what of a celebrity for her reading to young students in Walnut Creek and Pleasanton. She was profiled in the Jan. 3 edition of the News this year and also by KTVU and KPIX TV news, she said. This effort ties together two things so important to Proctor: teaching kids and helping those in need. To get her message across, Proctor gently explained it ...

Contributions to the Rossmoor Fund can be produced any number of ways, including check and online donations, as well as stock transfers. In addition, residents can enjoy the benefit of a tax savings by making their charitable donation through “required minimum distributions” from their traditional individual retirement account (IRA). As part of yea...

Rossmoor Quilters to present handmade works at town hall Debuting in Rossmoor three years ago, the Vets Town Hall has offered a unique way to honor and appreciate veterans each Veterans Day. Vets Town Halls, a concept created by journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, were inspired by his experiences as a war correspondent in Afghanistan. Vets T...

‘Impact’ fee will affect only clubs needing services After several “reservation roadshows” and 37 follow-up meetings with members of 165 Rossmoor clubs about the overhaul of GRF’s room reservation process, there are still both unresolved questions and some outright misinformation connected to proposed changes. That was a key element of a presentati...

Two separate but related situations that have been plaguing GRF and Rossmoor residents – high insurance costs and low home-sales figures – aren’t expected to improve any time soon, GRF officials and committee members said last week. Officials from brokerage firm A.J. Gallagher have said they expect to be able to obtain between $1.16 billion and $1....

For anyone wondering how many newcomers Rossmoor has, the crowd that came to the Event Center on Oct. 30 for the New Residents Fair provided this answer: far more than you’d expect. Aimed for any residents who moved here since November 2022, a vast majority of those attending had moved in within the past year, based on a show of hands requested by ...

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...