Leisure Lane residents recount fire ordeal For residents displaced for more than two years by the Nov. 23, 2019 Leisure Lane fire, there is relief to be back home. But what they endured is something they won’t soon forget. Each resident is processing the ordeal in his or her own way after moving back around the start of 2022. The traumatic experien...

Saying that they were seeking to balance two Constitutional rights, all five Walnut Creek City Council members agreed to a buffer zone March 1 surrounding any “reproductive health care facility” in the city to limit obstruction, harassment and intimidation of patients at the Planned Parenthood clinic near downtown. Council members, including Kevin ...

Channel 28, Rossmoor’s TV station, will be off the air for seven hours on Tuesday, March 15, to install new broadcast equipment. During the upgrade, Classic Arts Showcase will air instead of regular programming, starting at 10 a.m. In addition to Classic Arts, viewers can expect to see periodic testing signals and clips of some programs while the w...

The GRF Board on Thursday gave its enthusiastic formal support for an almost $5 million grant application by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to pay for clearing brush for a firebreak that offers Rossmoor improved wildfire protection. The Board also on Thursday reiterated that it is seeking support from local and regional elected of...

It’s so exciting to move back into an art studio that even the unboxing and reorganizing that comes with the territory doesn’t seem so bad. For members of the Ceramic Arts and Sewing Arts clubs, their abundant joy greatly outweighs those unpacking and organizing endeavors. Each club was given the green light in early February to move back in after ...

Bobbi Ausubel couldn’t think of a more appropriate way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to organize a festival highlighted by the showing of four films Monday, March 7, and Tuesday, March 8, at Peacock Hall that celebrate women, and that were made by women. And like so much of life over the past two years, COVID-19 had a role in shaping ...

It was a warm Friday morning, and the dog park was teeming with activity – about 15 dogs, most of them no bigger than a new roll of Brawny towels, along with their owners. The humans were talking among themselves, and that was more noise than the dogs were making. Several folks at the dog park that morning acknowledged there are still complaints be...

The proposed six-unit micro-home development at Grace Presbyterian Church may have generated some opposition when it was first made public in July, but the critics have been relatively quiet since then. Jasmine Tarkoff said that may be because the supporters of “Hope Village” have gotten the word out effectively and often about what the project is,...

GRF officials are working to apply for grants that could help pay to clear excess fuels from lands above and around much of Rossmoor to create a fire break. To further the effort, they are meeting with elected officials representing the area to drum up support. The GRF Board on Feb. 8 heard an overview presentation from Matt Greene, a consulting re...

Olivia Herriford said she believes Black History Month 2022 is the “most important I’ve ever experienced,” given the national debate over whether the teaching of Black history itself is being curtailed under the guise of limiting discussion of “critical race theory.” “We’re in a debate about teaching history,” said Herriford, 71, a Rossmoor residen...