Rossmoor News

The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published on Wednesdays for Rossmoor residents and is available outside of the community at a subscription rate of $185 per year (for first-class mail delivery), by Golden Rain Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Rossmoor Ne...
Posted on February 4, 2025
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Finance Committee gets update on status of NetSuite rollout

The first phase of the longplanned- for rollout of the Net-Suite software system went live as scheduled in early January. As is common in projects of this size, the implementation encountered a few early bugs, said Todd Arterburn, Rossmoor’s chief financial officer. One of the challenges involved entering customer information for residents with mul...
Posted on February 4, 2025
 

Trinity Center seeks donations

The Rossmoor Democratic Club’s Trinity Center Committee is launching a donation campaign to help supply much-needed gloves and warm hats to Trinity’s members, especially needed at this chilly time of year. Donations of gloves and hats (new or gently used) may be dropped off between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the main drive-through en...
Posted on February 4, 2025
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Event will focus on scams and elder abuse

Optimum Wellness Lecture will take place Feb. 18 in the Fireside Room Rossmoor Counseling Services will have its first Optimum Wellness Lecture of the new year on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m., in the Fireside Room. Daisy Gallegos of Adult Protective Services (APS) will be speaking to residents about financial scams/elder abuse and APS. Gallegos has ...
Posted on February 4, 2025
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New rental carts are a hit with Rossmoor golfers

Amenities abound on Yamaha vehicles that arrived last month For Moni Cook, there is a lot to like about the golf courses’ new rental carts. “They look sleek, and the (charcoal) color is great,” Cook recently said as she waited to hit the first tee on the Creekside course. The old carts, she said, were “getting rickety.” But the new carts’ secret we...
Posted on January 28, 2025
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AI adds new wrinkle to old scam targeting grandparents

AI adds new wrinkle to old scam targeting grandparents Resident, who was conned out of $12,500, believes artificial intelligence cloned grandson’s voice The scamming of grandparents is nothing new. But now, artificial intelligence has added a frightening new twist to this old con. Instead of a perpetrator simply trying to impersonate a grandchild w...
Posted on January 28, 2025
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Tax-Aide appointment sessions begin Feb. 6

Free federal and state tax return preparation by AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will be available at the Creekside Clubhouse Fairway Room every Tuesday and Thursday from Feb. 6 through April 15. This service is for anyone who needs to file a basic income tax return, with limited to moderate income and with special attention for those ages 50 and older. T...
Posted on January 28, 2025
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What residents should know about condition of Rossmoor fire hydrants

EBMUD and GRF share responsibility for maintenance With the unlucky convergence of several conditions, a catastrophic wildfire could occur in Rossmoor – or almost anywhere in this region – similar to the ones that have ripped through Southern California this month. Working fire hydrants, of course, are a key to fire protection. In many East Bay cit...
Posted on January 28, 2025
 

Contra Costa Senior Legal Services to present clinics

Contra Costa Senior Legal Services is coming to Rossmoor in 2025. CCSLS will offer legal clinics and presentations on a variety of issues, including scams, fraud and identity theft. The program will alternate between having a clinic in the even numbered months and presentations in the odd numbered months. Presentations will start in March and will ...
Posted on January 28, 2025
 

Delivery of Rossmoor phone books underway

Del ive r y of t he 2025 Rossmoor phone books will begin this week. The books are due to arrive in Rossmoor on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Delivery to manors will take place during the next three weeks. Any manor that is not vacant or that doesn’t have a vacation hold on its newspaper will receive the phone book by Friday, Feb. 21. Any resident who has not...
Posted on January 28, 2025