RWC adjusts use of images on digital platforms To stay ahead of online software tools known as bots that search for potential copyright infringement, RWC is enacting stricter measures regarding photographs in online content. Efforts to stamp out potential infringement in this newspaper’s print and online versions recently have extended to Rossmoor ...

Celebrate retirement of golf director After nearly three decades of dedicated service to Rossmoor Walnut Creek, Director of Golf Mark Heptig will be retiring, and the community is invited to help celebrate his remarkable career. Heptig formally joined Rossmoor on April 1, 1997 (he had been head golf pro in Rossmoor for four years before that), and ...

When George Washington died, his body was laid out in his parlor for three days, according to former nurse, lawyer and medical ethicist Sharon Iverson. The first president of the United States dictated in his will that he wanted to make sure he was really dead before someone buried him. “There was no stethoscope at that particular time; it hadn’t b...

Staff writer There will be a couple of notable questions on the June 2 primary election ballot in Contra Costa County, and county Supervisor Candace Andersen came to the Feb. 11 Rossmoor Rotary meeting to talk about them, as well as some of the basics of county government. Andersen represents District 2 on the Contra Costa County Board of Superviso...

Changes will take effect beginning on March 1 Tice Creek Fitness Center staff are proud to offer a dynamic lineup of activities that support the health and wellness of the community, including TRX, Beachball Volleyball and Sit and Stretch. Over the past year, programming has expanded with several new free classes, giving residents more than 55 ways...

Dollar House also would see major renovations The future of Rossmoor could look quite different, especially at Gateway and Dollar clubhouses, as RWC tries to move its property management operations out of the overcrowded Rockview Drive offices. The RWC Planning Committee recommended to the RWC Board last week that an architecture firm be paid up to...

Power strips are an extremely popular household item, helpful when homeowners use more devices with electrical cords than the nearest wall outlet can handle. However, overloading a power strip can cause a fire. Insurance investigators determined that an overloaded power strip caused a Dec. 2 garage fire on Terra Granada Drive, said Jeroen Wright, d...

It’s a complicated, time-consuming process to start a new public university from the San Joaquin Valley ground up. Keith Alley was one of many people who lent his talents to converting a public golf course into the University of California, Merced, the newest of 10 schools that make up the UC system. “I’m so proud of it; it’s the most important (pr...

Donors replace statue that was stolen in 2019 The eagle has landed, once again. The flying eagle statue, that is. Thanks to the generosity of donors in Mutual 68, a treasured flying eagle statue has been replaced after the original mysteriously vanished nearly seven years ago from Flying Eagle Park in the Eagle Ridge neighborhood. The eagle now sta...

But community is still no closer to ‘full replacement’ coverage The good news about Rossmoor’s property insurance situation: Premium rates, for the second consecutive year, are going down. The bad news is that Rossmoor still can’t get as much coverage as it needs, whatever the price. “We still are not going to be in any place where we’re going to h...