When two directors of Rossmoor’s Second Mutual invited Barbara El-Baroudi to discuss joining the board over coffee, she wasn’t exactly bowled over. “I don’t know,” El-Baroudi says when asked why she agreed. “It wasn’t anything that was on my mind. They kind of talked me into it.” But she’s quick to add that she’s glad they did. “Overall, it’s been ...

The food trucks will continue to visit Rossmoor during the winter months on Tuesdays for the rest of this month and December. The food trucks visit the Gateway parking lot each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Here’s the lineup for November: Rosie’s Mexican Food on Nov. 23 and Jeanne’s Broth Truck on Nov. 30. In December, the schedule is El Gran Taco...

The Rossmoor Club Fair, a special event sponsored by the Rossmoor Activities Council, will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Event Center. All Rossmoor clubs and organizations officially on the Activities Council roster are invited to participate in this event. This will be an opportunity for Rossmoor residents to learn ...

The Interfaith Council of Rossmoor’s annual Harvest Festival has a program this year focused on hope, and the council is eager to celebrate it with the community. The festival this year, “Harvest of Hope,” will be a multimedia presentation over Zoom on Monday, Nov. 22. It is designed as harvest of words, music, and prayers of hope for difficult tim...

A story on Page 12A of the Nov. 3 News included some incorrect information about the Spanish conversation club “La Charla.” The club, which has been functioning in Rossmoor continuously for more than 20 years, is currently meeting twice monthly via Zoom and in person twice a month in the Bunker Room at Creekside (contingent on county health mandate...

Put all hangers (plastic, metal and wooden) and pointy ob-jects (straws, pencils, pens) in landfill. Recology also sug-gests contacting dry cleaners to see if they are accepting donations.

From Coast Guard reservist to an antiwar activist Marvin Cohen spent 6½ years in the U. S. Coast Guard reserve based at Coast Guard Island, part of the city of Alameda. He and a friend joined in 1954, when both were 17. “We thought that, maybe, if we were in the Coast Guard, we could save somebody’s life, and not kill people,” said Cohen, a 17-year...

Dr. Ike Ichikawa was at the forefront of research in treating kidney disease Dr. Iekuni Ichikawa showed photos of people he worked with at his last stop in the workaday world, treating seniors through the Harmony Clinic in Japan. One of them was of a 100-year-old woman who was an expert in calligraphy. “I was the only one from the ‘outside’ who vis...

Urcil Commons has a treasure trove of crisp black-and-white photos taken during the 2½ years she served as an Army nurse during World War II, on Adak Island, Alaska, which during the war was a strategic point from which the U.S. military was fighting Japanese forces in the northern Pacific. Some images show Commons with her colleagues, in action or...

Dick Hildebrand talks about public service and pickleball Dick Hildebrand doesn’t have the showy kind of personality that craves the limelight – he’s down to earth with a quiet-but-warm demeanor that charms. “He’s just a really nice human being,” said Bill Dough- Dick Hildebrand, a former Walnut Creek mayor, stands next to a photo of the Walnut Cre...