Lack of 100% coverage affects home loans Tony Conte described a conversation he had recently with someone looking to sell a Rossmoor manor for his mother. The seller, Conte said, was “a very savvy guy and knew all about the insurance issues” that have been plaguing communities like Rossmoor all over the U.S. The son and his wife are now living in t...

With a job title new to Rossmoor, Jackie Carlisle is excited to be on the job. The newly designated GRF Fitness and Aquatics manager began here May 8. Bringing a variety of experiences to Rossmoor, it was FITNESS: Carlisle brings experience to this active community what she first witnessed with a senior center in San Bruno that erased any preconcei...

Nearly 1,500 residents shared their insights through a recent food and beverage survey, part of a feasibility study for the potential expansion of Rossmoor’s food and beverage options. This initial survey was designed to guide the study’s efforts in identifying current dining habits and getting input as a first step in determining the best options ...

Leanne Hamaji said she knows she has her work cut out over the next year (at least) in her new capacity as GRF Board president. A couple of minutes after she was chosen to succeed three-year Board President Dwight Walker, Hamaji praised her immediate predecessor. “You have an amazing ability to pinpoint issues, find solutions, and provide clarity,”...

Six months ago, GRF officials said the groundbreaking for the new $2.9 pickleball facility would happen in April or May of this year. GRF now anticipates having all the needed city of Walnut Creek permits in hand to start the pickleball facility work by late October; bid results from contractors to do that work by mid-December; and construction sta...

By Mike Wood Staff writer How about swimming five or six events in one day? Judy Morton is up for that challenge. Morton, who turned 85 in March, is keeping up her busy master swimmer schedule. She’s been with the Silver Bullets Swim Club since its inception in 2010, not long after her arrival in Rossmoor with her husband, Bob. In March, Morton won...

PG& E called for no Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) in 2023, a year largely free of big wildfires in California. But even if 2024 sees a return to something more resembling 2020, when more than 9,900 fires burned almost 4.4 million acres of Califor-nia – more than 4% of the state’s total acreage – PG& E hopes its technology that detects...

Cost is the next question to answer regarding replacement of the existing Mutual Operations Department (MOD) office building. The GRF Planning Committee on Thursday approved recommending that the full GRF Board amend its agreement with a Berkeley-based consulting firm to add studying the costs of various alternatives to replace the current office s...

Trees and pest control among topics addressed It was clear after the most recent GRF Virtual Town Hall program that Rossmoor residents take their landscaping and local flora seriously. Also, they don’t like “lollipopping.” More than half of the questions brought up at the April 29 online meeting with GRF General Manager Jeff Matheson and three mana...

Todd Arterburn jumps into his new role Todd Arterburn, Rossmoor’s new chief financial officer, is already immersed in the vitally important conversion to the NetSuite business and accounting software system. With considerable background implementing what’s called ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning tools, across large companies in the business wor...