnight and
retail service until 7 p.m.

-- B&B Pharmacy, 18525 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda; collection
and retail until 10 p.m.

More information available online at www.usps.com or by calling (800) 275-8777.