And residents say those opportunities are appreciated more as we get older Three women, all from different parts of New York City, brought together almost 2,900 miles away by mah jongg in the Redwood Room. They’re all thankful for that, and so much more. “I’m grateful for my good health, two fabulous grandsons, and my wonderful ‘son sons,’ and for ...

Swimmers returned Monday thanks to early completion of replastering The Tice Pools reopened Monday, one week ahead of schedule. This good news for pool users was announced via a Nixle alert to residents. The two indoor pools and a spa, which are part of the Fitness Center complex, had been closed since early October for a replastering project. Afte...

Playing with the Rossmoor Tennis Club, Larry Barclay and Al Peters discovered they had encountered each other in the sporting world long ago, back in the 1950s. They figured they played high school basketball against each other around 1955, when Peters was at Oakland High and Barclay was playing for Berkeley High, although they didn’t know each oth...

A major two-day paving project, which particularly impacted those entering Rossmoor and traveling on segments of Golden Rain Road and Tice Creek Drive, was completed Nov. 19. The project, originally scheduled for October, was delayed because of rain. Rescheduled to start Monday, Nov. 17, rain pushed the project back a day. Despite drizzle, workers ...

Practice held Saturday mornings About 28 years ago, the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization started a CB radio network to have an emergency communication network. The purpose was to transmit requests for help to a specific entry after an earthquake or other emergency. The network operates on CB Channel 40. A base station to receive message...

Ride requests must be made today Transportation service will be available within Rossmoor and the Rossmoor Shopping Center on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 27) and the day after Thanksgiving (Friday, Nov. 28). Service will be available within the Rossmoor community and the shopping center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; there will be no service to downto...

Be Rossmoor Ready Earthquake Preparedness By Ken Jonah, EPO chair San Andreas, Hayward-Rogers Creek, Calaveras, Concord-Green Valley and San Gregorio. These are the major earthquake faults in the Bay Area. Welcome to California earthquake country! What is an earthquake? An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the shifting of...

Stories both somber and light-hearted mark event Rossmoor’s fifth annual Vets Town Hall, held on Veterans Day at Creekside Clubhouse, featured the usual array of poignant, harrowing and somber accounts from residents who served in the military and experienced the harsh realities of war. But, as in past years, the tears of sadness and loss were inte...

About 130 people attend project milestone It was a gathering Bill Dougherty never would have predicted he would attend. On Friday morning, just south of the Event Center, Dougherty – the founder in 2010 of the Rossmoor Pickleball Club, and its first president – wielded a traditional gold shovel at the groundbreaking ceremony for Rossmoor’s pickleba...

Staff writer Ken Jonah, the chairman of the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO), kicked off Wednesday’s forum on scams targeting older people in Creekside’s Club Room by asking attendees how many scams aimed at older people were reported in the U.S. last year. “52 billion calls,” Jonah said. “It averages 50 billion calls a year. And ...