Getting young students excited about reading might seem to be a challenge. However, that comes naturally for resident Barbara “GG” Proctor. Proctor absolutely loves volunteering in classrooms and reading to second and third graders. Energetic, upbeat and lively, Proctor, 88, is beloved by young students in Walnut Creek and in Pleasanton, where her ...

General manager reflects on first year at helm As Jeff Matheson finished his first year as Rossmoor’s general manager, the News sat down with him to ask him about surprises he encountered, both good and bad, during 2023; about the most imposing challenges he and Rossmoor faced this past year; some expected challenges in the near future; and the bal...

Kelly Berto spent her final day at Rossmoor on Dec. 18 doing assorted last-minute tasks, packing up her office, and welcoming in co-workers and residents stopping by to say their final farewells. And it was predictably emotional – not surprising for someone leaving a place she’d been for 22 years. “I was 23 years old when I started here; I’ve grown...

Just as surely as water seeks its own level, golfers have to golf. This fairway-and-tee-boxes variation on Pascal’s law played out in 2023 on Rossmoor’s two golf courses. Strong, persistent storms throughout January, and again in mid-March, created and exacerbated two substantial landslides on the Dollar Ranch course. Between the water, the landsli...

golf in Mark Heptig’s 30-plus years with the golf program here. There was a 10-week stretch one year in the mid-1990s when weather issues kept the courses closed. Heptig credits pent-up demand among Rossmoor golfers for driving a huge rebound effect once the courses became steadily playable again in mid-April – a rebound, he added, that didn’t real...

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 $145 per year (for first-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...

The Rossmoor Fund is looking for a volunteer board member with good writing skills. Responsibilities include writing articles that appear in the Rossmoor News to appeal to donors or to inform potential grant recipients about the Fund. This person will also be the Fund’s liaison to Rossmoor TV. During the annual fundraising campaign, the board membe...

Mother Nature – with an apparent assist from climate change – stole the show in Rossmoor in 2023. After three years in which impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the flow of events inside the gate, it was the seemingly endless flow of atmospheric river storms that disrupted life in the valley and the surrounding hillsides. And Mother Nature...

There’s been a lot of talk in Rossmoor recently about skyrocketing insurance premiums, and the efforts to slow that trajectory, including by reducing fire-related risks inside and outside homes. But Tom Cashion is quick to say there’s a higher purpose to a lower FIRE: Shaded break work starts in January risk of fire. “The main thing is to make thin...

Room reservations for Rossmoor facilities are completely booked through the holiday season, and no new reservations will be accepted through Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Club representatives who need to change an existing reservation booked through the end of this year can email lpadilla@rossmoor.com and lgraham@rossmoor.com Requests for new reservations ...