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...

Club correspondent Now that the Computer Center in the Gateway Clubhouse is open, additional volunteers are needed to cover the weekday shifts. A team of two volunteers works at the center one two-hour shift a week. There are two kinds of volunteers – center volunteers and technical specialists. Read these descriptions and see if you could join the...

The article on the GRF Board meeting in the May 4 paper incorrectly stated that the increased Membership Transfer Fee takes effect July 1. The increase actually takes effect Sept. 1. A story on Page 12A of the May 4 News incorrectly reported the name of the Mutual that is seeking volunteers for an open seat on the board. It is Mutual 50. A story on...

Pickleball Club players fill the Buckeye Tennis Complex to simulate eight courts of play for a sound study last week. News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch Omar Ramos, an acoustical consultant, records the sound levels of pickleball play at the Buckeye Tennis Complex. News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch

Four catalytic converter thefts reported over a five-day span in Rossmoor point to a problem that hasn’t entirely gone away. Two of the thefts involved vehicles that had been parked at the RV lot near the Mutuals Operations Department (MOD), according to reports made to Securitas. On April 23, a resident reported that his catalytic converter was st...