Sons in Retirement (SIR) announced that the organization’s board of directors has voted to cancel all SIRs events in Rossmoor for 2020. Joe Hoffman said the club hopes to start up again as soon as a vaccine for COVID-19 is available.

Several residents at the Mutual Two board meeting on July 16 asked about replacing water- cooled air conditioners with compressor units, arguing that compressor units would be less noisy, subject to fewer leaks and use less potable water. The board has not decided whether to undertake this conversion. Defective water-cooled units are replaced after...

Rossmoor Trivia Question Who Builds Now? Question: The Golden Rain Foundation negotiated to purchase some of Ross Cortese’s assets (such as the golf course). What company purchased the remaining assets of Cortese in Walnut Creek? Answer: See page 13A

How to prepare in case of a power shutoff The recent hot streak is a good reminder that fire season is upon us. And Rossmoor just happens to be in an extreme fire threat area, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. The weather forecast, starting today, predicts temperatures to rise from 89 degrees through Friday to a very wa...

Recreation launches free drive-in movies Weekly films scheduled at Hillside Recreation has just the ticket for cooped-up movie fans. Free weekly drive-in movies launch tomorrow night at Rossmoor with the 1973 coming- of-age classic, “American Graffiti.” The movie will be shown on a giant inflatable screen in the Hillside Clubhouse parking lot at 9 ...

For emergencies and community alerts, the GRF Board and staff use the Nixle community mass notification system to keep residents up to date on important information. Residents must opt-in to Rossmoor Nixle and register a mobile or home phone or email address or any combination of the three, to receive messages via their selected method. For residen...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen clarified the mystery surrounding whether COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in Rossmoor during a talk she gave via Zoom to the Rotary Club last Wednesday. Andersen said during the meeting that her office had inquired with county health officers about whether cases had been confirmed inside Rossmoor. “...

Email from Supervisor’s office not in line with health dept. statement The chief of staff for Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen wrote in an email last month that at least one case of COVID-19 has been confirmed inside Rossmoor. But a spokesman for Contra Costa County Health Services said the agency “does not have data available” to sh...

Reaction prompts new direction for proposal Saying they’re not racist and conceding that outdoor protests in Rossmoor can’t be stopped, members of the GRF Policy Committee nevertheless drafted guidelines last Tuesday that would set some limits on when protests can be held. These include the requirement of one business day’s notice to GRF and that p...

Webinar put on by Counseling, Rossmoor Fund Before the coronavirus shutdown, Counseling Services Supervisor Penny Reed had planned to host a tech fair where local companies would show off the latest gadgets for helping Rossmoor residents live independently and safely. The shelter-in-place scrubbed those plans, but the show will still go on virtual-...