Rossmoor needs a masterplan to help guide officials, staff and residents when they make plans and budget for Rossmoor’s facilities. So said the Planning Committee on Jan. 14, when it agreed on the specifics a consultant should follow to draw up such a plan. The GRF Board will be asked to approve the guidelines before a request for proposals goes ou...

With the exception of Tice Creek entries AA through 17, the plant replacement program for 2020 has been completed. If residents submitted a request that was not fulfilled or if they missed the original deadline, they can re-submit their request to plantreplacement@rossmoor.com. Landscaping apologizes if it missed anyone, and if a replacement is not...

Café to reopen with new menu Kairi’s Kitchen – and the team behind it at Café Oasis – will temporarily close for the month of January and reopen on Feb. 1. Cafe Oasis Manager Lori Parham said in a letter to customers that the closure will give the restaurant time to reevaluate how to better serve them. “If hindsight is 2020, then our vision has bec...

The Third Mutual Board of Directors is seeking volunteers for an open seat on the board. A vacant board seat is open in District XV, Projects 27, 31 and 32, which includes entries 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16 on Ptarmigan Drive. Any interested District XV owner is invited and encouraged to apply for the board position no later than Feb. 15, at 12 p.m. The...

A story in the Jan. 6 edition about a Zoom program featuring Darren Zook and sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) incorrectly reported the cost of the event. It is $20. A story in the Jan. 6 edition on a Commonwealth Club Middle East Forum event incorrectly reported that Robert Rosenthal co-authored “War of Shadows: Codebreakers...

Guy Bjerke will be the guest speaker for Rossmoor Rotary Club’s meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27, via Zoom. Check-in starts at 11:45 a.m. Bjerke is the director of economic development and base reuse for the city of Concord. He’s responsible for overseeing the city’s economic development programs and the implementation of the Reuse Area Plan for the r...

The $1.4 million revenue shortfall from the 2020 budget for the organization did not change in November. Management has continued to focus on essential spending to offset that shortfall in order to maintain a strong financial position for the organization. In GRF Operations the year-to-date (YTD) revenue shortfall of $714,000 was offset by expense ...

business of logistics, supply chain and global trade compliance, Lishinsky wanted to ensure that the masks were well made, so she emailed the China-based manufacturer to verify that Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc., was an authorized distributor. Indeed it was, the company quickly confirmed. She decided that a bulk order might be in order, so in ...

A few changes at Comcast have drawn the notice of residents, who have called GRF staff or written letters to the editor inquiring about them. Rossmoor’s Comcast representative, Brent Harrah, has helped explain some of the changes. First, residents were notified in October through their bill or their Comcast email – and in a second notice that went ...

The Rossmoor News will have early deadlines for the Jan. 6 newspaper because of the New Year’s holiday. All columns, club trip listings and religion articles are due Tuesday, Dec. 29, by noon. All other club and organization articles are due Wednesday, Dec. 30, by noon. All ads and letters to the editor must be turned in by Wednesday, Dec. 30, at 3...