Clearing up some confusion about face masks In February, Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted that people needed to stop buying masks: “They are not effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus.” On June 5, the World Health Organization declared that there is no direct evidence that healthy people wearing masks is effective in ...

GRF protest, nondiscrimination proposed policies under review The GRF Policy Committee wants more time to mull over the hot button issues of protests and nondiscrimination before forwarding the matters on to the full GRF Board for consideration. After about an hour and a half of going line by line over the proposed policies for each on Aug. 4, the ...

The GRF Board of Directors met in executive session late on Thursday afternoon, July 30, following the regular Board meeting to discuss whether to continue paying staff who are not being utilized at 100% of their budgeted time. This meeting followed earlier decisions, most recently in May, to pay under-utilized employees through July 31. On March 1...

The Rossmoor Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will hold a training meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. on Zoom. The Rossmoor Area has more than 100 trained volunteers who can be deployed during a disaster and pandemic. After a meeting with a small group of CERTs, recommendations were presented to the Walnut Creek CERT Leadership Te...

Members welcome to attend Zoom meeting about 2021 budget Second Mutual will hold a special board meeting to craft the 2021 budget on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. via Zoom. All members are welcome to observe the meeting and address the board. The final proposed budget will be presented at the annual meeting of members held in October. The board the...

Residents who have questions or need help with Comcast can make appointments to talk with a representative online, while the Fireside Room remains closed due to COVID-19. Appointments are available between 10 a.m. and noon every Tuesday through Thursday until the Fireside Room reopens. Residents can go online to https://tinyurl.com/ ufscnku, pick t...

GRF Board meeting Committee tasked to explore enforcement, term limits The GRF Policy Committee is going to be busy, tackling questions of whether residents who violate Rossmoor rules should be punished and whether term limits are needed for GRF committees. The matters were referred to the committee by the GRF Board on Thursday after its debate of ...

Last week’s extended power outage at Rossmoor led to a number of non-emergency calls to 911 and Securitas, tying up emergency dispatchers, according to Public Safety Manager Dennis Bell. Bell reminded residents that only Pacific Gas & Electric can provide information on the status of power outages and that residents should only call 911 or Secu...

Failing to wear a mask in public and not practicing social distancing could cost residents and businesses in Contra Costa County. Last week, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors passed an urgency ordinance establishing fines for those who violate health orders designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Fines for individuals are $100 fo...

As residents try to stay safe from the coronavirus by keeping their distance from one another during walks around Rossmoor, they may run another risk: straying into the path of vehicles. Several walkers in recent weeks have been spotted veering onto Rossmoor roadways as they pass each other on sidewalks. Fortunately, there have been no reported acc...