Community Services Director Ann Mottola doesn’t have to try hard to sell the Tice Creek Fitness Center as one of Rossmoor’s gems. “It’s one of our most robust programs,” she said during the June GRF Board meeting. “And it’s an incredible value at $10.02 per month in your coupon.” That’s especially true considering that an average gym membership in ...

A Contra Costa County civil grand jury report on the county’s Community Warning System (CWS) found risks of the system experiencing failure in a major emergency, most alarmingly because not enough people have signed up for the alerts. Those risks, the grand jury found in its May 31 report, “may prevent the CWS from providing timely and accurate not...

Rossmoor has been named one of the top retirement communities in California by the financial news and opinion company 24/7 Wall St. The company’s recent article on the eight best retirement communities in California placed Rossmoor No. 3 behind Del Webb Sun City in Palm Desert and Laguna Woods Village in Laguna Hills. The article, written by Califo...

past president of Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO), described her reaction to the report. Gibson has worked in emergency preparedness for 25 years. “In that time, I have never heard of an alert system in this bad of shape,” she said. CWS is the only warning system in this county with access to the nation’s mass notification databa...

Several residents voice opposition to restrictive rules Residents made a final push at Thursday’s GRF Board meeting to stop restrictive changes to GRF’s demonstrations policy. Directors voted unanimously to approve those changes – which in part limit where and how many times a person can demonstrate – but they left open the door to reassess at a la...

Vermin wreak havoc on golf courses, gardens A seemingly booming population of vermin on Rossmoor’s gardens and golf courses has been keeping a golf course crew member and a “gopher wrangler” business busy as summer moves into full swing. “It’s been a banner year for gophers,” said GRF Board member Ted Bentley, commiserating with Golf Director Mark ...

Speakers explore skills for coping For caregivers of people with dementia, Karla Fields offered this approach toward maintaining calm in handling difficult situations, such as someone repeating a question. “Change your perspective, because that is your self-preservation,” Fields said. “You want to stay calm because you’re in it for the long run, an...

Content pol icies for Rossmoor TV and the Rossmoor News were among important topics discussed during a virtual town hall on communications on June 24. Hosted by GRF General Manager Jeff Matheson and Communications Director Ann Peterson, this was the last scheduled virtual town hall of a series that began in March, each on a specific aspect of Rossm...

And depending on the species of animal and the type of plants, these critters can cause mayhem in a garden – which is why the Garden Club hired what Bentley referred to as a “gopher wrangler.” Garden Club President Barbara Wightman said the problem was serious enough this year that the club in April hired Got Gophers, a San Jose-based business, to ...

Board votes not to go it alone Citing concerns including potentially being shut out of any insurance coverage for a year, the Second Mutual Board of Directors voted last week to keep its Mutual as part of GRF’s master insurance policy at least through 2025, rather than seek a different insurance plan on its own. But that doesn’t mean board members ...