John J. Strauss
John Jerome Strauss (born May 12, 1957) is an American Television producer, producer and writer of film and television. He has written and produced for the television series ''Boy Meets World'' (and known as the writer who came up with the character name for Topanga Lawrence, naming her after Topanga Canyon), ''Me and the Boys (TV series), Me and the Boys'' and ''Odd Man Out (U.S. TV series), Odd Man Out''. He has also written several episodes of the Amazon.com, Amazon series ''Mozart in the Jungle'', which received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best TV Series Comedy" in 2015. He is an executive producer for The Breaks (TV series), ''The Breaks''. Since 1998, Strauss has mainly focused on films, co-writing the screenplays for ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998), ''Head Over Heels (2001 film), Head Over Heels'' (2001), ''The Santa Clause 2'', ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie'' (2003), ''Rebound (2005 film), Rebound'' (2005), ''The Wild'' (2006), ''The Santa Clause 3: The Esc ...
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Brentwood, California
Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population is 66,854 as of 2022, an increase of 287% from 23,302 at the 2000 census. Brentwood began as a community in the late 19th century. The community is still known throughout the Bay Area for its agricultural products - primarily its cherries, corn and peaches. Due to urban sprawl many of the old farms and orchards have been replaced by suburban developments since 1990. Brentwood is increasingly residential, with the rate of population growth in the triple digits during the 1990s and 69% from 2000 through 2010. An official estimate showed the population increased nearly 21% during the period 2010 to 2016. History Brentwood was originally laid out on land donated from property owned by John Marsh, an East Contra Costa County pioneer who acquired Rancho Los Méganos, the land grant that Brentwood is built upon, in 1837 from Jose N ...
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