Donors replace statue that was stolen in 2019 The eagle has landed, once again. The flying eagle statue, that is. Thanks to the generosity of donors in Mutual 68, a treasured flying eagle statue has been replaced after the original mysteriously vanished nearly seven years ago from Flying Eagle Park in the Eagle Ridge neighborhood. The eagle now sta...

But community is still no closer to ‘full replacement’ coverage The good news about Rossmoor’s property insurance situation: Premium rates, for the second consecutive year, are going down. The bad news is that Rossmoor still can’t get as much coverage as it needs, whatever the price. “We still are not going to be in any place where we’re going to h...

The Assistance League of Diablo Valley wants you. The mission sounds less hazardous than Uncle Sam proclaiming he wants volunteers, but possibly just as important to the people at the receiving end of the group’s well-oiled community help machine. Rossmoor resident Lynne Forrette is a member of the Volunteer Exchange program, and she spoke Wednesda...

Though it may or may not create a fully functional “key performance indicator” evaluation template by the time its last scheduled meeting adjourns in April, the Community Services Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Task Force will at least be making strides toward better analysis of a few Rossmoor departments, and what could KPI: Outcome of task forc...

and I hope by the end of this presentation you’ll feel the same way about it as I do.” The Assistance League is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization recognizing the importance of volunteerism in helping those in need. The group has more than 22,000 members across 120 chapters nationwide, and says it’s returned more than $50 million ...

Joe Potozkin reflects on education, sports, family When Joe Potozkin looks back at his 100 years, there’s much on which to reflect. Potozkin, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, turned 100 on Jan. 23. Asked about his secret to reaching that magic number, he put it simply. “Well, it’s not sweating the small stuff,” he said during a recent interview in...

Saying it will allow upper managers more time to focus on high-level management responsibilities and less on day-to-day oversight, ultimately resulting in better service to Rossmoor’s Mutuals, RWC Property Management (RPM) announced a comprehensive organizational restructuring last week, moving to a specialized “Service Team” model. That plan invol...

With an image of Matt Damon as reprogrammed film assassin Jason Bourne behind him, author, professor and psychiatric researcher Joel Dimsdale discussed the fictional plot of government scientists “blowing up” Bourne’s memory and reshaping him into a killer. But, according to Dimsdale, the idea wasn’t complete fiction. “All that happened, except for...

The RWC Board reviewed a $7.94 million 2026 Capital Projects priority list that includes a new Dollar House Master Plan plus ongoing expenditures for construction of the pickleball building ($4.36 million, set to open this spring), scheduled street paving work ($1 million), replacing bridges over Tice Creek on the golf courses ($656,000), golf cour...

Feb. 16 session to feature the Rev. Christie Hardwick Religious Science minister the Rev. Christie Hardwick will answer the Interfaith Council of Rossmoor’s Big Question: “How Does Your Faith or Spiritual Path Connect to the Feminine?” on Monday, Feb. 16, at 2:30 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside. She will speak not only from the Religious Science...