Juneteenth is a Black American holiday celebrated annually on June 19 to remember the day when word finally came in 1865 to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that slavery had ended due to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863.
The newest federal holiday was signed into law on June 17, 2021, establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Government offices — Los Angeles city and county, national and state — courts and libraries are normally closed for a federal holiday.
Here is a sampling of services that are closed or are on a regular schedule on Wednesday, June 19:
Banks: Closed. Also, New York Stock Exchange markets are closed (www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars).
Courts: Closed. Los Angeles County Superior Courts 2024 schedule, www.lacourt.org/holiday/ui/index.aspx
Libraries: Los Angeles Public Library locations are closed. www.facebook.com/lapubliclibrary. www.lapl.org/holiday-closures
Los Angeles County Library locations are closed. www.facebook.com/LACountyLibrary; lacountylibrary.org
Mail: The U.S. Postal Service does not deliver regular mail, and post offices are closed. www.usps.com/holiday/holiday-schedule.htm
Transit: Metro buses and subway services in Los Angeles run on a regular schedule (www.metro.net). For example, the G (Orange) Line schedule is here: tinyurl.com/ynmrsj4f
Metrolink trains run on a regular schedule. www.metrolinktrains.com. Holiday schedule for 2024: bit.ly/3bo3uHF
Trash: Pickup is on a regular schedule in Los Angeles (more information on Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment, 800-773-2489; click on What We Do, then Collection, and then see Holiday Trash Collection here: www.lacitysan.org). Also, see the LA Sanitation and Environment 2024 Service Calendar: tinyurl.com/3k4b3ejv
Pickup is on a regular schedule in Burbank. 818-238-3800. www.burbankca.gov/web/public-works/trash-faqs
Pickup is on a regular schedule in Glendale. 818-548-3916. Look under Collection Schedule, tinyurl.com/486wukn7
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