John Nutley preserved history of Rossmoor John Nutley, widely acknowledged as Rossmoor’s preeminent historian and who was one of Rossmoor’s longest- tenured residents – at 50 years, quite possibly the lon- gest – died on June 12 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek. He was 98. His stepson, Rossmoor resident Don Thompson, said Nutley ...

Longtime Rossmoor resident Shing-Yi (S.Y.) Huang, 99, died June 21 after a brief illness. Huang, who would have turned 100 on July 12, was a career international civil servant with the United Nations Secretariat and a co-founder of the Chinese American Association of Rossmoor (CAAR). Huang and his wife, Carrie, discovered Rossmoor on the advice of ...

Donner, longtime director, to retire Aug. 1 Jeroen Wright already had a pretty good feel for Rossmoor when he got here, starting June 12 as GRF’s new director of Mutual Operations. He came over from BrightView Landscape Services, which does substantial contracting work with GRF. Wright was a vice president and senior branch manager there and had al...

New theater lighting ‘opens world of possibilities’ By David Scholz Staff writer Call it a riddle in the theater – what shines on stage but never says a word? Answer – stage lighting. Its presence at the Performing Arts Studio has taken a giant leap forward with a $20,000 upgrade. Enhancement of the stage lighting capabilities was more than three y...

The apparent discharge of a firearm through a Terra Granada Drive manor’s window in the early morning hours of June 12 led to the arrest of a male nonresident guest, but no criminal charges will be filed. Walnut Creek police responded to a 3:41 a.m. call that day to the 3100 block of Terra Granada Drive. A 63-year-old man was arrested on suspicion ...

Al Kaufman said he gets one or two calls each day from people asking when the Woodshop will reopen. And most, he said, aren’t even from people who use the tools and machines there. “We do a lot of knife sharpening, furniture repair … we call it the ‘community work,’” said Kaufman, one of 32 “supervisors” who watch over operations in the Woodshop. “...

The former Bank of America building at the corner of Rossmoor Parkway and Tice Valley Boulevard, empty since July 2020, could soon be rebuilt into a two-story mixed commercial building, with the Walnut Creek City Council starting the process to amend the city’s general plan to allow such a development. Eric Erickson, a senior vice president with Co...

Actor/theater professor plays Scarecrow at ACT Danny Scheie draws parallels with “The Wizard of Oz” and his own journey. The prolific actor and retired theater arts professor, 62, is enjoying this stage of his life, moving to Rossmoor a year ago with his husband, Daric Wolkenhauer. Scheie has kept busy. He’s performing as the Scarecrow in an Americ...

Food service consultant, pickleball design expected on June 29 agenda The GRF Planning Committee on Thursday approved two notable recommendations to the full GRF Board – the final design for the pickleball courts structure near the Event Center, and a document detailing what questions should be asked and what information is wanted from a consulting...

Sometimes a fundraiser succeeds beyond one’s wildest dreams. That feeling was palpable June 5 during the inaugural Pickleball 4 Parkinson’s tournament. On that bright Monday morning, the pickleball courts were adorned with bright blue canopy booths to promote awareness for Parkinson’s disease and for a dressedup viewing area to watch topnotch playe...