Features writer
Martha Ross
Martha Ross is a Bay Area News Group features writer for The Mercury News and East Bay Times who covers everything and anything related to popular culture, society, health, women’s issues and families. She has previously reported or edited for Bay Area news and lifestyle publications, including Walnut Creek Patch, and Diablo, Oakland and Alameda magazines, as well as The Nation in Bangkok, Thailand and The Economist. She graduated from Northwestern University with a BA degree in German studies and from Mills College with a MFA degree in creative writing and English.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Sadly for Getty heiress, lavish City Hall wedding (with guest Gavin Newsom) didn’t guarantee happiness
'It may seem weird to have such a huge wedding and then to pull the plug — but the rich are different than you and me,' a Getty family insider...
Yes, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell teased ‘affair’ to promote movie
Sweeney and Powell have revealed that they were more than fine with speculation that they had fallen for each other during production of 'Anyone But You' in Australia.
Under Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial became ‘the soul’ of San Francisco
Following Williams' death Monday, colleagues contemplated a legacy that put him and his Tenderloin church at the forefront of many civil rights causes that shaped Bay Area history.
Alec Baldwin’s coffee shop tormenter, who harassed him about ‘Rust’ killing and Palestine, is known social media provocateur
In a new viral video, Baldwin snatches the phone away from a self-described 'clown' and 'ambush interviewer' who harangues him at his local cafe over Israel-Hamas war and his upcoming...
‘Worst Chris’: Chris Pratt blasted for secretly demolishing historic L.A. home to build ‘McMansion’
'Special place in hell for people who do this': Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger face ire from L.A. architecture fans for razing iconic midcentury-modern home to build massive 'farmstyle' mansion.
Taylor Swift skipping Met Gala could be another Kim Kardashian diss
News that Swift and Travis Kelce turned down invitations to fashion world's big party has come the same day that Swift dropped her new album, which includes a song that...
Barron Trump eyeing NYU for college, report says
With the deadline for committing to college weeks away, a new report said that New York University is at the top of Barron's list.
Prince Harry could lose key royal post after renouncing U.K. residency
British law says that Harry needs to have a home in the U.K. to continue to serve in a post that would allow him to stand in for King Charles...
Lauren Sanchez and Sydney Sweeney take the high road against ‘vicious’ critics
Each of these women, in her own way, clapped back at high-profile critics who made headlines this week by directing insults and other negative comments their way.
Bill Maher defends Woody Allen to Katie Couric: ‘I just flat out believe him’
The once revered filmmaker has been back in the news lately because of his struggles to promote his latest film, 'Coup de Chance.'