Fire mitigation efforts could help with costs Environmental disasters – wildfires in Hawaii this month and in Canada earlier this year, huge earthquakes that decimated Turkey and Syria in February, and flooding that has inundated China and parts of Alaska and Vermont this month, all just in 2023 – are becoming more frequent, and more expensive. The...

Residents share wisdom with third graders It’s more than letters that Rossmoor residents are writing as part of a pen pal collective. Contained in every correspondence to a third grade class at Walnut Creek’s Parkmead Elementary School are pearls – time capsules of wisdom – cultivated over a lifetime of experiences. As a new school year begins, the...

Event Center set for biggest time increase By a 4-0 vote, the Policy Committee recommended expansion of dedicated parking- space hours for three sets of EV charging stations on GRF parking lots. At its Aug. 14 meeting, the committee opted to broaden dedicated hours for EV charging parking spots at Gateway and the Fitness Center, which each has 10 c...

Rossmoor real estate It’s been a rollercoaster ride for real estate in the Bay Area and statewide, more perilous due to soaring interest rates and two major insurance providers backing out of writing new homeowners insurance policies in California. In Rossmoor, the ride’s a bit calmer but with fewer sellers than usual on board. Indeed, inventory is...

Times best selling author co-wrote ‘Do the Work’ A talk by Kate Schatz titled “Fostering Inclusion: Do the Work!” will be sponsored by the Diversity Consciousness Committee of the Interfaith Council of Rossmoor in partnership with Culture to Culture on Friday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. Schatz co-authored “Do the Work” w...

The Rossmoor Lions Club has launched the Lions Care for Kids 2023 campaign. The focus of the 2023 campaign was the result of a renewed awareness that many children and families in Contra Costa and Alameda counties are facing an increasingly more difficult financial situation. The situation is especially dire for children with special needs or child...

The Rossmoor woodshop will reopen for Rossmoor residents to use on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The normal shop hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closed all holidays. Knife-sharpening services will resume on Friday, Sept. 15.

Even after a cruel, shocking carport theft of donated items intended for refugees, the goodwill and generosity of Rossmoor continues to shine. Resident Cecelia Wambach had been gathering items in the carport of her Ptarmigan Drive home intended for two refugees from Afghanistan. Physicians Soghra and Najib fled Afghanistan in 2021 during the U.S. e...

By Sam Richards Staff writer Just as computers, and humanity’s reliance upon them, have changed, so too has the Computer Club of Rossmoor. While club members’ earliest areas of interest in the late 1990s were negotiating basic word processing and financial programs, club officials say that these days, there’s more focus on smartphones, tablets and ...

Getting back to socializing, gatherings, making new friends and reacquainting with old ones might be more challenging in a post-pandemic world than anticipated. Add in moving to Rossmoor amid a pandemic, and there’s a lot to catch on to. That was the impetus for resident Al Webster to start Hello Rossmoor early this spring as a way to help newcomer...