Fire safety and how evacuations function top town hall discussion A sea of hands arose from the audience at the Firewise Town Hall when asked how many were receiving Rossmoor Nixle alerts. That prompted a smile from Noell Crosse, fire education coordinator for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District, who asked that question of the crowd at the Ev...

Resident was in crosswalk at Tice Creek Drive Afemale pedestrian suffered numerous injuries after being struck by a golf cart near the intersection of Tice Creek Drive and Stanley Dollar Drive on the morning of June 1. The resident was, as of last week, in the trauma center at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek and was expected to be hospital...

Transition to EV vehicles continues in Rossmoor despite infrastructure hurdles The electric vehicle industry as a whole may be going through some upheaval so far in 2024, but it appears as though Rossmoor residents’ embrace of the EV isn’t being noticeably affected by the static of EV production changes and overall sales drops. “I expect there’s a ...

Thanks to a $1 million grant, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority is working toward development of an accessibility app that would give real-time assistance to seniors and those with disabilities seeking transportation options. The initiative was lauded May 31 near the Pleasant Hill BART station by a handful of elected officials, public agenc...

Adam Cleary has jumped right into his new role as Fitness and Aquatics program coordinator. Putting feedback from frequent users of the Tice Creek Fitness Center and Tice Pool into action, he’s going to be teaching some class favorites that will be returning. A big one, Cleary said, is night water aerobics. He’ll be teaching that twice weekly, star...

Demographics show 75-to-84 age group accounts for 42.5% of the population of Rossmoor Rossmoor’s largest age group – those from 75 to 84 years old – has grown even larger. That group comprises 42.5% of the population, as noted in 2023 Rossmoor demographics data compiled by Member Records that was recently released. Call this the baby boom factor. A...

Paving projects, Event Center equipment receive funds The GRF Board on Thursday approved spending $1.159 million for street paving projects and new Event Center audio-visual tech equipment, holding off on five other proposed projects totaling $505,000 until the GRF Finance and Planning committees have had another look at them. Board Member Dwight W...

Atown hall on Monday, June 10, at the Event Center will give Director of Mutual Operations Jeroen Wright an opportunity to tell the community what Rossmoor’s Firewise program is about, its scope and its vision. This town hall, running from 10 a.m. to noon, will include presenters from public agencies and organizations, with a Q& A session to wr...

The golden raintree near Rossmoor’s entrance was removed last Wednesday after the trunk split down the middle. Over the Memorial Day weekend, a resident noticed the split in the tree and notified staff. The tree, which sat on golf course property, was in danger of falling and had to be removed. “It was a safety issue,” GRF General Manager Jeff Math...

Topics include traffic safety, fire mitigation During the most recent GRF Virtual Town Hall, General Manager Jeff Matheson and Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion touched on multiple efforts to make Rossmoor safer – such as fire mitigation, emergency preparedness and response, traffic safety and more. Cashion detailed the importance of projects such ...