Online Comcast appointments answer residents’ questions

Residents who have questions or need help with Comcast can make appointments to talk with a representative online, while the Fireside Room remains closed due to COVID-19. Appointments are available between 10 a.m. and noon every Tuesday through Thursday until the Fireside Room reopens. Residents can go online to https://tinyurl.com/ ufscnku, pick t...
Posted on August 11, 2020
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Busy months ahead for Policy Committee

GRF Board meeting Committee tasked to explore enforcement, term limits The GRF Policy Committee is going to be busy, tackling questions of whether residents who violate Rossmoor rules should be punished and whether term limits are needed for GRF committees. The matters were referred to the committee by the GRF Board on Thursday after its debate of ...
Posted on August 4, 2020
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County to fine violators of health order

Failing to wear a mask in public and not practicing social distancing could cost residents and businesses in Contra Costa County. Last week, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors passed an urgency ordinance establishing fines for those who violate health orders designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Fines for individuals are $100 fo...
Posted on August 4, 2020
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Exercising pedestrian safety urged

As residents try to stay safe from the coronavirus by keeping their distance from one another during walks around Rossmoor, they may run another risk: straying into the path of vehicles. Several walkers in recent weeks have been spotted veering onto Rossmoor roadways as they pass each other on sidewalks. Fortunately, there have been no reported acc...
Posted on August 4, 2020
 

Peacock Plaza BBQ returns Aug. 11

The BBQ on Peacock Plaza will return on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These BBQs are held on the second Tuesday of each month. Residents need to pre-order and pre-pay for their meals. Meals are available to pick up or to eat on Peacock Plaza. Limited seating is available and all residents must practice social distancing. Masks are req...
Posted on August 4, 2020
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In pandemic, residents make most of a bad situation

COVID-19 has upended people’s lives all over the planet. So how are Rossmoor residents coping with the pandemic? Music and more Lois Langer says that, because she’s in the over-90 club, she sticks close to home. “I do a lot of nothing,” jokes the 91-year-old. “I listen to music – jazz, Beethoven, all the guys – and I do a lot of reading.” At the mo...
Posted on July 28, 2020
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Electric car promotes sustainability

But before getting one, consider cost to power it It’s only fitting that Sustainable Rossmoor President Brad Waite drives an electric car. He’s doing what he can to reduce his impact on the environment. Any monetary benefit is just an added bonus, he said. Waite is one of about 150 electric vehicle in Rossmoor. A couple of years ago, he sold his 20...
Posted on July 28, 2020
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Deaths at ManorCare jump by double digits

The coronavirus outbreak at the ManorCare skilled nursing facility on Tice Valley Boulevard in Walnut Creek has grown increasingly tragic in recent weeks, with state data showing 13 deaths among patients from COVID-19 and 130 total cases, including employees who testowners ed positive, since the beginning of the pandemic. As of July 27, Manor-Care ...
Posted on July 28, 2020