For the first time in more than a dozen years, Kaiser Permanente is not planning a free flu vaccine clinic in Rossmoor in 2022. As a result, residents who want their annual flu shot will need to go outside the gate. “In my 22 years here, and at least the last 12 to 15, we’ve always had a flu clinic, even during the (COVID-19) pandemic,” Kelly Berto...

Afew minutes spent in the fast-paced work order office in the MOD building reveals folks working almost nonstop fielding requests from Rossmoor residents for maintenance jobs at their homes, assigning that work out to employees and answering related questions. An old, cumbersome and otherwise flawed accounting and property management software syste...

With new access control measures at the front gate, Securitas officers are enforcing rules about checking and verifying all guests coming into Rossmoor. Residents can no longer list “admit all” for guests at the gate. Clubs also must provide a list for their events of any attendees visiting from outside Rossmoor. Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion a...

MUTUAL NEWS Barbara Mintz and Brad Schimek say the effort to create the new Mutual 53 is all about self-control. Schimek remembers that when he moved into Third Mutual in 2010, that element wasn’t there where he lived. “We had someone making decisions for us who didn’t live in our project,” said Schimek, vice president of the board for Mutual 53, w...

Kindness of others reunites resident with dog Renee Medak is relieved to have her beloved dog, Madie, back with her. Through the good deeds of others and quick work by law enforcement, Madie came home to Ptarmigan Drive, reunited with her owner after a long, harrowing day. On the morning of Sept. 6, Medak’s 9-year-old miniature schnauzer was taken ...

Insurance costs will drive up 2023 coupon Several factors, most notable among them rising property insurance premium costs, are expected to lead to a 2023 coupon increase on the GRF side of just under 8%. Staff presented a draft budget at the combined GRF Board and Finance Committee meeting on Sept. 13 and 14 that called for a GRF portion of the mo...

Oct. 3 show sponsored by Berkshire Hathaway The popular Rossmoor Home Show is back for the first time since pandemic lockdowns, and it’s not only homeowners looking to spruce up their manors who stand to benefit. The event is free to residents, but the fees collected from vendor booths and advertisements all go toward the Rossmoor Fund, which provi...

A major overhaul of a proposed rule would significantly restrict smoking on GRF property and empower Securitas to crack down on violators. The Policy Committee unanimously decided on Sept. 12 to recommend to the Board that smoking be allowed only on irrigated play areas of the golf courses and at Gateway’s Lavender Garden. Smoking also would be per...

It’s only six tiny homes and one accessory building, but the process to get them built has been bigger than what the Rev. Mark Burnham would have imagined. “It’s still a leading-edgetype project,” Burnham said last week of Grace Presbyterian Church’s Hope Village project for six tiny homes on a little- used church parking lot. “It turns out it’s mo...

A story on Page 15A of the Sept. 14 News listed an incorrect phone number for residents to call to register their cellphone number for the county Community Warning System (CWS). The number 1-925-655-0195 is only the CWS caller ID number that appears when receiving an alert; it is not to register for the system. Information on how to register for th...