Securitas provides safety, security and a helping hand Securitas, the private security company that provides Rossmoor with gate access, patrol, emergency medical technician and Stair Trac services, is based out of Stockholm, Sweden. Its name is Latin for security, points out Phil Kocher, Securitas’ lead administration clerk in Rossmoor. Worldwide c...

Weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meditation and discussion meetings are held three times a week: Saturdays from 5 to 6 p.m. in Creekside’s Bunker Room; Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside; and Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway and on Zoom. The Zoom ID is 441 759 4186 (no password). For more information, go ...

Medical building large enough for staff, but many questions remain Though plans are far from firmed up, early indications are that the GRF-owned medical office building near the Rossmoor Safeway store will be able to accommodate most, if not all, GRF departments, including the Mutual Operations Department (MOD). But concerns remain about whether th...

First Mutual officials raise flag because of ‘resident-initiated damage’ to landscape Patricia Power insists that she’s only looking to get First Mutual’s landscaping looking as it should – and hoping to save her neighbors a few dollars, and landscaping crews some time, as well. Since December, Power has been landscape chairperson for First Mutual ...

Two residents hospitalized after being exposed Two Rossmoor residents were treated at a local hospital Thursday night after being exposed to bear spray in an incident that was originally believed to be a gas or coolant leak. ConFire Capt. Chris Toler said Friday that the 78-year-old resident of a manor off Running Springs Road had fallen SCARE: Two...

There are many unique qualities about the Home Show, which returns Thursday, March 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., to the Event Center. For starters, it’s a huge showroom of home improvement and renovation possibilities here inside the gate. There’s the tradition of the hot dogs, an extensive variety of vendors – some veterans of the show and some newer...

Interfaith Council to show video and discuss ‘Do the Work!’ Committee correspondent Learn more about how to be antiracist by attending the Kate Schatz video presentation of the book she authored with W. Kamau Bell,“Do the Work!” on Wednesday, March 20, at 2 p.m., in the Club Room at Creekside This video and following discussion will provide an intr...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen will be the guest speaker at the Republican Club dinner on Tuesday, March 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. The traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner will be a choice of braised corned beef; or stuffed cabbage, brown rice, pine nuts and Beyond Meat (ground), and truffle cream sauce (ve...

The News is interested in writing an article about residents involved as docents for area museums, art galleries or other Bay Area programs. We would like to learn more about how you became a docent and what is involved with your work. Residents willing to be interviewed and possibly photographed can email us at news@rossmoor.com

The city of Walnut Creek is already adding its voice to ongoing conversations with elected and appointed leaders about finding solutions to the growing property insurance problems plaguing Rossmoor. Now, a Sacramento-based trade group is looking for denizens of Rossmoor nonprofit mutual benefit corporations (“Mutuals” in Rossmoor parlance) and othe...