Eleni Kounalakis will answer questions Democrats of Rossmoor welcome Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis as their guest speaker on Thursday, April 13 in the Fireside Room. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and Kounalakis will speak at 6 p.m.; she will give an update on the latest news from Sacramento and answer questions. Kounalakis was sworn in by Gov. G...

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 $55 per year (for second-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...

The Hillside and Dollar outdoor pools will switch to their summer schedules, starting on Saturday, April 1. Both pools will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., except on their cleaning days. Hillside on Tuesdays and Dollar on Wednesdays will open after the cleaning at 1 p.m. The following are the times when each pool will have lifeguard coverage: Hillsi...

Rossmoorians looking at doing projects to upgrade their residences in the future are reminded that many Alteration and Resale fees have gone up. The fees must be high enough to fully support this department’s operations, to avoid passing costs along to all the residents in the coupon, said Mutual Operations Director Paul Donner. The fees were last ...

A March 22 front-page story obituary about Brian Murphy incorrectly reported that he was the founder of the Rossmoor Nature Association. Bob Carlton founded that group in the early 2000s, and he turned over leadership to Murphy soon after Murphy moved to Rossmoor in 2011.

Recreation manager Shred Day returns to the Gateway parking lot on Monday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, or until the trucks are full. Because Shred Day is so popular, two trucks will be on-site. The cost is $5 per bag or banker’s box. Check or cash only. Exact change is required. Checks should be made out to GRF. For questions, call 1-925-988-7700....

Signups to participate as a vendor at the Rossmoor Activities Council Flea Market will begin on Thursday, March 23 at 8 a.m. at the Recreation Department at Gateway. The Flea Market will be held on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Fireside Room, Oak Room and Peacock Plaza at Gateway. This event is for selling used household items and...

While lightning striking trees is quite common in other parts of the United States, it’s rare in the Walnut Creek area, Landscape Manager John Tawaststjerna said. “Sometimes, a tree can survive a lightning strike, but you can always see a spiral scar running down the length of the trunk,” Tawaststjerna explained. “The internal damage is often too g...

premium. And some drivers resort to parking alongside the red fire-lane curbs – which is a no-no. “On some mornings, we have cars parked from up at the dog park to the (service) road behind the center,” Drinovsky said. “It’s a fire lane – it isn’t safe to park there. It’s a tow-away zone.” There have been times when Walnut Creek police have been ca...

The front gate will once again test its new access control system, starting Wednesday, March 8, in hopes that the full rollout will come later this spring. The gate first tested the new system, called DwellingLive, in September but encountered issues with the Jenark software used to maintain the database of residents. After five months of troublesh...