Paul Donner arrived at Rossmoor in 1991, interviewing for the vacant landscape field supervisor position. He was made no promises about what that job might morph into if he took it. “When I interviewed for the job, I was told its future was still up in the air,” Donner recounted last week. “They said they weren’t sure what the job would look like, ...

Roxanne Stallings navigates through vision loss to help others in Rossmoor For Roxanne Stallings, coping and adapting came later. First came the grieving process. Stallings, now 80, was diagnosed more than 25 years ago with retinitis pigmentosa. It ended up forcing her to give up her career as a psychotherapist before she planned to retire. She now...

A female driver escaped serious injury on Monday when a large eucalyptus tree branch suddenly broke and crashed through her front windshield while she was driving down Stanley Dollar Drive at approximately 11 a.m. The woman, a physical therapist, was driving a white health care company sedan toward Rossmoor Parkway when a branch from one of five eu...

The formal retirement party for Paul Donner, for the past 24 years the GRF director of Mutual Operations, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. All Rossmoor residents are invited to this gathering, where light refreshments will be served. Aug. 1 will be Donner’s final day on the job in Rossmoor after 31 yea...

A lengthy debate over the frequency and fact-checking of Rossmoor News political columns may be winding down. By a 3-0 vote, the Policy Committee recommended at its July 10 meeting that the GRF Board make changes to GRF Policy 601.2 regarding the News’ resident-authored political columns. Committee member James Lee was absent due to travel. In addi...

The yellowing polycarbonate panels are clear (or not-so-clear now) evidence the roof of the pool at Tice Creek Fitness Center swimming pool needs replacement. A partly open roof revealing a bright blue sky throws the dingy 15-year-old panels into stark relief. Less visible, but equally in need of replacement, are the aging motors that power the ret...

Curt Mitchell sets Men’s Club record for victories In a community so intertwined with golf, Curt Mitchell has achieved something impressive. Skill, experience, perseverance, attention to detail and in his words “being blessed” have helped Mitchell, 74, win more golf tournaments than anyone else in the history of the Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club. Joinin...

It’s a small table, an unassuming entry under a tent at the Friday Farmers Market at Gateway. On it is an assortment of baked goodies – fruit pies, pound cake (whole and small chunks), quiche, tarts, many others – and on this Friday morning, a steady stream of customers works its way between small tables full of baked items with selected treats in ...

With the number of electric vehicles within Rossmoor ever increasing, there is a push by resident owners to extend dedicated hours for EV parking spaces in public areas. Currently, those guaranteed hours are from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for charging spaces at the Fitness Center, Event Center and Gateway, which each have 10 EV chargers in their lots. Thos...

Just over a year after a site was chosen to host a new pickleball facility, the GRF Board last Thursday formally approved plans for a $2.8 million structure to house six pickleball courts. The preliminary design proposal for the facility, just southwest of the Event Center abutting Dollar Ranch Golf Course, was submitted to Walnut Creek’s planning ...