Contra Costa Animal Services, Joybound People & Pets and the city of Walnut Creek are offering a free pet vaccine and microchip clinic for Contra Costa County residents on Sunday, July 19 at Tice Valley Community Gym. The clinic starts at 9 a.m. and is first come, first served. It will be in the parking lot of the gym located at 2055 Tice Valle...

RWC announcement sent to residents via Nixle and posted on the MyRossmoor.com website. Major news was that Family Swim was to return June 29 to Hillside, without lifeguards. Family Swim had been postponed since the outdoor pools reopened March 1, because of a shortage of lifeguards. It means Hillside and Dollar, Rossmoor’s other outdoor pool, will ...

AARP Smart Driver is offering an eight-hour class in July to help residents refresh their skills, learn the latest driving laws, and be safer on the road. The class will be divided over two Fridays – day one on July 17 and day two on July 24. Both classes will run from 12:30 to 5 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway. Participants must attend both...

Starting July 1, the Rossmoor News will make some changes to accommodate a recent increase in the printing costs for the newspaper. Those changes include lowering the word limit from 600 to 500 words for each article submitted. Clubs will be allowed to request a higher word limit for articles publicizing special events such as galas or annual fundr...

The Rossmoor LGBTQ+ Alliance’s Pride Week Four contains two exciting events: an author event and the Pride Gala. On Monday, June 22, the Alliance and the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club are co-sponsoring the Pride book discussion of “Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution” by Joan Gelfand. This event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Cr...

Because of the July 4 holiday, the News will have early deadlines for the July 8 edition. All columns will be due by Monday, June 29 at noon. All religion, club trips, movies, food and fitness articles and listings will be due by Tuesday, June 30 at noon. All health, bridge, Mutual and RWC articles and listings will be due by June 30 at 3 p.m. All ...

IF IT’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE … The Rossmoor News only reports suspected scams; it does not investigate claims by residents. Unpaid Traffic Penalty By Ken Jonah, correspondent I received the following text the other day: “(California DMV Official Notice) Our records show an unpaid traffic penalty associated with your vehicle. Failure to pay by the re...

HAUL AWAY UNWANTED ITEMS & DEBRIS Residents can bring some unwanted recyclables to RPM Recycling Center. 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 liste...

sponse, or preparedness, including the need to have supply kits with enough water, nonperishable food and other necessities ready for three days without electricity or natural gas. He also provided a web address (www.pge.com/ reportit) for reporting potential safety concerns to PG& E. Putnam’s full hour-long presentation was recorded by Rossmoo...

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