EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS The City of Seal Beach will test its emergency mass notification system, AlertOC, today Sept. 21, with a test emergency alert that will be sent to residents’ mobile devices and home phones. The test will replicate a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional emergency requiring thousands of numbers to be called simultaneously across Seal Beach. This is the 13th annual regional

The 2023 GRF Paving Project will continue with the paving and slurry of five more streets, including Twin Hills Drive, South Fairfield Lane, Fresh Meadow Lane Kenwood Road and St. Andrews Drive (outside of gate). People are encouraged to avoid St. Andrews Drive today, Thursday, Sept. 21, and Friday, Sept. 22, due to continuing street repairs. The exit lane is closed. Pedestrians and drivers

Optum will host a flu clinic on Friday, Oct. 6, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. in Clubhouse 6. Each Mutual has been assigned a time slot for flu shots. For more information about flu shots, see page 9.

There will be a GRF All-Department Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m. in Clubhouse 4. Directors will give updates and residents are encouraged to ask questions during the public forum.

Editor: I want to pay tribute to a neighbor I barely got to know but I admired her sense of wit and loving heart! Jackie Clarkson of Mutual 11 made such an impact on the neighbors, always making a point to stop to chat when I was tending the garden getting a dose of Vitamin D, and I loved it! The other day, when I introduced my 13-year-old granddaughter Evelyn to her as Jackie walked her