By Rod Williams Club correspondent The LGBTQ+ Alliance is presenting a third week of events in celebration of Pride Month 2022. Attendance is up at this year’s events, and participants are enjoying a wide variety of activities, both in person and online. On Thursday, June 16, at 7 p.m., the Alliance will present the second annual Pride Poetry Slam....

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District has been awarded a $3.1 million wildfire prevention grant that was enthusiastically supported by GRF officials for its potential to help protect Rossmoor. The grant from Cal Fire will go toward creating a shaded fuel break in the Lafayette and Walnut Creek region that “will significantly reduce the t...

AARP members can take the National Hearing Test for free. The National Hearing Test is an accurate, validated hearing screening test, developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health. This confidential screening is taken over a telephone to help you determine if you need a complete hearing evaluation. It has no financial connection wit...

A May 25 story on page 4A incorrectly reported that Rossmoor’s 30 electric- vehicle chargers are not “Level 2” chargers. They in fact are Level 2 chargers, but they are not “superchargers.”

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...