Members of the GRF Board and its Finance Committee said last week they favor spending up to $50,000 for a study of what bus service Rossmoor residents are willing to support, paying for it with money that had been destined to pay for another bus driver. The concept of studying residents’ wants and needs regarding bus service was approved as part of...

Drive-through Shred Day will be returning to the Gateway parking lot on Tuesday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon or until the trucks are full. Drop-off and payment procedures include: • Place boxes/bags of items to shred in vehicle’s trunk. No plastic bags. • Remain in car, and staff will open the trunk. • Place payment ($5 per bag/box) in an envelope ...

The Rossmoor News office will be closed on Fridays temporarily because of a staffing shortage. The office will be closed on Friday, Sept. 29, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13. Residents who need assistance on that day can email newsdesk@rossmoor.com or leave a message by calling 1-925-988-7800. Staff will respond to messages as quickly as possible.

The Rossmoor Braver Angels Club will host its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m. in the Fairway Room at Creekside. The topic of the conversation is gun safety in the United States. There will be a presentation, including history, statistics and red/blue perspectives. This meeting is open to all residents of Rossmoor. As always, the B...

Fran Gibson, past president of the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO), was recognized recently by the Walnut Creek City Council for her ongoing work in ensuring that her community is prepared for disasters. Gibson, along with representatives of Walnut Creek Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), received proclamations at the coun...

Rossmoor’s new guest access protocol is now permanent, as the testing phase which began in February ended in mid-August. Considering the front gate averages 3.4 million entries a year, this undertaking has been no small project, Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion said. “This has been done to make the residents safer, and also guests, workers, the em...

CALL TO ACTION Event addresses uniting against antisemitism Susan Lieber said she hasn’t seen any overt instances of antisemitism in Rossmoor recently – certainly not directed at B’nai Israel, where she is a member of the leadership council. But there’s no doubt the world outside the gates has seen an uptick in attacks on Jews, and other protected ...

The timing is “pure coincidence,” Martijn Lemmens said, but two significant roadway- maintenance projects will be done over the next two weeks, in the same time frame, starting Thursday, Sept. 14, with crack sealing work on Terra California Drive, Saklan Indian Drive and Cactus Court. The big work is scheduled to start Tuesday, Sept. 19, with total...

The heightened concerns among residents about wildfire risks and power outages were evident Aug. 31 during a packed PG& E town hall-style presentation in the Fireside Room. The event drew close to 250 residents and featured a lengthy Q& A session. The presentation came at the request of the GRF, as a means of community outreach. The present...

Event Center packed for last week’s town hall Every time there’s a devastating fire in Maui, or a deluge of rain in Vermont, or even persistent wildfires on the other side of the world in Greece, Rossmoor and its individual residents face consequences, too, in the form of higher property insurance costs – or even the inability to secure enough insu...