Members of Rossmoor’s fledgling Firewise USA Committee received a timely gift on Christmas Eve – official certification of their group by the National Fire Protection Association. When Jeroen Wright made the announcement to the 12 other members of the group at their Dec. 27 meeting, applause broke out around the Gateway boardroom. “It was a nice li...

Lt. Jeff Slater to meet Jan. 18 with residents When Lt. Jeff Slater comes to Rossmoor for a “Coffee with a Cop” meet-up on Thursday, Jan. 18, he won’t be alone. That morning, he’ll bring a handful of Walnut Creek Police Department colleagues. Slater, the police department’s Sector 1 commander, will be in the Donner Room at the Event Center starting...

Getting young students excited about reading might seem to be a challenge. However, that comes naturally for resident Barbara “GG” Proctor. Proctor absolutely loves volunteering in classrooms and reading to second and third graders. Energetic, upbeat and lively, Proctor, 88, is beloved by young students in Walnut Creek and in Pleasanton, where her ...

General manager reflects on first year at helm As Jeff Matheson finished his first year as Rossmoor’s general manager, the News sat down with him to ask him about surprises he encountered, both good and bad, during 2023; about the most imposing challenges he and Rossmoor faced this past year; some expected challenges in the near future; and the bal...

Kelly Berto spent her final day at Rossmoor on Dec. 18 doing assorted last-minute tasks, packing up her office, and welcoming in co-workers and residents stopping by to say their final farewells. And it was predictably emotional – not surprising for someone leaving a place she’d been for 22 years. “I was 23 years old when I started here; I’ve grown...

Just as surely as water seeks its own level, golfers have to golf. This fairway-and-tee-boxes variation on Pascal’s law played out in 2023 on Rossmoor’s two golf courses. Strong, persistent storms throughout January, and again in mid-March, created and exacerbated two substantial landslides on the Dollar Ranch course. Between the water, the landsli...

Mother Nature – with an apparent assist from climate change – stole the show in Rossmoor in 2023. After three years in which impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the flow of events inside the gate, it was the seemingly endless flow of atmospheric river storms that disrupted life in the valley and the surrounding hillsides. And Mother Nature...

There’s been a lot of talk in Rossmoor recently about skyrocketing insurance premiums, and the efforts to slow that trajectory, including by reducing fire-related risks inside and outside homes. But Tom Cashion is quick to say there’s a higher purpose to a lower FIRE: Shaded break work starts in January risk of fire. “The main thing is to make thin...

Following sentencing of DUI driver, Gunn says, ‘This is where my life is, and this is where my friends are’ L aurelyn Gunn “studiously avoids” walking along Tice Creek Drive, and doesn’t do much walking along any other street, either. A year and a half after the DUI accident that killed her husband, Curtis, as the couple walked along Tice Creek Dri...

STAFF SPOTLIGHT Accounting Department is more than numbers –there’s all those coupons, too When describing the important, voluminous work of the Accounting Department, GRF Chief Financial Officer Tom Hand turns to the numbers, quite naturally: • Over 40,000 transactions are processed each month. • The department processes 6,700 property tax bills. ...