Sylvia Snider will turn 75 in June, but that doesn’t stop her from donating blood and platelets, something she started doing about a decade ago, when the company she worked for in Walnut Creek held a blood drive. “There’s no age limit on donating blood,” she said. Now she’s popular with the American Red Cross, which calls her with reminders when sh...

Newsom signals state’s gradual reopening Starting today, Contra Costa County workers and residents must wear a mask when they work at an essential business; are inside an essential business, such as a grocery store; visit a health care provider or facility; and wait in line or ride public transportation. The new order does not apply to children und...

The GRF Board and committees have moved their upcoming meetings to the video conferencing website Zoom as the shutdown in California continues. All committee meetings are open to residents who would like to join online as attendees. Instructions for each follow. Finance Committee The Finance Committee will hold a second April meeting on Tuesday, Ap...

Notice is hereby given that the 56th Annual Meeting of Members of the Golden Rain Foundation of Walnut Creek will be held on Monday, May 11, at 9:30 a.m. via a Zoom webinar. To join the videoconference, click on https://tinyurl.com/rjfusw7. The password is 992012. To join by phone, dial one of the following numbers: 669-900-6833, 346-248-7799, 253-...

Health officials gave conflicting opinions on whether it is necessary to wear a mask when going outside during this pandemic. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that people wear a mask outside, especially if going shopping or to some other public place. Bottom line, it can’t hurt to add another layer of pro...

It’s not quite business as usual. But Rossmoor’s Mutuals haven’t closed up shop despite no face-to-face contact due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re still in business,” said Sonya Ford, president of Mutual 48, one of Rossmoor’s smaller Mutuals with nine buildings. “Board members and committee members are doing their jobs as much as they can,” sh...

It didn’t take much for Susie Foley to decide to move from her home in Alamo to Rossmoor later this month – despite the fact that it’s in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. “The timing (to buy) was right,” she says. “And what’s not to love about Rossmoor?” Still, she is in the minority these days; not about loving Rossmoor, but about moving. Accor...

Food and money collected for those in need When Mark and Marilyn Weiss read in a Facebook post on a recent Friday that Monument Crisis Center in Concord was seeing three times as many people as normal at their emergency food giveaways, they swung into action. In fact, by the following Monday, the couple unloaded a car full of food at the center, an...

Due to COVID-19 concerns, GRF has automatically renewed RFID tags expiring in April, May and June for one year. All tags due to expire in those months have been extended and will now expire in 2021. Residents do not need to do anything until they receive a letter in 2021 asking them to renew their tag(s). Residents do not need to call the Public Sa...

Workers cleaning laundry rooms Mutual Operations Department workers have begun cleaning laundry rooms in Rossmoor this week. The crews were called in to disinfect the laundry rooms daily and begin wiping down hand railings. Residents have expressed concern about the potential spread of the virus in the publicly shared laundry rooms. Residents are a...