Street Stories II Walnut Creek city officials offer tips on traffic safety and pedestrian awareness in Rossmoor No street in Rossmoor has a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour, but Smadar Boardman told a Rossmoor audience last week that pedestrians here, or anywhere, can’t assume that drivers will heed those limits, or be paying full attenti...

Event open to new, recently new residents The Recreation Department will host a New Residents Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. The fair is geared toward residents who have moved to Rossmoor since November 2022. “The primary goal of this FAIR: New residents can learn about programs and resou...

No clubs are being charged the $25 impact fee for room use yet as the room reservations staff navigates the first round of room bookings for 2025, said Community Services Director Ann Mottola. Clubs have until Friday, Nov. 15 to submit their room reservations applications and lock in up to four history dates per week. Mottola said all clubs have be...

Fourth annual event offers new twists In what has quickly become a fall tradition, the Diversity Festival once again celebrated what makes Rossmoor unique. Rossmoorians marked the fourth annual festival on Oct. 8 by packing the Event Center, which hosted its first major community-wide event since upgrades to its audio/visual components. Along with ...

As GRF leaders weigh options to replace the current crammed Mutual Operations Department structure, one thing seems apparent – a doover on the current site atop Rockview Drive is likely off the table. That was the upshot from Thursday’s discussion among Planning Committee members of the three options presented to the committee. While no votes were ...

To properly ma rke t Rossmoor, GRF leaders will have to figure out exactly what they want it to be, and then decide whom they want to sell it to. At the second meeting of the GRF Marketing Task Force on Oct. 8, the group set about those jobs, forming two “working groups” of three people each – the “mission/vision/ values” group to discuss what Ross...

The Rossmoor Shopping Center, which hosts the Safeway, CVS, John Muir Health and other businesses just outside Rossmoor, is up for sale. The center is listed with the global commercial real estate and investment management company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL). There is no asking price listed beyond “best offer.” In 2012, current owner Rossmoor Ret...

Gateway Solar Project Limited parking spots require residents to be creative, flexible With the subtraction by half of available parking spaces at Gateway Complex as the solar canopy installation project starts, residents are quickly recognizing that overcoming this inconvenience is going to require some creativity and/or change of routine on their...

GRF adapts to changing landscape for ‘micro transit’ When GRF sought proposals for a Short Range Transit Plan for Bus Transportation earlier this year, only one firm showed interest in being part of it. But that lack of response provided the chance for a sort of “do-over” on what to study about Rossmoor’s future bus service. The whole landscape for...

Former resident was one of the founders of Stanford Club, Ashmolean Singers Gordon Addison loved choral music, and he loved sports, especially the teams from his beloved alma mater, Stanford University. He pursued both of those paths with gusto while living in Rossmoor, helping found both the Ashmolean Singers chorale group and the Stanford Club of...