Coordinators for the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization play a crucial role with neighbors in their entries or street neighborhoods. The recent series of storms showed just how crucial, as EPO entry and street coordinators were on the ground floor as situations quickly grew treacherous. Ted Bentley, who is co-coordinator with his wife, Ju...

Chief Financial Officer Joel Lesser announced plans to resign, with his last day being April 6. GRF Finance Committee Chair Adrian Byram shared the news at last week’s committee meeting. “I want to reiterate that we’ve been very lucky to have Joel with us these last two years, and we will definitely miss his professionalism and his attention to det...

It’s a four-member department laboring in a (relatively) off-the-beaten-path part of the Gateway administration building. But if you live in Rossmoor, or looking to live in Rossmoor, or leaving Rossmoor, you’d better have the phone number for GRF’s Member Records Department handy. “Nobody exists in Rossmoor unless they start here,” said Sofia Genov...

By Mike Wood Staff writer It’s not a stretch to say that ukuleles bring joy. The Rossmoor Ukulele Club has found a way to pass that joy along to youngsters. Through a new program, the club has been donating ukuleles to fourth and fifth grade students in the Walnut Creek School District. Taking a break from a recent Wednesday jam session, members be...

The New Year’s Eve landslides on holes 5 and 3 of the Dollar Ranch Golf Course, which originally figured to close the course for a few weeks, worsened with the heavy rains on Jan. 14, especially on hole 3. Dollar course’s holes 3, 4, 5 and 6 figure to be closed for the near future, Director of Golf Mark Heptig said last Thursday. Originally, the sl...

At his first town hall meeting as Rossmoor’s general manager, Jeff Matheson asked attendees what attracted them to this community in the first place and what they see as the greatest challenges to their enjoyment of it. Tony Ghazal said he was drawn by the natural beauty of the area, among other things. “I looked it up and we came out,” Ghazal, a M...

Fact checking on next agenda for Policy Committee Starting with the Feb. 1 edition of the Rossmoor News, the political columns will go on hiatus and a decision about their future will go before the GRF Policy Committee at its Feb. 13 meeting. GRF President Dwight Walker suggested putting the columns on hiatus after Ann Peterson, the Rossmoor News’ ...

GRF workers respond to storms’ aftermath New Year’s weekend demanded the best from Rossmoor’s maintenance staff, with all the flooding, fallen trees, landslides and other problems caused by more than 5 inches of rain. That storm, and subsequent heavy rains, taken together were among the most destructive in Rossmoor in the past 30 years, workers sai...

The two-hour midday silence at the Tice swimming pools is over, at least for now, as the Aquatics Advisory Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to cancel that “interim policy.” Committee members said that swimmers wanting music- free swimming time can ask pool operators to make the next available 30-minute time block silent. Swimmers can sign up...

Brent Barnhart had a magical touch in working to make this a better world, no matter how complicated the circumstance. Whether it was advocating for solar energy, civil liberties or health care, Barnhart quietly worked to create positive outcomes for countless Californians, including those in Rossmoor. One of the leading lights in what eventually b...