Julie and Joe Baratta bought their home near the Hillside swimming pool about a year ago, in part because it’s so close to the pool. They figured they would go swimming with their three grandkids, who live locally, often during designated “Family Swim” hours. “We knew the pool was closed” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Julie Baratta said, “but w...

GRF will continue to operate Dial-ABus service for the foreseeable future, and the separate subsidized rideshare program through GoGo Grandparents is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Resident Services Director Jeff Matheson said the colored bus lines with set schedules will not return. Instead, residents can call with as little as a...

Forum focuses on different perspectives At some point several years ago, Sara Blackstock had printed out, or perhaps just found, a paper with a list of approximately 30 questions on it – “big questions,” she said. She put that paper back into a file and didn’t think about it for a while. But those questions were Organizers of the Big Questions Foru...

The GRF Policy Committee briefly toyed with the idea of recommending to the GRF Board that all political columns in the Rossmoor News be dropped to help ensure that resident-written columns are not offensive. Last week’s review of the News editorial policy stemmed from a barrage of complaints about an April “As You Write It” column, which some resi...

Rossmoor residents describe what Games meant to them – then and now Barbara Jordan is more than ready for the Summer Olympics to begin. And don’t even think of bothering her once they start on July 23. “It all brings me to a standstill,” said Jordan, 84, a Rossmoor resident for about 15 years. “I will not be answering my telephone, I will not be go...

Trainer also working with U.C. Davis study You might say Rossmoor is just the right fit for Paullette Creel, a new trainer at the Tice Valley Fitness Center. She works Tuesdays through Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Creel started about a month ago. She is a personal trainer and a health coach. She teaches classes such as cycling, aquacise and T...

The GRF Planning Committee wants to take a closer look at another possible location for an expanded pickleball complex – this time in the picnic area alongside Dollar Clubhouse. At last week’s meeting, committee members decided to ask the full GRF Board to approve authorizing Resident Services Director Jeff Matheson to obtain soil study, engineerin...

Four Rossmoor residents remain displaced and in need of temporary housing because of the 2925 Golden Rain fire that occurred several weeks ago. Rentals are sought for approximately 18 to 24 months. If anyone would like to lease their manor to one of these neighbors in need, contact Administrative Services Manager Sharon Fees at sfees@rossmoor.com o...

Board discusses looking at older ovens, electrical connectons Afraid of another fire like the June 3 blaze that left four Golden Rain Road manors uninhabitable, one First Mutual board member said he wants inspections involving manors’ stoves, ovens and cooktops, along with their electrical connections. “I am extremely concerned that this could happ...

Nothing says summer more than an outdoor barbecue. There’s the aroma and sizzle of burgers and hot dogs on the grill, huge helpings of potato salad, beverages on ice and ice cream to finish things off. On June 29, it was time for Rossmoor residents to come out in the sun, get reacquainted, listen to some music from the ’60s and ’70s and enjoy a bar...