Answering residents’ most asked questions GRF working with officials to get clinic in Rossmoor As Contra Costa County fast tracks efforts to vaccinate more of its residents, confusion abounds about who is eligible, how to get an appointment and why having the shot isn’t an immediate magic bullet. The GRF Board of Directors, CEO and other staff have...

Past Trails Club president dies after short illness Longtime resident Sumner Walters is remembered by friends as a man of God, a good friend, an outdoorsman, a storyteller and a local historian with a quiet demeanor and good sense of humor. The Rev. Dr. Sumner Francis Dudley Walters, 96, died Jan. 9 after a short illness. He had lived in Rossmoor f...

Golfers now can make tee times online through MyRossmoor, a new web portal for Rossmoor residents that launches today. Golfers who are playing in doubles, threesomes or foursomes can book their tee times online through the new portal up to seven days in advance. Same day tee times and single players are not available to book online – those still mu...

Contra Costa Health Services is seeking volunteer vaccinators and support and logistical staff to help speed up the distribution of the COVID-19 as cases continue to soar in the county. Dr. Michael Wener, a Rossmoor resident and retired podiatric surgeon, said last week he was recruited as part of the effort and is going through the background chec...

Despite the upheaval that COVID-19 has caused, it’s not too far-fetched to credit the pandemic with a drop in the number of vehicle accidents in Rossmoor. “Overall, calls for service are down, and I think we can say that’s related to the pandemic,” said Public Safety Manager Dennis Bell, who oversees the contract with the retirement community’s pri...

Rossmoor needs a masterplan to help guide officials, staff and residents when they make plans and budget for Rossmoor’s facilities. So said the Planning Committee on Jan. 14, when it agreed on the specifics a consultant should follow to draw up such a plan. The GRF Board will be asked to approve the guidelines before a request for proposals goes ou...

With the exception of Tice Creek entries AA through 17, the plant replacement program for 2020 has been completed. If residents submitted a request that was not fulfilled or if they missed the original deadline, they can re-submit their request to plantreplacement@rossmoor.com. Landscaping apologizes if it missed anyone, and if a replacement is not...

Rossmoor residents 75 years and older could begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in about two weeks as Contra Costa ramps up its distribution. County public health officials said Monday they have an aggressive goal of vaccinating 7,000 people per day and two clinics to complete first-phase vaccines before the end of the month. That will allow the c...

Crew weathered shutdown, new safety rules Mark Heptig never stopped working on Rossmoor residents’ golf game even when the pandemic suspended all outdoor sports. And the director of golf has had to shift into overdrive to handle the confluence of situations that the virus triggered – new mandates that changed frequently, time-consuming disinfection...

One cart will be dedicated to medical calls A couple of miniature squad cars – make that carts – will be trundling around Rossmoor later this year delivering help to residents in a tight spot. The vehicles that the community’s security company bought Dec. 1 are not yet in service because the one that will be dedicated for an emergency medical techn...