At least for the time being, it will be difficult for most buyers of Rossmoor homes to obtain necessary mortgage financing, because GRF’s insurance limitations have prompted a moratorium on many new mortgages for home purchases in Rossmoor. And even some who pay cash may have trepidations, fearing an inability to be made whole in the event of a hug...

GRF Board Meeting By Sam Richards Staff writer After 17 speakers criticized various aspects of moving the Rossmoor Garden and/or building a new condominium complex along Terra Granada Drive, the GRF Board opted last week to defer commissioning a $20,000 study on whether either or both of those parcels were worth selling. The two areas in question a...

Current tree at Creekside to be removed The Tree of Lights, a Rossmoor staple and a symbol of the community’s kindness, empathy and generosity, is getting a new home. With nearly four decades of history within Rossmoor, the Tree of Lights will soon be near the historic Dollar House, to the left of the main entrance on the approach from a walkway co...

Rossmoor could soon be hosting a temporary driverless shuttle connecting Gateway Clubhouse and Tice Creek Fitness Center, as part of a Contra Costa Transportation Authority grant AUTONOMOUS: Federal grant paying for service from Gateway to Fitness Center program designed to help further research into the technology of driverless transit. Ann Mottol...

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETING DATES In-person and virtual meeting dates, times and locations are subject to change. For virtual meetings, Mutual members can click on the Zoom link available below or call in by phone: 1-669-900-­ 6833, unless otherwise indicated. Feb. 1 Second Mutual board of directors............. 4 p.m. Club Room, Creekside Link...

GRF AND MUTUAL NEWS The GRF Board last week postponed a decision on whether to raise the Membership Transfer Fee from the current $13,000 per Rossmoor home sale to $15,000 starting in July, instead referring the issue back to the GRF Finance Committee for more discussion. That same committee voted Jan. 23, two days before the GRF Board meeting, to ...

A front-page story in the Jan. 24 News on theft and trespassing statistics should have said that the pedestrian gate project was deferred by the GRF Board to the 2024 Capital Budget project list.

Theft and trespassing incidents recorded by Securitas were down considerably in 2023 from recent years, according to a report by Public Safety. Thefts reported to Securitas totaled 49, down from 79 in 2022 and 121 in 2021. Trespassing incidents numbered seven last year, compared with 11 in 2022 and 23 in 2021. Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion cred...

By Mike Wood Staff writer Hearing the name “Bling Fling” can put a smile on anyone’s face. Learning what the annual fundraiser in Rossmoor accomplishes makes that smile even wider. Jane Viator came up with the zippy name in 2017, when she launched efforts here to collect unwanted but wearable jewelry, to be sold to help at-risk youths in Contra Cos...

When Lt. Jeff Slater walked into the Event Center on Thursday for a “Coffee with a Cop” session that he organized, he was stunned to see so many residents. More than 100 residents packed the Event Center’s Donner Room and spilled out into the main hall’s corridors for “Coffee with a Cop,” an informal give-and-take with Slater, the Sector 1 commande...