Tom Cashion has been working on improving traffic safety pretty much as long as he’s been Rossmoor’s public safety manager, about 3½ years. As part of this perpetual campaign, he appeared before the GRF Golf Advisory Committee on June 14 asking GRF golf officials and leaders of the four golf clubs for their help in convincing golf cart drivers to d...

Community group calls for new measures Ar e c ent a c c ident in which a pedestrian was struck by a golf cart has emboldened a push for more traffic and pedestrian safety measures within Rossmoor. That’s particularly true for those with the community organization Neighbors for Safer Streets, and its founder, Lynn Carruthers. Carruthers happened to ...

Free PRESTO service begins week of July 15 An autonomous shuttle pilot program overseen by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority is gearing up for a launch in Rossmoor the week of July 15. The free PRESTO driverless shuttle will make two stops: one near the entrance to the Tice Creek Fitness Center and the other at a bus stop on Tice Creek Driv...

Event planned for July 16 in the Tahoe Room Self-styled “Free Market Warrior” and noted author Loren Spivack will be the guest speaker at the Republican Club Summer Barbecue Dinner on Tuesday, July 16, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. Spivack, aka “The Free Market Warrior,” was born and raised in Massachusetts. Before becoming active ...

Residents share thoughts on racial progress As a child growing up in the small, two-stoplight Texas town of Giddings, Charles Etta Richardson would watch her family prepare for weeks in anticipation of the annual Juneteenth celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. Her mother would make bowls of potato salad and other items to se...

Other golf, Fitness Center roof projects get funding The GRF Planning Committee last week recommended funding four of five capital projects moved forward on GRF’s priority list, after the pickleball structure originally set for a mid-2024 groundbreaking moved back a year. But a fifth proposed project, a series of turf reduction efforts adjacent to ...

The process for streamlining and making equitable the use of Rossmoor’s community facilities has just begun. Policy Committee members got their first look on June 10 at proposed changes to three different GRF policies regarding GRF approved- organizations, community facilities use and guest usage policy, many of which affect room reservations. The ...

Fire safety and how evacuations function top town hall discussion A sea of hands arose from the audience at the Firewise Town Hall when asked how many were receiving Rossmoor Nixle alerts. That prompted a smile from Noell Crosse, fire education coordinator for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District, who asked that question of the crowd at the Ev...

The PRESTO slow-speed, self-driving shuttles are coming to Rossmoor, and Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) officials rolled out the details on June 12 at a town hall in the Fireside Room. As part of a pilot program, PRESTO shuttles will transport residents weekdays from Gateway Clubhouse to Tice Creek Fitness Center. The program is expec...

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board recently issued a tentative order on nutrients in treated wastewater that would have significant financial impacts for Bay Area wastewater customers, including residents of Rossmoor. The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San) will provide residents with more information about ...