The Rossmoor Shopping Center, which hosts the Safeway, CVS, John Muir Health and other businesses just outside Rossmoor, is up for sale. The center is listed with the global commercial real estate and investment management company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL). There is no asking price listed beyond “best offer.” In 2012, current owner Rossmoor Ret...

Gateway Solar Project Limited parking spots require residents to be creative, flexible With the subtraction by half of available parking spaces at Gateway Complex as the solar canopy installation project starts, residents are quickly recognizing that overcoming this inconvenience is going to require some creativity and/or change of routine on their...

GRF adapts to changing landscape for ‘micro transit’ When GRF sought proposals for a Short Range Transit Plan for Bus Transportation earlier this year, only one firm showed interest in being part of it. But that lack of response provided the chance for a sort of “do-over” on what to study about Rossmoor’s future bus service. The whole landscape for...

Former resident was one of the founders of Stanford Club, Ashmolean Singers Gordon Addison loved choral music, and he loved sports, especially the teams from his beloved alma mater, Stanford University. He pursued both of those paths with gusto while living in Rossmoor, helping found both the Ashmolean Singers chorale group and the Stanford Club of...

‘Voices’ to get celebrity reading What began as five soldout performances by resident actors at Hillside in February 2023 has grown into an award-winning documentary and now is set to land in the Big Apple with a reading by a group of celebrity actors later this month. “ Voices f rom the Silenced: Pre-Roe Stories from Rossmoor” was created and dire...

Residents learn tools for preventing potential falls It wasn’t really applause, per se, but on Sept. 19, the Fireside Room echoed with the sounds of hands clapping … on bare feet. It was the sound of perhaps 100 people heeding fitness trainer and human movement specialist Ernie Adams’ call to “warm up” their feet. It sounded like muffled applause. ...

Residents will pay $354.52 monthly for GRF services/amenities next year The GRF Board on Thursday approved a 2025 operating budget of $28,401,490, and with it a monthly GRF coupon amount of $354.52, about 5.9% over the 2024 coupon amount. That $354.52 includes $59.45 for Comcast cable TV and internet service, a 3.84% increase over 2024. Thursday’s ...

Lynn Carruthers has dedicated much of the past two years to the cause of pedestrian safety in Rossmoor. Following a series of tragic accidents, including one that took the life of a resident, Carruthers’ group, Neighbors for Safer Streets, has pounded the pavement of Rossmoor’s roadways to educate pedestrians and drivers alike on the dos and don’ts...

Annual festival allows clubs to share their culture with community Mary Taylor sees her human rights work as a calling, one that surfaced after she came to Rossmoor in 2015. She was at a meeting, and Taylor – who is African American – told someone she lived in Rossmoor. “They told me they thought they were not letting Black FESTIVAL: Fourth annual ...

Work will close the pool area starting on Oct. 21 The wait to replace the aging, malfunctioning roof panel system at the Tice Pools soon will be over. The target date to start the work is Monday, Oct. 21. The roof panels and the gears and motors that operate them will be replaced, said John Raith, Trust Maintenance supervisor. The work will be done...