A major overhaul of a proposed rule would significantly restrict smoking on GRF property and empower Securitas to crack down on violators. The Policy Committee unanimously decided on Sept. 12 to recommend to the Board that smoking be allowed only on irrigated play areas of the golf courses and at Gateway’s Lavender Garden. Smoking also would be per...

It’s only six tiny homes and one accessory building, but the process to get them built has been bigger than what the Rev. Mark Burnham would have imagined. “It’s still a leading-edgetype project,” Burnham said last week of Grace Presbyterian Church’s Hope Village project for six tiny homes on a little- used church parking lot. “It turns out it’s mo...

A story on Page 15A of the Sept. 14 News listed an incorrect phone number for residents to call to register their cellphone number for the county Community Warning System (CWS). The number 1-925-655-0195 is only the CWS caller ID number that appears when receiving an alert; it is not to register for the system. Information on how to register for th...

Fitness Center forced to close; heat cancels night food trucks Extreme heat that struck Rossmoor and much of the Western United States during Labor Day weekend and beyond provided lessons on how to prepare, act and react when conditions become dangerous. That meant quickly addressing hazardous situations and taking preventative measures. On Tuesday...

Crossing Golden Rain Road at Oakmont Way should be easier, and safer, now that pedestrian safety improvements at that intersection are almost complete. Two new solar-powered, push-button, illuminated crosswalk signs with rapid- flash beacons, along with beefed-up area lighting, were installed Sept. 2 at that intersection, where both curvature and e...

GRF Planning Committee Aspot near the golf course maintenance yard, just across Tice Creek from the Creekside pickleball courts, has been recommended by the GRF Planning Committee as the preferred site for a prospective Satellite Wastewater Recycle Facility providing recycled water for Rossmoor’s golf courses. It will now be up to the GRF Board to ...

A former high school teacher and tennis coach. A 35-year veteran of the restaurant industry. A onetime high school counselor and hospital chaplain. Two human resources professionals (one of them a former clergyman). These and other life experiences seem well-suited to inform the common charge of the eight members (includ- GRF NEWS ing one alternate...

alerts can be found at the bottom of the home page at www.rossmoor.com As heat conditions drastically changed, often for the worse, the importance of monitoring local news sources and weather and emergency alert apps was critical. Apps like the Weather Channel, or Purple Air, which monitors air quality, are valuable, Cashion said. Cashion’s advice:...

The Leftovers Thrift Shop at 2281 Olympic Blvd. in Walnut Creek will hold its second annual Parking Lot Christmas Sale on Monday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the shop’s parking lot. Last year’s inaugural Parking Lot Christmas Sale was such a success that Leftovers is doing it again later this month. Christmas-related items, collected all ...

Some Mutuals also might face special assessments Dramatically rising property insurance rates are expected to drive significant increases, perhaps 20%, in Rossmoor Mutuals’ coupon costs for 2023 and could possibly result in some Mutuals calling for resident votes on whether additional special assessments will be needed to cover possible shortfalls....