PG& E crews work on repairing a gas distribution line leak in the 2200 block of Tice Creek Drive on Memorial Day. PG& E responded after it was notified of a gas odor in the area, according to a company spokesperson. Work on the repair continued throughout the next day. Photo by Bill Reiley

Residents hold signs against racially and politically motivated hate and gun violence during a silent vigil May 28 on Golden Rain Road between Rossmoor Parkway and Tice Creek Drive. The vigil was co-sponsored by Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD), Black Lives Matter, Democrats of Rossmoor and the Diversity Consciousness Committee of the Interfa...

Two Rossmoor residents were hit by cars recently on Tice Creek Drive. Curt Gunn sadly died of his injuries in April; Becky Smith remains at John Muir Medical Center in very serious condition after the May 18 accident. In both instances, the drivers also were reportedly Rossmoor residents. To raise awareness of the dangerous driving practices in Ros...

The Dollar Ranch Golf Course will close to walkers on Monday, June 6, starting at noon, because of a golf tournament. Walkers can still walk all day on the Creekside Course and until noon on the Dollar Ranch Course. For information, residents can call the Golf Shop at 1-925-988-7861.

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...

Three new COVID testing sites have opened in Contra Costa, including one in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Health Services announced last week. The other two sites are in Antioch and Brentwood. Operated by OptumServe, these sites provide rapid antigen tests. Anyone who tests positive and is symptomatic are then connected to a doctor through a video. T...

Sustainable Rossmoor will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 7, at 7 p.m. The meeting will feature Jackie Garcia Mann, an ecologist with the Refineries Transition Work Group. The title of her talk is “Biofuels: Burning Food for Fuel, Coming Soon to a Refinery Near You.” She will discuss how the burning of food for fuel threatens to increase ...

For the past 40 years, the Rev. Andy Smith has been an ordained minister. His days of active ministry are coming to an end this coming weekend, as he’s set to deliver his final sermon in the Fireside Room at Gateway on Sunday. Smith, 67, is preparing to retire from Hope Lutheran Church of Rossmoor, where he has been pastoring since September 2019. ...

Because of the Memorial Day holiday, there will be limited bus service hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) on Monday, May 30. To schedule a ride for May 30, call Dial-A-Bus at 1-925-988-7676 on Friday, May 27, during regular business hours. Limited-service days include downtown service times of 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Eve Birge, executive director of White Pony Express, a Pleasant Hill-based nonprofit dedicated to helping provide the needy with food and clothing, will be the guest speaker at Rossmoor Rotary’s meeting Wednesday, May 18 starting at 11:30 a.m. in the Hillside Clubhouse. Birge is responsible for all staff and volunteers and for all programs and serv...