More specific details about initial options for renovation of Rossmoor facilities at Gateway, at 800 Rockview Drive and the Dollar House were presented Thursday at the monthly Planning Committee meeting, ahead of today’s Open House at the Event Center to gather specific written feedback about those three proposed options. About 50 people came to th...

Each individual has his own unique story Just before 7 a.m. on Monday, as many as nine people will gather along the Rossmoor Parkway median just south of the guard shack. Waiting for them will be 11 American flags, hauled out of the guard shack where they’re stored by Securitas staffers, which will be set up in long-established polesized ground sle...

Golf Advisory Committee Golf Advisory Committee members want to understand why membership in two of Rossmoor’s four golf clubs has been going down in recent years, even as the overall number of rounds played on Rossmoor’s two courses has increased. The matter was discussed as part of Chairman Burke Ferrari’s report at the commit- GOLF: Rounds playe...

Most people want to stay home where they’re most comfortable as they age, two experts in home health care told a packed Fireside Room on May 7. But aging, of course, can be unpredictable, and health issues frequently interfere with people’s plans to live at home without outside intervention as they age. Lorna Van Ackeren of Aging Care Concierge and...

Two updates pertaining to online privacy policies for Rossmoor’s websites were recommended last week by the Policy Committee to the RWC Board for consideration. However, a proposed overhaul of how Rossmoor clubs and organizations are defined will need more discussion. The same goes for proposed rules for the new pickleball facility at Dollar as wel...

Ignazio “Nace” Ruvolo in District H, Nan Warren in District I and Sara Spence in District E have been elected to three-year terms on the RWC Board of Directors and were formally installed Monday during the Board’s annual Meeting of Members. In District H, Ruvolo had 272 votes, defeating Rober t Shiau, who tallied 166 votes. District I winner Warren...

Strawberry led to series of paintings Rose Wright gushes when talking about Rossmoor’s Farmers’ Market. Her fondness for the Farmers’ Market has inspired her to create a series of paintings for a special project. The Farmers’ Market’s opening day is this Friday at Gateway – exciting news for Wright and other fans of the market. It’ll be open from 9...

New part, health inspection are final hurdles The Golden Pear is one part and a health inspection away from its soft launch opening, which should come later this month. An exhaust component for a hood over the stove failed to function properly, Rossmoor General Manager Jeff Matheson told the RWC Board at its meeting on April 30. “It re- PEAR: Soft ...

Three options for creating a new workspace for Rossmoor Walnut Creek and Rossmoor Property Management employees now based at the top of Rockview Drive are going to be formally rolled out at the Planning Committee meeting on Thursday, May 14, in what General Manager Jeff Matheson said will be the next phase of a “very lengthy interactive process wit...

The April 15 tax-filing deadline is in the rear-view mirror, but for donors to charities, tax considerations never go out of season. In a recent conversation, Bill Reiss, Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation (RSF) trustee and Rossmoor resident, explained why he and his wife, Ray, prefer to use Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) to make donations ...