The Democrats of Rossmoor will hold an evening TGWD (“Thank Goodness We’re Democrats”) on Thursday, Nov. 14. Doors to the Fireside Room will open at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., San Francisco Chronicle senior political reporter Joe Garofoli will speak and answer questions. Please consider carpooling to this event as parking at Gateway is limited. Garofoli’...

The Rossmoor Lions Club will welcome speaker Bill Leary to its meeting on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Diablo Room at Hillside Clubhouse. Rossmoor residents and their guests are welcome to attend. Leary writes the Engaging Saging column for the Rossmoor News. That column, started in 2021, followed his Engaging Aging column that he had written for six y...

‘Tree walks’ help MOD, arborists and removal services keep tabs on Rossmoor’s 55 different species of trees Rossmoor plays hosts to at least 55 species of trees, a number of them ornamentals first planted by members of the Stanley Dollar family long before Rossmoor was even a gleam in Ross Cortese’s eye. While some of those species have added to Ro...

Fall Bazaar Saturday’s annual event will feature work of residents Sandra Slater’s creative outlet is sewing, making aprons, potholders, wine carriers, coasters and other items using 100% cotton. And the outlet for her creative outlet? Rossmoor’s annual Fall Bazaar. This year, as has been the case the past several years, Slater will have three tabl...

If one’s life is a canvas, rarely is a monochrome paint scheme used to capture all the twists and turns. Such has been the case with Betty Loeb and all the figurative brushstrokes she has made to chronicle her 96 years. Her life’s journey has taken her from surviving the Holocaust of Nazi Germany to London, and eventually Nova Scotia, Canada, befor...

Even for seniors accustomed to navigating annual changes with Medicare, what’s in store for 2025 may seem like an earthquake. That’s because four Medicare Advantage plans will be gone when 2025 arrives, news that has jolted an estimated 15,000 Medicare recipients in Contra Costa County who now must find a new plan. Annual enrollment is underway and...

her home’s walls – embroidery, photography, baking and cooking, as well as square dancing and tennis. She also worked as a secretary. While she is slowing down these days, Loeb still engages in some of her pastimes, such as getting in the kitchen to make the occasional tart – plum being her longtime birthday favorite – and a pot of beef Stroganoff,...

Policy Committee wants columns to focus on Rossmoor impact While political columns might eventually return to the Rossmoor News, that may come with a requirement that they be local in scope, as was discussed at the Oct. 14 Policy Committee meeting. The columns were put on hiatus by GRF Board President Leanne Hamaji in August. Nothing was voted upon...

Street Stories II Walnut Creek city officials offer tips on traffic safety and pedestrian awareness in Rossmoor No street in Rossmoor has a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour, but Smadar Boardman told a Rossmoor audience last week that pedestrians here, or anywhere, can’t assume that drivers will heed those limits, or be paying full attenti...

Event open to new, recently new residents The Recreation Department will host a New Residents Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. The fair is geared toward residents who have moved to Rossmoor since November 2022. “The primary goal of this FAIR: New residents can learn about programs and resou...