The U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to end Saturday delivery is a positive thing, said Netflix Chief Service and Operations officer Andrew Rendich. In testimony given before joint Senate and House subcommittees on Wednesday, Rendich said that: “Netflix believes that a well functioning Postal Service, positioned over the long hual to meet changing customer and consumer demand is more important than maintaining current delivering frequency…” That’s no small endorsement given that Netflix, which has 14 million subscribers, ships out and receives millions of its DVD’s daily
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IRS gives Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department $202,000
The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department was presented with $202,000 in asset seizure money Friday for helping to shut down an illegal cable television descrambler box sales operation. Internal Revenue Service criminal investigation Special Agent in Charge Scott O’Briant presented Sheriff John McGinness with an over-sized check representing the money at a news conference.
Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento sheriff gets $200,000 seized in cable-TV descrambler probe
The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department will get $200,000 today for its part in shutting down an illegal cable television descrambler distribution operation. Internal Revenue Service criminal investigation Special Agent in Charge Scott O’Briant will present Sheriff John McGinness with the money this morning.
Weed Wars: Online medical pot service pushes delivery envelope
Matthew Lawrence says he has created California’s first virtual dispensary — one that will deliver actual marijuana to medical users across the Golden State. “We are the first totally on-line dispensary,” says Lawrence, a real estate developer and property manager who also used to grow weed for a Bay Area medical pot cooperative.
West Sacramento post office open until midnight for tax returns
Today is April 15, the deadline to get tax returns mailed. If you must procrastinate, there’s a way to mail until midnight
Redding postal worker charged with mail theft
A former Redding postal worker is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing prescription medications from the mail. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Shawn Wardinski stole more than three dozen bottles of medication from parcels awaiting delivery in the Redding area last year
‘Mysterious substance’ at Sac International draws hazmat teams
Hazardous materials teams investigated a mysterious substance found near the U.S. Postal Service building at Sacramento International Airport Wednesday evening.
Prescription narcotics vanish from Sacramento post office
The United States Postal Service is investigating multiple reports of prescription drugs that have disappeared from a south Sacramento post office.
U.S. attorney: Walnut Grove mail carrier stole medicine
A Walnut Grove mail carrier who stole prescription medication parcels has pleaded guilty to drug possession and obstruction charges, the U.S. attorney in Sacramento said
Postal Service focuses on passports Saturday
A select number of Sacramento area post offices will have employees on duty specifically to process passports on Saturday. The U.S. Postal Service notes that the State Department plans to raise passport fees
