Benefit concert will be on Nov. 6 The Big Band of Rossmoor and Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation (RSF) are holding a benefit concert and dance on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Event Center. Enjoy an evening of wonderful old tunes, watch some great musicians, dance a little and enjoy a root beer float. The Big Band of Rossmoor was founded in 199...

Residents in need of legal advice are invited to sign up for a free, 30-minute, private consultation with an attorney through Contra Costa Senior Legal Services (CCSLS). “CCSLS offers two clinics every month at Rossmoor,” said Verna Haas, the organization’s executive director. “One is a general clinic for legal assistance with Advance Healthcare Di...

Projects mull pros and cons of forming own Mutual Five Projects in Third Mutual mulled the pros and cons of leaving Third Mutual and forming their own Mutual at a meeting last Wednesday in the Fireside Room, attended by more than 100 residents. The Projects (50 A, B, and C and 55 A and B in District 8) encompass Entries 18 through 25 on Terra Grana...

Minh Phan retired from one career and started another – in a retirement community. Phan is the new head of Rossmoor’s Securitas team. Securitas is Rossmoor’s security service provider, and the company handles the hiring of its staff. “I think Securitas made a wonderful pick with Minh Phan,” said Rossmoor Public Safety Manager Dennis Bell. “He bring...

The Kaiser flu clinic that was scheduled for Monday, Oct. 14, in the Fireside Room at Gateway has been cancelled. “Kaiser Permanente is unfortunately unable to offer the previously-announced flu clinic at Rossmoor on Oct. 14,” said Jonathan Blair, a spokesperson for Kaiser. “There is a free Rossmoor daily shuttle to Kaiser’s Walnut Creek Medical Ce...

Next committee meeting is Oct. 17 at Gateway Interested residents are encouraged to attend the Water Conservation and Sustainable Landscape Committee’s monthly meetings on the third Thursday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 17. The committee now has a new name, new ...

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...