Task force impressed by preview Asneak peek at Rossmoor’s soon-to-be rolled out web portal was met with enthusiasm by the GRF Planning Committee’s new Ad Hoc Communications Task Force last week. The new portal will make it easier for residents to sign up for Recreation’s ticketed events, such as movies, excursions and classes; golf course tee times...

John Muir and Canopy Health are donating 1,800 face masks that will be available for free to residents. The masks will be distributed on Monday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a drivethrough at the Event Center. Residents can drive up to the front roundabout and provide their name and address to receive the masks. They will be distributed in pac...

GRF Board President Bob Kelso will move his December live Q& A forum from the first Thursday of the month to Dec. 10, from 2 p.m. until there are no additional questions. Kelso will answer residents’ questions live on the video conference website Zoom. The session was moved a week because it conf licted with the GRF Board meeting. Residents are...

A story on Page 18A about the Walnut Creek Concert Band’s 2019 holiday concert airing on Channel 28 incorrectly listed the time for the broadcasts. They will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, Dec. 1 and Dec. 22.

The Pickleball Club made its case for more outdoor pickleball courts to the GRF Planning Committee last Thursday and ended up on its list of recommended capital projects for 2021. At less than $250,000, the courts would be one of the cheaper of the nearly $6 million in suggested projects. But it could mean two of the eight Buckeye tennis courts wou...

Recreation and restaurants step up to help fill the void Thanksgiving 2020 is going to be quite unlike Thanksgivings gone by. With COVID-19 continuing to upend life as normal, most families won’t be crowding round the dinner table to carve the turkey and savor pumpkin pie. But Recreation, and Rossmoor restaurants, are stepping up to make sure every...

The Rossmoor Holiday Food Drive returns, just in time for Thanksgiving, but will look very different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of collecting food in Rossmoor, this year’s drive will ask residents to make monetary donations to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. As in past years, the event is sponsored by the Interfaith Council...

Tice pools were forced to close last Friday, followed by the Fitness Center and Creekside Grill indoor dining on Tuesday, as Contra Costa County tried to halt rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Indoor pools were shuttered last week after the California Department of Public Health moved the county back to the restrictive red tier on Tuesday...

Resident and avid walker Leanne Hamaji has found a few places in Rossmoor with flat-walking areas that are ideal for walkers. Now, she is sharing them with her neighbors. Her recommendation this week takes walkers to Golden Rain Road, where two connected entries offer a stunning view and a path through Webster’s Grove provides a diversion for more ...

With upcoming holidays and training, there will be changes to bus service in Rossmoor. The buses will not operate on the following holidays: • Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day; • Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, for Thanksgiving Day and the day after; • Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25, for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; • Friday...