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Breaking down alcohol licenses for clubs

R ecently, the News ran an article with information that clarified the requirement for clubs to have an alcohol license at events with money exchanged in the form of tickets or donations. That article prompted questions with additional scenarios in which the Bureau of Alcohol Beverage Control would require a club to have an alcohol license. This fo...
Posted on November 26, 2024
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Mix of residents are finding warmth in annual Thanksgiving gathering

Rossmoor event takes the hassle out of traveling and cleaning For residents like Julia Lam, being on her own for Thanksgiving is not a bad thing. Being on her own is also a misnomer. She’ll be in Rossmoor around friends, her fellow residents. Traveling for the holidays is difficult for Lam, especially considering jammed-packed airports and plane ri...
Posted on November 26, 2024
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Increased cost calls into question future of pickleball facility

Planning Committee wants feedback from residents The latest construction cost estimate for the Pickleball Courts project has risen considerably from previous figures, the Planning Committee learned at its Nov. 14 meeting. A pre-construction estimate delivered to GRF staff less than 24 hours before that meeting now pegs the project at nearly $4 mill...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Charting options for health

Over 30 vendors participated in Health Fair There are many reasons that residents come to the annual Health Fair put on by Rossmoor Counseling Services. Some are doing their homework, planning and seeing what is available as their health needs change. There may be one issue on someone’s radar, or they want to know what to do when a crisis does stri...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Task force aims to sell Walnut Creek as part of the marketing campaign

As Rossmoor leaders grapple with how this community should market itself to potential new residents and others, they realize it will be difficult, if not impossible, to play up both Rossmoor’s affordability and the qualities that make it so inviting – many of which come at a monetary cost. “We’re not going to be everything to everybody,” Marketing ...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Policy Committee sours on return of political columns

Discussing the hot-button topic of whether political columns should resume in the Rossmoor News, Policy Committee members made one point clear at their Nov. 13 meeting: Their expressed preference is to not resume publishing that type of opinion, even with a modified approach. A draft of changes to Policy 601.2 that governs the newspaper’s editorial...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Mutuals want to know how best to communicate

Mutual leaders want to know as soon as possible how member residents prefer to receive information and documents – including annual Mutual budgets – whether by email, via the U.S. Postal Service, or both. Around the final week of October, member residents were sent copies of the “4041 form,” which since January 2023 has been a legal requirement und...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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‘Meet with the GM’ gathering draws overflow crowd

Over 130 residents receive updates from Matheson GRF General Manager Jeff Matheson said he was “ecstatic” with the turnout at Nov. 6’s “Meet with the GM” gathering, where the main event was him answering residents’ questions about Rossmoor. One of those questions was why this session wasn’t booked for the Event Center’s main room, instead of the sm...
Posted on November 12, 2024
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Solar panel work at Gateway shifts to south parking lot

North part of lot fully reopens Arecent Tuesday morning saw a small squadron of trucks and other construction equipment under the new Gateway solar panel canopy structures make the short move a few hundred feet to the south. Welcome to Phase II of the GRF solar canopy project, in which almost all of the main Gateway parking lot will be covered with...
Posted on November 12, 2024
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Local Hearing Loss Chapter marks 40 years

HLAA has helped Rossmoor residents over the years The 40th anniversary of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Diablo Valley Chapter is a testament to its longevity and commitment to serving and supporting those in and outside the gates of Rossmoor. Th r ough t he d e cades , HEARING: HLAA has supported residents for four decades the orga...
Posted on November 12, 2024