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
Expertise: Culture, entertainment, celebrities, lifestyle, crime, health, mental health, education, breaking news
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Olivia Jade who? Jacob Elordi won’t discuss dating Lori Loughlin’s daughter
On the cusp of becoming a 'bona fide movie star,' Elordi probably wants to avoid the distraction of talking about dating a woman who was recently embroiled by her TV...
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s latest extravagance: A ‘10,000-Year Clock’ built into a mountain
For her new Vogue profile, the irrepressible Sanchez posed in a body-hugging Dolce and Gabbana gown next to the underground clock that she and Bezos hope will last 10,000 years.
Barbra Streisand ‘hurt’ Dustin Hoffman earned 3 times more for ‘Meet the Fockers’
Streisand said her work with Hoffman on the 2004 hit comedy -- which co-starred Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro -- was actually the first time she had dealt with...
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The story of Big Junior and other wonders at 5 Bay Area birding sites
From bald eagle aeries to black-headed grosbeak, wonders await on these five trails.
Elon Musk almost needed SFPD wellness check after ‘breakdown,’ getting booed at Dave Chappelle show
'He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset' that Twitter employees feared he would hurt himself, the author of a new book says...
New York turns on Ivanka Trump: ‘Crime family, crime family!’ crowd chants as she arrives at court
Once viewed as a New York high-society princess, Ivanka Trump unhappily returned to her hometown Wednesday to testify in a civil case alleging widespread fraud at her father's company.
Britney Spears fans slam ‘sham’ apology from Timberlake’s pal Timbaland for ‘muzzle’ comment
Spears' fans say that Timbaland, who produced Justin Timberlake's hit song, 'Cry Me a River,' also needs to atone for the way he helped his friend spin his 'victim' narrative...
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Lindsay Wildlife Experience: Where animals teach humans about their life in the wild
When the hospital opened in 1970, it was the first of its kind in the United States and remains the largest such rehabilitation center in the country.
Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid date amid an A-list network of past lovers
The context for this Cooper-Hadid romance is an A-list network of ex-lovers and their all ex-partners -- a network that includes Irina Shayk, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen and...
Jennifer Aniston ‘dreaded’ Matthew Perry’s death for years, ‘kept to herself’ at funeral
Aniston and her 'Friends' castmates gathered Friday to pay their final respects to Perry, but Aniston mostly kept to herself during the one-hour service.