Gerry Priebat was a little sentimental about his headshot no longer gracing the east wall of the GRF Board Room at Gateway. It was nothing personal against Priebat; the formal portraits of he and 45 other GRF Board presidents, dating from May 1965, were also removed a couple of weeks ago. But just the same … “It’s kind of sad, but I understand why ...

Rounds played, Golf Shop sales up over 2023 In May 2023, Rossmoor’s golf operation was working its way back from torrential rains and resulting landslides that kept players off the two courses for more than two months and took a giant divot out of greens fees and other golf-related income. A year later, golf revenues over the first four months of t...

It was evident to vendors at Rossmoor’s first Farmers’ Market of the year how knowledgeable patrons are. That’s what Arnulfo Mendoza realized from his booth along a stretch of Gateway’s parking lot. Among a handful of first-time vendors to this Farmers’ Market, he was representing Alex’s Family Bee Farm. Based in San Leandro, it’s run by Alex Perez...

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...