Roy Yang won by a large margin last week to become the new GRF Board director for District A. Yang earned 162 votes to finish ahead of Diana St. James with 75 and Melanie Rose with 58 in the district. He replaces Carol Meehan, who was not seeking re-election. Yang joins Ted Bentley in District C, Leanne Hamaji in District D and Cheryl Hines in Dist...

Sonja Christopher gained national attention through her stint in the first season of the CBS reality show “Survivor.” In Rossmoor, her star shined through her countless friendships and the joy she spread through gifts of music and entertainment. Christopher, 87, died in her longtime Rossmoor home April 26. Her friends remember her as a joyous, tale...

Directors might approve the new rule in May Citing a need for increased safety while still allowing for some peaceful protests, the GRF Board on Thursday moved one step closer to approving changes to GRF’s demonstrations policy, which would limit most protests to the grassy area off Rossmoor Parkway near the pickleball courts. The changes, first in...

The John Muir Health Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic in the Rossmoor Shopping Center is set to close at the end of May, according to the Walnut Creek-based not-for-profit health care organization. A letter sent to John Muir Health patients who use the Tice Valley facility states: “After careful evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to cl...

DAOR offers residents handson stage skills Jean Wilcox said she was at church one Sunday in 2009 when she ran into retired journalist and fellow Rossmoor resident Daryl “Bud” Lembke. “He said, ‘I’m writing a play, and I want it performed. But there’s no umbrella (in Rossmoor) under which it can be performed,’” Wilcox recounted recently. “He wanted ...

Aproposal by the Federal Communications Commission seeks to put an end to “bulk billing” arrangements between broadband service providers and those who manage or own multi-tenant environments. This move could potentially endanger deals like the one Comcast has with Rossmoor that saves residents significantly on the cost of high-speed broadband inte...

Flea Market for more than just buying and selling While the calendar says it’s time for spring cleaning, Patricia Dickson knows that the sense of community the annual Activities Council Flea Market brings is never out of season. “You get to see a lot of people you don’t see very often,” said Dickson, one of about 70 people signed up as of late last...

There is no free lunch as far as property insurance is concerned, and Rossmoor – as an entity, and as individual homeowners – is feeling the inevitable effects of too many catastrophes around the world needing to be covered. At an April 12 “Property Insurance Crisis” town hall meeting at the Event Center, state Sen. Steve Glazer said the root of th...

When the Rev. Andreas Pielhoop came to Hope Lutheran Church in June 2022, it didn’t figure to be a long-term arrangement. The Rev. Andy Smith had just retired the previous month, after three years at Hope, and Pielhoop came in for what was supposed to be a “bridge” pastor assignment, to serve while a permanent successor was found. The normal proces...

To Zee Deleon, Rossmoor is much like Disneyland, down to the vintage mansion appeal of Dollar House. GRF’s new recreation manager can’t hide his amazement. “It’s like a carbon copy of Disneyland, but it’s exclusive for residents,” Deleon said. “They get to live here and play every day. They don’t have to purchase admission or the annual pass. They ...