Arecent wildfire seminar hosted by the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization prompted quite a few questions about emergency evacuation notices. Quite a few means of communications will be used to notify Rossmoor residents in the event of an evacuation. First, the Contra Costa County Wa rning System (CWS) will be used. The CWS will notify lan...

Honoring Rossmoor’s veterans of war In Vietnam, Neil Fiore served in 101st Airborne Neil Fiore, who served in the 101st Airborne Division (dubbed the Screaming Eagles) during the Vietnam War, is not a fan of war – “war is crazy, it’s stupid,” he said – but he wants veterans to get the respect they deserve. “I wear my 101st Airborne hat because of t...

In honor of Veterans Day, I would like to introduce one of our more senior Rossmoor resident veterans, former U. S. Women’s Army Corps (WAC) private first class Leona Shahani. In fall 1943, Shahani was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. While in college, she was very much aware of the war as she watched the young men in the ROTC “training f...

George Ivanov has been named Rossmoor TV Channel 28 station manager. He replaces Susan Ritner, who retired in July. Ivanov, who was studio coordinator, had filled in on an interim basis. “George has been a quiet, driving force behind the great work at Channel 28 for years, but during the pandemic and subsequent shutdown, he has really shined,” Comm...

Despite the pandemic, we frequently hear from residents who share why they remain thankful even during these trying times. We also see it in the Scenes Around Rossmoor photos that are published each week. Now, we’d like to give residents a chance to share their gratitude with others. Residents either can tell us in 150 words or less or show us in a...

Rossmoor Quilters club has donated 34 quilts, several bags, pillowcases and masks to the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association for distribution to victims of the CZU Lightning Complex fires near Santa Cruz. Nancy Conrad drove the items to the Nimble Thimble Quilt Shop in Gilroy, which is one of the collection points. The quilters also collected sewing no...

GRF Board District I Director John Kikuchi resigned on Oct. 13 because he is moving to San Diego to be closer to family. He was serving his first year of a three-year term on the GRF Board. Kikuchi had also served on the boards for the Rossmoor Fund Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation, as well as the GRF Audit Committee. In accordance with the GRF Byla...

Residents who need assistance from Mutual Operations can now email individual departments to get a response within 24 hours. The emails are as follows: • Accounting, including questions about coupon payments – finance@rossmoor.com; • Alterations – alterations@rossmoor.com; • Building Maintenance, to report maintenance or landscape issues that do no...

Some fitness and aquatics classes resume Assistant and managing editors The Tice Creek indoor pool facility can reopen for recreational swimming — at least for now. Because of continued gains in reducing the transmission of COVID-19, California moved Contra Costa County from the red tier to the less-restrictive orange tier on Oct. 27, allowing for ...

GRF Board meeting Up to $250,000 will be spent on modifications to GRF buildings’ HVAC systems to help limit the indoor spread of COVID-19. System upgrades for air purification would be made throughout Rossmoor, from the Fitness Center and Gateway to Hillside, Creekside, the Event Center, and more. “The recommendation of the CDC is to make modifica...