Hate crimes have become easier to report in Seal Beach. The Seal Beach Police Department has recently implemented an online hate crime reporting portal. This online tool allows anyone who believes they are a victim of, or has witnessed, a hate crime to report the incident easily and anonymously online. Anyone can access the online portal and provide details about the incident. Users are also

will be held via Zoom Webinar and instructions to participate can be found on the Town Hall Special Meeting Agenda, which will be posted 24 hours prior to the meeting and on the city’s website sealbeachca. gov via the city clerk’s homepage. Residents will be able to post questions during the webinar, and all questions will be answered if possible. Questions may also be submitted in advance by

by Jim Greer Interfaith Council Sooner or later, everyone offers a foxhole prayer. Whether you believe in God or not, when push comes to shove, when you’ve lost control of everything, you hope beyond hope that there is a God and that he is listening. I’ve been a believer all my life and have offered countless prayers when things are going great and even more when I’ve felt all is lost.

Submissions in each of the following categories may be published at the discretion of the Communications and Technical Director. Letters to the Editor: Maximum number of words: 250. Letters should be typed and delivered to LW Weekly by email (preferred), regular mail, deposited in a white GRF drop box, or hand-delivered. Letters must be of general interest to the community and may contain opinions,

A Letter to the Editor by Doug Yordy in the April 15 edition inadvertently omitted his Mutual number. Mr. Yordy lives in Mutual 10.

FIRE SAFETY by Eloy Gomez GRF safety/emergency coordinator As we grow older, our bodies change. Poor eyesight, loss of hearing, arthritis, dementia and side effects from medicine can make it more difficult to react to a fire. We need to consider these changes and how they may affect our abilities. In comparison to the population at large, people 65 and older are twice as likely to be killed