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Planning Committee gets update on Rockview office upgrade

Further study requested for Creekside courts Saying that decisions about the future of the 800 Rockview office building should wait until an analysis of the full Dollar-Gateway-Rockview project is complete, members of the Rossmoor Walnut Creek Planning Committee on Thursday stood pat on making any such decision, after hearing about several options ...
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All in the Rossmoor family

Connie Palladino carries on legacy of father, Joe Kroll Joe Kroll was a prominent civil engineer, all about building things, in some ways larger than life, even if he was an introvert. Connie Palladino, Kroll’s daughter, is more the people person, a published author who for 44 years was a psychologist. “My dad built bridges, and I built bridges bet...
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Technology has growing role in mitigating fire risks

Innovation technology is increasingly being used to analyze wildfire risk, a driver behind the property insurance crisis that’s impacted Rossmoor and other parts of the nation, UC Berkeley professor Nancy Wallace told residents last week. Wallace, a professor of real estate and finance at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and head of its Real E...
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November election: Two council incumbents choose not to run

Silva, Francois set to be replaced by planning commissioners With only two candidates filing papers to run for two open seats on the Walnut Creek City Council, the council election figures to be more notable for who isn’t running – including Cindy Silva, a council mainstay for 20 years. “You have to know when it’s the right time, and every four yea...
Posted on August 18, 2026