GRF Board approves construction of second phase Solar energy will eventually power all of GRF’s facilities, leaving just a fraction of its needed electricity to be purchased from a power company. Under a plan adopted by the GRF Board on Jan. 28, solar systems will be installed at Gateway and the Event Center, which will power those facilities as we...

JMH clinic underway; Kaiser starts Feb. 17 The Event Center opened to residents Monday for the first time in almost a year, bringing the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccines to those ages 75 and older. John Muir Health, partnering with OptumServe, began vaccinating eligible residents in the first of two clinics that will operate this month in Rossmoo...

Tom Cashion starts Feb. 8 Rossmoor’s new public safety manager, Tom Cashion, brings with him some ideas, along with just over 24 years of law enforcement experience and community involvement. Cashion, 50, is newly retired from the Walnut Creek Police Department, having risen through the ranks to acting captain. He starts his new Rossmoor job Monday...

Resident s throughout Rossmoor have the chance to help the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) look for ways to enhance its communications through a survey being disseminated this week. “There is an abundance of high-quality GRF information available to residents, and we are exploring ways to raise awareness of its accessibility,” said Dwight Walker, GRF ...

N atural beauty in focus Gordon Wing’s keen eye captures hidden wonders Gordon Wing sees the world in a way few do whenever he steps outside. Others might cast a passing glance at a garden statuette or a spread of clouds, but Wing studies his surroundings with the practiced eye of one who recognizes natural beauty. And for the better part of five d...

ACOVID-19 vaccination clinic is coming to Rossmoor next month for residents who are 75 years or older, in a partnership with Contra Costa County, Kaiser Permanente, John Muir Health and the Golden Rain Foundation. John Muir Health (JMH) will operate the clinic at the Event Center starting Monday, Feb. 1, for its patients and any residents who are n...

The Rossmoor News reshaped a lot of its content in 2020 after public health orders shut down most facilities and canceled many events in Rossmoor. We introduced puzzles, recipes, pages of reader photos and so much more. Since then, residents have called and emailed to tell us what they like (and don’t like) and what they hope will fill our pages ev...

If CPA Rick Chakoff’s parents hadn’t lived in Rossmoor, he probably would have glossed over the classified newspaper ad that sought someone for the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) controller’s job. How many people know that GRF is associated with Rossmoor? Chakoff thought the GRF job might be right for him. “I’d had a variety of ac- counting jobs, but...

Answering residents’ most asked questions GRF working with officials to get clinic in Rossmoor As Contra Costa County fast tracks efforts to vaccinate more of its residents, confusion abounds about who is eligible, how to get an appointment and why having the shot isn’t an immediate magic bullet. The GRF Board of Directors, CEO and other staff have...

Past Trails Club president dies after short illness Longtime resident Sumner Walters is remembered by friends as a man of God, a good friend, an outdoorsman, a storyteller and a local historian with a quiet demeanor and good sense of humor. The Rev. Dr. Sumner Francis Dudley Walters, 96, died Jan. 9 after a short illness. He had lived in Rossmoor f...