Water will be shut off all day on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Gateway Complex as the maintenance team permanently repairs a valve that broke in October. This date was selected because the fewest events are scheduled that day at Gateway. Portable restrooms will be available between the Fireside Room and Peacock Hall while the water is turned off. On Oc...

Upcoming early closures and full closures The Fitness Center and pool will have early closing times and full closures during the upcoming holidays. On Sunday, Dec. 24, the pool will close at 12:30 p.m. and the Fitness Center at 1 p.m. for Christmas Eve. On Monday, Dec. 25, both will be closed all day for Christmas. On Sunday, Dec. 31, the pool will...

Clubs share best practices for bolstering interest in leadership roles, volunteerism It’s safe to say that presidents and board members of many clubs have faced this question: Who’s next up? They want to pass the leadership torch, but no one has raised their hand to step up. Often with a sense of exasperation, they sign up for another year. The Act...

No one is under any illusion that electric car charging in Rossmoor will make any quantum technological or quantitative leaps in the immediate future. But a group of Rossmoor residents earlier this month made a public plea to GRF officials to at least start charting the long process toward making highspeed EV chargers more accessible inside the gat...

The signs are small, not necessarily noticed by folks who enter the Redwood Room or other GRF public buildings. But they’re there – small maroon signs on the doors of most GRF buildings saying, “No Pets Allowed.” There have been a handful of complaints in recent weeks, by Rossmoor employees and Rossmoor residents, about dogs being brought into GRF ...

Napa Deli, the latest food option at Rossmoor Shopping Center, opened on Nov. 13. The 2,800-square-foot family- owned business offers a taste of the Napa Valley, in more ways than one. Customers can try a Suisun Valley club sandwich, Yountville Pastrami panini or Healdsburg turkey wrap, among others. The deli offers coffee from Napa Valley Roasting...

Legal advice offered Dec. 7 by appointment only Contra Costa Senior Legal Services, in association with the Rossmoor Fund, is pleased to offer its next free legal clinic for residents of Rossmoor on Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Bunker Room at Creekside Clubhouse. Residents will be seen by appointment only, and legal staff will be available that day to ...

The Rossmoor Lions Club held its annual food drive for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano at Gateway on Nov. 16, and the club thanks the many residents who donated food and monetary gifts. Monetary donations for the Lions Club’s hunger fund will be accepted through the end of the year. The tax-deductible donations, payable to Rossmoor Lions C...

Rossmoor EPO tip: Rossmoor EPO worked closely with County Fire’s Public Education Coordinator Noell Crosse to develop a Rossmoor-specific “Home Fire Safety Survey” program for all Rossmoor residents that markedly helps to evaluate home fire risks based on current manor hazard sta-tus. Residents can complete this vital home fire risk survey online, ...

November 22, 1963 Residents recall how assassination of Kennedy affected their lives President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, had many effects on those who lived through it. Paul Grassman learned a valuable lesson thanks to a university professor who was given to wearing a suit and tie and speaking in a “clipped, crisp voice.” On...