EMERGENCY ALERT by Victor Rocha GRF Security Services director Due to a variety of issues and concerns, residents may require a police and/or medical emergency services response to their residence. During these emergencies, some residents have contacted the Security Department before calling 911. In any type of emergency, call 911 first! Don’t hesitate. Whenever possible, call

Many cities around Orange County are seeing higher numbers of coyotes this spring. Most coyotes within the urban setting are the offspring of generations of coyotes that have lived and flourished in Orange County’s urban areas. Coyote populations seem to flucuate year by year. But this year, it seems to be booming. There is a lot of anecdotal information about this on Nextdoor and Facebook.

Free food is available in Leisure World to eligible residents who are 60 years or older through Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC), which has a monthly distribution site by Clubhouse 4. The next food distribution will be May 20. Every third Thursday from 9-11 a.m., qualified people receive 40 pounds of food, including canned fruit, vegetables, meat, rice, juice, cereal and

GRF members are required to have GRF photo identification cards for access to amenities, all transfers (membership, removing/ adding someone to a title, replacing lost certificates, etc.) and to be a candidate for GRF and Mutual board representation. The Stock Transfer Office issues IDs , which expire every five years, in a rotating schedule. In 2020, Mutuals 2, 10, 16 and 17 were up for ID renewals,

A new cycle of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes will be scheduled once LW clubhouses are reopened for meetings. This session will include a session taught in Korean. Interested residents are asked to sign up now by calling Sonji Friedman at (562) 243-1894 and leave their names, addresses, phone number and email. Class dates and times have not been set, but organizers are asking