Are stimulus checks taxable? Top tax questions answered When it comes to paying federal and state taxes for a year dominated by the pandemic, Rossmoor residents are worried about their 2020 stimulus checks. Did they get them, and did they get more or less than they’re entitled to? And do they have to pay taxes on what they got? Gary A. Smith is a R...

Dwight Stone says Rossmoor filled with opportunities The once and future Public Safety Power Shutoffs by PG& E during fire season, and the power-grid emergency last week in snowand ice-covered Texas, have shown Dwight Stone the power of power, and the value of having one’s own supply. To that end, in addition to installing solar panels on his m...

Mary Wheeler leads Bay Area Studio Artists With the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, a somber Ruth Bader Ginsburg gazes back at viewers through the framed portrait. The late Supreme Court justice is wearing one of her iconic lace collars in the composite painting, except this one is overlayed with a black-andwhite image of suffragettes marching aro...

Not everyone is wild about calculating the taxes they may or may not owe to the government. They may not be handy with a computer, for one thing. Or can’t afford to pay a tax consultant. And may have no way to get their tax documents to and from a tax preparer. There is free help available. The IRS offers Free File. AARP Foundation offers the free ...

Rossmoor resident Steve Snyder recently visited the beacon atop Mount Diablo, which is traditionally lit on Dec. 7 to commemorate the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It was originally lit by famed aviator Charles Lindbergh in 1928, and relit on Dec. 7, 1964, by World War II hero Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz to commemorate Pearl Harbor. It was repaired...

Rossmoor resident Dick Ling has contributed editorial cartoons to the Orinda News for almost 40 years. Now, he is sharing some of those cartoonists with his neighbors. Because the cartoons must be published in color, and those pages are limited in the News, we will publish these as space permits. See sample at right.

Second shots not affected; Kaiser clinic still planned John Muir Health learned late last week that it would have to cancel plans for an expanded vaccination clinic in Rossmoor because of limited vaccine supplies that have been an issue statewide. John Muir Health (JMH) officials said that any residents who received a first dose at the Event Center...

Black History Month Famed pilots influenced Conway Jones’ future The newly minted 25-cent piece depicts a Black pilot cinching his helmet strap in preparation for doing battle overseas as two World War II bombers soar overhead. The commemorative coin honors the Tuskegee Airmen, who broke racial barriers 80 years ago when they started training as th...

Brendan Kelley has only been Rossmoor TV Channel 28’s studio supervisor for a few weeks, but he’s already quite familiar with Rossmoor. He’s been on the scene on a part-time, oncall basis for about six years, working on various Channel 28 productions. That time, he said, has given him a wide-ranging look at a community that was somewhat mysterious ...

Veteran journalist Sam Richards, whose newspaper career spans four decades, has joined the staff of the Rossmoor News as its new editor/ writer. Richards’ byline is already familiar to many News readers, from his time as a temporary reporter with the paper in 2019. “Several residents asked where Sam was after his temporary stint with the newspaper ...