Contra Costa County Sheriff’s officers Craig Brooks and Scott Wooden will be Republican Club guest speakers on Tuesday, March 21, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. The St. Patrick’s-themed dinner, catered by Creekside Grill, will be choice of corned beef and cabbage, or vegetarian casserole (vegetarian option), roasted potatoes, vegeta...

The Democrats of Rossmoor will host Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Wednesday, March 15, at the Event Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Please be present to take your seat – no seat saving will be allowed. Congresswoman Lee will speak at 7 p.m. This program will be recorded. Lee was elected in 1998 to represent the 12th Congressional District, which i...

A story on Page B9 of the Feb. 15 News about a class on Peking Opera included an incorrect phone number for Lydia Olson of the Chinese Performing Arts and Culture Club. It is 1-831-238-6037. nnn A Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation article on Feb. 15 contained some errors. Sasha Kagan was not a Ukrainian refugee; he decided to move to America to join ...

Residents who need an access device or identification card can obtain one from the Public Safety office at Creekside. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For an access tag, residents will need to bring their vehicle to the Public Safety office. For more information about access devices, contact 1-925988-7846 and for ID...

The outdoor Hillside and Dollar pools are set to reopen on Wednesday, March 1. Both pools are open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. except on cleaning days. Hillside is cleaned on Tuesday and Dollar on Wednesday, with the pools open on those days starting at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. No lifeguard will be on duty Tuesdays at Hillside and Wednesdays at Dollar. Both pools...

The Computer Club of Rossmoor wants to hear from the techies out there who like exploring new technologies, solving problems and helping people. The club’s technical director, Bill Hammond, says, “Spend a couple of hours each week solving problems, making new friends, helping members and enjoying hero status from some grateful residents.” House cal...

Rossmoor EPO tip: The American Red Cross’ pub-lic reunification tool, “Safe and Well,” established after Hurricane Katrina, is being overhauled and not available at this time. Facebook’s in-novative free “Safety Check” is an excellent alternative so Rossmoor residents can easily reunify with family and friends and register their post-disaster statu...

The Rossmoor News has early deadlines this week for the Feb. 22 paper because of the Presidents’ Day holiday. The deadline for all columns was Monday, Feb. 13 and for club trip, religion and movie articles was Tuesday, Feb. 14. All other club and organization articles are due by Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. All ads, obituaries and letters to the e...

A neighborhood meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church to discuss the Hope Village tiny homes project. The project calls for six affordable housing units on church grounds that are each approximately 270 square feet in size. According to the city of Walnut Creek, the supportive housing project qualifies for st...

on when the residents wanted to file them; there were tables Thursday with volunteers working for filings this month, for March and for April. Future appointments can still be made, in person in the Hillside Clubhouse Vista Room, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout tax season – that is, until April 18, “tax day” in the ...