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. Wednesday, May 1...

A May 19 front-page story about Mutuals exploring whether to work with a private equity firm to build solar power systems misspelled the name of Mark Fehlig, a resident of Second Mutual who watched a May 11 First Mutual board presentation on the subject.

CDC recommends changing rules for vaccinated California will wait until June 15 to adopt new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that would allow fully vaccinated people to take off their masks indoors. The CDC guidance said masks are no longer needed indoors except in health care facilities, airplanes, public transp...

GRF Treasurer Dwight Walker has stepped into the role of pitchman on a new video designed to recruit residents to join the GRF Finance and Audit committees. “Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity?” Walker asks on the video, and then points to the audience. “Rossmoor wants you!” The “Rossmoor Wants You” video launches Thursday, May 13, at 6 p....

An edit in an April 28 Residents Forum letter by Raphael Danziger erroneously changed the word “article” to “column” twice. A report from Securitas in the May 5 paper listed Golden Rain Entry 6 as the location of an incident in which three tires of a vehicle were slashed. The owner of the vehicle said this happened in Entry 14.

ConFire (Contra Costa County Fire Protection District) will hold a community presentation for Rossmoor residents on wildfires and mitigation efforts via Zoom on Tuesday, May 18 at 3:30 p.m. The presentation will cover wildfires; defensible space; home hardening; Ready, Set, Go and related topics. Residents can watch the presentation on Zoom by goin...

With Mother’s Day coming up Sunday, May 9, the Contra Costa Section of the nonprofit National Council of Jewish Women is selling Equal Exchange’s fair trade and organic chocolates for the occasion, which will be delivered to homes inside Rossmoor. Rossmoor residents can order in bundles of three, any (or all) of five varieties – dark chocolate oran...

Armando Medina, a Rossmoor custodian for the past 13 years, had almost arrived at his Pittsburg home after work on April 12 when he saw brake lights in front of him, and people in the middle of West Leland Road waving for traffic to stop. He came across a mangled Toyota Corolla, and two young girls lying in the roadway. There also was, he said, a c...

Marilyn and Mark Weiss saw a need near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when word went out that a food distribution program at Concord’s Monument Crisis Center was being severely taxed with three times the usual number of people seeking sustenance. The couple quickly contacted people they know in Rossmoor and beyond, and on April 4, 2020, co...

The Recreation Department sponsors monthly staff meet and greet meetings. This is an opportunity to learn about what specific departments have to offer to the Rossmoor community and to meet staff members. These monthly meetings are online instead of on-site until further notice. The next meeting is Monday, May 3, at 10 a.m. through Zoom. The speake...