Film festival set for July; fashion show will return Rossmoor’s fourth annual Diversity Festival will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and the Diversity Film Festival is on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30 and 31. These have become beloved Rossmoor annual events. All ethnic and cultural clubs are invited to participate in either or both. The Film Festival...

Funds support wide range of hospice services The Sneakers & Paws fundraiser for Hospice East Bay is fast approaching. This annual event, sponsored by Friends of Hospice Rossmoor, will be held Monday, April 15, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. starting at Creekside Golf Course The walk, for humans and their pets, starts as early as 8:30 a.m. Leave from Cree...

The Rossmoor Al-Anon support group meets on Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. in Multipurpose Room 1 at the Gateway Complex. This mutual support group is for anyone troubled by someone's drinking. By sharing common experiences and applying the Al-Anon principles, family and friends of alcoholics can bring positive changes to their individual situati...

Election integrity issues are a focus of April 7 event Local GOP activist Liz Ritchie will attend the next Republican Club Meet and Greet session to discuss election integrity issues and answer questions. The Rossmoor Republican Club invites all like-minded people to their meet and greet, to be held on Sunday, April 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Oak R...

Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD) and African American & Friends (AAF) are co-sponsoring a special event to inform and discuss the work of California’s threeplus- year investigation into reparations for slavery of African Americans. The event is set for Tuesday, April 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Fireside Room. Assemblymember R...

their chances of falling, and to be prepared in the event they do fall. “It takes a little bit of humility to recognize we have that fallibility, and every year that grows,” said Reed, whose office will organize and host another fall-prevention event in September. “We’re all going to fall at some point in our lives.” Reed said the Counseling Servic...

Weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meditation and discussion meetings are held three times a week: Saturdays from 5 to 6 p.m. in Creekside’s Bunker Room; Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside; and Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway and on Zoom. The Zoom ID is 441 759 4186 (no password). For more information, go ...

Interfaith Council to show video and discuss ‘Do the Work!’ Committee correspondent Learn more about how to be antiracist by attending the Kate Schatz video presentation of the book she authored with W. Kamau Bell,“Do the Work!” on Wednesday, March 20, at 2 p.m., in the Club Room at Creekside This video and following discussion will provide an intr...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen will be the guest speaker at the Republican Club dinner on Tuesday, March 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. The traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner will be a choice of braised corned beef; or stuffed cabbage, brown rice, pine nuts and Beyond Meat (ground), and truffle cream sauce (ve...

The News is interested in writing an article about residents involved as docents for area museums, art galleries or other Bay Area programs. We would like to learn more about how you became a docent and what is involved with your work. Residents willing to be interviewed and possibly photographed can email us at news@rossmoor.com