Landscape Department staff and a Trails Club of Rossmoor representative recently installed a park bench under a shady Oak tree on a ridge top on the Rockcrest Trail. On Aug. 31, the five carried equipment and parts for the new rest stop overlooking the Rossmoor valley with Mount Diablo in the background. They cleared a spot and assembled the bench ...

The BBQ on Peacock Plaza will return on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Usually these BBQs are held on the second Tuesday of each month, but the one in September is later in the month because the flu clinic will be on the second Tuesday. Residents need to pre-order and pre-pay for their meals. Meals are available to pick up or eat lun...

A free online forum of candidates for Walnut Creek City Council will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 9-11 a.m. The forum, hosted by the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, will include all eight candidates running for three open Walnut Creek City Council seats. The candidates are Hailey Ayres, Cindy Darling, Loella Haskew, Ku...

The recent wildfires and resulting smoke have prompted the Golden Rain Foundation to follow the City of Walnut Creek’s lead regarding the operation of its pools. Starting Aug. 25, GRF adopted a policy in which its three pools close when the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaches 150, as determined by Air Now (https://airnow.gov). The index is based on dat...

Starting Sept. 8, Creekside not available to walk until 6 p.m. Walkers will still be allowed on the Creekside Golf Course cart paths during late afternoons, but for two hours less a day. In a compromise, the GRF Board last Thursday decided to modify its 4-month-old policy that closed the ninehole Creekside course early to let residents walk the pat...

Kaiser Permanente will provide flu vaccinations free-ofcharge to all Kaiser Permanente members and non-members at Rossmoor this year. To maintain social distancing, it will offer an outdoor walk-up flu vaccine clinic on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Thursday, Sept. 10 in the Gateway parking lot. Residents with last names starting with A through K can get th...

After an interlude, the wild animals that some describe as rototillers on four legs have returned to Rossmoor in their search for food. An employee in the Mutual Operations Division confirmed Aug. 25 that Rossmoor had caught one of the feral pigs after residents of Mutual 61 asked for help abating the havoc the creatures are wreaking on their lawns...

The Diversity Consciousness of Interfaith Council has been working since its inception to celebrate and support the cultural and racial diversity that exists in Rossmoor. The committee has now gone the next step in promoting a more inclusive community via two projects. These two projects are Realtor outreach and Rossmoor website enhancement. The Re...

The Big Questions Forum will meet on Monday, Sept. 21, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Zoom. The Big Question of 2020 is: What is the relationship between science and religion in today’s world? The speaker is Dr. Nazeer Ahmed. He holds a doctorate from Cornell University and a master’s degree in space sciences from Caltech. He is a former NASA scientist and...

Permits have been granted, bids submitted Another hurdle has been cleared in the multi-year effort to restore sections of Tice Creek as it meanders through Rossmoor. The required government permits have now been issued. Three construction bids were submitted earlier this month. A consultant’s recommendation on the bids is pending. The creek has bee...