It’s a story that’s been told around Rossmoor for decades. Bad guys easily sneak past indifferent security guards and make off with Rossmoor residents’ cars, jewelry, mail and other valuables – even the catalytic converters beneath their cars. Rossmoor Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion hears it all the time. “Since I took over (in April), I’ve hear...

Pr op onent s of th e Rossmoor Solar Initiative, a long-term plan to work with outside energy firms to bring solar power to as many Rossmoor Mutuals as will buy in, said they will take into consideration a recent GRF-commissioned consultant’s report critical of the initiative. It’s also premature, they say, to conclude the proposed solar initiative...

Philip Slakey recently shared with his Rossmoor Parkway neighbor a letter he wrote to Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion. She suggested Slakey share the letter and Cashion’s answers in the News so residents could see what is being done – and what is still to come – for security in Rossmoor. We liked the idea, too, so here are Slakey’s News photo by ...

Kaiser Permanente will host a free flu vaccination clinic at Rossmoor on Wednesday, Sept. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Event Center. Shots will be available for Kaiser members and non-members in the Tahoe Room. Participants can register for the shots on the MyRossmoor web portal by clicking “Events.” Residents who have not signed up for p...

Also, GRF sets fire season rules for grilling Residents should take another more critical look at a multimillion-dollar plan for Rossmoor’s largest Mutuals before greenlighting one giant solar energy project later this summer, with construction slated for early 2022. That was the upshot of suggestions made by GRF-hired consultant William Golove, wh...

It will take more than COVID-19, with its Zoom meetings and added reliance on internet tools and digital information, to make people forget the “hands on” feeling of turning paper pages with one’s fingers, touching the cover, even smelling the bookbinding. “Our patrons like to hold a book, and they chat about what they’re reading,” said Gay White, ...

Wildfire season The Bay Area has already seen several days of thick smoke clouding local skies from various wildfires hundreds of miles away. Its return to Rossmoor and surrounding areas is a virtual certainty. Particulate matter from that smoke can aggravate health problems for seniors, and others with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) and Rossmoor Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) are two resident volunteer organizations committed to encouraging residents to participate in the annual National Preparedness Month for September. This year’s theme is “Prepare to Protect: Preparing for Disasters is Protecting Everyone You...

Those with severely weakened immune systems are now eligible to receive a third dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, and all Americans vaccinated with Pfizer or Moderna can receive an additional shot starting Sept. 20, once an individual is eight months past his or her second dose. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 12 authorized the...

Kevin Faulconer is well aware there are almost twice as many registered Democrats in California as Republicans. As a Republican mayor of San Diego from 2014 until 2020, he watched that city become ever more Democratic over time. He said he worked effectively with Democrats there, and that he can do the same on a bigger, bluer scale. “I’ve proven we...