Unfilled positions help GRF build on surplus The $1.4 million revenue shortfall from the 2020 budget for the organization remained relatively constant through the end of October. Management has continued its diligence with essential spending to maintain a strong financial position for the organization. In GRF Operations the year-to-date (YTD) reven...

Starting Dec. 7, the Trans- portation Department will offer bus service to the Veranda Shopping Center in Concord, the Sun Valley Mall in Concord, and the Crossroads Shopping Center in Pleasant Hill. The service is available Monday through Friday only. Residents must call by at least noon the day before service is requested. Due to COVID-19 restric...

Restoration work on Tice Creek wrapped up earlier this month, with a little assist from Mother Nature. Building Maintenance Manager Clayton Clark was eager to get the long-awaited project finished before rains arrived. The construction work began Oct. 12 and finished Nov. 10, just days before Rossmoor got its first wet weather of the season. “The r...

Residents pause to give thanks during tough 2020 Celebrating Thanksgiving during a global pandemic is not exactly what anyone wanted this year. Plus, we’re still recovering from wildfires, the divisiveness of the presidential election, civil unrest and the crisis in health care, among other things that seem to have come out of left field this year....

Rossmoor charitable organizations are holding their own in 2020, despite having to cancel the vast majority of annual fundraisers due to the pandemic. The organizations say it’s the generosity of Rossmoor residents that’s kept them afloat. Leanne Hamaji, president of Rossmoor Lions Club, said the club flourished financially in 2020. “Rossmoor Lions...

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...