PG&E says pole to be replaced this month Agrass fire broke out last week near the PG& E power pole that has been the scene of at least five fires over the past 15 years, according to resident Jim Brennan. Brennan lives right next to the steep hill off Golden Rain Road, Entry 16, where the blaze started around 4 p.m. on Sept. 23. And, as in ...

Four proposals, 68 letters from residents, two failed motions and two aborted amended motions ended at last week’s GRF Board meeting with a deal that allows residents to keep Turner Classic Movies, while also keeping Comcast in Rossmoor through 2023. The deal came about after Comcast decided in August to move the TCM channel out of its Digital Pref...

Work started last week to remove the eucalyptus trees along the median on Tice Valley Boulevard, north and south of Rolling Hills Drive. The lanes adjacent to the median in both directions are closed between roughly 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday to Friday, while work is going on. “The median infrastructure is decades old,” said Mike Vickers, public wor...

Final amount is less than projected The GRF Board approved a $23.5 million operations budget for 2020 that is supported in part by a monthly coupon fee of $293.60 per manor, which includes TV and Internet. The cost is $1.187 a month lower than earlier projected, as more savings and revenue are anticipated. “That’s always good to see,” Board Preside...

Following are the actions taken by the GRF Board on Sept. 26: 1. Accepted, as recommended by the Audit Committee, the audit proposal from Shea Labagh Dobberstein to perform an examination of the financial statements of the GRF and the financial statements of the employees’ Pension Plan and the 401(k) Plan and to prepare the necessary income tax ret...

MOD’s Theresa Molina prepares to retire Rossmoor’s longest tenured employee – Theresa Molina – will retire on Monday, Sept. 30. That’s 42 years and two months after she agreed to fill in for a Mutual Operations Divi-sion (MOD) employee for two weeks. She was hired as a temporary clerk and has risen through the ranks to become Mutual Ser-vices Admin...

Residents share their favorite memories As Rossmoor celebrates its 55th anniversary this month, some longtime and some newer residents reflect on memories that stick out in their minds. They recall the reconstruction of Gateway with the addition of Peacock Hall, the brouhaha over construction of Creekside and the Event Center, the rapid growth of p...

Golden Rain Foundation’s Executive Services has a new senior manager. Deborah Rose stepped into her new position following Paulette Jones’ retirement last week. “I’ve been getting a lot of phone calls, with residents curious about who I am – who is going to fill Paulette’s very big shoes,” said Rose. The job may be new, but Rose is no stranger to R...

The Men’s Conference, sponsored by Rossmoor Counseling Services, will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 10 a.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. The day will be filled with talks to enrich the mind and soul. The conference, which is solely for men, will feature speakers Lewis Richmond and Mike Duffy. Richmond is the author of four books, most recentl...

The solar array installation at the Mutual Operations Department (MOD) on Rockview Drive is close to completion. RV owners will soon be able to park their vehicles at the RV parking lot adjacent to MOD. For the past eight months, RV owners have been parking their vehicles on Rossmoor streets while the solar array installation was underway. Ralph De...