Orange County Supervisors Doug Chaffee and Donald Wagner introduced a resolution proclaiming September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month at the Sept. 9 Board of Supervisors meeting. The Prostate Forum of Orange County Board members Ira Kaget, Mutual 15, and Dr. Charles Metzger were recognized by the Orange County Board of Supervisors for their activities to bring awareness and resources they provide

GATE ACCESS The Golden Rain Foundation upgraded its gate access software, Proptia, on Sept. 15. The new system features improvements and remedies to bugs that exist in the current system. To ensure each account’s security, the new system requires users to use strong passwords. People who do not have strong passwords will not be prompted to update their password. Instead, once the new

TRAFFIC SAFETY The Seal Beach Police Department has observed an increase in golf cart traffic on local roadways. The trend has increased since the closure of the local 76 gas station on Westminster Boulevard on the corner of the nearby Seal Beach Village Shopping Center. Golf cart drivers are now illegally entering the busy thoroughfare to fuel up at a nearby Chevron and frequenting businesses

GRF EVENTS All are invited to browse for gently used treasures at the GRF Swap Meet on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 8 a.m.-noon in the Clubhouse 6 parking lot. Dozens of vendors will fill the lot with tables of household goods, clothing, furniture, tools, artwork, pottery, jewelry, collectibles, handcrafted items and more. Koffel’s Food Truck will roll in at 7:30 a.m., serving a hot breakfast

In today’s episode of the Leisure World Direct podcast, Senior Facilities Director Mark Weaver and Interim Executive Director Dave Potter discuss GRF’s contractor vetting process. The podcast covers: • What’s required by contractors to do construction in Leisure World. • Which home improvement projects require permits, and which don’t. • How using vetted contractors protects

Stock Transfer office expected to reopen by end of September The Stock Transfer Office remodel is nearing completion and is expected to reopen by the end of this month. Once completed, the office will feature a larger lobby area, a conference room and a secure employee work area. In the meantime, people can access Stock Transfer services at the Client Services desk located in the same

EMERGENCY RESPONSE Service Maintenance workers extinguish car fire; none injured On Sept. 10 around 10 a.m., GRF Service Maintenance employees Derek Larios and Juan Fuentes extinguished a fire erupting from a yellow Volkswagon Beetle at the intersection of Golden Rain Road and St. Andrews Drive. Fellow Service Maintenance staff have nicknamed the two “bomberos,” the Spanish word for firefighter.