Pickleball and pipe project shouldn’t affect golfers GRF officials hope that, perhaps as soon as this week, GRF will get its plans for the pickleball structure near the Event Center approved by the city of Walnut Creek. And at that point, some of the prep work that doesn’t need further permitting can begin. One example of such prep work is the requ...

A rebranding of the longstanding Fitness Center Wall of Fame is underway, which the Aquatics and Fitness Advisory Committee discussed at its March 14 meeting. Efforts have begun to rename the periodic honor in which a user of the Fitness Center is profiled in the Rossmoor News and has their photo displayed in the Fitness Center. This began with a d...

Attorney explains how stringent ‘asset test’ no longer required There are situations where Medi-Cal can be viable for some Rossmoorians, elder law attorney Brian O’Toole told a group of residents on March 18 in the Fireside Room. O’Toole spoke about Medi-Cal, this state’s version of Medicaid, at an Optimal Wellness Lecture presented by Rossmoor Cou...

Flowers burst into season throughout Rossmoor Spring is near, and nicer weather brings more opportunities to see the beauty of flowers throughout Rossmoor. With many varieties here, whether those are annuals, perennials, shrubs or trees, often something is in bloom, or close to it. Right now, daffodils are quite the visual, said Jesus Morales, Land...

Work would include evaluation of Creekside site The GRF Planning Committee voted March 13 to recommend to the Finance Committee spending $59,100 in capital fund money for Synergy Restaurant Consultants to do the next phase of work on the Food and Beverage Study project. That work will include an evaluation of the physical Creekside Grill and Bar si...

A proposal to increase exclusive usage time for Rossmoor Table Tennis Club members for that facility at Hillside received unanimous support from the Policy Committee. By a 4-0 vote, the committee recommended at its March 10 meeting that the GRF Board approve a plan to increase club-only hours, particularly during weekdays. Currently, time allowed t...

Dwight Wa l ker sa id launching a website that effectively markets Rossmoor Walnut Creek is the Marketing Task Force’s biggest and most important job, and that the work toward that end has only just begun. “This is a monumental task, but it is the most important task of this group, in my opinion,” said Walker, chair of this task force, at its March...

AMarch 3 Town Hall meeting for sharing as much information as possible about the planned pickleball structure, which would be built next to the Event Center, made one point clear. There are still several key unknowns about the controversial project even after a decade of planning, most of them centering on what it will ultimately cost, and about wh...

Annual show connects vendors with residents The ninth annual Home Show once again attracted a sizeable, eager crowd of home-improvement seekers. Many had already gameplanned what they were looking for, well before the Event Center doors opened for the March 6 showcase that featured more than 40 vendors. Among the well-prepared was resident Julia De...

Jagjit Brar was walking near where his entry peels off Terra California Drive on Feb. 10, paying more attention to walking carefully and maintaining his balance than to whoever was driving by. But it was hard to miss the gray car whose driver stuck his head out the window as he went by. “He shouted, ‘Go back to your own country’ and kept moving,” s...