Burke Ferrari started out his chairman’s report at March 13’s Golf Advisory Committee meeting with a familiar but fitting trope ‒ “I’ve got some good news, and I’ve got some bad news.” The bad news wasn’t actually “news” in the strictest sense, as most golf-oriented Rossmoorians were well aware of the impending retirement of Director of Golf Mark H...

The Rossmoor Fund continues its 2026 educational series with an important seminar on the latest trends in scams, fraud and identity theft. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 15, at 10:30 a.m. in the Creekside Club Room. This informative session will feature JáNae Powell, staff attorney with Contra Costa Senior Legal Services (CCSLS). Attend...

The Rossmoor Lions Club will welcome speaker Dinah McFarlane, development manager for the Meals on Wheels Diablo Region, to its meeting on Thursday, April 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the Vista Room, Hillside Clubhouse. Rossmoor residents and their guests are welcome to attend. Meals on Wheels Diablo Region, based in Walnut Creek, assists over 7,500 seniors ...

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. Thursday, March ...

HAUL AWAY UNWANTED ITEMS & DEBRIS Residents can bring some unwanted recyclables to RPM Recycling Yard. RPM accepts clean cardboard, batteries, metal, solid wood products, and some furniture (no upholstery, no plate glass). Residents, family, and contractors must haul all other home goods out of Rossmoor. Or hire a trash hauler. (Several listed ...

The Policy Committee on Monday unanimously passed a flag policy that now goes to the RWC Board for final approval. The committee passed the recommendation after member Susan Hildreth made a motion to remove words indicating Rossmoor would remain neutral in deciding to lower the flags and apply the policy uniformly. Hildreth later said her motion wo...

Rossmoor Walnut Creek’s Planning Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that the RWC Board authorize moving to the next phase of the project to replace two golf cart bridges on the Creekside course spanning Tice Creek. The committee’s recommendation calls for up to $122,132 to be allotted to BKF Civil Engineers for Phase II of work on the golf br...

Of the five people sitting at a table at Wednesday’s “Spring into Spring” event at the Fireside Room, one was an immigrant from India, another was a person of British descent who grew up in Chile. A third’s Polish Jewish family fled the German army during World War II to Uzbekistan, where Russian officials sent his parents to Siberia, then back to ...

Joy Alaidarous is a true world traveler, having visited more than 50 countries. That number has only accelerated in the past few years, as she has ventured across the globe in the service of Rotary International. “I’m set to go to Taipei, Taiwan soon, and then to the Philippines,” said Alaidarous, since last July the Rotary International district g...

March is Women’s History Month in the United States. The 2026 theme of International Women’s Day is “Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls,” calling for action to dismantle all barriers to equal justice: discriminatory laws, weak legal protections and harmful practices and social norms that erode the rights of women and girls. The UN Sec...