A I emerges as a ‘game changer’ for Accounting Department Mutuals’ financial reports completed more quickly Artificial intelligence ‒ AI ‒ provides fast answers to questions, allows our smart speakers at home to call up a favorite song or monitor an alarm system, and can easily clean up a form letter or school assignment. It’s also helping Rossmoor...

Fishing lures, vivid totes and painted “diamonds” among items for sale Bruce Johnson fished for king salmon in the Kenai River in Alaska years ago, and happened to be the only fisherman around with any luck. He was also the only one using a homemade lure in which he’d inserted small BBs that rattled. “The next day, I rented this out for 50 bucks an...

Suzy Clark came to the Event Center last week looking for a Rossmoor education, and there’s a lot to know. “I have a lot to learn; I still get lost going to places on campus,” said Clark, who has been living on the Rossmoor “campus” for about five weeks. Coming to the New Residents Fair on Oct. 28 was a step in the right direction, she said. “I cam...

Rossmoor prepares for the likelihood of big winter storms Rossmoor has been working to stay ahead in storm preparation for what’s predicted to be a strong El Niño weather pattern. Rossmoor Property Management (RPM) is focusing on mitigating potential issues, some of which include clearing leaves and seeing that drainage and gutters are cleared for ...

As the Tree of Lights marks its 40th anniversary this fall, this Monday’s program in Rossmoor will be the first in a series of ceremonies that memorialize friends and loved ones who have died. Rossmoor’s Tree of Lights ceremony is sponsored by Hospice East Bay and Friends of Hospice Rossmoor, the latter a Rossmoor club. Proceeds from this fundraisi...

The general election is this Tuesday, Nov. 2. Once again, the Event Center will be serving as a Rossmoor polling place for in-person voting from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day, as one of seven Election Day polling places in Walnut Creek. For those opting to vote in person ahead of Election Day, the Community Arts Auditorium at 111 N. Wiget Lane in Walnu...

As more than one person said on a recent Monday afternoon, death is the great mystery. At the Rossmoor End of Life Concerns Club meeting Oct. 19 in the packed Club Room at Creekside, four panelists of different faiths discussed the how they approach death. The “Spiritual and Religious Views on End of Life” event was co-sponsored by the Rossmoor Int...

small cellos, for instance), of varying quality. “One was left on my doorstep, literally in pieces,” Witbeck recalled. That delivery, and the fact several of her earliest acquisitions (all small WITBECK: She’s working to end cello rental-sales business – not ‘teaching’ cellos) were initially stored in a crib, prompted her friends and students to du...

Staffing shortage leads to change in coverage Ashortage of lifeguards is once again prompting changes for the Rossmoor pools, this time ending guarded hours on the weekends at Tice Pools. Starting Saturday, Oct. 24, the pools and spa at Tice Creek Fitness Center will not be guarded on the weekends. Tice pools and spa will continue to have two certi...

Trip around Event Center resembles trip around world Ian Skone-Rees appreciated the chance to share his culture with the world, especially in a place where people appreciated the effort. “Caledonia is the Latin name for Scotland, and we’ve had a lot of interest from people passing by,” said Skone-Rees, director of membership for the Caledonian Soci...