Senate candidate most recent politician to visit Nancy Kors is a big fan of U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee – so much so, Kors told Lee in person last week at the Event Center, that she wants to work on Lee’s campaign in some capacity. Kors was one of approximately 350 people who turned out for the March 15 appearance by Lee, D-Oakland, one of three Democrat...

Down trees, outages hit Rossmoor – again Another round of storms that slammed Rossmoor in mid-March served as a reminder of how important it is to know what to do when power outages hit. Power was knocked out for a segment of Rossmoor between March 14 and 15, as a powerful atmospheric river storm was followed by strong winds that wreaked havoc thro...

Robert Frank’s earliest memory of doing a crossword puzzle was sitting in his great uncle Edward’s lap and tackling the word “nonsmoking.” Decades and thousands of crossword puzzles later, both playing and making them, his latest one, a co-authored piece titled “Come Clean,” is slated to appear in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, March 27. Frank,...

GRF Policy Committee Political columns will be returning to the Rossmoor News on a trial rotation basis, a decision that arose out of discussion at the March 15 Policy Committee meeting at Gateway’s Board Room. This ends a hiatus of the resident-written columns that began with the Feb. 1 edition of the News. The columns will return in the March 29 ...

Signups to participate as a vendor at the Rossmoor Activities Council Flea Market will begin on Thursday, March 23 at 8 a.m. at the Recreation Department at Gateway. The Flea Market will be held on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Fireside Room, Oak Room and Peacock Plaza at Gateway. This event is for selling used household items and...

The candidates who have qualified to run for the GRF Board this spring are Carol Meehan in District A, Carol Lehr in District E, Carol Green and James Lee in District G, Dwight Walker in District H and Mary Hurt in District I. All candidates were officially certified to run for election by Assistant Secretary Deborah Rose on March 13. Since Meehan,...

Alterations and Resales guides residents through renovation and sales journey Navigating through permits, inspections and processes that come with renovating or selling a manor can be daunting. The Alterations and Resales Department has the answers for those residents. Thanks to an exceptional amount of know-how and expertise, the small, hard-worki...

It heartens Tice Creek Fitness Center General Manager Kristine Drinovsky that the number of people using the facility has been rising steadily as the years-old COVID-19 pandemic winds down. “More people are working out, and that improves their lives,” she said. “We’re glad we have so many returning people.” But as more people visit the fitness cent...

Mary Poffenroth plans to offer insights into helping Rossmoor residents get over their fears – be they overt or subconscious – and help equip them with some insights into leading a “courageous life.” This biopsychologist, a faculty member (biology lecturer) at San Jose State University, is set to lead an event, “Accessing Your Courageous Mind,” bil...

While lightning striking trees is quite common in other parts of the United States, it’s rare in the Walnut Creek area, Landscape Manager John Tawaststjerna said. “Sometimes, a tree can survive a lightning strike, but you can always see a spiral scar running down the length of the trunk,” Tawaststjerna explained. “The internal damage is often too g...