Event planned for July 16 in the Tahoe Room Self-styled “Free Market Warrior” and noted author Loren Spivack will be the guest speaker at the Republican Club Summer Barbecue Dinner on Tuesday, July 16, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. Spivack, aka “The Free Market Warrior,” was born and raised in Massachusetts. Before becoming active ...

Residents share thoughts on racial progress As a child growing up in the small, two-stoplight Texas town of Giddings, Charles Etta Richardson would watch her family prepare for weeks in anticipation of the annual Juneteenth celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. Her mother would make bowls of potato salad and other items to se...

Other golf, Fitness Center roof projects get funding The GRF Planning Committee last week recommended funding four of five capital projects moved forward on GRF’s priority list, after the pickleball structure originally set for a mid-2024 groundbreaking moved back a year. But a fifth proposed project, a series of turf reduction efforts adjacent to ...

The process for streamlining and making equitable the use of Rossmoor’s community facilities has just begun. Policy Committee members got their first look on June 10 at proposed changes to three different GRF policies regarding GRF approved- organizations, community facilities use and guest usage policy, many of which affect room reservations. The ...

Fire safety and how evacuations function top town hall discussion A sea of hands arose from the audience at the Firewise Town Hall when asked how many were receiving Rossmoor Nixle alerts. That prompted a smile from Noell Crosse, fire education coordinator for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District, who asked that question of the crowd at the Ev...

The PRESTO slow-speed, self-driving shuttles are coming to Rossmoor, and Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) officials rolled out the details on June 12 at a town hall in the Fireside Room. As part of a pilot program, PRESTO shuttles will transport residents weekdays from Gateway Clubhouse to Tice Creek Fitness Center. The program is expec...

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board recently issued a tentative order on nutrients in treated wastewater that would have significant financial impacts for Bay Area wastewater customers, including residents of Rossmoor. The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San) will provide residents with more information about ...

Resident was in crosswalk at Tice Creek Drive Afemale pedestrian suffered numerous injuries after being struck by a golf cart near the intersection of Tice Creek Drive and Stanley Dollar Drive on the morning of June 1. The resident was, as of last week, in the trauma center at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek and was expected to be hospital...

Transition to EV vehicles continues in Rossmoor despite infrastructure hurdles The electric vehicle industry as a whole may be going through some upheaval so far in 2024, but it appears as though Rossmoor residents’ embrace of the EV isn’t being noticeably affected by the static of EV production changes and overall sales drops. “I expect there’s a ...

Thanks to a $1 million grant, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority is working toward development of an accessibility app that would give real-time assistance to seniors and those with disabilities seeking transportation options. The initiative was lauded May 31 near the Pleasant Hill BART station by a handful of elected officials, public agenc...