Rossmoor EPO Tip: For residents who cannot self-evacuate, the only time someone can come to evacuate them out of Rossmoor is before and during the official evacua-tion warning for their evacuation zone, which usually lasts only four hours. Rossmoor EPO cautions all residents to call or contact their family member, friend or neighbor to help them ev...

The photo on page 1A in the July 10 issue of the Rossmoor News showed pickleball players on the tennis courts. These players were on the courts for a sound study as part of the process for determining a site for new pickleball courts in Rossmoor. The website address on Page 3A of the July 10 News to sign up for the Contra Costa Community Warning Sy...

FROM SECURITAS The following are the major incidents reported to Securitas, Rossmoor’s security service provider. They appear here as they were initially reported to Securitas. After investigation, details of a case may indicate a lesser or different incident description. If the case warrants it, the News will do a follow-up story. Wednesday, July ...

Club members to share snacks, ideas The Rossmoor Republican Club invites all like-minded people to their monthly Meet and Greet, which will be held on Sunday, Aug. 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Oak Room in Gateway Clubhouse. Attendees are invited to bring something to share, such as an appetizer or snack. Beverages are provided. Monthly Meet and Greet...

The local wastewater treatment agency is looking for help from Rossmoor residents by appealing to their basic knowledge of science, and to their pocketbooks. About 35 Rossmoor residents braved triple- digit outside temperatures on July 2 to attend a presentation in the Fireside Room by representatives of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District –...

Community Services Director Ann Mottola doesn’t have to try hard to sell the Tice Creek Fitness Center as one of Rossmoor’s gems. “It’s one of our most robust programs,” she said during the June GRF Board meeting. “And it’s an incredible value at $10.02 per month in your coupon.” That’s especially true considering that an average gym membership in ...

A Contra Costa County civil grand jury report on the county’s Community Warning System (CWS) found risks of the system experiencing failure in a major emergency, most alarmingly because not enough people have signed up for the alerts. Those risks, the grand jury found in its May 31 report, “may prevent the CWS from providing timely and accurate not...

Rossmoor has been named one of the top retirement communities in California by the financial news and opinion company 24/7 Wall St. The company’s recent article on the eight best retirement communities in California placed Rossmoor No. 3 behind Del Webb Sun City in Palm Desert and Laguna Woods Village in Laguna Hills. The article, written by Califo...

past president of Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO), described her reaction to the report. Gibson has worked in emergency preparedness for 25 years. “In that time, I have never heard of an alert system in this bad of shape,” she said. CWS is the only warning system in this county with access to the nation’s mass notification databa...

Several residents voice opposition to restrictive rules Residents made a final push at Thursday’s GRF Board meeting to stop restrictive changes to GRF’s demonstrations policy. Directors voted unanimously to approve those changes – which in part limit where and how many times a person can demonstrate – but they left open the door to reassess at a la...