Barbara “GG” Proctor has a gift for storytelling and connecting with young students. That gift has led to an amazing donation effort by students at Indian Valley Elementary School in Walnut Creek. The Rossmoor resident, who reads to third graders at that school twice a week, told them about the need for socks for unhoused people who use the clothin...

Rossmoor Quilters to present handmade works at town hall Debuting in Rossmoor three years ago, the Vets Town Hall has offered a unique way to honor and appreciate veterans each Veterans Day. Vets Town Halls, a concept created by journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, were inspired by his experiences as a war correspondent in Afghanistan. Vets T...

‘Impact’ fee will affect only clubs needing services After several “reservation roadshows” and 37 follow-up meetings with members of 165 Rossmoor clubs about the overhaul of GRF’s room reservation process, there are still both unresolved questions and some outright misinformation connected to proposed changes. That was a key element of a presentati...

Two separate but related situations that have been plaguing GRF and Rossmoor residents – high insurance costs and low home-sales figures – aren’t expected to improve any time soon, GRF officials and committee members said last week. Officials from brokerage firm A.J. Gallagher have said they expect to be able to obtain between $1.16 billion and $1....

For anyone wondering how many newcomers Rossmoor has, the crowd that came to the Event Center on Oct. 30 for the New Residents Fair provided this answer: far more than you’d expect. Aimed for any residents who moved here since November 2022, a vast majority of those attending had moved in within the past year, based on a show of hands requested by ...

‘Tree walks’ help MOD, arborists and removal services keep tabs on Rossmoor’s 55 different species of trees Rossmoor plays hosts to at least 55 species of trees, a number of them ornamentals first planted by members of the Stanley Dollar family long before Rossmoor was even a gleam in Ross Cortese’s eye. While some of those species have added to Ro...

Fall Bazaar Saturday’s annual event will feature work of residents Sandra Slater’s creative outlet is sewing, making aprons, potholders, wine carriers, coasters and other items using 100% cotton. And the outlet for her creative outlet? Rossmoor’s annual Fall Bazaar. This year, as has been the case the past several years, Slater will have three tabl...

If one’s life is a canvas, rarely is a monochrome paint scheme used to capture all the twists and turns. Such has been the case with Betty Loeb and all the figurative brushstrokes she has made to chronicle her 96 years. Her life’s journey has taken her from surviving the Holocaust of Nazi Germany to London, and eventually Nova Scotia, Canada, befor...

Even for seniors accustomed to navigating annual changes with Medicare, what’s in store for 2025 may seem like an earthquake. That’s because four Medicare Advantage plans will be gone when 2025 arrives, news that has jolted an estimated 15,000 Medicare recipients in Contra Costa County who now must find a new plan. Annual enrollment is underway and...

Policy Committee wants columns to focus on Rossmoor impact While political columns might eventually return to the Rossmoor News, that may come with a requirement that they be local in scope, as was discussed at the Oct. 14 Policy Committee meeting. The columns were put on hiatus by GRF Board President Leanne Hamaji in August. Nothing was voted upon...