GRF Board District I Director John Kikuchi resigned on Oct. 13 because he is moving to San Diego to be closer to family. He was serving his first year of a three-year term on the GRF Board. Kikuchi had also served on the boards for the Rossmoor Fund Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation, as well as the GRF Audit Committee. In accordance with the GRF Byla...

Residents who need assistance from Mutual Operations can now email individual departments to get a response within 24 hours. The emails are as follows: • Accounting, including questions about coupon payments – finance@rossmoor.com; • Alterations – alterations@rossmoor.com; • Building Maintenance, to report maintenance or landscape issues that do no...

When resident Leanne Hamaji saw recent articles about flat-walking areas near Rossmoor, inspiration struck. An avid walker, Hamaji has discovered a few spots in Rossmoor where she has carved out her own flat-walking paths, and now she is sharing them with her neighbors. We will feature all three over the next few weeks. The first is a flat walking ...

An editorial error in the CEO’s Report (Oct. 28) listed two sets of county COVID metrics. The correct numbers were 3.3% positivity rate and 7 daily case rate per hundred thousand residents as of Oct. 27, when Contra Costa moved to the orange tier. The directions for the recipe for apple chips on Page 25A of the Oct. 21 edition omitted that the oven...

The Rossmoor News will have very early deadlines for the Dec. 2 issue because of Thanksgiving. All columns, club trip listings and religion articles are due Monday, Nov. 23, by noon. All other club and organization articles are due Tuesday, Nov. 24, by noon. All ads and letters to the editor must be turned in by Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m. No deadl...

Gov. Newsom details plan for vaccines As of press time, Contra Costa had just learned it had reached the COVID-19 benchmarks needed to move into the orange tier, which allows them to reopen more businesses and increase capacities at others. To move to orange, for two straight weeks, Contra Costa had to have less than 4 new COVID cases per 100,000 r...

Residents who have computers not equipped with a webcam (camera) or microphone, can still attend Zoom meetings or events by clicking on the link provided by the host. Although there is no video functionality, one can still be able to view and hear all of the proceedings, as long as the computer is equipped with speakers. To participate orally, plug...

With less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, voters are urged to forgo voting in person and to fill out and mail now the ballots they should have received in the U.S. mail. “No good is going to come from waiting to vote. There could be an earthquake, an asteroid may hit, there could be power shutoffs, or you might get sick. No one knows wha...

Safeway, Salons by JC and Rossmoor Diner see changes An easing of COVID-19 restrictions spells an uptick in business at Rossmoor Shopping Center. “There’s quite a bit going on,” said Terrence Tallen of Rossmoor Retail Partners, which owns the shopping center. “The big news is that Safeway has completed a remodel of the store’s interior and Salons b...

Work is underway to convert all streetlights in Rossmoor from high pressure sodium to LED bulbs, with the project slated to be completed by the end of November, Resident Services Director Jeff Matheson said. A total of 293 lights will be replaced on Rossmoor streets and in parking lots, Matheson said. The street work should be completed by the end ...