GRF Board shuts down indoor activities Rossmoor’s indoor facilities have closed down again in response to COVID’s highly transmissible omicron variant. In an emergency executive session Friday, the GRF Board unanimously decided after more than two hours of discussion to shut down indoor facilities through the end of the month in hopes of containing...

Amonths-long push by solar power advocates has helped convince more than 120 Rossmoor homeowners to move ahead with solar installations – 47 of them as part of systems being shared by small clusters of homeowners in three Mutuals, one solar advocate said. But whether most, or perhaps any, of those new projects move forward will depend on whether th...

There is an easy and efficient method for residents to pay their monthly coupon through Automated Clearing House or ACH. ACH is an electronic payment method transacted between financial institutions. ACH payments go through a clearinghouse that enforces rules and regulations while keeping account numbers confidential. Because of this, ACH payments ...

Patricia Teschner asked her Walnut Creek bank two weeks ago if it had any quarters she could buy – preferably four rolls. She asked again one week ago. No, and no. “They said there is a coin shortage, and that they didn’t have them,” said Teschner, a First Mutual resident who uses the coin washing machines and dryers closest to her home. “The marke...

On a recent rainy Tuesday afternoon, people expecting to hear a lecture by Mazin Qumsiyeh about socio-political issues in the state of Palestine instead walked up to the Vista Room at Hillside to see the lecture had been postponed. A posted notice said Qumsiyeh and his wife canceled a trip to the U.S. out of COVID-related concerns. In the nearby La...

Die-hard golfers were out of luck last week when Rossmoor had to close its two courses again after they became waterlogged. “It’s soggy – totally saturated,” said Golf Course Superintendent Blake Swint, noting that there are two factors at play: Because the Dollar and Creekside golf courses are in a valley, the runoff from surrounding hills flows o...

Ruth Bond is Rossmoor’s new administrative assistant for executive services, and her duties will center on offering support for her supervisor, Executive Services Senior Manager Deborah Rose, and for Rossmoor CEO Tim O’Keefe. But it was learning about one of her backup jobs, delivering mail to various GRF departments within Rossmoor, that helped gi...

Resident reflection While the rest of the world was transfixed by the sights and sounds of two men walking on the moon for the first time, Neal Eddy almost couldn’t bear to look. “I was scared to death,” said the 88-year-old Rossmoor resident, recalling that historic summer day when Apollo 11 softly came to rest on the lunar basalt basin known as t...

COVID-19 leads Top 10 moments in valley As in any given year, Rossmoor had its various landmark events of 2021 – ongoing stories that made the news, notable achievements, debates with no easy answers, weather-related problems, the deaths of beloved friends and neighbors, steps taken to improve where Rossmoorians live and how they get along. But the...

Matt Francois sets his priorities New Walnut Creek Mayor Matt Francois hopes some money from the new $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill will find its way to his city, and to Rossmoor. Francois, 52, who became mayor on Dec. 7 as Kevin Wilk ended his year-long stint, also said he hopes for a full-scale evacuation drill involving Rossmoor residen...