John Moe said he has been recycling long before it was commonplace. He’s come a long way from the days of his childhood when garbage was simply burned. Most of the garbage produced in the 1950s, he said, burned easily. That isn’t the case anymore, said Moe, president of First Mutual and “Green Rossmoor” columnist for the Rossmoor News, especially g...

Before fire season begins again in Northern California, PG& E and local officials are offering a presentation on the utility’s revised Community Wildfire Safety Program, with a focus on Rossmoor and Contra Costa County. The virtual presentation will be held on Thursday, April 15, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. online via Zoom. Residents can access the p...

State eyes June 15 as end to most restrictions Leanne Hamaji says that by late April, she will have had both of her COVID-19 vaccinations and be ready to get back to a state of near normalcy. That includes meetings of the Rossmoor Lions Club, of which she’s president. “I am greatly looking forward to full-capacity, in-person club meetings with mask...

Raphael Danziger’s blood is as good as gold. That’s why he gives it to people he doesn’t even know. He is one of the few people in the world with the AB blood type. His AB blood plasma can help save the lives of patients with any blood type. Like clockwork, every 28 days he donates his blood plasma to the American Red Cross at its Pleasant Hill sit...

Rossmoor needs a strategy for its future facility needs. So said the GRF Planning Committee last Thursday when it decided to recommend that the GRF Board spend up to $150,000 to hire ELS Architecture and Urban Design to prepare a long-range facilities capital improvement plan. The Berkeley company laid out a 16-week timeline to gauge residents’ ide...

State eyes June 15 as end to most restrictions Leanne Hamaji says that by late April, she will have had both of her COVID-19 vaccinations and be ready to get back to a state of near normalcy. That includes meetings of the Rossmoor Lions Club, of which she’s president. “I am greatly looking forward to full-capacity, in-person club meetings with mask...

Raphael Danziger’s blood is as good as gold. That’s why he gives it to people he doesn’t even know. He is one of the few people in the world with the AB blood type. His AB blood plasma can help save the lives of patients with any blood type. Like clockwork, every 28 days he donates his blood plasma to the American Red Cross at its Pleasant Hill sit...

Rossmoor needs a strategy for its future facility needs. So said the GRF Planning Committee last Thursday when it decided to recommend that the GRF Board spend up to $150,000 to hire ELS Architecture and Urban Design to prepare a long-range facilities capital improvement plan. The Berkeley company laid out a 16-week timeline to gauge residents’ ide...

Laura Lowe said she moved to Rossmoor in part to feel a sense of community, to have neighbors who will have her back and whom she can look out for. That’s why she and a number of Rossmoor residents and officials are wary of a law that went into effect Jan. 1 that creates the potential to add to the total of Rossmoor units available as rentals. “My ...

As more people become fully vaccinated, some residents are shedding their masks too quickly and bringing families into Rossmoor facilities, even though federal, state and county public health orders have not lifted all restrictions. Rossmoor Pickleball Club president Leanne Hamaji has fielded numerous inquiries from residents asking whether visitin...