A Trash Tip in the Jan. 26 of recyclable paper. This mailissue said that all mailers must er can go in the blue carts. All go in landfill, but the mailer in mailers with bubble-lined padthe forefront of the photo was ding go in landfill, of a new Amazon mailer made

By News staff There will be limited bus service on Monday, Feb. 21, for the Presidents Day holiday. Downtown service will be offered at 10 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. To schedule a ride on Feb. 21, call Dial-A-Bus at 1-925-- 988-7676 on Feb. 20 during regular business hours.

By News staff Residents have begun receiving the new Rossmoor phone book, which begs the question as to what should be done with the old phone book. Most of the phone book can be recycled in the blue bin. Just tear off the shiny front and back cover, as well as the first inset page and book’s spine, and toss those in landfill. The remaining inside ...

Indoor facilities won’t reopen before Feb. 8 The shutdown of all GRF indoor facilities will continue through Feb. 8, and likely a few days beyond that, as the GRF Board last week – by a split 5 to 4 vote – followed a recommendation by the county’s public health director to keep Rossmoor’s indoor public gathering places closed in deference to the CO...

Johan Hultin was expert on pandemics Dr. Johan Hultin didn’t dabble. If he did something, Karen Hill said, it was full immersion or bust. “Whatever it was, he was always 150 percent in,” Hill said of her stepfather, a Rossmoor resident since 2013, a few days after he died Jan. 22 at age 97. “He didn’t just touch lightly on Continued on page 10A Joh...

Drew Olson takes over as sector commander A new Walnut Creek Police Department commander has started dropping by Rossmoor to bolster traffic enforcement, curb crime, and help plan an evacuation drill. When the agency’s police chief promoted Drew Olson to lieutenant in late November, it also named him commander of the officers who patrol the sector ...

Lane closures will begin at the front gate on Monday, Feb. 7 as wires and cameras are installed as part of a new access control system. Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion said work at the front gate, which will necessitate lane-by-lane closures in and out of Rossmoor, will take a couple of weeks. “We thank the residents for their patience,” Cashion ...

With a lifeguard shortage threatening to shorten hours at the Rossmoor pools this spring, the Golden Rain Foundation has launched a hiring program that includes a $500 sign-on bonus. Any lifeguard hired during the month of February who remains employed and in good standing for at least three months will receive the $500 sign-on bonus. While residen...

The Rossmoor phone book has arrived and is being delivered to all manors in Rossmoor during the next three weeks. Any manor that is not vacant or that doesn’t have a vacation hold on its newspaper will receive the phone book by Friday, Feb. 18. Any resident who has not received a phone book by 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, can call the News office at 1-9...

Pictured in Peacock Plaza is the Chinese plum (Mei Hua) tree with its colorful pink blossoms, in time to welcome Chinese New Year of the Tiger. According to a Chinese saying, the blooming Mei plum brings five blessings: wealth, health, virtue, peace and natural death. Photo by Esther Moisson