One of the first things Lu Lynn de Silva noticed when she moved to Rossmoor from Piedmont last year was the Civility Task Force and the work it was doing to help improve neighborly relations in Rossmoor. And there was plenty to do. “I started to witness some of this first-hand – at CVS, at the (Creekside) restaurant – I saw a lot of frustration, im...

An accident that killed a Rossmoor resident when a massive eucalyptus tree fell onto the vehicle he was traveling in has raised the issue of tree safety to unprecedented heights. Tom Huster, 79, died the evening of March 21 when the Telsa he was a passenger in was struck by the fallen tree during a powerful windstorm that included what meteorologis...

The Hillside and Dollar outdoor pools will switch to their summer schedules, starting on Saturday, April 1. Both pools will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., except on their cleaning days. Hillside on Tuesdays and Dollar on Wednesdays will open after the cleaning at 1 p.m. The following are the times when each pool will have lifeguard coverage: Hillsi...

Rossmoorians looking at doing projects to upgrade their residences in the future are reminded that many Alteration and Resale fees have gone up. The fees must be high enough to fully support this department’s operations, to avoid passing costs along to all the residents in the coupon, said Mutual Operations Director Paul Donner. The fees were last ...

A March 22 front-page story obituary about Brian Murphy incorrectly reported that he was the founder of the Rossmoor Nature Association. Bob Carlton founded that group in the early 2000s, and he turned over leadership to Murphy soon after Murphy moved to Rossmoor in 2011.

Recreation manager Shred Day returns to the Gateway parking lot on Monday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, or until the trucks are full. Because Shred Day is so popular, two trucks will be on-site. The cost is $5 per bag or banker’s box. Check or cash only. Exact change is required. Checks should be made out to GRF. For questions, call 1-925-988-7700....

Senate candidate most recent politician to visit Nancy Kors is a big fan of U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee – so much so, Kors told Lee in person last week at the Event Center, that she wants to work on Lee’s campaign in some capacity. Kors was one of approximately 350 people who turned out for the March 15 appearance by Lee, D-Oakland, one of three Democrat...

Down trees, outages hit Rossmoor – again Another round of storms that slammed Rossmoor in mid-March served as a reminder of how important it is to know what to do when power outages hit. Power was knocked out for a segment of Rossmoor between March 14 and 15, as a powerful atmospheric river storm was followed by strong winds that wreaked havoc thro...

Robert Frank’s earliest memory of doing a crossword puzzle was sitting in his great uncle Edward’s lap and tackling the word “nonsmoking.” Decades and thousands of crossword puzzles later, both playing and making them, his latest one, a co-authored piece titled “Come Clean,” is slated to appear in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, March 27. Frank,...

GRF Policy Committee Political columns will be returning to the Rossmoor News on a trial rotation basis, a decision that arose out of discussion at the March 15 Policy Committee meeting at Gateway’s Board Room. This ends a hiatus of the resident-written columns that began with the Feb. 1 edition of the News. The columns will return in the March 29 ...