CHRISTMAS MEMORIES Christmas used to be so simple. The trees were strung with cranberries and popcorn; the gifts, what few there were, were wrapped in brown paper; and grandma’s house was often just down the street. It’s these early memories that keep the spirit of Christmas alive. The LW Weekly invites residents to spread the joy by sharing their best memories of holidays past. Send

80th Anniversary Each year on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor survivors, veterans and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on a U.S. naval base in Hawaii Dec. 7, 1941. Another 1,178 people were injured. Eight Navy battleships were among the 18 Naval ships either damaged or sunk. On

Between June and November 2015, personnel from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) exhumed the unidentified crew members from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific for anthropological analysis. Of the 429 killed, 394 had been buried as unknown persons. As of Sept. 15, 346 have been identified. The Nevada-class battleship USS Oklahoma was commissioned in 1916 and was the pride of

California’s drought is not likely to end with this winter’s rains, according to forecasters. There’s less than a 40 percent chance of water supplies getting back to normal after this winter, with a slightly better than 50 percent chance that the state’s drought will worsen, according to information released last week by the National Integrated Drought Information Center. The center is

TOYS FOR TOTS Clubhouse 4 will once again be the site for the GRF Toys for Tots Christmas Show on Friday, Dec. 10. Doors open at 6 p.m., with live entertainment starting at 7. All residents and their guests are invited. Entrance is free, but everyone must bring a new, unwrapped toy. Vinyl Rock, a nine-member, Orange County-based band, performs classic rock, Motown and pop tunes primarily