Residents who need an access device or identification card can obtain one from the Public Safety office at Creekside. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For an access tag, residents will need to bring their vehicle to the Public Safety office. For more information about access devices, contact 1-925988-7846 and for ID...

The outdoor Hillside and Dollar pools are set to reopen on Wednesday, March 1. Both pools are open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. except on cleaning days. Hillside is cleaned on Tuesday and Dollar on Wednesday, with the pools open on those days starting at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. No lifeguard will be on duty Tuesdays at Hillside and Wednesdays at Dollar. Both pools...

The third hole on Dollar Ranch Golf Course, seriously damaged by landslides during the first week of January, could be fully restored by mid-March, Rossmoor’s director of golf said recently. A “substantially changed,” smaller version of Hole 3, affected by a New Year’s Eve landslide on the hill immediately to the east, and then by further movement ...

Work in Rossmoor is far from done Chalk it up to a growing social awareness, or to saving money and/or resources, or to following the rules. In any event, Rossmoor is doing more all the time to recycle, to conserve water and to decrease dependence on fossil fuels. Big pushes are on in the Tice Valley to increase solar power generation, transition t...

Over time, newly installed eye-level traffic signals should be helpful in reducing instances of damage to gate arms at the main entry. The new light-signal posts went up Jan. 19, attached to each of the gate arm stations. Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion noticed that the older lower-level lights at the entry were hard to see and wanted something c...

Policy Committee The political columns in the Rossmoor News, which are currently on hiatus, sparked lengthy discussion at the Feb. 13 Policy Committee meeting and likely will face some changes when they are reinstated. Nearly two dozen residents packed the Board Room at Gateway to speak during the residents’ forum, many citing the importance of opi...

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The Computer Club of Rossmoor wants to hear from the techies out there who like exploring new technologies, solving problems and helping people. The club’s technical director, Bill Hammond, says, “Spend a couple of hours each week solving problems, making new friends, helping members and enjoying hero status from some grateful residents.” House cal...

Rossmoor EPO tip: The American Red Cross’ pub-lic reunification tool, “Safe and Well,” established after Hurricane Katrina, is being overhauled and not available at this time. Facebook’s in-novative free “Safety Check” is an excellent alternative so Rossmoor residents can easily reunify with family and friends and register their post-disaster statu...

New classes generating interest on heels of an active month Ja nua r y pr ovided a promising start to the new year for Tice Creek Fitness Center as more Rossmoor residents grow comfortable with indoor activities. While storms raged outside for much of the month, the center was a beehive of activity. In the continued emergence from the COVID-19 pand...