Board also hears presentation on public safety Faced with an uncertain future due to the coronavirus pandemic, the GRF Board continues to tighten the belt on expenses. Finance Committee Chairman William Dorband told the Board last Thursday morning that after going over updated budget information and financial forecasts through August, the committee...

As of press time, Walnut Creek Police had placed the city, which includes Rossmoor, under a nightly curfew from 8 p.m. through 5 a.m. until Monday, June 8, unless officials decide to lift it earlier. The curfew came Sunday after a woman was shot in the arm and widespread looting began to hit downtown Walnut Creek stores just before 6 p.m. The looti...

Kevin Burke is something of a hero in his Tice Creek Drive neighborhood. On the morning of May 22, he thought he heard the faint sound of a woman calling, “Help, I can’t get up.” He wasn’t sure where the call was coming from, but knew it was close. “Our walls are thin,” he said. “I was hearing, ‘Help, help me.’” No one else nearby had heard the dis...

Victoria Haket could barely make it up one flight of stairs 1½ years ago. Now, the 66-year-old Rossmoor resident goes up and down 30 flights for a morning workout – on those steep steps at Rossmoor Parkway and Golden Rain Road. “It’s not easy,” she said. “I’m sopping wet and exhausted, but I work through it.” She paces herself. After five flights s...

GRF Board President Bob Kelso is answering residents’ questions in a live forum on a weekly basis every Thursday from 2 until there are no additional questions.w The live Q& A sessions started April 9 and are held on the video conference website Zoom. Residents are asked to submit their questions prior to the session to grfquestion@rossmoor.com...

Spread some joy. Paint a small, ordinary rock in some bright colors and maybe add a cute design. Then hide it where someone will discover it. Two residents, independent of each other, have placed more than a hundred decorated rocks around Rossmoor during the past two years. Each rock painted by Paula Saunders and Diane Morte is different. But they ...

New culture emerges in wake of shutdown It’s approaching 3 p.m. on a Wednesday, and slowly but surely, the residents of Entry 5 on Cactus Court begin to gather, with their folding chairs or just to stand 6 feet apart from others. It’s time to “Get Apart.” Despite the name, this gathering draws a dozen or so neighbors together to chat, check in on o...

Whoever thought that in this age of COVID-19, it would be easier to “try on” a house than an item of clothing? That’s what Berkshire Hathaway Drysdale broker Catherine Myers believed, and she made it happen last week with the first live Zoom open houses for their properties available at Rossmoor. In theory, it makes sense. As Myers said, homebuyers...

Contra Costa County continued its second phase of reopening, allowing storefront and curbside retail pickup as of last Friday. Manufacturing, logistics and warehousing businesses that support retail also were permitted to reopen with strict social distancing. Rossmoor’s Transportation Department also will add more buses for the Dial-A-Bus service s...

The sun was shining, the tents of vendors in the Gateway parking lot fluttered and eager shoppers grabbed fresh produce and other goodies while they lasted. The Rossmoor Farmers’ Market is back – but with a few significant changes. When it opened its aisles on May 15, most, if not every customer was donned in a mask, as were all the vendors. In fac...