Autumnwood elevator fails a load test Some Rossmoor residents have been struggling to navigate – or avoid – flights of stairs in their condominium complex since their building’s elevator gave out and subsequently was declared off-limits in early December. The unexpected breakdown has inconvenienced individuals in all 18 units of the building at 595...

That Mediterranean cruise will have to wait. And traveling to Italy is going to remain a pipe dream for the foreseeable future. Even as Rossmoor begins offering group trips again, the seemingly never-ending pandemic continues putting the kibosh on some of those plans. “I never in my wildest dreams imagined that we would not have an opportunity to t...

Traffic safety Several residents have reported issues with the driver of a white truck who has been seen speeding, running stop signs and swerving into lanes of traffic in Rossmoor. Many of them have filed reports with Walnut Creek Police. A few have wondered why more can’t be done to stop the repeat offender, especially considering that Rossmoor i...

GRF Board shuts down indoor activities Rossmoor’s indoor facilities have closed down again in response to COVID’s highly transmissible omicron variant. In an emergency executive session Friday, the GRF Board unanimously decided after more than two hours of discussion to shut down indoor facilities through the end of the month in hopes of containing...

Amonths-long push by solar power advocates has helped convince more than 120 Rossmoor homeowners to move ahead with solar installations – 47 of them as part of systems being shared by small clusters of homeowners in three Mutuals, one solar advocate said. But whether most, or perhaps any, of those new projects move forward will depend on whether th...

There is an easy and efficient method for residents to pay their monthly coupon through Automated Clearing House or ACH. ACH is an electronic payment method transacted between financial institutions. ACH payments go through a clearinghouse that enforces rules and regulations while keeping account numbers confidential. Because of this, ACH payments ...

Patricia Teschner asked her Walnut Creek bank two weeks ago if it had any quarters she could buy – preferably four rolls. She asked again one week ago. No, and no. “They said there is a coin shortage, and that they didn’t have them,” said Teschner, a First Mutual resident who uses the coin washing machines and dryers closest to her home. “The marke...

On a recent rainy Tuesday afternoon, people expecting to hear a lecture by Mazin Qumsiyeh about socio-political issues in the state of Palestine instead walked up to the Vista Room at Hillside to see the lecture had been postponed. A posted notice said Qumsiyeh and his wife canceled a trip to the U.S. out of COVID-related concerns. In the nearby La...

Die-hard golfers were out of luck last week when Rossmoor had to close its two courses again after they became waterlogged. “It’s soggy – totally saturated,” said Golf Course Superintendent Blake Swint, noting that there are two factors at play: Because the Dollar and Creekside golf courses are in a valley, the runoff from surrounding hills flows o...

Ruth Bond is Rossmoor’s new administrative assistant for executive services, and her duties will center on offering support for her supervisor, Executive Services Senior Manager Deborah Rose, and for Rossmoor CEO Tim O’Keefe. But it was learning about one of her backup jobs, delivering mail to various GRF departments within Rossmoor, that helped gi...