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GRF Board gives Rossmoor green light to reopen June 15

Not clear yet is where masks will be required Rossmoor will reopen with the rest of California on June 15 when Gov. Gavin Newsom gives the all-clear. The governor’s plan to reopen the economy calls for elimination of the colored tier system, which the state has used to determine what’s open and under what conditions. The state’s new guidance will m...
Posted on June 1, 2021
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Pandemic’s popular pastime

Pools provide exercise, fresh air, social connections It’s because of the pandemic and its restrictions that swimming has become so popular, according to longtime Rossmoor lifeguards. One even dared to compare its popularity here with golf. Both sports have never looked so good to so many residents. Reservations are a must at pools and golf courses...
Posted on June 1, 2021
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Mountain Mike’s Pizza coming to shopping center

The anticipated opening of a Mountain Mike’s Pizza restaurant sometime later this year would be the next in what the owners of the Rossmoor shopping center hope will be a group of new eateries coming to the site within the next few years. Terrence Tallen, a principal with Rossmoor Retail Partners, LLC, Rossmoor Shopping Center’s ownership group, sa...
Posted on June 1, 2021
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Open houses resume in Rossmoor this month

After a 16-month hiatus, Sunday real estate open houses (the real, not virtual ones) are set to return to Rossmoor later this month. ReMax Accord Manager Mary Beall-Neighbor, who coordinated the monthly open house events for area Realtors before the pandemic shutdown, said the plan is to restart them on Sunday, June 20. The move follows the state’s...
Posted on June 1, 2021
 

ROSSMOORNEWS

The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published every Wednesday for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $55 per year (for second-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. P...
Posted on June 1, 2021
 

DMV changes rules for applying for Real ID

Residents applying for a REAL ID from the Department of Motor Vehicles no longer are required to provide a Social Security card or W-2 form proving they have a Social Security number, the DMV announced last month. Under the new rules, applicants can now simply provide their Social Security number, along with proof of identity and two proofs of Cali...
Posted on June 1, 2021
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Study: Sound barrier could reduce noise even as pickleball expands

Those who live closest to the Creekside pickleball courts should actually hear less of the thud of ball hitting paddle after the facility is expanded from three to seven courts if a high sound barrier wraps around the courts. That’s according to a 44page sound study by Acoustics Group Inc. However, even with a barrier, sound from pickleball play, i...
Posted on May 25, 2021
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Wildfire season presentation draws audience of hundreds

If there were any doubt that wildfire season is top of mind among Rossmoor residents heading into summer, it was dispelled on May 18 during a Zoom presentation on the topic led by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. More than 300 people logged into the webinar to hear public safety and emergency response officials discuss the threat o...
Posted on May 25, 2021