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Town hall planned for pickleball project updates

Questions about timeline, financing persist A town hall-style meeting is planned for late February to answer questions about the long-planned pickleball structure, and many of those questions figure to be about time and money. Ann Mottola, GRF’s director of community services, said the town hall – its date uncertain at press time – will be a platfo...
Posted on January 7, 2025
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Resident recounts harrowing ordeal of dishwasher fire

As Rhona Lishinsky raced into her living room the evening of Oct. 27 upon hearing her smoke alarm blare, she momentarily thought she saw through the window of her Cactus Court manor a fire raging outside. But when she looked more closely, she noticed that the tall flames were actually a reflection from the window and were instead emanating from a p...
Posted on January 7, 2025
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Wash, rinse and repeat is key for Firewise success

Jan. 14 town hall to provide progress report Being “fire wise” involves not only education but repetition, Fran Gibson says. As immediate past president of the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) – and still heavily involved with that group – she’s spent a lot of time hammering home various messages about keeping safe and being prepa...
Posted on January 7, 2025
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A look back at 2024 in Rossmoor

All sorts of external events had direct, and wide-ranging, effects on day-to-day Rossmoor life in 2024. They included the worldwide insurance crisis as well as the national political churn, climate change and technological advances. The manifestations of these changes, for better or worse, at the local level (in Rossmoor, that is) accounted for mos...
Posted on December 24, 2024
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A conversation with new Walnut Creek Mayor Cindy Darling

Cindy Darling said two “Coffee With a Cop” events in Rossmoor this past year were designed to be educational, especially regarding safety and financial crimes against seniors. But the learning went two ways, she said. “We also learned what Rossmoor residents want; we encourage people to alert us to problems,” said Darling, who, after being elected ...
Posted on December 24, 2024
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Grace Presbyterian’s ‘Hope Village’ tiny house complex formally opens

Village is church’s way of helping people get back on their feet These new tiny homes still have the equivalent of “new car smell” – in fact, workers were still putting the finishing touches last week on the interiors of six small units on the northernmost parking lot on the grounds of Grace Presbyterian Church just outside Rossmoor. Dec. 10 was ri...
Posted on December 17, 2024
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Policy Committee recommends ending political columns

Proposal now heads to GRF Board for final decision after months of debate A notable phase in the extensive debate over political columns in the Rossmoor News culminated with a 4-0 vote by the Policy Committee at its Dec. 9 meeting that recommended ending such content in the newspaper. Proposed changes to Policy 601.2 now will go to the GRF Board, w...
Posted on December 17, 2024
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Planning Committee prioritizes pickleball courts facility for 2025

Rising costs mean other projects may be deferred In an effort to see the Pickleball Courts project become reality in 2025, the Planning Committee went through the painstaking process at Thursday’s meeting of identifying other proposed projects planned for next year that could be deferred. At November’s meeting, the committee learned that a “pre-con...
Posted on December 17, 2024
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How to know if someone you love is suicidal

Everyone feels sad or blue sometimes, and the stress associated with holidays can stir up or magnify feelings of loss, loneliness or desperation – even causing some to contemplate taking their own life. Although research has shown that suicides do not spike during the holidays as commonly believed, it also is true that people struggling with depres...
Posted on December 17, 2024