Rossmoor residents are invited to attend the sixth Vets Town Hall at Dollar Clubhouse on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. In support of Rossmoor’s veterans, The Golden Pear will be offering vets free coffee all morning at its outside beverage cart as well as a 25% discount off veterans’ meals all day Nov. 11. The agenda for a Vets...

FROM SECURITAS The following are the major incidents reported to Securitas, Rossmoor’s security service provider. They appear here as they were initially reported to Securitas. After investigation, details of a case may indicate a lesser or different incident description. If the case warrants it, the News will do a follow-up story. Friday, Oct. 23 ...

Transportation Service will be available within Rossmoor and to the Rossmoor Shopping Center on Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11). Service will be available within the Rossmoor community and to the shopping center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; there will be no service to downtown areas. Note that the dispatch office will be closed Nov. 11. To request a ri...

As the Tree of Lights marks its 40th anniversary this fall, this Monday’s program in Rossmoor will be the first in a series of ceremonies that memorialize friends and loved ones who have died. Rossmoor’s Tree of Lights ceremony is sponsored by Hospice East Bay and Friends of Hospice Rossmoor, the latter a Rossmoor club. Proceeds from this fundraisi...

The general election is this Tuesday, Nov. 2. Once again, the Event Center will be serving as a Rossmoor polling place for in-person voting from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day, as one of seven Election Day polling places in Walnut Creek. For those opting to vote in person ahead of Election Day, the Community Arts Auditorium at 111 N. Wiget Lane in Walnu...

As more than one person said on a recent Monday afternoon, death is the great mystery. At the Rossmoor End of Life Concerns Club meeting Oct. 19 in the packed Club Room at Creekside, four panelists of different faiths discussed the how they approach death. The “Spiritual and Religious Views on End of Life” event was co-sponsored by the Rossmoor Int...

small cellos, for instance), of varying quality. “One was left on my doorstep, literally in pieces,” Witbeck recalled. That delivery, and the fact several of her earliest acquisitions (all small WITBECK: She’s working to end cello rental-sales business – not ‘teaching’ cellos) were initially stored in a crib, prompted her friends and students to du...

locations include Alamo Plaza Shopping Center (190 Alamo Plaza) and the Lafayette School District office (3477 School St.). There are ways to track a ballot after using a secure ballot drop box or after mailing it. County voters can use a ballot status lookup at www.contracostavote. gov/elections/ by clicking on Where’s My Ballot. There’s a link to...

The Companions Club is offering free assistance to any resident needing their mail-in ballot for the Nov. 3 General Election delivered to the ballot drop box at Grace Presbyterian Church. The drop box is available now through Nov. 3. Club members will also drive residents to the Rossmoor polling location at the Event Center on Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. t...

A Comcast representative is available to help answer residents’ questions three times a week in Rossmoor. The representative is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon in the Fireside Room at Gateway. Appointments are not needed. For questions at other times, call Comcast at 1-800-407-2997.