Steve Schneider is new to Rossmoor life, and he acknowledges that many of his new neighbors “have a hard time grasping what I do.” But he has no trouble articulating what rock climbing can do for the soul. The sport CLIMBER: Feats include first solo ‘speed climb’ at El Capitan United States. He and Heather maintain a home in the Patagonian region o...

But policy still falls far short of full coverage Rossmoor is expected to spend about $6 million less on its master property insurance policy this coming year than had originally been budgeted, but that doesn’t mean GRF can get anything close to full coverage for all the buildings and infrastructure in the valley. The valuation of all those buildin...

Questions about timeline, financing persist A town hall-style meeting is planned for late February to answer questions about the long-planned pickleball structure, and many of those questions figure to be about time and money. Ann Mottola, GRF’s director of community services, said the town hall – its date uncertain at press time – will be a platfo...

As Rhona Lishinsky raced into her living room the evening of Oct. 27 upon hearing her smoke alarm blare, she momentarily thought she saw through the window of her Cactus Court manor a fire raging outside. But when she looked more closely, she noticed that the tall flames were actually a reflection from the window and were instead emanating from a p...

Jan. 14 town hall to provide progress report Being “fire wise” involves not only education but repetition, Fran Gibson says. As immediate past president of the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) – and still heavily involved with that group – she’s spent a lot of time hammering home various messages about keeping safe and being prepa...

The pivotal moment in Steph Spadaccini’s career came at the start of her kids’ school year in the early 1970s. Seeing her youngest child walk out the door for his first day of school, she realized that a segment of her life had closed. She recalls asking herself this: “What do I do with the rest of my life now that they’re all in school?” She found...

All sorts of external events had direct, and wide-ranging, effects on day-to-day Rossmoor life in 2024. They included the worldwide insurance crisis as well as the national political churn, climate change and technological advances. The manifestations of these changes, for better or worse, at the local level (in Rossmoor, that is) accounted for mos...

Cindy Darling said two “Coffee With a Cop” events in Rossmoor this past year were designed to be educational, especially regarding safety and financial crimes against seniors. But the learning went two ways, she said. “We also learned what Rossmoor residents want; we encourage people to alert us to problems,” said Darling, who, after being elected ...

Village is church’s way of helping people get back on their feet These new tiny homes still have the equivalent of “new car smell” – in fact, workers were still putting the finishing touches last week on the interiors of six small units on the northernmost parking lot on the grounds of Grace Presbyterian Church just outside Rossmoor. Dec. 10 was ri...

Proposal now heads to GRF Board for final decision after months of debate A notable phase in the extensive debate over political columns in the Rossmoor News culminated with a 4-0 vote by the Policy Committee at its Dec. 9 meeting that recommended ending such content in the newspaper. Proposed changes to Policy 601.2 now will go to the GRF Board, w...