Rossmoor’s Wood Shop at Gateway Center will again be offering its knife-sharpening service on two Friday mornings in August, on Aug. 5 and 19. The sharpening meisters, Al Kaufman and his brother John, will be there from the shop’s opening at 9 a.m. until noon. Knives can be dropped off in the morning when the shop opens and picked up later anytime ...

FROM SECURITAS The following are the major incidents reported to Securitas, Rossmoor’s security service provider. They appear here as they were initially reported to Securitas. After investigation, details of a case may indicate a lesser or different incident description. Friday, July 22 Building damage: An American Medical Response supervisor repo...

Rossmoor’s Public Safety Manager, Tom Cashion, will be at the Republican Club’s Sunday, Aug. 7, Meet & Greet to talk with residents and answer their questions. The Rossmoor Republican Club invites all like-minded people to their monthly Meet & Greet, on Sunday, Aug. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Oak Room in the Gateway Clubhouse. Attendees are...

Replacing grass a priority as drought worsens There is plenty of incentive for Rossmoor to cut down on water use – higher cost, a supply that may dwindle, simply doing right by the environment. John Tawaststjerna, Rossmoor’s landscape manager, is mindful of all those things as he and his forces continue their ongoing campaign to cut down on water u...

Hands-on training helps at Dog Park Dog etiquette training sessions are one step toward making the Dog Park a more pleasant experience for all. The sessions that began in April and continued into July have fostered a greater conversation about why dogs bark and what can be done to alleviate excessive barking from dogs at the park, which has prompte...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have helped get people back on the golf courses again, but even with the pandemic-related shutdowns easing and more recreational activities once again at residents’ disposal, the two Rossmoor courses continue to see increasing numbers of users. Rossmoor’s courses hosted 7,285 rounds played in June, up slightly from 7,190 i...

Walnut Creek voters will decide in November whether the city’s sales tax should go up a half-cent. The City Council voted 5-0 at its July 19 meeting to put a measure on the Nov. 8 ballot for the half-cent increase that would bring Walnut Creek’s sales tax rate to 9.25%, which is what Pittsburg and Pleasant Hill residents now pay. It would bump Waln...

CEO Tim O’Keefe announced to the GRF Board and staff on July 18 that he will be retiring on Nov. 15. O’Keefe has served as CEO of the Golden Rain Foundation since November 2015, including the past 2½ years during the COVID-19 pandemic. His contract was not set to expire until June 30, 2024. “It’s been a great job, and I’ve loved working here,” O’Ke...

Soaring costs present reason for concern Saying more information is needed before a meaningful decision can be made, and despite a forecast of mounting costs, the GRF Planning Committee on Thursday voted to recommend to the full GRF Board to keep moving ahead with an ongoing study of building a wastewater reclamation facility to keep Rossmoor’s gol...

The City of Hope tours are back. That’s great news to those Rossmoor residents who love making the monthly casino bus rides that benefit important medical research. To their great thrill, those monthly adventures around Northern California resumed in May. Most significantly, this longstanding Rossmoor tradition raises funds for the City of Hope cli...