Health officers recommend wearing masks indoors With COVID-19 case numbers and rates rising locally as the highly transmissible delta variant spreads, Bay Area health officials on July 16 recommended that everyone wear masks in public indoor spaces to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings. And on July 22...

Julie and Joe Baratta bought their home near the Hillside swimming pool about a year ago, in part because it’s so close to the pool. They figured they would go swimming with their three grandkids, who live locally, often during designated “Family Swim” hours. “We knew the pool was closed” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Julie Baratta said, “but w...

took place two days later. Family Swim once again is available weekdays at the Hillside Pool from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., except on Tuesdays, when the pool is cleaned. (An early Nixle alert had mistakenly stated the pool cleaning occurred each Wednesday). Family Swim also is available on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., also at the Hillside...

An article on Page B18 of the July 21 News incorrectly listed the day of the week for the Ikebana demonstration. It will be held Tuesday, Aug. 10. An editor’s note in the July 21 paper should have said that employees who experience flu-like symptoms are required to isolate for 10 days or have medical clearance to return to work.

Black Diamond Paving will replace asphalt in 16 entries during the month of August. The following entries will have work done: • Tuesday, Aug. 3............ Golden Rain Road, Entry 3 • Thursday, Aug. 5.......... Golden Rain Road, Entry 8 • Friday, Aug. 6............... Golden Rain Road, Entry 11 • Wednesday, Aug. 11..... Terra Granada Drive, Entrie...

GRF will continue to operate Dial-ABus service for the foreseeable future, and the separate subsidized rideshare program through GoGo Grandparents is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Resident Services Director Jeff Matheson said the colored bus lines with set schedules will not return. Instead, residents can call with as little as a...

Forum focuses on different perspectives At some point several years ago, Sara Blackstock had printed out, or perhaps just found, a paper with a list of approximately 30 questions on it – “big questions,” she said. She put that paper back into a file and didn’t think about it for a while. But those questions were Organizers of the Big Questions Foru...

The GRF Policy Committee briefly toyed with the idea of recommending to the GRF Board that all political columns in the Rossmoor News be dropped to help ensure that resident-written columns are not offensive. Last week’s review of the News editorial policy stemmed from a barrage of complaints about an April “As You Write It” column, which some resi...

Today (July 21) is the last day to register in advance to walk in the Sneakers and Paws fundraiser for Hospice East Bay on Monday, July 26, sponsored by Friends of Hospice Rossmoor. Last-minute walkers are welcome to sign up on the day of the event, but advance registration is encouraged. Sneakers and Paws is a benefit for Hospice East Bay, a not-f...

Rossmoor residents describe what Games meant to them – then and now Barbara Jordan is more than ready for the Summer Olympics to begin. And don’t even think of bothering her once they start on July 23. “It all brings me to a standstill,” said Jordan, 84, a Rossmoor resident for about 15 years. “I will not be answering my telephone, I will not be go...