Funds support wide range of hospice services The Sneakers & Paws fundraiser for Hospice East Bay is fast approaching. This annual event, sponsored by Friends of Hospice Rossmoor, will be held Monday, April 15, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. starting at Creekside Golf Course The walk, for humans and their pets, starts as early as 8:30 a.m. Leave from Cree...

The Rossmoor Al-Anon support group meets on Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. in Multipurpose Room 1 at the Gateway Complex. This mutual support group is for anyone troubled by someone's drinking. By sharing common experiences and applying the Al-Anon principles, family and friends of alcoholics can bring positive changes to their individual situati...

Two First Mutual entries host a fire drill Rossmoor residents always want to feel safer, and firefighters appreciate being able to do their jobs better. So it was a win for everyone when, on March 9, about 20 Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (ConFire) firefighters went to a two-story residential building on Rockledge Lane with carport p...

After delays caused by the COVID pandemic and subsequent supply chain issues, the long-planned project to install solar panels above the Gateway parking lot may finally be nearing construction. GRF General Manager Jeff Matheson told the Planning Committee on Thursday that he hopes the “Gateway Phase II” construction, slightly updated from older pla...

Community services first up March 25 Aseries of monthly town halls will provide residents with an opportunity to meet with staff and ask questions about various aspects of GRF and MOD community operations. The town halls are an effort to enhance communication and transparency. They will be held on the last Monday of TOWN HALLS: Series will also foc...

A proposal that Rossmoor’s trails system be consolidated into fewer specific trails, none of which would be named after individuals, is headed to the GRF Board for consideration. The Policy Committee made recommendations at its March 11 meeting in two 4 to 0 votes for amending Policy 501.0 to simplify Rossmoor’s trail system. Thornier topics, parti...

Election integrity issues are a focus of April 7 event Local GOP activist Liz Ritchie will attend the next Republican Club Meet and Greet session to discuss election integrity issues and answer questions. The Rossmoor Republican Club invites all like-minded people to their meet and greet, to be held on Sunday, April 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Oak R...

Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD) and African American & Friends (AAF) are co-sponsoring a special event to inform and discuss the work of California’s threeplus- year investigation into reparations for slavery of African Americans. The event is set for Tuesday, April 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Fireside Room. Assemblymember R...

Kelsey Clyma takes reins of resident services It’s not unusual for people either within the gates or from the world outside to view Rossmoor as a city within a city, given its population, its own elected government and departmental structure much like that of a city. And all that makes Kelsey Clyma feel right at home. “The makeup of the community i...

By the sheer number of residents who packed the Event Center’s foyer on Thursday waiting for the doors to open, it was evident that the eighth edition of the Home Show would be a rousing success. By the end of the first hour, Realtors from Berkeley Hathaway HomeServices, sponsor of the event, were wondering whether they might run out of brochures –...