Golfers now can make tee times online through MyRossmoor, a new web portal for Rossmoor residents that launches today. Golfers who are playing in doubles, threesomes or foursomes can book their tee times online through the new portal up to seven days in advance. Same day tee times and single players are not available to book online – those still mu...

Contra Costa Health Services is seeking volunteer vaccinators and support and logistical staff to help speed up the distribution of the COVID-19 as cases continue to soar in the county. Dr. Michael Wener, a Rossmoor resident and retired podiatric surgeon, said last week he was recruited as part of the effort and is going through the background chec...

Despite the upheaval that COVID-19 has caused, it’s not too far-fetched to credit the pandemic with a drop in the number of vehicle accidents in Rossmoor. “Overall, calls for service are down, and I think we can say that’s related to the pandemic,” said Public Safety Manager Dennis Bell, who oversees the contract with the retirement community’s pri...

Rossmoor residents 75 years and older could begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in about two weeks as Contra Costa ramps up its distribution. County public health officials said Monday they have an aggressive goal of vaccinating 7,000 people per day and two clinics to complete first-phase vaccines before the end of the month. That will allow the c...

Crew weathered shutdown, new safety rules Mark Heptig never stopped working on Rossmoor residents’ golf game even when the pandemic suspended all outdoor sports. And the director of golf has had to shift into overdrive to handle the confluence of situations that the virus triggered – new mandates that changed frequently, time-consuming disinfection...

One cart will be dedicated to medical calls A couple of miniature squad cars – make that carts – will be trundling around Rossmoor later this year delivering help to residents in a tight spot. The vehicles that the community’s security company bought Dec. 1 are not yet in service because the one that will be dedicated for an emergency medical techn...

Rossmoor residents will pause the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 18, to reflect on the message of hope and change through nonviolence brought by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It will have been 12 days since armed pro-Trump hooligans seized and looted America’s symbol of democracy, the U.S. Capitol, during the counting of Electoral College votes for the 202...

How a stranger helped reunite Susan Pope with lost dog Roxie is back home, a little worse for wear but safe and snuggled up with her person, Susan Pope. The black-and-white Cocker Spaniel’s story is one of feared tragedy, hope, a lucky break and the kindness and determination of a dog-loving stranger. It’s a feel-good story in not-sogood times. Rox...

911, WC police, Securitas? It depends on the situation Confused about whom to call for help in Rossmoor? “In an emergency, you should call 911,” Public Safety Manager Dennis Bell said. This means to call for such things as a medical emergency, fire, a break-in, a crime in progress or that just occurred, a downed electric line or the smell of smoke....

Mary Taylor recalls hearing a Black Rossmoor resident speak of heading to one of the retirement community’s swimming pools for a dip only for a white woman to tell her that “the help” wasn’t allowed to use the facility. And decades ago when her teenage son was learning to drive, fears of racial profiling had prompted Taylor to buy him a cellphone s...