What's Closed on Thanksgiving & the Day After in Alameda?

Nearly all public agencies will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, and quite a few will be closed the following day.

BART will run a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day but will have extra-long trains for the expected crowds of shoppers on what's become known as Black Friday.

Here's run-down of what's open and closed.

City of Alameda offices and libraries closed both days. Friday and Saturday are parking meter "holidays" in the Park Street and Webster Street shopping areas.

Alameda public schools are closed this week. Classes resume Monday, Dec. 2.

Garbage collection (Alameda County Industries): No service on Thanksgiving Day. Customers whose normal collection day is Thursday will have their garbage picked up on Friday, and Friday customers will have a Saturday pickup this week.

Post Office, federal agencies

Thanksgiving Day in a national holiday, and post offices and federal offices will be closed. Friday is not a U.S. government holiday, though some offices may reduce hours of service that day.

Department of Motor Vehicles

DMV offices, including the one in El Cerrito, will be closed Thursday and Friday.

BART, AC Transit, SF Bay Ferry

BART will operate on a Sunday schedule on Thursday beginning at 8 a.m. On Friday, it will run full-length trains all day starting at 6 a.m

AC Transit will also operate a Sunday schedule on Thursday on both local and transbay lines.

San Francisco Bay Ferry: No service on any routes Thanksgiving Day. On Friday, ferries on the Alameda-Oakland-San Francisco route will operate on a normal weekday schedule, with a weekend schedule on Saturday and Sunday. There will be no service to and from Harbor Bay Thursday through Sunday. 

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