Solving the problem of filling job openings is perplexing businesses throughout the country. It’s no different at Rossmoor. Those staffing issues have been affecting some services that residents count on. Weekend bus services are temporarily halted until more bus drivers can be hired and brought on schedule. “We are just to a point where we can’t s...

Staying on the move does a body good at any age, and it can be an effective way to counter one of the common consequences of growing old: osteoporosis. As the years go by, the loss of calcium in the bones leaves them porous, one of the reasons they weaken. Madelyn Murphy, left, gets some instruction from trainer Emm Yee during an Osteoporosis Refor...

Pickleball expansion, street construction on Golden Rain Road, a new roof for the Fitness Center pools and continued renovations of Gateway’s art studios were among the projects approved as part of the 2022 capital budget. What’s not included is previously approved renovations to the Dollar Clubhouse bathrooms, and– at least for another year, into ...

Agencies work to keep residents on their feet Growing old has its benefits, but many seniors will attest that being saddled with a body they no longer can count on isn’t one of them. With age often comes a greater risk of falling, and the injuries can be life-threatening. When Rossmoor Counseling Services asked residents several years ago to name t...

After being told the work will make affected manors significantly safer, the First Mutual Board of Directors voted Jan. 28 to spend $160,000 on 53 new electrical subpanels within those residences. Subpanels extend the wiring for multiple branch circuits to a specific area of a home, and they are found in bedrooms in these First Mutual residences. D...

The GRF Board’s decision to end or continue the indoor facilities shutdown was set to occur after the press deadline. Read about the decision online at www.rossmoor.com/ breaking-news

Funding will determine how much gets renovated Renovation of the Dollar Clubhouse restrooms could be the first of a series of major improvements being considered to this historic structure. Other upgrades proposed for Dollar in coming years include installation of an elevator to expand access to the building’s Continued on page 19A Outdated wallpap...

Pollon led efforts to mitigate drought and wildfires Rebecca Pollon soon will be taking her landscape management expertise from Rossmoor to the schools of San Francisco. It will be quite a change of scenery for Pollon, who will do her utmost to make that scenery flourish. She finishes up as Rossmoor’s landscape manager on Feb. 11 and will take on t...

Indoor facilities won’t reopen before Feb. 8 The shutdown of all GRF indoor facilities will continue through Feb. 8, and likely a few days beyond that, as the GRF Board last week – by a split 5 to 4 vote – followed a recommendation by the county’s public health director to keep Rossmoor’s indoor public gathering places closed in deference to the CO...

Johan Hultin was expert on pandemics Dr. Johan Hultin didn’t dabble. If he did something, Karen Hill said, it was full immersion or bust. “Whatever it was, he was always 150 percent in,” Hill said of her stepfather, a Rossmoor resident since 2013, a few days after he died Jan. 22 at age 97. “He didn’t just touch lightly on Continued on page 10A Joh...