Some fitness and aquatics classes resume Assistant and managing editors The Tice Creek indoor pool facility can reopen for recreational swimming — at least for now. Because of continued gains in reducing the transmission of COVID-19, California moved Contra Costa County from the red tier to the less-restrictive orange tier on Oct. 27, allowing for ...

GRF Board meeting Up to $250,000 will be spent on modifications to GRF buildings’ HVAC systems to help limit the indoor spread of COVID-19. System upgrades for air purification would be made throughout Rossmoor, from the Fitness Center and Gateway to Hillside, Creekside, the Event Center, and more. “The recommendation of the CDC is to make modifica...

Smoky air from wildfires prompted the closure of the Hillside and Dollar swimming pools on 13 days during August through October. And on Sept. 9, the air was so thick with smoke that Kaiser Permanente called off its outdoor flu clinic at Gateway after three hours when people started getting sick. Because of the growing concerns around the health im...

No-shows at Dollar and Hillside pools have continued from the summer into fall, even as some residents have trouble finding a desirable reservation time for the two outdoor pools. As many as 200 swimmers were no-shows in a given week during the summer. And while those numbers slipped to just over 40 per week in late September, they still leave resi...

Residents staying mobile with outdoor sports, walking After months of being largely housebound because of the global pandemic, smoky air and heat waves, Rossmoor residents are flying the coop and getting active again. Outdoor sports, virtual exercise classes and just walking around Rossmoor are popular. And the limited opening of the Fitness Center...

Kindness rocks are mailed all over the world Zoe Wolfus, 16, was “a loving little girl who got along with everyone,” said her grandmother, Rossmoor resident Shirley Pierce. Tragically, the teen – who lived in Shrewsbury, Mass., with her parents and younger brother Isaac – took her own life Aug. 27, leaving her family devastated. “She was my angel, ...

Residents who want to be included in the Rossmoor private telephone directory for 2020-2021 will find the yellow sign-up card in today’s issue of the News. The card is attached to a flier inserted in the paper. Residents must fill out a listing card each year to be included in the directory. Listings are not carried over from the previous year. Eve...

Brent Mulanax moving into a part-time role Longtime golf pro Brent Mulanax was ready to call it a career earlier this year. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, and a taste of life away from the game he’s loved all his life made him reconsider. “What I found during the initial COVID stay at home, it was not exactly what I thought it would be, just...

GRF Board District I Director John Kikuchi resigned on Oct. 13. He was serving his first year of a three-year term on the GRF Board. In accordance with the GRF Bylaws, the GRF Board of Directors shall appoint a District I director to serve until the next election in May 2021. Residents in District I who are interested in serving on the Board should...

The GRF Planning Committee is inviting residents to apply for a position on its recently formed ad hoc communications task force. The task force will analyze current communication tools used by the GRF Board and explore new options as part of its 2020 goal to improve communications with residents. The group meets once a month. GRF Board members Ken...