Free PRESTO service begins week of July 15 An autonomous shuttle pilot program overseen by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority is gearing up for a launch in Rossmoor the week of July 15. The free PRESTO driverless shuttle will make two stops: one near the entrance to the Tice Creek Fitness Center and the other at a bus stop on Tice Creek Driv...

Residents share thoughts on racial progress As a child growing up in the small, two-stoplight Texas town of Giddings, Charles Etta Richardson would watch her family prepare for weeks in anticipation of the annual Juneteenth celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. Her mother would make bowls of potato salad and other items to se...

Other golf, Fitness Center roof projects get funding The GRF Planning Committee last week recommended funding four of five capital projects moved forward on GRF’s priority list, after the pickleball structure originally set for a mid-2024 groundbreaking moved back a year. But a fifth proposed project, a series of turf reduction efforts adjacent to ...

The process for streamlining and making equitable the use of Rossmoor’s community facilities has just begun. Policy Committee members got their first look on June 10 at proposed changes to three different GRF policies regarding GRF approved- organizations, community facilities use and guest usage policy, many of which affect room reservations. The ...

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...