A caption in the June 9 News mislabeled who was in the photo. It should have read “Murphy and Steve Nieman, along with Amber, will be walking in the Sneakers and Paws Hospice East Bay fundraiser.” The June 2 letter headline “It’s time to represent women with trails’ names” indicated a solution that the letter itself did not propose. The letter writ...

Golden Rain fire started in electrical box The residents of four co-op units off Golden Rain Road were displaced in a twoalarm blaze Thursday night that started in a residential electrical box, a fire official said. A resident of an adjoining unit at 2925 Golden Rain Road was taken to the hospital with complaints of breathing trouble but was back a...

Rossmoor to reopen with rest of state Residents have reacted with joy, trepidation and questions to plans to reopen Rossmoor on Tuesday, June 15, along with the rest of the state. If things work out, Rossmoor will go from being a ghost town back to the bustling community it was 14 months ago when everything shut down due to the global pandemic. “Ou...

One Rossmoor Mutual has opted to move ahead with a private equity firm on a feasibility study for creation of a community solar power system that could cover all its residences, while another Mutual has put the brakes on such a move, at least for now. At a June 2 special meeting, the Third Mutual board of directors voted 8-1 to approve an “engageme...

Interested in what the future of Rossmoor’s facilities will look like? Residents are invited to a community workshop for Rossmoor’s Long-Range Capital Improvement Plan on Tuesday, June 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Event Center. Attendance will be limited to 80 participants. The GRF has partnered with a team led by ELS Architecture and Urban Design t...

The Rossmoor LGBT Alliance Pride Fundraiser kicked off in mid-May, with a goal of raising at least $10,000 to benefit three local agencies addressing food insecurity and other needs in the county. The agencies are the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano, Assistance League of Diablo Valley and the Rainbow Community Center’s Senior Food Program. O...

Not clear yet is where masks will be required Rossmoor will reopen with the rest of California on June 15 when Gov. Gavin Newsom gives the all-clear. The governor’s plan to reopen the economy calls for elimination of the colored tier system, which the state has used to determine what’s open and under what conditions. The state’s new guidance will m...

Pools provide exercise, fresh air, social connections It’s because of the pandemic and its restrictions that swimming has become so popular, according to longtime Rossmoor lifeguards. One even dared to compare its popularity here with golf. Both sports have never looked so good to so many residents. Reservations are a must at pools and golf courses...

The anticipated opening of a Mountain Mike’s Pizza restaurant sometime later this year would be the next in what the owners of the Rossmoor shopping center hope will be a group of new eateries coming to the site within the next few years. Terrence Tallen, a principal with Rossmoor Retail Partners, LLC, Rossmoor Shopping Center’s ownership group, sa...

After a 16-month hiatus, Sunday real estate open houses (the real, not virtual ones) are set to return to Rossmoor later this month. ReMax Accord Manager Mary Beall-Neighbor, who coordinated the monthly open house events for area Realtors before the pandemic shutdown, said the plan is to restart them on Sunday, June 20. The move follows the state’s...