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Night Market on the Plaza returns

Popular event back following winter break Even during the bleakest winter weather, residents kept asking Recreation Manager Kelly Berto one question. “When is Night Market on the Plaza coming back?” The answer is Tuesday, April 4. After a winter hiatus, Tuesday nights at Peacock Plaza from 4 to 8 p.m. will feature a weekly rotation of three food tr...
Posted on March 28, 2023
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Pickleball Club adopts civility pledge

One of the first things Lu Lynn de Silva noticed when she moved to Rossmoor from Piedmont last year was the Civility Task Force and the work it was doing to help improve neighborly relations in Rossmoor. And there was plenty to do. “I started to witness some of this first-hand – at CVS, at the (Creekside) restaurant – I saw a lot of frustration, im...
Posted on March 28, 2023
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Storms put emphasis on tree safety

An accident that killed a Rossmoor resident when a massive eucalyptus tree fell onto the vehicle he was traveling in has raised the issue of tree safety to unprecedented heights. Tom Huster, 79, died the evening of March 21 when the Telsa he was a passenger in was struck by the fallen tree during a powerful windstorm that included what meteorologis...
Posted on March 28, 2023
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Barbara Lee takes her turn in Rossmoor

Senate candidate most recent politician to visit Nancy Kors is a big fan of U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee – so much so, Kors told Lee in person last week at the Event Center, that she wants to work on Lee’s campaign in some capacity. Kors was one of approximately 350 people who turned out for the March 15 appearance by Lee, D-Oakland, one of three Democrat...
Posted on March 21, 2023
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Power out? Managing the new normal

Down trees, outages hit Rossmoor – again Another round of storms that slammed Rossmoor in mid-March served as a reminder of how important it is to know what to do when power outages hit. Power was knocked out for a segment of Rossmoor between March 14 and 15, as a powerful atmospheric river storm was followed by strong winds that wreaked havoc thro...
Posted on March 21, 2023
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Resident returns to crossword majors

Robert Frank’s earliest memory of doing a crossword puzzle was sitting in his great uncle Edward’s lap and tackling the word “nonsmoking.” Decades and thousands of crossword puzzles later, both playing and making them, his latest one, a co-authored piece titled “Come Clean,” is slated to appear in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, March 27. Frank,...
Posted on March 21, 2023
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Political columns to rotate during 12-week trial run

GRF Policy Committee Political columns will be returning to the Rossmoor News on a trial rotation basis, a decision that arose out of discussion at the March 15 Policy Committee meeting at Gateway’s Board Room. This ends a hiatus of the resident-written columns that began with the Feb. 1 edition of the News. The columns will return in the March 29 ...
Posted on March 21, 2023
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STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Alterations and Resales guides residents through renovation and sales journey Navigating through permits, inspections and processes that come with renovating or selling a manor can be daunting. The Alterations and Resales Department has the answers for those residents. Thanks to an exceptional amount of know-how and expertise, the small, hard-worki...
Posted on March 14, 2023
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Fitness managers discouraging illegal parking

It heartens Tice Creek Fitness Center General Manager Kristine Drinovsky that the number of people using the facility has been rising steadily as the years-old COVID-19 pandemic winds down. “More people are working out, and that improves their lives,” she said. “We’re glad we have so many returning people.” But as more people visit the fitness cent...
Posted on March 14, 2023