RESIDENTS’ Q UESTIONS A NSWERED Dollar Park Concerts The GRF Board of Directors and CEO answer some of the most frequently asked questions from residents. Q: Who is responsible for the fabulous Sunday Music at Dollar Park and the music at the Tuesday Night Market at Peacock Plaza? Will the Dollar Park concerts return next year? A: Glad you have enj...

Following are the agenda items for the combined GRF Board/Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, and, if necessary, Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 9 a.m. in the Fireside Room and on Zoom. The complete agenda package is available on Simbli website at simbli.eboardsolutions. com/ca/goldenrain or follow the link, which can be found in Quick Links, o...

Some fixed routes and weekend service could return Anumber of changes could come in the near future for the Rossmoor bus system, which include reinstating two of its five pre-pandemic fixed routes, adding a new on-demand software system, testing a pilot autonomous shuttle program and restoring weekend service, GRF officials told the Board last week...

It’s hard to avoid gloomy news about the housing market in the Bay Area and nationwide. Home sales numbers are falling, down almost 40 percent from a year ago in the Bay Area and over 20 percent nationally, as a once red-hot market fades in the rearview mirror. Mortgage rates that were quite low not long ago have soared, sidelining many from the ma...

W hile GRF leaders continue to study the practicality of building a “satellite water-recycling facility” to keep Rossmoor’s golf courses green and alive, they also publicly support a regional solution that could include supplying golf courses in Orinda and Moraga with recycled, non-potable water. While water purveyors and central Contra Costa Count...

The ballot for the Nov. 8 general election has taken shape with state and local candidates as well as a handful of state propositions set to be decided. Vote-by-mail ballots will go out Oct. 10, and residents can request a mail ballot until Nov. 1. The Event Center also will have a poll on Election Day. Here’s a closer look at the 2022 races: • U.S...

The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published every Wednesday for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $55 per year (for second-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...

Due to an editing error, the JEICOR movie listing about “Six Days in June” on Page 26A of the Aug. 24 News misspelled the name of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Remembering Curt Gunn For Robert Shepherd, Curt Gunn was first a co-worker at the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency near Washington, D.C., the one who told their bossy boss what she needed to hear. “He said the stuff we all wanted to say,” Shepherd recounted. Over time, Gunn was to become both a father figure and a psychiatrist to S...

From her perch as general manager of Tice Creek Fitness Center, Kristine Drinovsky is constantly looking for ways to get more Rossmoor residents exercising more often. Turns out she had to look no further for inspiration than what many gym visitors were wearing. “So many people come in with team shirts or jerseys, and I thought I could do something...