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Flag policy heads to the RWC Board for approval

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...
Posted on March 17, 2026
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Diversity on display at spring celebration

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 ...
Posted on March 17, 2026
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Joy Alaidarous is first Rotary International district governor from Rossmoor club

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...
Posted on March 17, 2026
 

Explore gender equality at Soul Food’s Saturday session

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...
Posted on March 17, 2026
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Town Hall meeting addresses future of Gateway Complex

Residents voice concerns about fate of library Jeff Matheson and David Masenten faced a tough room Friday morning, and a crowded one ‒ it was standing-room only in the Event Center’s main auditorium, with considerable spillover into the adjacent Donner Room. The two were there for a Town Hall meeting to explain what they said would be, if eventuall...
Posted on March 10, 2026
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Golden Pear starts to take shape

Renovations are about ‘75% complete’; soft launch planned While there still isn’t a set opening date, steady progress is being made on the new Golden Pear restaurant at Creekside, with a “soft opening” planned in the near future ahead of the formal grand opening. Rodney Worth, the chef partnering with Rossmoor Walnut Creek to expand food and bevera...
Posted on March 10, 2026
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Cleary named new Fitness and Aquatics manager

For Adam Cleary, making the move from program coordinator to manager of RWC Fitness and Aquatics doesn’t feel as though he’s being thrown into the deep end. He said four years as swimming pool manager for the city of Fairfield means he isn’t out of his depth in the new position. “The title may be a little different now, but I have the managerial ex...
Posted on March 10, 2026
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Thank-yous flow both ways at Heptig’s retirement celebration

Head Golf Pro Jacque Vigil was speaking at Mark Heptig’s March 2 retirement celebration program when Mark’s son, Evan, walked into the packed Event Center, towing a suitcase. He parked the suitcase by the window and sat down at the table where Mark and other family members were sitting ‒ doing it with so little fuss, Mark didn’t even notice who had...
Posted on March 10, 2026