After a half dozen years helping prepare Rossmoorians to be ready for earthquakes, wildfires and other disasters, Marcia McLean and Fran Gibson are preparing to step back a bit, if not step out completely. McLean, the Rossmoor-area coordinator for Walnut Creek Community Emergency Response Team (or CERT), and Gibson, president of the Rossmoor Emerge...

Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity As days shorten and holiday decorations go up, many residents celebrate Christmas. Others will celebrate Hannukah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or festivities to mark a new year. Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD) embraces and celebrates diverse beliefs and holiday traditions with a “Coexist” banner installed n...

Donations are much needed Since the inception in the Rossmoor Fund in 2009, more than 7,000 donations have been received from Rossmoor residents and organizations to help other residents having urgent financial crises. The number of donations has increased dramatically over the past 13 years. The dictionary lists three definitions of “community:” 1...

Rossmoor residents gathered Nov. 11 to hear stories from veterans at this year’s Vets Town Hall marking Veterans Day. Speaking in Dollar Park under a magnificent oak that undoubtedly has lived through all of America’s wars, the vets created a safe, respectful space as residents listened. Vets’ stories ranged from a Vietnam infantry soldier who was ...

A Nov. 16 story on page A3 about Contra Costa County election results contained an error regarding the Acalanes Union High School District board race. Newly elected Jennifer Chen is not replacing Kristen Connelly on the Acalanes Union High School District Board but rather will replace Rossmoor resident Bob Hockett, who did not seek a third four-yea...

Walnut Creek voters on Nov. 8 approved a half-cent sales tax and returned incumbents to both the Walnut Creek City Council and the Walnut Creek School District. Walnut Creek Measure O (sales tax) With a 64.65% “yes” vote based on Election Night returns, Walnut Creek voters approved Measure O, a half-cent sales tax to “maintain and enhance” various ...

The Republican Club will feature a Special Mystery Guest as the speaker at its club dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. Unfortunately, contract commitments do not allow the club to publicize the identity of the Special Mystery Guest, but it can say that many members will recognize him. The Special Mystery Gues...

Rossmoor resident Lynne Forrette will be the guest speaker at Rossmoor Rotary Club’s meeting in the Diablo Room at Hillside on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Forrette has been a member of Assistance League Diablo Valley for five years after retiring from John Muir Health as a nurse practitioner. She is on the Speakers Bureau of AL...

this year, and it was because of the encouragement,” she described during a phone interview conducted along with a sign language interpreter. It’s the newest way Chan has become involved in community activities and clubs. She swims, line dances and helps with an American Sign Language class taught by Bryan Zinza, her longtime partner. Chan is plann...

• Yvonne Aarden – books • Jim Anderson – ceramics • Ted and Linda Arden – photography, book • Pam Armstrong – jams, cakes, candies • Chris Bang – turned wood products • Florie Bauman – watercolor and oil paintings • Sydne Bernard – ethnic jewelry • Ellena Bloedorn – necklaces • Glenn Borhardt – books • Pierre Boyer – laser cut earrings • Carmen Bra...