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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.
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Leaked 2023 Bohemian Grove list includes Bay Area power players, Conan O’Brien
Other names on the 2023 retreat list for the secretive, exclusive all-male club included Eric Schmidt, Michael Bloomberg, Charles Koch and Paul Pelosi.

‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams doesn’t expect to live much longer
'Things are changing fast,' the East Bay 'Dilbert' cartoonist said, explaining that prostate cancer has left him paralyzed

Claire Kittle, Kristin Juszczyk’s new YouTube show follows 49ers season
With their new show, the wives of George Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk offer 'an unfiltered look,' behind-the-scenes look into their lives as they go to 49ers games at home and...

Why Taylor Swift doing Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium seems plausible
The Taylor Swift effect and the singer's romance with Travis Kelce are among the reasons that her return to Santa Clara for Super Bowl LX in February may be more...

Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey welcome 1st baby before training camp
The star running back will be able to spend quality time with his new baby girl, Colette Annalise, before starting his new season with the 49ers.

Tom Brady can take ‘sexy,’ ‘older’ Sofia Vergara in ‘small doses’: report
Any talk of a 'summer romance' between Brady and Vergara is probably misguided.

Can Nicolas Cage’s John Madden movie be authentic if filmed in Georgia?
Photos dropped Tuesday showing Cage dressed up to look like the legendary former Oakland Raiders head coach for a biopic that, sadly, is being filmed in Atlanta, not the Bay...

Treasure Island: Hidden art and a historic trial among its glorious past and future
Treasure Island brims with rich history, from its creation from the Bay shoals in 1937 to its dazzling Expo, its wartime past and more.

Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey announce pregnancy with walk in a field
It doesn't look like Culpo and McCaffrey wasted much time starting a family after they wed in a lavish ceremony in June 2024 in Rhode Island.

Kristin Juszczyk and Kylie Kelce try to embrace being called WAGs
On her podcast, Kylie Kelce talks to Kristin Juszczyk about the negative connotations of an early 2000s British term that became popular again after Taylor Swift began dating Travis Kelce.
