Residents applying for a REAL ID from the Department of Motor Vehicles no longer are required to provide a Social Security card or W-2 form proving they have a Social Security number, the DMV announced last month. Under the new rules, applicants can now simply provide their Social Security number, along with proof of identity and two proofs of Cali...

Those who live closest to the Creekside pickleball courts should actually hear less of the thud of ball hitting paddle after the facility is expanded from three to seven courts if a high sound barrier wraps around the courts. That’s according to a 44page sound study by Acoustics Group Inc. However, even with a barrier, sound from pickleball play, i...

If there were any doubt that wildfire season is top of mind among Rossmoor residents heading into summer, it was dispelled on May 18 during a Zoom presentation on the topic led by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. More than 300 people logged into the webinar to hear public safety and emergency response officials discuss the threat o...

In this year of coronavirus lockdowns, health-related restrictions and increased separation from friends and family, seniors faced some of the greatest dangers, from both the virus itself and from the isolation that often was the byproduct of health officials’ directives for people to stay home. On this Older Americans Month (May) 2021, the theme i...

Rossmoor resident Harry Sherman was a 14-yearold living with his family on Oahu on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when he saw Japanese Zero warplanes flying overhead near Diamond Head. “I had just woke up,” he recalled. “I looked up at those planes and didn’t realize they were Japanese. I said, ‘They’re not our planes, what the hell are they?’” Sherm...

Fourth Mutual will hold its annual membership meeting on Thursday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. It is tentatively scheduled via Zoom. More information on the meeting will follow at a later date. Incumbents Carolee Perrich and Jeff Spires were the only candidates to come forward by May 14. They are elected by acclamation and will each be seated for a three-yea...

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.

Proposal could provide solar for thousands of residents At least two Mutuals are considering a plan to explore partnering with a private equity firm to pay for and set up a system that could provide electric power to thousands of residences, at rates its proponents say would be cheaper, and greener, than PG& E. And one of the main advocates of ...

Newly installed GRF President Dwight Walker called on residents to be kind and respectful of each other and engage in healthy discourse. “Not everything is going to be agreed on,” he said. “We will tackle some thorny issues.” The comments came on May 10 during the first meeting of the newly reconstituted GRF Board, held immediately after the 57th a...