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Clubs weigh in on MyRossmoor redesign

Details of a planned overhaul of the resident- oriented MyRossmoor.com website has received a generally favorable initial response from a group with much to gain from the website’s success – the Rossmoor Activities Council and its member clubs. In addition to changes designed to make basic information easier to find – most of it with no more than t...
Posted on October 21, 2025
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Policy Committee

Policy Committee recommends updated harassment policy, forming new task force for KPI The RWC Policy Committee last week voted to recommend updates to Rossmoor’s policy to protect residents, staff and vendors from various forms of harassment, as well as updates to policies outlining how it’s determined whether a violation of Rossmoor rules occurred...
Posted on October 21, 2025
 

Correction

A headline on page 17A of the Oct. 15 News misstated the location of the Financial Forum’s event scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28. It will be held in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
Posted on October 21, 2025
 

Rossmoor News

The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published on Wednesdays for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $185 per year (for first-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Rossmoor Ne...
Posted on October 21, 2025
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Heavy rain on Oct. 13 causes flooding, leaky roofs

A handful of reports of flooding, leaky roofs and at least one downed tree branch came last week after over an inch of rain fell during a six-hour period on Monday, Oct. 13. Between 4:30 and 8 p.m. that day, Securitas received five reports of flooding (including an atrium and a back patio), three of leaky roofs (one home, two garages), one of a clo...
Posted on October 21, 2025
 

Veterans Day will limit service for the buses

Transportation service will be available within Rossmoor and the Rossmoor Shopping Center on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be no service to downtown areas. Note that the dispatch office will be closed on Nov. 11. Residents who would like to request a ride for Nov. 11 should do so by 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10. Ques...
Posted on October 21, 2025
 

Fireside Room to serve as a Nov. 4 special election polling place

The Fireside Room at Gateway will serve as a polling place for the California special election on Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., under the direction of the Contra Costa County Clerk and Recorder’s office. There is only one issue on the ballot for this special election – whether voters support Proposition 50, which would temporarily repla...
Posted on October 21, 2025
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The Pumpkin Man

Garden Club member known for growing giants Gene Widdel is known fondly as “The Pumpkin Man” by his fellow Rossmoor Garden Club members. It’s been a tradition for Widdel to grow some mighty big pumpkins at his lot at the Rossmoor Gardens. When October and Halloween roll around, those treasures typically have been doled out dutifully to his four gra...
Posted on October 14, 2025
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Tennis Club lobbies Planning Committee to repair Buckeye courts

Members request capital budget funds for work Members of the Rossmoor Tennis Club last week implored the RWC Planning Committee to put repairing the Buckeye tennis courts – two of its eight courts in particular – on a list of priority projects for 2026. Bart Ostro, a Tennis Club member, asked the committee to consider recommending that $250,000 be ...
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Focus groups to provide MyRossmoor feedback Series of workshops will feature variety of topics

Series of workshops will feature variety of topics esidents will have an opportunity to share their feedback for the new MyRossmoor website during a series of workshops in ROctober and early November. Focus groups are being assembled to help staff make content and design decisions for the revamped MyRossmoor residents’ site. Pages and information c...
Posted on October 14, 2025