By Mike Wood Staff writer It’s not a stretch to say that ukuleles bring joy. The Rossmoor Ukulele Club has found a way to pass that joy along to youngsters. Through a new program, the club has been donating ukuleles to fourth and fifth grade students in the Walnut Creek School District. Taking a break from a recent Wednesday jam session, members be...

The New Year’s Eve landslides on holes 5 and 3 of the Dollar Ranch Golf Course, which originally figured to close the course for a few weeks, worsened with the heavy rains on Jan. 14, especially on hole 3. Dollar course’s holes 3, 4, 5 and 6 figure to be closed for the near future, Director of Golf Mark Heptig said last Thursday. Originally, the sl...

At his first town hall meeting as Rossmoor’s general manager, Jeff Matheson asked attendees what attracted them to this community in the first place and what they see as the greatest challenges to their enjoyment of it. Tony Ghazal said he was drawn by the natural beauty of the area, among other things. “I looked it up and we came out,” Ghazal, a M...

Fact checking on next agenda for Policy Committee Starting with the Feb. 1 edition of the Rossmoor News, the political columns will go on hiatus and a decision about their future will go before the GRF Policy Committee at its Feb. 13 meeting. GRF President Dwight Walker suggested putting the columns on hiatus after Ann Peterson, the Rossmoor News’ ...

A celebration of life for Elayne Jones, a groundbreaking musician who lived in Rossmoor since 2005, is being held Monday, Jan. 30 at the Event Center. Jones died Dec. 17 at the age of 94. The event begins with a remembrance from 4 to 6 p.m. and a celebration starting at 6 p.m. A Caribbean dinner with vegan options follows the remembrance. The celeb...

The Public Safety Office has reopened on Saturdays for the first time since the COVID pandemic. The office, located in the Creekside Complex, is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. It remains closed on Sunday. Securitas still provides Rossmoor with daily security 24 hours a day, including gate access. This change affects only the Public ...

The Wednesday morning hours at the Gateway Computer Center are changing, effective Wednesday, Feb. 1. The hours will be 10 a.m. to noon, consistent with the other weekday morning shifts. The revised schedule will now be Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

GRF workers respond to storms’ aftermath New Year’s weekend demanded the best from Rossmoor’s maintenance staff, with all the flooding, fallen trees, landslides and other problems caused by more than 5 inches of rain. That storm, and subsequent heavy rains, taken together were among the most destructive in Rossmoor in the past 30 years, workers sai...

The two-hour midday silence at the Tice swimming pools is over, at least for now, as the Aquatics Advisory Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to cancel that “interim policy.” Committee members said that swimmers wanting music- free swimming time can ask pool operators to make the next available 30-minute time block silent. Swimmers can sign up...

Brent Barnhart had a magical touch in working to make this a better world, no matter how complicated the circumstance. Whether it was advocating for solar energy, civil liberties or health care, Barnhart quietly worked to create positive outcomes for countless Californians, including those in Rossmoor. One of the leading lights in what eventually b...