Nervous residents were promised there will be a “live” drill in the coming months to test how well emergency plans will work if a wildfire roars into Rossmoor. The assurances were made during an April 15 online program that was to feature PG& E’s statewide wildfire safety program. But instead, it drew attention to how prepared local agencies ar...

Topic is on the agenda for the GRF Board Contra Costa County eclipsed its goal of 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations more than a month ahead of schedule, with 68% of its residents who are 16 or older receiving at least one dose of the vaccine. Recognizing how vaccines have changed the landscape, California officials are allowing social gatherings agai...

Diabetes and Alzheimer’s might seem like completely different diseases, “but we know from the science that they are actually very related,” says Dr. David K. Johnson, a professor of neurology at UC Davis and director of the university’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Walnut Creek. Dr. Johnson is looking to build on that science in Rossmoor through t...

In lockdown, room receives a makeover When the Redwood Room at Gateway reopens, residents will see a whole new look. Just about everything has changed except for things that couldn’t – the grand piano, widescreen TV, carpeting and the brick fireplace with adjacent bookshelves. There’s new color, furniture, knickknacks and even USB ports for residen...

The days of being able to bypass the area code when making a local phone call are numbered. As of Oct. 24, all local calls in the 925 area code will require callers to dial the area code before entering the seven-digit number (the same process currently required for placing calls to a different area code), according to new rules adopted by the Fede...

Online offers wealth of information As residents called about the plants list and having landscaping requests fulfilled, Landscape Manager Rebecca Pollon recognized a need. So, she turned to Rossmoor’s website, Rossmoor.com, to help build a 13-page online section dedicated to landscaping in Rossmoor. Rossmoor.com features a section of pages dedicat...

John Moe said he has been recycling long before it was commonplace. He’s come a long way from the days of his childhood when garbage was simply burned. Most of the garbage produced in the 1950s, he said, burned easily. That isn’t the case anymore, said Moe, president of First Mutual and “Green Rossmoor” columnist for the Rossmoor News, especially g...

Before fire season begins again in Northern California, PG& E and local officials are offering a presentation on the utility’s revised Community Wildfire Safety Program, with a focus on Rossmoor and Contra Costa County. The virtual presentation will be held on Thursday, April 15, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. online via Zoom. Residents can access the p...

State eyes June 15 as end to most restrictions Leanne Hamaji says that by late April, she will have had both of her COVID-19 vaccinations and be ready to get back to a state of near normalcy. That includes meetings of the Rossmoor Lions Club, of which she’s president. “I am greatly looking forward to full-capacity, in-person club meetings with mask...

Raphael Danziger’s blood is as good as gold. That’s why he gives it to people he doesn’t even know. He is one of the few people in the world with the AB blood type. His AB blood plasma can help save the lives of patients with any blood type. Like clockwork, every 28 days he donates his blood plasma to the American Red Cross at its Pleasant Hill sit...