By Sam Richards Staff writer Rosanna Radding hopes what started with a gift she made for an aunt several years ago can gain momentum at this year’s Rossmoor Fall Bazaar, which happens Saturday at Gateway. Radding, whose art is expressed through several media, makes what she calls “artful clocks” utilizing photos, paintings and other art she’s creat...

Giving the gift of life Carol Lewis is normally a “vegetarian who eats fish,” but four times a year, she meets the moment with meat. “A week before I give blood, I start eating beef – roast beef sandwiches, and a friend and I go out and eat a big steak,” said the 84-yearold Rossmoor resident a few minutes before making her latest blood donation to ...

Only Prop. 50 is on ballot for special section The Fireside Room at Gateway will serve as a polling place for the California special election on Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., under the direction of the Contra Costa County Clerk and Recorder’s office. There is only one issue on the ballot for this special election – whether voters suppor...

Dog Park Club also hears about coyote concerns Rossmoor, like many East Bay locales on the border of civilization and nature, has had more and more reports of coyotes in recent years. That, Steve Amos says, requires more vigilance by dog owners, especially on the trails in and around the valley. “If you run into a coyote, make noise, don’t engage,”...

Bringing sunshine to a cloudy day While murky weather lingered outdoors on Oct. 14, the sun seemed to shine inside the Event Center. That kind of special effect seems to happen with the Diversity Festival, which again worked its magic during its fifth annual edition. Part of the reason the festival continues to be one of Rossmoor’s most popular ann...

For anyone on Medicare, it’s a seismic jolt to get a letter saying that your plan won’t be offered next year. That’s what residents Jane and Bob Viator experienced a couple weeks ago, opening their mail to learn that an Anthem Blue Cross prescription drug plan they’d been on was being discontinued. For the Viators, that letter signaled that it’s ti...

Details of a planned overhaul of the resident- oriented MyRossmoor.com website has received a generally favorable initial response from a group with much to gain from the website’s success – the Rossmoor Activities Council and its member clubs. In addition to changes designed to make basic information easier to find – most of it with no more than t...

Policy Committee recommends updated harassment policy, forming new task force for KPI The RWC Policy Committee last week voted to recommend updates to Rossmoor’s policy to protect residents, staff and vendors from various forms of harassment, as well as updates to policies outlining how it’s determined whether a violation of Rossmoor rules occurred...

Garden Club member known for growing giants Gene Widdel is known fondly as “The Pumpkin Man” by his fellow Rossmoor Garden Club members. It’s been a tradition for Widdel to grow some mighty big pumpkins at his lot at the Rossmoor Gardens. When October and Halloween roll around, those treasures typically have been doled out dutifully to his four gra...

Members request capital budget funds for work Members of the Rossmoor Tennis Club last week implored the RWC Planning Committee to put repairing the Buckeye tennis courts – two of its eight courts in particular – on a list of priority projects for 2026. Bart Ostro, a Tennis Club member, asked the committee to consider recommending that $250,000 be ...