Black History Month Famed pilots influenced Conway Jones’ future The newly minted 25-cent piece depicts a Black pilot cinching his helmet strap in preparation for doing battle overseas as two World War II bombers soar overhead. The commemorative coin honors the Tuskegee Airmen, who broke racial barriers 80 years ago when they started training as th...

Brendan Kelley has only been Rossmoor TV Channel 28’s studio supervisor for a few weeks, but he’s already quite familiar with Rossmoor. He’s been on the scene on a part-time, oncall basis for about six years, working on various Channel 28 productions. That time, he said, has given him a wide-ranging look at a community that was somewhat mysterious ...

Veteran journalist Sam Richards, whose newspaper career spans four decades, has joined the staff of the Rossmoor News as its new editor/ writer. Richards’ byline is already familiar to many News readers, from his time as a temporary reporter with the paper in 2019. “Several residents asked where Sam was after his temporary stint with the newspaper ...

Available from Kairi’s Kitchen In the continued celebration of Black History Month, the Black Lives Matter Committee of the African American and Friends Club is highlighting the talents of Chef Michael Parham. Chef Michael is owner of Café Oasis and Catering and operates Kari’s Kitchen in Gateway. He is offering a Black History Month Special Soul F...

The Third Mutual Board of Directors has three openings starting in June 2021. Board service requires attending monthly board meetings, various committee meetings and two annual membership meetings, as well as directing MOD staff on maintenance, landscaping and budget issues. Potential candidates must live in the designated district. The district se...

JMH expands its clinic; Kaiser will vaccinate 75 and older After last week’s successful initial rollout, John Muir Health is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Rossmoor. Next week, the clinic will begin vaccinating residents 65 years and older who are members of John Muir Health or non-Kaiser plans. Kaiser Permanente’s vaccination clinic ...

Former A’s announcer Dick Callahan dies unexpectedly Rossmoor resident Dick Callahan, a longtime public address announcer for Bay Area sports teams, died early on the morning of Jan. 29. He was 80. “He had been receiving treatment for a heart issue, and his death was unexpected,” said Katie Callahan Cisco, one of his three daughters. The man with t...

The renovation and expansion of the Creekside pickleball courts will begin with the hiring of a landscape architect and acoustics consultant to develop a design that will address the needs of players and concerns of nearby residents, Director of Resident Services Jeff Matheson said. The GRF Board has budgeted up to $300,000 for the project, which i...

Upon meeting Alexander Tetelbaum for the first time, nothing seems out of the ordinary. He’s a genial fellow who’s happy to make small talk about the weather or describe what life was like in his homeland. But if the conversation turns to technology, it quickly becomes apparent that one is in the presence of a higher mental power. The 72-year-old R...

New phone book offers answers to recycling questions The new Rossmoor phone book includes details on pages 19 through 26 that will answer many waste-sorting questions. Advice that’s changed is in red print, but some residents will find that even the items listed in black type that have not changed are news to them – such as which types of paper bel...