Walnut Creek’s Measure O Molly Pfau Clopp had a long career as a health care executive overseeing multi-million-dollar budgets. Susan Hildreth has also had ample experience with budgets and audits, working with nonprofits over the years – and on the GRF Audit Committee. They’re about to take on what promises to be a tailor- made volunteer role, giv...

Clubs share best practices for bolstering interest in leadership roles, volunteerism It’s safe to say that presidents and board members of many clubs have faced this question: Who’s next up? They want to pass the leadership torch, but no one has raised their hand to step up. Often with a sense of exasperation, they sign up for another year. The Act...

No one is under any illusion that electric car charging in Rossmoor will make any quantum technological or quantitative leaps in the immediate future. But a group of Rossmoor residents earlier this month made a public plea to GRF officials to at least start charting the long process toward making highspeed EV chargers more accessible inside the gat...

The signs are small, not necessarily noticed by folks who enter the Redwood Room or other GRF public buildings. But they’re there – small maroon signs on the doors of most GRF buildings saying, “No Pets Allowed.” There have been a handful of complaints in recent weeks, by Rossmoor employees and Rossmoor residents, about dogs being brought into GRF ...

Napa Deli, the latest food option at Rossmoor Shopping Center, opened on Nov. 13. The 2,800-square-foot family- owned business offers a taste of the Napa Valley, in more ways than one. Customers can try a Suisun Valley club sandwich, Yountville Pastrami panini or Healdsburg turkey wrap, among others. The deli offers coffee from Napa Valley Roasting...

November 22, 1963 Residents recall how assassination of Kennedy affected their lives President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, had many effects on those who lived through it. Paul Grassman learned a valuable lesson thanks to a university professor who was given to wearing a suit and tie and speaking in a “clipped, crisp voice.” On...

Lorna Lasky is quite thankful for those daily morning calls to see how she is doing. Lasky is among more than three dozen residents who are recipients of daily Telecare calls. It’s a free, resident-driven program in which a rotation of volunteers makes morning calls, between 8 and 9 a.m., off a list of Rossmoorians who sign up to have someone check...

Members of the Policy Committee took on the role of wordsmiths at their Nov. 13 meeting as they clarified a draft procedure, signaled support for renaming Rossmoor’s trails, and looked to provide guidance for plaque wording for bench dedications. The committee emphasized wanting to reduce confusion with changes to a procedure on GRF Board nominatio...

Human rights, and the devastating results when they are violated, were examined at a daylong forum Nov. 15 that brought numerous experts and scholars in the field to the Event Center. Put together largely by Rossmoor residents Katha Hartley and Harvey Weinstein, the forum drew around 200 people to hear guest speakers and panelists who discussed the...

Milner-Brage earns spot in national juried exhibit in S.F. Still relatively new to Rossmoor and the Bay Area, artist Marcía Milner-Brage is getting a warm welcome, and honor, from the arts community. Milner-Brage, who moved to Rossmoor a year ago with her husband, John, has had her drawing “Sycamore” selected for a national juried exhibit in San Fr...