Live streaming, video on demand, high definition and closed captioning have all come to Rossmoor Television. Smartphones, tablets and streaming devices can now view the station’s programming in high definition. Residents also can view a majority of Rossmoor TV shows on demand, whenever they want to watch, and with closed captioning. It’s a giant le...

Dr. Lonnie Bristow said he was “thunderstruck” to be told he has been named this year’s recipient of the Pride in the Profession Award from the American Medical Association Foundation Board of Directors. Lonnie Bristow News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch Bristow, a Rossmoor resident for the past 30 years, said he will make the trip to Chicago for the Sa...

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District has been awarded a $3.1 million wildfire prevention grant that was enthusiastically supported by GRF officials for its potential to help protect Rossmoor. The grant from Cal Fire will go toward creating a shaded fuel break in the Lafayette and Walnut Creek region that “will significantly reduce the t...

AARP members can take the National Hearing Test for free. The National Hearing Test is an accurate, validated hearing screening test, developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health. This confidential screening is taken over a telephone to help you determine if you need a complete hearing evaluation. It has no financial connection wit...

A May 25 story on page 4A incorrectly reported that Rossmoor’s 30 electric- vehicle chargers are not “Level 2” chargers. They in fact are Level 2 chargers, but they are not “superchargers.”

PG& E crews work on repairing a gas distribution line leak in the 2200 block of Tice Creek Drive on Memorial Day. PG& E responded after it was notified of a gas odor in the area, according to a company spokesperson. Work on the repair continued throughout the next day. Photo by Bill Reiley

Residents hold signs against racially and politically motivated hate and gun violence during a silent vigil May 28 on Golden Rain Road between Rossmoor Parkway and Tice Creek Drive. The vigil was co-sponsored by Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD), Black Lives Matter, Democrats of Rossmoor and the Diversity Consciousness Committee of the Interfa...

GRF Board Board also appoints a director in District A Going with recommendations made by its Planning Committee, the GRF Board last week approved several changes to its draft Facilities Master Plan, removing some projects from the plan, adding others to a project “wish list” and giving others a higher priority than before. At its regular May 26 me...

The Finance Committee is recommending that $1.4 million of a budget surplus –mainly due to the forgiveness of a Paycheck Protection Program loan – be distributed to the Mutuals. At its May 24 meeting, the committee also carved out $400,000 from the surplus for three projects: $110,000 toward an internal audit in 2023, an expenditure of $150,000 for...

After a replastering project punctuated by several delays, the Hillside Pool reopened Thursday, May 26 – just in time for Memorial Day weekend. T he Hillside Pool had been closed since November, when it shut down for the winter season. Difficulty in getting pool contractors delayed the start of the planned replastering work, which was further delay...