Contra Costa Health (CCH) is recommending that eligible residents get the new COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it’s available through their healthcare providers. Healthcare providers, including CCH, and commercial pharmacies were expected to begin receiving the new vaccine by this week. People who have health insurance should contact their provider or p...

Residents of certain addresses on Fairlawn Court, Running Springs Road and Tice Creek Drive should expect an interruption to their electric service on Thursday, Sept. 28, as PG& E replaces and installs a pole and equipment. The work is anticipated to take place from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The following addresses will be affected by the work: Fairl...

Drive-through Shred Day will be returning to the Gateway parking lot on Tuesday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon or until the trucks are full. Drop-off and payment procedures include: • Place boxes/bags of items to shred in vehicle’s trunk. No plastic bags. • Remain in car, and staff will open the trunk. • Place payment ($5 per bag/box) in an envelope ...

Note: Lions Care for Kids 2023 Campaign articles explain the club’s support of vision, hearing, pediatric cancer, diabetes, and humanitarian causes that relate to children in need. The articles give residents an opportunity to donate to the outreach categories they feel drawn to. Supporting children with hearing loss is one of the goals of the Ross...

The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published every Wednesday for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $145 per year (for first-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...

An incorrect date was listed in a Mindful Living Club article on Page 24A of the Aug. 30 News. The club’s “How to Meditate” class will be held on Tuesdays, Sept. 12 and Nov. 14.

The MOD Recycling Yard will be closed on Thursday, Sept. 21 and Friday, Sept. 22, to allow for slurry sealing of the asphalt. The Recycling Yard is located off Rockview Drive. It serves residents, staff and contractors for recycling cardboard and green waste. The Recycling Yard will reopen on Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 a.m.

Eric Early, Republican candidate for U.S. senator from California, will be the guest speaker at the Republican Club dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. Early is running as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein. He is pledging to work to stop excessive government sp...

Times best selling author co-wrote ‘Do the Work’ A talk by Kate Schatz titled “Fostering Inclusion: Do the Work!” will be sponsored by the Diversity Consciousness Committee of the Interfaith Council of Rossmoor in partnership with Culture to Culture on Friday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. Schatz co-authored “Do the Work” w...

The Rossmoor Lions Club has launched the Lions Care for Kids 2023 campaign. The focus of the 2023 campaign was the result of a renewed awareness that many children and families in Contra Costa and Alameda counties are facing an increasingly more difficult financial situation. The situation is especially dire for children with special needs or child...