Residents hold signs against racially and politically motivated hate and gun violence during a silent vigil May 28 on Golden Rain Road between Rossmoor Parkway and Tice Creek Drive. The vigil was co-sponsored by Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD), Black Lives Matter, Democrats of Rossmoor and the Diversity Consciousness Committee of the Interfa...

GRF Board Board also appoints a director in District A Going with recommendations made by its Planning Committee, the GRF Board last week approved several changes to its draft Facilities Master Plan, removing some projects from the plan, adding others to a project “wish list” and giving others a higher priority than before. At its regular May 26 me...

The Finance Committee is recommending that $1.4 million of a budget surplus –mainly due to the forgiveness of a Paycheck Protection Program loan – be distributed to the Mutuals. At its May 24 meeting, the committee also carved out $400,000 from the surplus for three projects: $110,000 toward an internal audit in 2023, an expenditure of $150,000 for...

After a replastering project punctuated by several delays, the Hillside Pool reopened Thursday, May 26 – just in time for Memorial Day weekend. T he Hillside Pool had been closed since November, when it shut down for the winter season. Difficulty in getting pool contractors delayed the start of the planned replastering work, which was further delay...

It isn’t necessarily surprising that three Rossmoor residents, along with Rossmoor Counseling Services’ manager, serve as volunteer members of the Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging (ACOA). More unanticipated, those four volunteers say, is how few Rossmoor residents seem to know how the council can help them – or that the council even ex...

Amanda Davis is the new accounting controller, part of a change in departmental structure in which she will oversee both GRF and Mutual Operations Department (MOD) accounting resources. Amanda Davis News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch A five-year veteran of the Accounting Department, she most recently served as accounting manager. Her new role was annou...

Two Rossmoor residents were hit by cars recently on Tice Creek Drive. Curt Gunn sadly died of his injuries in April; Becky Smith remains at John Muir Medical Center in very serious condition after the May 18 accident. In both instances, the drivers also were reportedly Rossmoor residents. To raise awareness of the dangerous driving practices in Ros...

The Dollar Ranch Golf Course will close to walkers on Monday, June 6, starting at noon, because of a golf tournament. Walkers can still walk all day on the Creekside Course and until noon on the Dollar Ranch Course. For information, residents can call the Golf Shop at 1-925-988-7861.

The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published every Wednesday for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $55 per year (for second-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...

Three new COVID testing sites have opened in Contra Costa, including one in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Health Services announced last week. The other two sites are in Antioch and Brentwood. Operated by OptumServe, these sites provide rapid antigen tests. Anyone who tests positive and is symptomatic are then connected to a doctor through a video. T...