As part of ongoing efforts to keep residents informed, two departments are teaming up to assist residents with updating their contact information and signing up for the new MyRossmoor.com emailed bulletins. Staff members from the Recreation and Communications departments will be on hand Monday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to noon and on Wednesday, April...

Millions of residents throughout Northern California, including many in Rossmoor, found themselves in the dark – literally and figuratively – during the flurry of winter storms that battered the region and caused widespread, and in some cases extended, power outages. Rossmoor residents looking for answers to the causes, extent and duration of storm...

Inspiration from many facets led Nancy Munson to create Pickleball 4 Parkinson’s. The new fundraiser builds to a Monday, June 5, apex at the Creekside pickleball courts. On that day, members of the Rossmoor community are invited to watch some of the Pickleball Club’s top players compete in a tournament, learn more about Parkinson’s disease and cons...

Resident plays role of fairy godmother Wilma Horwitz and Lynn Carruthers met on the sidewalk near their respective homes off Tice Creek Drive three years ago, just before the COVID-19 lockdowns hit. They discovered they had a lot in common, despite a 26-year age difference. They attended the same San Francisco high school (Lowell), shopped at the s...

Shirley and Wayne Wiegand among first to sign on It’s the latest impressive expression of giving by the Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation. The Endowed Named Scholarships with estate pledges is a new program that the RSF Board of Trustees unanimously approved on March 27. After their distinguished careers as educators, Shirley and Wayne Wiegand find t...

Projected project cost is $2.8 million Following the recommendation of its Finance Committee, the GRF Board on Thursday voted to prioritize funding for the new pickleball courts, with its projected costs rising for various reasons. The Board voted 8-0, with Jill Alley absent, to defer, if necessary, planned spending of approximately $806,000 on oth...

Arenewed push is underway to have residents register the golf carts they own. There is a one-time $10 fee to obtain a registration from Public Safety. No renewal is required, Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion said. The fee gets the owner a sticker for their cart and puts their cart information into Public Safety’s records. Cashion said an updated f...

Bathroom backups prompt change Fancy new ultra-quiet electric hand dryers in the three main Event Center restrooms were turned on for the first time on March 15, blowing hot air the same day that paper hand towels were removed from those same places for the final time. And those towels were taken away none too soon, either, Avi Singh said, as they ...

Though fairly new to his role as building maintenance manager for First Mutual, Dave Peakes has an abundance of experience in Rossmoor. Peakes, who has worked here since 1990, became building maintenance manager for Rossmoor’s oldest and largest Mutual in August after Doug Hughs retired after 20 years. Peakes worked for the previous 12 years as an ...

Remembering Tom Huster One of the things Tom Huster loved was dancing. He and his wife, Sunhi Kim, had taken dance lessons for several years, and had gone out dancing two nights in a row the weekend before Tom died. “If there was music playing in the grocery store and you asked if he wanted to dance, he’d say, ‘I’m in,’ ” his daughter, Beth Roens, ...