VETERANS PLAZA RALLY Hundreds of LW residents and outside guests, including U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Park Steel, attended a rally to stand unified against Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate on March 29. Veterans Plaza was filled with signwaving people of all ethnicities and ages to decry a March 22 hate letter sent to a LW resident of Korean descent. The rally was sponsored by

The IRS has extended the filing deadline for 2020 federal tax return to May 17. Therefore, the AARP Tax Program sponsored by the Golden Age Foundation (GAF) has extended it tax preparation service to May 5. The service is offered Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Appointments are required. No walk-ins are allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions. To schedule an appointment, call (562)596-1987.

HE'S SLEEPING IN by Ruth Osborn rutho_news@lwsb.com Today is the first day in 25 years that LW residents in Mutuals 3-7 haven’t gotten their LA Times, Press-Telegrams and OC Registers from the ever-cheerful Michael Chubbs. Today is the first day of his retirement. It’s also the first day in a quarter century that Chubbs has not hit the alarm button at 3 a.m., rolled out