Holiday Closings

Today is Thanksgiving. The following schedule will be observed:

* City, county and state offices will be closed today and Friday.

* Federal offices will be closed today but open Friday.

* County, state and federal courthouses will be closed today and Friday; the U.S. District Court clerk’s office will be open Friday for emergency telephone appeals only.

* County and city libraries will be closed today and Friday except in Newport Beach, where the central library and branches will be open Friday.

* Banks and savings and loans will be closed today but open Friday.

* Public schools, community colleges, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Chapman University will be closed today and Friday.

* Mail will not be delivered today, and post offices will be closed. Mail deposited in mailboxes will be picked up according to the posted holiday schedule.

* Trash will not be picked up today; collections will be one day late the rest of the week.

* Orange County Transportation Authority buses will run on a holiday schedule today but will return to normal Friday.

* Metrolink trains will not run today but will return to normal schedules Friday.