Lauralee Barbaria had good reason to snicker, thanks to an impressive golf victory. This was a biggie. Barbaria took top honors at the Women’s Nine-Hole Golf Association Tournament of Champions on Sept. 29 at Discovery Bay Country Club, triumphing over golfers from throughout Northern California who, for the most part, were considerably younger. Th...

Anumber of Rossmoor events are making their way back after being waylaid by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the upcoming Rossmoor Health Fair a prime example. And for Penny Reed, it’s none too soon. “The (COVID) shutdown hit on many fronts; people have been isolated, aren’t connecting, not always able to know what health services are out there for them...

Arlyss Rothman, who was a former Third Mutual board member and president and current vice president of the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO), died Oct. 19 following a long fight with cancer. Rothman, 74, made her mark in Rossmoor almost immediately after she and husband, Al, arrived in 2015. She started as an entry coordinator for ...

The second annual Diversity Festival of Rossmoor was bigger, brighter and better. As the saying goes, you had to be there. A great portion of Rossmoor was there, packing the Event Center on Oct. 11. The event moved to larger digs after its start one year ago at Gateway that drew a large crowd despite overcast skies. This time, the weather came thro...

A pop-up COVID-19 booster clinic will be held in Rossmoor on Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon at Stanley Dollar Clubhouse. Advance registration is required to receive the booster at the clinic offered by Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS). Residents only need to provide their name, address, phone number and email when registering. They can regi...

George Allen was on his way to a doctor’s appointment in April 2021 when the car he was driving rear-ended another vehicle on Pleasant Hill Road in Lafayette. Allen said he was going about 30 mph and that the other vehicle had stopped in front of him. “My car was totaled, and I think I cracked a couple of ribs,” said the Rossmoor resident, now 82. ...

GRF Board member Dale Harrington “always radiated a moral concern with every issue he dealt with, and he seemed to be our spiritual guide and wise father-figure,” fellow director Neva Flaherty said. Beyond being a Board member, Harrington was chairman of the GRF Policy Committee and a volunteer member of several Contra Costa County advisory groups,...

Savers, which describes itself as a “thrift store where people can shop and donate high-quality second-hand merchandise,” has signed a lease deal to open its fifth Bay Area store in the vacant former Rite Aid store at Tice Creek Boulevard and Rossmoor Parkway, a Savers spokeswoman confirmed last week. Sara Gaugl, a spokeswoman for Bellevue, Washing...

Staff Spotlight Watching the Tice Creek Fitness Center humming at the peak of the day is fascinating. Take a sweeping look across the main exercise floor to the entrance and one sees engagement, encouragement, keen attention to residents, good cheer, smiles and fun. There’s a special bond forged between the staff and residents who come to the cente...

Even if the concept of being civil is pretty straightforward – being nice to people, stopping at the stop signs, exercising patience and grace – bringing that civility to life can be more complicated. In Rossmoor, where some say there’s been an uptick in disrespectful and boorish behavior in recent months, those who want to reverse that trend – inc...