SEAL BEACH POLICE INVESTIGATING HATE CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILY The Seal Beach Police Department is investigating a hate crime in which a threatening letter was mailed to an Asian-American family. On Monday, March 22, the Seal Beach Police Department received a call from a resident in the 55-plus community of Leisure World. The caller reported that her elderly mother had received

COVID-19 CLINIC OptumCare, in conjunction with the GRF COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, conducted its final onsite first-shot clinic at Clubhouse 6 on March 20. According to Optum Clinic Operations Manager Charity Kopp, who coordinated the clinics for OptumCare at the HCC, 4,914 people who registered for the vaccinations received them, with 876 getting their first dose last weekend. Those people

GRF/MUTUAL ELECTIONS The GRF and Mutuals have started their election process, and candidate application deadlines are underway. The GRF is electing directors from odd-numbered Mutuals this year ( see page 5). During the Golden Rain Foundation and Mutual election cycles, candidates’ names and images must be omitted from publication in the LW Weekly, in accordance with GRF guidelines.

The Golden Rain Foundation, in conjunction with the Recreation Department, is offering Veterans Honor Banners for sale, but only a few spaces remain. The banners are displayed throughout the community on patriotic holidays, with the next installation on Memorial Day, May 31. The newly purchased ones will fly along the golf course on Golden Rain Road. Banners can be purchased to honor current

Editor: Have you no shame? Many of us profess to love God, yet shame him. We do so with our thoughts and feelings. To all our Asia brothers and sisters living here in Leisure World, I wish to apologize to you who have felt the sting of hatred and meanness. Please trust me when I say not all of us feel bitter toward you and do receive you as wonderful Americans. I find the hate campaign fostered