The Interfaith Council of Rossmoor’s annual Harvest Festival has a program this year focused on hope, and the council is eager to celebrate it with the community. The festival this year, “Harvest of Hope,” will be a multimedia presentation over Zoom on Monday, Nov. 22. It is designed as harvest of words, music, and prayers of hope for difficult tim...

A story on Page 12A of the Nov. 3 News included some incorrect information about the Spanish conversation club “La Charla.” The club, which has been functioning in Rossmoor continuously for more than 20 years, is currently meeting twice monthly via Zoom and in person twice a month in the Bunker Room at Creekside (contingent on county health mandate...

Put all hangers (plastic, metal and wooden) and pointy ob-jects (straws, pencils, pens) in landfill. Recology also sug-gests contacting dry cleaners to see if they are accepting donations.

From Coast Guard reservist to an antiwar activist Marvin Cohen spent 6½ years in the U. S. Coast Guard reserve based at Coast Guard Island, part of the city of Alameda. He and a friend joined in 1954, when both were 17. “We thought that, maybe, if we were in the Coast Guard, we could save somebody’s life, and not kill people,” said Cohen, a 17-year...

Dr. Ike Ichikawa was at the forefront of research in treating kidney disease Dr. Iekuni Ichikawa showed photos of people he worked with at his last stop in the workaday world, treating seniors through the Harmony Clinic in Japan. One of them was of a 100-year-old woman who was an expert in calligraphy. “I was the only one from the ‘outside’ who vis...

Urcil Commons has a treasure trove of crisp black-and-white photos taken during the 2½ years she served as an Army nurse during World War II, on Adak Island, Alaska, which during the war was a strategic point from which the U.S. military was fighting Japanese forces in the northern Pacific. Some images show Commons with her colleagues, in action or...

Dick Hildebrand talks about public service and pickleball Dick Hildebrand doesn’t have the showy kind of personality that craves the limelight – he’s down to earth with a quiet-but-warm demeanor that charms. “He’s just a really nice human being,” said Bill Dough- Dick Hildebrand, a former Walnut Creek mayor, stands next to a photo of the Walnut Cre...

Daniel Johnson gets rid of a large cardboard box at the MOD Recycle Yard on Rockview Drive. This is also a good place to find moving boxes. It’s open Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

FROM SECURITAS Thursday, Oct. 28 Hazard: New residents on Rossmoor Parkway found an unloaded gun in a cabinet above the refrigerator while they were unpacking. Securitas confirmed the gun wasn’t loaded and turned it over to Walnut Creek police, who are investigating to see if the gun belonged to the manor’s previous owner. Friday, Oct. 29 Theft: A ...

Fewer vendors part of COVID adjustments Another sign that life in Rossmoor and beyond is slowly returning to “normal” is the reemergence of the Fall Bazaar, coming back Saturday, Nov. 6, after the 2020 event became one of the myriad pandemic victims. Carol Lehr is thrilled the Fall Bazaar is back, and she’ll be there selling the fused glass windchi...