Custodians make holiday parties happen On a normal day, the custodians work behind the scenes to set up and clean up Peacock Hall, the Event Center, Fitness Center, hobby shops, indoor and outdoor pools and other places around Rossmoor. During this busy holiday season, the 14 full-time custodians are pressed into duty even more, setting up for lots...

It’s that time again. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count of everyone living in the country. The Census was created by the country’s Founders, according to the Census Bureau’s website, “to count every person living in the newly created United States of America, and to use that count to determine representation in the Congress.” ...

Loella Haskew was installed as the new Mayor of Walnut Creek on Dec. 3. She is also the new city council liaison to Rossmoor. She’ll attend GRF Board meetings to update the Board and the community on city news. It’s not Haskew’s first time serving in the city’s top spot. She was elected to the Walnut Creek City Council in 2012 and served as mayor i...

Rossmoor busses will operate on a holiday schedule for the New Year’s holiday. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, a limited Dial-A-Bus service schedule will be available for New Year’s Day – downtown Walnut Creek service will be at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Call on Tuesday, Dec. 31 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to schedule New Year’s Day rides. The Dia...

Tom Steyer got a standing ovation from a capacity crowd when he took the stage at the Event Center last Wednesday. Steyer, 62, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020 election, was the guest of the Democrats of Rossmoor (DoR) – “the largest Democratic club in the universe,” said Katha Hartley, the club president, in he...

Edith Henchey receives Threads of Hope award Edith “Edie” Henchey had just moved to Rossmoor from Kentucky and wanted to meet people so she decided to become a volunteer. “I didn’t know anybody and wanted to help kids and animals,” she said. She took a look at the five pages of listings for some 250 organizations in Rossmoor. She went to the end of...

Recreation and Counseling Depts. sponsoring Residents, and their guests, who don’t have plans for Christmas are invited to a Christmas Day lunch in the Fireside Room. It’s the second year in a row that Recreation and Counseling Services have hosted the festivities. “The holidays are often wrought with emotions for many reasons,” said Counseling Ser...

The News will have early deadlines for the Dec. 25 issue because of the Christmas holiday. All articles for that issue are due no later than Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. All ads, obits and letters to the editor are due no later than Thursday, Dec. 19, at 9 a.m. No extended deadlines can be granted. The News office and all Golden Rain Foundation of...

Rossmoor busses will operate on a holiday schedule around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, the regular Dial-A-Bus service will be in place for Christmas Eve. Call at least one hour in advance to schedule a ride. On Wednesday, Dec. 25, limited Dial-A-Bus service is available between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Downtown Walnut Creek ...

Staff writer Skeptical GRF Board members learned at last Thursday’s meeting that it really will take just under two years to make livable the four Leisure Lane manors damaged in a fatal fire on Nov. 23. The upstairs unit where the fire started was a total loss, and although the three adjacent units received less damage, they are uninhabitable. Boar...