CEO Tim O’Keefe announced to the GRF Board and staff on July 18 that he will be retiring on Nov. 15. O’Keefe has served as CEO of the Golden Rain Foundation since November 2015, including the past 2½ years during the COVID-19 pandemic. His contract was not set to expire until June 30, 2024. “It’s been a great job, and I’ve loved working here,” O’Ke...

Here is a statement by Jeff Matheson, Rossmoor’s director of resident services, about the GRF response to the drought, and to more expensive water: “ The ongoing ‘mega’ drought continues to impact the western region of the United States This unprecedented drought has resulted in the need to conserve water. The State of California and the East Bay M...

Residents are invited to submit suggestions to rename Berm Park, which starts off Tice Creek Drive and runs parallel of Golden Rain Road. The idea to rename the park came up during a Policy Committee meeting. The Board last month agreed that the park should have a more inspired name than “Berm,” which is defined as a path or grass strip beside a ro...

The Dog Park Fourth of July Freedom Dog Parade (aka “Oliver’s Independence Day Party”) was a great success. There were some interesting, funny, patriotic dog costumes. The owners outdid themselves with their creativity, and judges Carole Barlin and Steve Smith had a hard time selecting the best to award the trophies. The fun dog race was well recei...

– they’re just too (physically) hard,” he said. On one of those trips, Bernardin traveled to Africa to meet with geologist and gem dealer Campbell Bridges, a mining executive with holdings in Kenya and elsewhere and generally acknowledged as the discoverer of tsavorite, a dark green gemstone. Bernardin bought some stones from Bridges, a transaction...

The article in the July 6 News about the Finance Committee incorrectly stated that The Waterford is excluded from the GRF 2021 surplus of $2,711,412. All Mutuals, including the Waterford receive that distribution. The Waterford is excluded from the MOD surplus of $930,004, which will be distributed to all of the other Mutuals.

He worked in a variety of jobs over the years, including as an inspector for organic food production; with the Pleasant Hill-based White Pony Express nonprofit working to ease hunger; as an educator at Purdue University and UC Davis; and, for 22 years, as an agricultural economics professor at Texas A& M University in College Station. He and hi...

Shred Day returns to the Gateway parking lot on Monday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to noon, or until the truck is full. Residents are asked to place boxes/bags of items to shred in the trunk and remain in the car. Staff will pop the truck and remove the boxes/bags. Place payment in an envelope next to the boxes or bags to be shred. Check or cash only. Ex...

GRF NEWS adequate parking, close proximity to restrooms, proximity of the Dollar Park open space and the Event Center patio for social gatherings, and that the site doesn’t interfere with existing outdoor activities. Disadvantages with the Event Center pickleball courts site: Residences within 250 feet on the west side that could be affected by noi...

said Mark Heptig, Rossmoor’s director of golf courses. Thousands of gallons of water a day were being lost, and water sometimes covered the golf cart path near hole No. 1. “It kept the lake a foot or two below” normal water level, he added. Fully repairing the pond liner, last done in the mid-1990s, would have cost an estimated $75,000 to $80,000, ...