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Rossmoor incorporation Re "O.C. deputies call Rossmoor plan a bad idea" (John Canalis Report, Local News, Sept. 27): There are over 10,500 residents in Rossmoor and no two have exactly the same perspective on incorporation.

By John Canalis It may be landlocked, but Orange County considers Rossmoor an "island." That is because the 50-year-old subdivision of ribboned roads, rambling ranch houses and enviable schools is not a city, but an unincorporated area that receives core services from the county seat in Santa Ana and a tiny on-site agency with a few employees.

By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jun. 6--The state Department of Public Health has slapped two Bay Area facilities with its most severe citation and hefty fines, saying their actions or failures led directly to patient deaths.

By Theresa Harrington, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Feb. 10--WALNUT CREEK -- Like the train station that came before it, a little piece of history in the Saranap area of unincorporated Walnut Creek will soon be transformed to reflect modern times.