An enduring personality in Bay Area sports and the local community, famed sports public address announcer Dick Callahan is being memorialized in a special way. Most recently the longtime public address announcer for the Oakland A’s, Callahan died unexpectedly on Jan. 29, 2021, at age 80. Callahan, who lived in Rossmoor during the final years of his...

Bill Leary, who writes the “Engaging Saging” column for the Rossmoor News, will speak to the Rotary Club on Wednesday, April 6, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon our lives and how it has changed us. The meeting will be held in the Diablo Room for lunch, followed by the speaker, and also will be held via Zoom. The in-person meeting star...

As of Jan. 1, Californians are required to put organics (food scraps, plant cuttings, pizza boxes, and food-soiled paper towels and napkins) in the green cart. (If the Republic driver finds organics in the landfill container, the Mutual could be charged a fee, increasing residents’ coupon.) Food scraps can be wrapped in newspaper, a paper bag or BP...

The Landscape Department will take out its annual flowers and make them available to interested residents on a first-come, first-served basis. The plantings are available now on burlaps located at the Recycling Yard off Rockview Drive. They can be picked up during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4:30 ...

he Dollar Ranch Golf Course will close to walkers on Monday, March 28, 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, call the Golf Shop at 1-925-988-7861.

Maxine Topper, Jill Alley and Dale Harrington will be elected by acclamation to the GRF Board of Directors this spring. Topper will represent District B and Alley District F. Harrington returns for his second term in District G. Topper, Alley and Harrington were the only candidates who qualified to run for the GRF Board. As they ran unopposed, no e...

Two Securitas officers working in Rossmoor, Andres Osorio and Ritesh Raj, have been selected from among some 120,000 North American Securitas employees as the company’s Officers of the Year for 2021. They were honored for heroism while helping a resident who had fallen into a glass cabinet and seriously injured himself. Those efforts, on what at fi...

Committee recommends opening pools if no lifeguards are available The Aquatics Advisory Commit t e e vo t e d Thursday to recommend to the GRF Board that Dollar and Hillside pools should remain open during normal hours even if there aren’t enough lifeguards available to cover all shifts. Committee members said they don’t want a repeat of the pain t...

With its storied history and scenic location on the lush greens at Hillside, lawn bowling is a sport that catches a lot of attention. While the sport is fun and enticing, the Rossmoor Lawn Bowling Club emphasizes to interested residents that certification is required to join the club. Certification is conducted by coaches for the club, which is aff...

Telecare is a personalized service that provides daily wellness checks to residents. The service is especially valuable to residents who live alone, are convalescing from an illness, or have family on vacation or not residing in the area. Recipients of Telecare receive a call each morning from a Telecare volunteer between 8 and 9:30 a.m. every day ...