Linda Mariano has never read a more important brochure than the one she was handed in 2015. This one was lifechanging. It came soon after Mariano, a Rossmoor resident, was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, or CML. Mariano, 70, has maintained good health thanks to treatments and research funded by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She’s ...

Bocce players, well into their 90s, provide inspiration “Never Too Old” is a sentiment that fits one of the Bocce Club’s teams so well, it’s now that team’s name. Case in point: The team’s top players are well into their 90s. There’s Rene Herrerias, 97. He has lived in Rossmoor for 34 years and is the oldest member of the team. He might be its best...

GRF portion will be 1.45% higher than last year The GRF Board on Sept. 28 unanimously approved a $26,813,025 operating budget for 2024, about 5% higher than this year but which includes a 1.45% coupon increase for 2024. That means the 2024 GRF portion of the coupon, which applies to all homeowners, will be $334.69 a month, up from $329.82 this year...

Popular event becomes broader and more colorful With the third annual Diversity Festival coming Tuesday, Oct. 10 to the Event Center, its growing prominence shows the reach of diversity and inclusion efforts in this community. The festival, which follows August’s well-received Diversity Film Festival, is in a sense a celebration of the daily work p...

Printing options lessen as press for paper closes The schedule for moving the Rossmoor News to a primarily online mode needs to accelerate, its managing editor said last week, reflecting concerns that one day relatively soon there may not be any presses left that can produce the 7,300 copies of the paper printed each week. NEWS: New printer found b...

Owner given notice to vacate by Oct. 8 Rossmoor Diner, a staple of the community for 35 years, will be closing its doors. Its final day of operation is planned for Sunday, Oct. 8. Grace Soan, owner of the diner since January 2000, said Rossmoor Shopping Center ownership gave her a 30-day notice earlier this month to vacate. Soan said the diner, whi...

By Mike Wood Staff writer Bertha Reilly likened trip to San Francisco in the 1960s Bertha Reilly wants to assure her Rossmoor friends. She traveled to the Burning Man gathering, and she fared just fine. “It was such a fantastic experience,” she said. The Burning Man Project website describes the concept as a “global ecosystem of artists, makers and...

Ashow of hands at a falls-prevention symposium at the Event Center last week revealed that perhaps 40% of those in attendance had suffered a significant fall with the past year. A short time later, a woman in the audience asked aloud why there weren’t more people at this event, sponsored by the Rossmoor Counseling Center. Approximately 125 people w...

The newly merged Aquatics and Fitness Advisory Committee has recommended that the GRF Board adopt a series of fee hikes for personal training sessions and reformer Pilates classes taught at the Fitness Center, on the heels of other fee increases tied to the 2024 GRF operating budget. The Board, at its meeting Thursday, Sept. 28, is scheduled to vot...

Told to vacate, restaurant shuts down Oct. 8 Rossmoor Diner, a staple of the community for 35 years, will be closing its doors. Its final day of operation is planned for Sunday, Oct. 8. Grace Soan, owner of the diner since January 2000, said Rossmoor Shopping Center ownership gave her a 30-day notice earlier this month to vacate. Soan said the dine...