Bringing sunshine to a cloudy day While murky weather lingered outdoors on Oct. 14, the sun seemed to shine inside the Event Center. That kind of special effect seems to happen with the Diversity Festival, which again worked its magic during its fifth annual edition. Part of the reason the festival continues to be one of Rossmoor’s most popular ann...

For anyone on Medicare, it’s a seismic jolt to get a letter saying that your plan won’t be offered next year. That’s what residents Jane and Bob Viator experienced a couple weeks ago, opening their mail to learn that an Anthem Blue Cross prescription drug plan they’d been on was being discontinued. For the Viators, that letter signaled that it’s ti...

Details of a planned overhaul of the resident- oriented MyRossmoor.com website has received a generally favorable initial response from a group with much to gain from the website’s success – the Rossmoor Activities Council and its member clubs. In addition to changes designed to make basic information easier to find – most of it with no more than t...

Policy Committee recommends updated harassment policy, forming new task force for KPI The RWC Policy Committee last week voted to recommend updates to Rossmoor’s policy to protect residents, staff and vendors from various forms of harassment, as well as updates to policies outlining how it’s determined whether a violation of Rossmoor rules occurred...

A headline on page 17A of the Oct. 15 News misstated the location of the Financial Forum’s event scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28. It will be held in the Fireside Room at Gateway.

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A handful of reports of flooding, leaky roofs and at least one downed tree branch came last week after over an inch of rain fell during a six-hour period on Monday, Oct. 13. Between 4:30 and 8 p.m. that day, Securitas received five reports of flooding (including an atrium and a back patio), three of leaky roofs (one home, two garages), one of a clo...

Transportation service will be available within Rossmoor and the Rossmoor Shopping Center on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be no service to downtown areas. Note that the dispatch office will be closed on Nov. 11. Residents who would like to request a ride for Nov. 11 should do so by 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10. Ques...

The Fireside Room at Gateway will serve as a polling place for the California special election on Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., under the direction of the Contra Costa County Clerk and Recorder’s office. There is only one issue on the ballot for this special election – whether voters support Proposition 50, which would temporarily repla...

Garden Club member known for growing giants Gene Widdel is known fondly as “The Pumpkin Man” by his fellow Rossmoor Garden Club members. It’s been a tradition for Widdel to grow some mighty big pumpkins at his lot at the Rossmoor Gardens. When October and Halloween roll around, those treasures typically have been doled out dutifully to his four gra...