GRF Planning Committee The Planning Committee suggested calling in the experts before making changes to the Dollar Clubhouse restrooms or forming a new task force to tackle disabilities issues in Rossmoor. With the GRF Board having already approved funds to renovate Dollar’s first-floor restrooms, the Planning Committee debated at its Nov. 15 meeti...

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. If the case warrants it, the News will do a follow-up story. Wednesday, Nov. ...

The food trucks continue their Tuesday visits to Gateway during the winter months. Each Tuesday, they offer lunch in the Gateway parking lot from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Here’s the lineup through December: Nov 30: Jeanne’s Broth Truck Dec. 7: El Gran Taco Loco Dec. 14: Best Food Truck Ever Dec. 21: Hella Mas Dec. 28: Roadside Chicken Truck

The Rossmoor Club Fair, a special event sponsored by the Rossmoor Activities Council, will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Event Center. All Rossmoor clubs and organizations officially on the Activities Council roster are invited to participate in this event. This will be an opportunity for Rossmoor residents to learn ...

Leaders at Grace Presbyterian Church said they hope to formally bring a proposal to build six “micro homes” on the church campus just outside Rossmoor by the end of December. But church leaders and others supporting this “Hope Village” project are still working to get their main message out, that these homes are not the tiny “pallet shelters” or ot...

Hobby studios, Dollar among Board’s top priorities GRF directors looked into the next decade and at residents’ two-dozen-item list of wants for new facilities and renovation of old, and tried to reconcile what’s really possible. One project – renovation of the second wing of the hobby studios at Gateway next year – quickly rose to the top. At an es...

Fitness Center Advisory Committee members said they will try to impress upon Fitness Center users that weights, resistance bands and other exercise equipment need to be returned to racks or other storage areas. At a Nov. 10 meeting, committee members said they hope improved signage, this story in the News and word-of-mouth among gym users will resu...

When two directors of Rossmoor’s Second Mutual invited Barbara El-Baroudi to discuss joining the board over coffee, she wasn’t exactly bowled over. “I don’t know,” El-Baroudi says when asked why she agreed. “It wasn’t anything that was on my mind. They kind of talked me into it.” But she’s quick to add that she’s glad they did. “Overall, it’s been ...

The food trucks will continue to visit Rossmoor during the winter months on Tuesdays for the rest of this month and December. The food trucks visit the Gateway parking lot each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Here’s the lineup for November: Rosie’s Mexican Food on Nov. 23 and Jeanne’s Broth Truck on Nov. 30. In December, the schedule is El Gran Taco...

The Rossmoor Club Fair, a special event sponsored by the Rossmoor Activities Council, will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Event Center. All Rossmoor clubs and organizations officially on the Activities Council roster are invited to participate in this event. This will be an opportunity for Rossmoor residents to learn ...