The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published every Wednesday for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $145 per year (for first-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...

The Rossmoor Fund is looking for a volunteer board member with good writing skills. Responsibilities include writing articles that appear in the Rossmoor News to appeal to donors or to inform potential grant recipients about the Fund. This person will also be the Fund’s liaison to Rossmoor TV. During the annual fundraising campaign, the board membe...

Mother Nature – with an apparent assist from climate change – stole the show in Rossmoor in 2023. After three years in which impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the flow of events inside the gate, it was the seemingly endless flow of atmospheric river storms that disrupted life in the valley and the surrounding hillsides. And Mother Nature...

There’s been a lot of talk in Rossmoor recently about skyrocketing insurance premiums, and the efforts to slow that trajectory, including by reducing fire-related risks inside and outside homes. But Tom Cashion is quick to say there’s a higher purpose to a lower FIRE: Shaded break work starts in January risk of fire. “The main thing is to make thin...

Room reservations for Rossmoor facilities are completely booked through the holiday season, and no new reservations will be accepted through Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Club representatives who need to change an existing reservation booked through the end of this year can email lpadilla@rossmoor.com and lgraham@rossmoor.com Requests for new reservations ...

Rossmoor EPO Tip: With high expectations and unrealistic goals, holidays can be dangerous to overall health. Many seniors grieve the loss of a loved one, the absence of historic family traditions, the stress of complex family dynamics and the crazy “hustle-bustle” schedule holidays demand. For many, holidays themselves are triggers for unresolved n...

GRF staff would like to thank the vendors and area businesses who contributed raffle prizes for this year’s staff holiday lunch. This year’s donors contributed 98 prizes. The grand prize was a 65-inch Samsung flat screen TV donated by Five Star Painting. The other donors and prizes given were: ● Barbara Russell of Rossmoor Realty – Alexa smart disp...

ends meet. The Rossmoor Fund connects neighbors who want to help those who are struggling. A recent “thank-you” note to the Fund board affirmed, “Your organization is such a blessing to those of us at Rossmoor who are on limited incomes.” Notes of thanks from residents who have received Rossmoor Fund need grants repeatedly recognize donors to the F...

Following sentencing of DUI driver, Gunn says, ‘This is where my life is, and this is where my friends are’ L aurelyn Gunn “studiously avoids” walking along Tice Creek Drive, and doesn’t do much walking along any other street, either. A year and a half after the DUI accident that killed her husband, Curtis, as the couple walked along Tice Creek Dri...

STAFF SPOTLIGHT Accounting Department is more than numbers –there’s all those coupons, too When describing the important, voluminous work of the Accounting Department, GRF Chief Financial Officer Tom Hand turns to the numbers, quite naturally: • Over 40,000 transactions are processed each month. • The department processes 6,700 property tax bills. ...