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...

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...

No clubs are being charged the $25 impact fee for room use yet as the room reservations staff navigates the first round of room bookings for 2025, said Community Services Director Ann Mottola. Clubs have until Friday, Nov. 15 to submit their room reservations applications and lock in up to four history dates per week. Mottola said all clubs have be...

In a recent conversation, Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation (RSF) trustee and Rossmoor resident Steve Batill explained why he prefers to use the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from his Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to make charitable donations. “I like to use a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) to make donations because it is a very ...

fair is to provide residents with valuable information and resources that can enhance their daily lives,” Recreation Manager Zee Deleon said. “By bringing together various organizations, service providers and experts, we aim to create a one-stop destination where residents can learn about the wide range of services and opportunities available to th...

Fourth annual event offers new twists In what has quickly become a fall tradition, the Diversity Festival once again celebrated what makes Rossmoor unique. Rossmoorians marked the fourth annual festival on Oct. 8 by packing the Event Center, which hosted its first major community-wide event since upgrades to its audio/visual components. Along with ...

As GRF leaders weigh options to replace the current crammed Mutual Operations Department structure, one thing seems apparent – a doover on the current site atop Rockview Drive is likely off the table. That was the upshot from Thursday’s discussion among Planning Committee members of the three options presented to the committee. While no votes were ...

To properly ma rke t Rossmoor, GRF leaders will have to figure out exactly what they want it to be, and then decide whom they want to sell it to. At the second meeting of the GRF Marketing Task Force on Oct. 8, the group set about those jobs, forming two “working groups” of three people each – the “mission/vision/ values” group to discuss what Ross...