Committee recommends opening pools if no lifeguards are available The Aquatics Advisory Commit t e e vo t e d Thursday to recommend to the GRF Board that Dollar and Hillside pools should remain open during normal hours even if there aren’t enough lifeguards available to cover all shifts. Committee members said they don’t want a repeat of the pain t...

With its storied history and scenic location on the lush greens at Hillside, lawn bowling is a sport that catches a lot of attention. While the sport is fun and enticing, the Rossmoor Lawn Bowling Club emphasizes to interested residents that certification is required to join the club. Certification is conducted by coaches for the club, which is aff...

Telecare is a personalized service that provides daily wellness checks to residents. The service is especially valuable to residents who live alone, are convalescing from an illness, or have family on vacation or not residing in the area. Recipients of Telecare receive a call each morning from a Telecare volunteer between 8 and 9:30 a.m. every day ...

The International Women’s Day Celebration Film Festival was held March 8 in Peacock Hall. Festival organizers were, from left, Liz Salen, Pat Krasca, Janet Seldon, Bobbi Ausubel, Barbara Krafchin and Nicole Schapiro. Photo by Rain Bengis

The following are the major incidents reported to Securitas, Rossmoor’s security service provider. After investigation, details of a case may indicate a lesser or different incident description. . Friday, March 4 Fire: The Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded to a code 3 alarm for an oven fire in a kitchen in a manor on Singingwood Court...

Spurred by difficulty in finding enough lifeguards to fully staff Rossmoor’s three swimming pools, GRF officials are set to revive discussions about opening pools – on certain days or during certain hours – without lifeguards. The notion, which has surfaced in Rossmoor on a number of occasions over the past several years, will be a topic of discuss...

Leisure Lane residents recount fire ordeal For residents displaced for more than two years by the Nov. 23, 2019 Leisure Lane fire, there is relief to be back home. But what they endured is something they won’t soon forget. Each resident is processing the ordeal in his or her own way after moving back around the start of 2022. The traumatic experien...

Saying that they were seeking to balance two Constitutional rights, all five Walnut Creek City Council members agreed to a buffer zone March 1 surrounding any “reproductive health care facility” in the city to limit obstruction, harassment and intimidation of patients at the Planned Parenthood clinic near downtown. Council members, including Kevin ...

Channel 28, Rossmoor’s TV station, will be off the air for seven hours on Tuesday, March 15, to install new broadcast equipment. During the upgrade, Classic Arts Showcase will air instead of regular programming, starting at 10 a.m. In addition to Classic Arts, viewers can expect to see periodic testing signals and clips of some programs while the w...

Lindsay Wildlife Experience, the nonprofit family education center and wildlife rehabilitation center in Walnut Creek’s Larkey Park, reached an agreement with the city of Walnut Creek that will keep the center at its current home for at least 30 more years, and possibly up to 50 years. The agreement was approved by the Walnut Creek City Council on ...